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NRC Fintech Impact Award

Gong ceremony for NRC Fintech Impact Award winner

Open financial platform Bunq and personal finance developer Budently wererecently named winner of the Fintech Impact Award 2017. Not only did bunq receive the most votes from both general public and audience, together with Budently they were also named winner by the members of the jury Don Ginsel, Janneke Willemse, Willem Vermeend and Oscar Kneppers.

Budgently and Bunq open trading in Amsterdam together with NRC and the partners of the award; knab, Topicus en Capgemini.

For more information: www.nrcliveaward.nl/fintech

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Statistics Netherland’s Business Cycle Challenge

Winners Statistics Netherland’s Business Cycle Challenge open gong

Every year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) organizes the Business Cycle Challenge. In this contest, high school economics classes predict the development of the Dutch economy using 10 indicators, including the AEX index. Students analyze historical sequences, compare indicators, make connections, and follow the news to get a good prediction.

This year, 188 classes took part in the Business Cycle Challenge. Winner is class 6Ec2 of the Utrecht Stedelijk Gymnasium. They visit the Amsterdam exchange and open trading by sounding the gong.

For more information:  www.cbs.nl

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BMLL Technologies

BMLL Technologies to offer historical limit order book data and analytics for global financial exchanges

Launching the platform in Q2 2017, BMLL offers historical full depth limit order book data, co-located from an extensive universe of exchanges and platforms with access to immense virtual CPU resources. On this occasion they visit the Amsterdam exchange of Euronext and open the trading day.

These capabilities provide customers with the ability to carry out large scale analysis of data in a highly cost effective and secure manner with BMLL’s ‘on-demand’ model. The platform also enables customers to upload and manipulate their own proprietary data and analytics as well as access BMLL’s unique analysis and distributed Bayesian Machine Learning techniques. This includes pattern recognition software providing solutions for common limit order book problems such as iceberg detection and market impact with analytics continually evolving from the latest in academic and scientific research.

For more information: www.bmlltech.com

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TheNextWomen Summit

TheNextWomen and Elsevier sound gong for female entrepreneurship

The Euronext gong sounds for female entrepreneurship. TheNextWomen and Elsevier open trading to announce the TheNextWomen Summit on 12 June 2017 at B. Amsterdam. The entrepreneurial event brings together female start-ups and established entrepreneurs, investors and business experts.

For the sixth time entrepreneurs’ platform TheNextWomen offers a podium to inspiring and successful female entrepreneurs during its yearly Innovation Summit. Joining forces with weekly magazine Elsevier this year, TheNextWomen bridges the gap between entrepreneurs and the corporate sector. TheNextWomen and Elsevier also launch TheNextWomen100, a ranking of the one hundred most inspiring, ambitious and successful female entrepreneurs in The Netherlands.

For more information: www.thenextwomen.com/summit

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PlaytoWork

PlaytoWork visits Beursplein 5

Two months after the launch, PlaytoWork - an online platform for recruitment, selection and assessment – has helped the first graduated Intermediate Vocational Education students to get a job through ‘serious gaming’.  On this occasion they visit the Amsterdam exchange and open trading by sounding the gong.

PlaytoWork is a gamified job placement service platform that is designed for graduated Intermediate Vocational Education school leavers. By playing games in a playful, educational and recognizable manner, they will present and position themselves on the labour market. Employers place their vacancies on the platform and get access to the ever growing database of students, of whom they can select on both hard skills and soft skills.

PlaytoWork is an initiative of the municipality of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Economic Board. In addition, a consortium of three companies - Banenruil, Eaglescience and IJsfontein - with extensive experience in the field of recruitment, digital learning, gaming and software development - are involved. PlaytoWork’s first milestones are the 3,000 participating profiles and  the first hundred employers that use the database. The main target is to match over 25,000 participating, graduated Intermediate Vocational Education students searching for jobs and side jobs with an employer. Finally, around 100.000 Intermediate Vocational Education students, starters and professionals with 1-2 years of working experience should be available for vacancies.

