Red ribbons on Olympic Stadium to inspire the response to AIDS in China and beyond Chinese AIDS authorities, with the support of UNAIDS, today unveiled three giant red ribbons on the iconic National Stadium – colloquially known as ‘the Bird’s Nest’ – to mark World AIDS Day. The display illustrates China’s commitment to the AIDS [...]
Archive | November, 2008
BD (Becton Dickinson) On A Roll
While many business are slashing dividends BD continues to increase their dividend for the 36th continuous year. They also announced a stock repurchase program. “This marks the 36th consecutive year of BD dividend increases. We continue to generate strong cash flow, allowing us to return significant dollars to our shareholders while continuing to make investments [...]
Respironics – Philips Is Not Going Direct To The Consumer
With the uncertainties of the new onslaught of Medicare cuts on respiratory equipment and the growing opacity and dynamism in the customer supply channel, Donald Spence, CEO at Philips Home Healthcare Systems has issued a statement putting paid to “rumors” that they – in effect – were “going direct” to consumers. Rumors had been fueled [...]
Sibaya At Emballage 2008 – World Packaging Conference – Paris, France
A Sibaya delegation lead by Bruno Cocheteux attended the Emballage 2008 – World Packaging Exhibition in Paris, France 17 – 21 November 2008. Robotics and Class 4 Clean rooms: As far as equipment is concerned, there was an increasing representation of robotics solutions to perform complex and numerous tasks. We also interestingly noted the introduction [...]
Hans Bergh to step down as CEO of Permobil AB
Hans Bergh, legendary CEO at Permobil has announced his intention to step down for personal reasons as soon as a successor is found. The process is being led by Tom Erixon, Chairman of the Board at Permobil and is expected to take several months. Under Hans Bergh’s leadership the company has become the third largest [...]
Summit on HIV Testing & “The Neglected U.S. Epidemic”
Despite National Guidelines, Private Insurers, Emergency Rooms, Federal & State Agencies Largely Fail to Conduct Routine HIV Tests, Increasing HIV Risk National Summit to Gauge Advances and Barriers to Routine HIV Testing and Prevention Nearly 60,000 Americans were infected with HIV last year, and some 250,000 people nationwide are unaware of their infection. While initial [...]
Sunrise Medical Divests Patient Aid (Guardian) Business To Medline – What’s Next
Sunrise announced that they have divested their US and South America Guardian business. (by the way the Guardian brand was never strong in their European business). Sunrise CEO Michael N. Cannizzaro said: For Sunrise Medical this is an important step in our strategy of being the industry’s leading Mobility and Seating Company. We will work [...]
Handicare Continues On The Acquisition Trail – Linido Holland
Handicare continues it’s aggressive acquisition strategy in Europe, now entering the bath aid segment with Linido – a company based in the Netherlands. They further continue to build on their presence in the Netherlands following it’s Movingpeople and Freelift acquisitions. Linido generally caters to the higher end bath products segment and is a relatively small [...]
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