KPMG Consulting and the corporate portal company LINQ have entered into a collaborative partnership where KPMG is choosing to work with the LinqPortal software to achieve maximum productivity within large enterprises. Personally adapted digital workplaces will mean that it should be possible for companies to make better use of the skills their employees in this field possess and make the flow of information more efficient, i.e. Knowledge Management(KM).

It's been called the antenna of the year, a space revolution and the solution that's poised to relegate the humble satellite dish to stone-age status. What is it? It's the Cybertenna and it could soon be coming to a roof-top near you.

Hockeylegenden Börje Salming är den enda svenska hockeystjärna som invalts i "Hockey Hall of Fame". Hans namn är i sig ett starkt varumärke, som personifierar de egenskaper som ligger bakom hans stora framgångar under den 17-åriga NHL-karriären. Salming Eyewear är hans egen glasögonkollektion. På Optikmässan i januari lanseras en ny serie i kollektionen. En rå, tuff och stilren kollektion, som ska förmedlar sinnebilden av den ärrade hockeykämpen från Kiruna - "Mr 100 procent". 

By agreeing on a universally standardized e-trade procedural language trading parties all over the world will benefit immensely in labour and time savings, while at the same time ensuring absolute correctness in trade communication exchanges.

The European and American paper industries announced today that they are well under way in development of a single, unified, international, XML-based e-business standard designed to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the paper supply chain, while reducing the cost of operations. This standard has been named PapiNet.

Today, SwanWhite is the most popular MF-type kraft paper used by European bag manufacturers. This has recently been verified in delivery statistics of the business branch organisation Eurokraft. "Our white kraft paper has succeeded in gaining a market share of 40 percent for machine finished (MF) paper qualities," says product manager Henrik Kass at the Wisapaper paper mill in Pietarsaari, Finland.

At Medica 2000 in Düsseldorf, exhibition visitors will be able to witness the launch of a new wireless level alarm that discreetly warns colostomy pouch wearers when it is time to empty or replace their stoma pouches. Swedish medical technology company Crafcare AB, developer of the "Living Free" alarm system, reports that persons who have undergone stomal surgery using the system enjoy greater confidence and increased freedom.

Bakery products are a new area for ovenable board. The low grammages of ovenable boards has been shown to be especially suitable for packing and heating semi-cooked bakery products. The Swedish company Pågen AB has launched a bun pack which utilises Stora Enso's Ensoven board.

A range of reusable plastic transport packaging now being launched can be tailor-made to suit the user. Its thin walls increase the available internal volume, and the packaging can be folded flat using hinges. According to the Swedish manufacturer Nefab RePak AB the design reduces in size by 80% when collapsed, resulting in decreased return costs. In combination with the increased internal volume and greater load capacity, this will provide better overall economy than other plastic-based packaging alternatives.A pallet collar also made of plastic is being launched at the same time, this being a hygienic material that neither generates dust nor other particles. These products are thus suitable for environments with high standards of cleanliness.