For more information: www.playtowork.nl

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Holland Colours

Holland Colours sounds gong, from Dutch startup company into global investor

Rob Harmsen, CEO Holland Colours (ticker symbol: HOLCO), opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange by sounding the gong. Holland Colours not only announces its financial results over 2016/2017 but has more to celebrate. The company also be marking the launch of a new and technology leading product line: Holcopearl®.

The company that began as a small enterprise in Apeldoorn, develops, produces and commercializes solid and liquid colorants, masterbatches and additives for coloring rigid and flexible PVC for the building and construction industry, as well as PET and polyolefins for the packaging industry. The company’s Dutch thoroughness and guts yields innovation. “Our most recent productline Holcopearl® is one of the many results of this”, Robert Harmsen proudly expresses. New products are developed and produced in close collaboration with customers, universities and knowledge centers. The company’s approach is to understand and support the regulatory challenges faced by their customers, with regard to food contact materials, the environment and changes in operations.

For more information: www.hollandcolours.com

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COSTA - COrporates and STArtups collaboration

Sounding of the gong for COSTA program

On May 30, the national COSTA program 'corporates and startups' collaboration will be completed. 15 corporates with partners have shared their results and tools. Program manager COSTA Fancy van de Vorst and Thomas Grosfeld VNO-NCW MKB NL and CVN sound the gong and open trading.

One of the core goals of Startup Delta is creating One Single Hub by connecting the Dutch startup ecosystem. COSTA (COrporates & STArtups) pursues this goal by connecting corporates and startups and strengthening their collaboration. In this cooperation, the corporates together try to answer questions as: How should a corporate stimulate innovation in cooperation with startups? How does one facilitate the relationship between a corporate and a startup?

For more information: vno-ncw.nl

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ACTIAM Responsible Index Equity Fund

ACTIAM launches fifth retail Responsible Index Equity Fund

With the launch of ACTIAM Verantwoord Index Aandelenfonds Opkomende Landen, the responsible fund- and asset manager ACTIAM is celebrating the launch of its fifth responsible index equity fund for the retail market.

John Shen, board member of ACTIAM, took the honors of sounding the gong: “The success of the first four responsible index equity funds (€ 1.3 billion inflow since launch in August 2015) made our decision to complete our current product offering with an emerging markets fund an easy one. We noticed a substantial demand in the market for investment products with a low expense ratio and a responsible investment policies, but the offers are limited..”

ACTIAM’s responsible index equity funds are a welcome addition to the Dutch retail fund market: we combine a responsible investment policy with transparency and cost efficiency. The funds are available via Euronext Amsterdam or via the funds’ register.

ACTIAM is the leading responsible fund and asset manager, with € 54.6 billion in assets under management (December 31st 2016). They offer a comprehensive range of investment funds and investment solutions that extends from index investing all the way to impact investing.

For more information: www.actiam.nl

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Philips Lighting

Philips Lighting celebrates first anniversary as standalone company

Philips Lighting (ticker symbol: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, is marking the one-year anniversary of its successful listing at Euronext Amsterdam in 2016. In the course of the past year, the company has celebrated a number of milestones, including the introduction of the Dubai Lamp, the world's most energy efficient LED bulb commercially available, the installation of one of the world's largest connected street lighting systems in Jakarta, and a commitment to ambitious sustainability targets as part of its Brighter Lives, Better World program.

The company - the industry leader in conventional, LED, and connected lighting - opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange with a group of employees who joined the company over the past year. They are a few of the new faces at the 126 year old company, who are working together to unlock the extraordinary potential of light for Brighter Lives and a Better World.

For more information: www.lighting.philips.nl

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Award winning KLM

Sounding of the gong for award winning KLM

KLM (ticker symbol: AF) sounds the gong after they have won several Awards again recently. They received no less than six Webby Awards with its anniversary edition of the digital KLM magazine, iFly KLM 50. The 21st Annual Webby Awards, also known as the Oscars of the Internet, were awarded in New York recently.

