Paper Profiles for all of M-real’s Galerie Papers – Galerie Lite, Galerie Brite, Galerie One, Galerie Fine and Galerie Art - have now been updated to include 2006 figures. They are available on M-real’s website www.m-real.com, with a hyperlink to Paper Profiles on the home page.

M-real announces that PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) forest labelling is now carried by its Galerie range of publishing papers, including Galerie Lite, Galerie Brite, Galerie One, Galerie Fine and Galerie Art. The PEFC logo and certification will automatically be printed on reel labels and delivery documentation This signifies that the mills manufacturing these grades know that the wood originates from certified forests and is documented under the PEFC Chain of Custody standard.

New ownership structure to support Eltel’s future growth. 3i today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Industri Kapital 2000 Fund to purchase Eltel Networks, a leading provider of construction and maintenance services for telecommunications and electricity networks in Europe. The transaction is subject to competition authorities’ approvals.

* designers, printers, publishers and advertisers to benefit from faithful colour reproduction A new service from the paper company M-real enables publishers, printers, and catalogue producers to deliver the absolute consistency of colour reproduction their markets demand.

The cruise industry is continuously addressing new markets, both geographically and in terms of new categories of passengers. This calls for new customer concepts and in addition to the ever more important environmental and safety issues, it has put totally new demands also on ship design and ship building.

• short range radio supports vehicle tracking, traffic light priority, data exchange... • field-proven in The Netherlands, the open platform could benefit other countries The KAR wireless standard developed for the Dutch Ministry of Transport is playing an important role in improving the architecture of control systems used in public transport. It could be of great benefit to other countries, reports radio modem specialist SATEL.

Colour deviations in magazine advertisements can adversely affect the impression that readers form about the product and the brand. Also the design of an advertisement can increase its vulnerability to colour deviations, shows a study conducted by M-real,the University of Helsinki and United Magazines in collaboration with L'Oréal and Marimekko, whose advertisements were used to simulate colour deviations.

* responds before arcs develop fully - minimizing electrical switchgear damage and downtime, and greatly reducing employee safety risks

Salo, Finland, Loglift Jonsered has added a new design of cabin to its J1080 crane for truck-mounted timber handling operations. Providing double slewing cylinders for durability in arduous forestry applications, the cabin-equipped crane provides a safe and comfortable environment for high productivity in adverse weather conditions.

The service offered by a device manufacturer is a decisive criterion for private-practice physicians when selecting a spirometer (lung function measuring device). This is what a study recently commissioned by medical device manufacturer MEDIKRO GmbH has found. As part of this study, conducted by the MIK market research institute, 100 private-practice physicians in Germany were surveyed during telephone interviews regarding, among other things, the factors that would lead them to select a particular spirometer, or to possibly switch to a different manufacturer of such devices.