Not only did iFly KLM 50 come in at the top of the Tourism & Leisure category within the Advertising Media & PR category, but the Best User Experience Webby was also secured within this category. What’s more, an award was also secured within the Best Visual Design (Aesthetic) category within the Websites category. KLM succeeded in winning both the public prize and the jury prize within these subcategories. 

Earlier this month, KLM also won five SpinAwards including the Grand SpinAward for 2017, two bronze Lamps at the 50th edition of the ADCN Awards, and a Customer Centric DNA Award. 

For more information: www.klm.com

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Roparun Foundation

Roparun Foundation visits Beursplein 5

Roparun will start Saturday 3 June 2017 in Hamburg and Paris and finishes Whit Monday in Rotterdam. Director of Roparun Foundation, Theo Quaijtaal sounds the gong accompanied by participants of team Unilever.

The Roparun is a relay race of more than 500 kilometers from Paris and Hamburg to Rotterdam, in which people work as a team to give a combined sports performance in order to raise money for people who suffer from cancer. This year’s 26th edition has 322 teams participating in this challenge.

Besides the physical challenge, the team must also make an effort to raise money for the cause. Teams do this by organizing various activities. The three teams who raise the most money and the six teams who win for their running speed are honored during the final celebration of the Roparun, which takes place a few weeks after the finish. Over the past twenty-five editions of the Roparun, more than seventy-two million Euro has been raised.

For more information: www.roparun.nl

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ENGIE teams up with EYE Filmmuseum

ENGIE teams up with EYE Filmmuseum to sound the gong for sustainable collaboration

ENGIE Nederland (ticker symbol: ENGI), energy supplier and market leader in the provision of technical services, is the main sponsor of EYE Filmmuseum. Both organizations distinguish themselves through innovation, creativity and social commitment. ENGIE and EYE visit the Amsterdam exchange to sound the gong for Martin Scorsese - The Exhibition, and EYE is able to present this major exhibition thanks to the support of ENGIE.

In the coming period, ENGIE and EYE Filmmuseum will work together on the sustainable development of the Overhoeks area and environs. In addition, ENGIE wants to help make the EYE museum building on IJpromenade in Overhoeks even more sustainable.

EYE has consciously chosen for sustainability, and that dovetails perfectly with the vision of ENGIE. That’s because ENGIE delivers smart technical energy solutions that make use of visible and invisible sources of energy to create neighborhoods where almost all energy is generated sustainably. ENGIE values the innovative efforts of EYE in managing, preserving and digitizing film history, and supports the museum’s efforts in the field of sustainable cultural preservation. ENGIE can work with EYE in a new way: that’s their key to success in sustainable development, and they’re glad to sound the gong for this new venture.

For more information: www.eyefilm.nl

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ForFarmers Agroscoopbokaal

Winners ForFarmers Agroscoopbokaal visit Beursplein 5

Arjan Schrijver, dairy farmer and customer of ForFarmers (ticker symbol: FFARM), sounds the gong. The occasion is this year’s edition of the annual Agroscoopbokalen (Agroscoop goblets). ForFarmers awards these goblets to farmers who have performed exceptionally in their industry within their operations.

Agroscoop is a digital monitoring program that effectively guides ForFarmers’ farmers organizations. By working intensively with customer, ForFarmers offers them concrete results: better returns, healthier livestock, and higher efficiency. In this manner, ForFarmers contributes to economically viable and sustainable food production.

ForFarmers is an internationally operating company active in the area of conventional and organic feed solutions for livestock. With sales of approximately 9.1 million tons of feed annually, ForFarmers is a market leader in Europe. With its products, ForFarmers offers customers additional knowledge and advice in the areas of feed, animal keeping and business development. ForFarmers has been listed to the Amsterdam exchange of Euronext since May 2016.

For more information: www.forfarmersgroup.eu

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Investment competition

Winners Scholenstrijd competition sound gong

Students from the Atheneum 3-class of Community school Were di from Valkenswaard sound the gong of the Amsterdam exchange as winners of investment competition Scholenstrijd. Were di won the prize for the best return at the end of 2016.

Scholenstrijd is an online investment competition for HAVO and VWO high school students and teachers of economics. Scholenstrijd is a serious game and aims to increase the financial and economic knowledge of students. Students and teachers can use the competition for free throughout the year. Twice a year a prize game is organized - the best class based on return and the best class based on risk return receives a prize.

The competition has been supported by Stichting Capital Amsterdam since the beginning. In addition, Kempen & Co, Van Lanschot, BinckBank, STOER, Stichting Goede Doelen NH 1816 and De Nederlandsche Bank are sponsors of Scholenstrijd.

For more information: www.scholenstrijd.nl

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Norh-Holland SME-awards

MKB North-Holland opens trading with winners OVNH

The winners of the 11th Norh-Holland SME-awards (Ondernemingsverkiezing Noord-Holland/ OVNH) open trading at Beursplein 5. The winners in the categories of Large SMEs, Medium SMEs, Small SMEs, and Public Choice award visit the Amsterdam exchange of Euronext and are accompanied by MKB-Amsterdam director, Fabian Nagtzaam.

"The event is very important for small and medium-sized businesses, but also the large-scale companies in North Holland's business are very active within the OVNH," said Nagtzaam. "The pearls from North-Holland’s economy can shine during our election, and they all show the North-Holland entrepreneurial mentality; businesslike, hardworking for the environment and their employees.’’

All OVNH partners participate in the prize package, which will be awarded to the winners next to the media attention and the title. Partners and sponsors are: Randstad and Province of North-Holland, ABN AMRO, Delta Lloyd, MKB Noord-Holland, Holland Media Combinatie, RSM, NH, Starletti and Landgoed Duin & Kruidberg.

For more information: www.ovnh.nl

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5th listing anniversary Core Laboratories

Core Laboratories celebrates five-year listing anniversary by sounding gong

In celebration of its five–year listing anniversary on the Amsterdam exchange, Core Laboraties (ticker symbol: CLB) sounds the gong, at the opening gong ceremony signaling the start of the trading day. This ceremony will coincide with Core Lab’s 2017 annual shareholder meeting to be held in Amsterdam later in the day. David Demshur, CEO Core Lab, sounds the gong.

When Core Laboratories (Core Lab) announced its intentions on 18 April 2012 that it planned to dual list its shares on Euronext Amsterdam, the company’s European institutional investor share ownership was just 5%; today the European ownership of Core Lab has increased to almost 14%. The company attributes this dramatic increase to shareholder focus on companies that generate high levels of Return on Invested Capital and free cash flow. The dual listing on Euronext Amsterdam has made this very successful outcome possible.

Core Lab is proud to have its dual listing on Euronext Amsterdam, especially given its historical ties to the Netherlands, its large operational footprint in the Netherlands with employees and laboratories in Rotterdam, Vlaardingen and Amsterdam, and its client base throughout Europe.

Core Lab is a leading provider of proprietary and patented reservoir description and production enhancement services used to optimize petroleum reservoir performance. The company has over 70 offices in more than 50 countries and is located in every major oil-producing region in the world.

For more information: www.corelab.com

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Knowledge For Growth

Knowledge For Growth Conference 2017

La ministre des Affaires sociales et la Santé publique Maggie De Block ouvre la conférence Knowledge for Growth à Gand. Plus d’infos sur la conférence :

knowledgeforgrowth.be

Philips Innovation Award 2017

Sounding of the gong for Philips Innovation Award 2017

The Phillips Innovation award is the largest student-entrepreneur award in The Netherlands. It was first organized 12 years ago and is organized for students, by students. The Philips Innovation Award has become a platform where each participant can profit from. Participants receive personal feedback, practice important skills, receive coaching and build a network. 

The 30 best participants showed their start-up to investors and entrepreneurs, while receiving feedback on their pitch by a professional jury during the semi-finals. The best 8 start-ups made it to the final, where over 800 visitors experienced an inspiring evening with interesting guest speakers and - of course - high quality innovations. GBM Works won the Innovator League and was rewarded with a price worth €50.000. Levels Diagnostics won the Rough Diamond League and was rewarded with a price worth €10.000.

For more information:  www.phia.nl

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