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HighTechXL Global Hardware Startups

HighTechXL sounds gong for its Global Hardware Startups

HighTechXL opens trading to celebrate the seven start-ups graduating from their fourth intensive accelerator program. They were selected from over 10,000 high-tech start-ups worldwide. After four months of the program, the companies are on their way to seed round financing and deals with technology, supply chain and distribution partners.  In January, several HighTechXL alumni are also attending the CES in Las Vegas and networking events in Silicon Valley.  Before that, they are pitching to pitch to potential investors (Corporate investors such as KLM, Leapfunder Angel investors, as well as individual investors) and relations of program partners such as EY, ABN AMRO at Euronext. 

Eric Broekhuizen, Chief Operating Officer of HighTechXL, sounds the gong: “HighTechXL helps promising high-tech start-ups in their growth acceleration. By opening our network to these start-ups, we stimulate them to have a smooth lift off. Sounding the gong is symbol of the ambition of our startups and their success.”

For more information:  www.hightechxl.com

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60th anniversary NEVI

NEVI celebrates 60th anniversary

With the sounding of the gong, NEVI, the Dutch Association of Purchasing Management, celebrates its 60th anniversary. Since its inception in 1956, NEVI has become the leading network for purchasing and supply management in the Netherlands. Today, NEVI represents over 6,500 members and is one of the largest investors in research and education in the field of purchasing and supply management.

The purchasing function in the Netherlands represents a value of 400 billion euros and thus has a major economic impact. Professional buyers play a strategic role in numerous private and listed organizations and are not only focused on minimizing costs, but also on adding value and managing risk.

The ringing of the bell on December 1st also coincides with the release of the NEVI Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI®). This composite index shows a monthly overall picture of the development of the Dutch industry and is considered a guide by investors.

For more information: www.nevi.nl

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Orange Trade Mission Fund

Winners Orange Trade Mission Fund open trade at Beursplein 5

The winners of the Orange Trade Mission Fund open trade in Amsterdam. The Orange Trade Mission Fund is an initiative of ING, KLM, SME Netherlands and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland.

Each year, the Orange Trade Mission Fund helps 10 SME’s achieve their international ambitions. Thanks to their international network, knowledge and experience, they can help the company successfully enter new foreign markets. The ten companies this year are: Aerofilm Systems, Dopper, Globemilk, Holland Water, Klaver Fietsparkeren, Milgro, Patta, TinyEYE, Yalp and ZAZU.

For more information: www.oranjehandelsmissiefonds.nl

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For Women in Science

Winners For Women in Science sound gong

Maeike Zijlmans and Carlijn Kamphuis are this year’s winners of the For Women In Science-fellowships and open trading at Beursplein 5. For Women in Science is an initiative of Euronext-listed cosmetics company L’Oréal (ticker symbol: OR), UNESCO, LNVH and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, and yearly awards excellent female scientists.  

Each year, the Dutch L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship Program awards two grants up to €25,000 to female scientists.  The participation of women in scientific research is essential for economic, social and cultural development. Nowadays, women achieve the highest academic level, nevertheless they are still under-represented.

For more information:  www.loreal.com

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Belgian-Dutch Innovative Entrepreneurs & Finance Conference

Sounding of the gong for Belgian-Dutch Innovative Entrepreneurs & Finance Conference during State visit

At the invitation of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, His Majesty King Philippe of the Belgians will pay a state visit to the Netherlands from 28 to 30 November. King Philippe will be accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde. This state visit affirms the close and wide-ranging relationship between Belgium and the Netherlands, and underlines their historical ties and shared values. In political, economic and cultural terms, the Netherlands is closely connected to Belgium and the Belgian regions and communities.

The two kings will attend the concluding session of the Belgian-Dutch Innovative Entrepreneurs & Finance Conference at Euronext Amsterdam.This conference focuses on access to Finance, and on Financial Innovation (technology). CEO’s and Entrepreneurs continuously have a constant focus on innovation & growth.

The conference is concluded with a sounding of the gong by Claire Tillekaerts, CEO FIT, and Pascale Delcomminette, CEO AWEX.

For more information: www.euronext.com

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New CFO Flow Traders

Flow Traders visits Amsterdam exchange with new CFO

Marcel Jongmans was recently appointed member of the Managing Board and CFO of Flow Traders (ticker symbol: FLOW). Together with his colleagues he visits the Amsterdam exchange and opens the trading day by sounding the gong.

Flow Traders is an independent technology-enabled liquidity provider in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Flow Traders was founded in 2004 in Amsterdam and has grown into a globally operating fin tech company with over 200 employees. With offices in Amsterdam, Singapore and Cluj, Flow Traders is active on 94 trading venues in 32 countries. In total, Flow Traders provides liquidity in over 4,000 ETP listing and trades in over 11,000 financial instruments.

For more information: www.flowtraders.com

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Get in the Ring

Get in the Ring winners visit Beursplein 5

The winners of Get in the Ring visit Beursplein 5 and open trading. Jorg Lescher, of the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, sounds the gong. The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, leader in entrepreneurship education, is main organizer of the Get in the Ring competition in the Netherlands.

The Get in the Ring Foundation is an organization that gives startups a fun and global podium to make valuable connections to innovators to start, grow and scale up their business. The foundation is active in 80+ countries and is working together with leaders of entrepreneurship ecosystems around the world. Get in the Ring is known for its innovative format where startups face off in a ring. The winners receive a ticket to the Get in the Ring Global Finals in Singapore.

For more information:  www.getinthering.co

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80th anniversary BNP Paribas OBAM

BNP Paribas OBAM sounds gong for 80th anniversary

BNP Paribas OBAM is one of the eldest investment funds of Europe. OBAM celebrated its 80th anniversary recently. On this occasion they visit the Amsterdam exchange and sound the gong.

The fund has a long and unique history. In 1936 French nunneries searched refuge for their wealth. To comply to those wishes OBAM was founded. Back in those days they invested the capital of the nuns successfully across the globe. Currently, investors still have the same wish as back then; securing wealth, and in the long run; capital growth. For this you need to be able to identify the most attractive companies. And then select the right ones. As in 1936 OBAM searches across the globe for companies with growth- and profit potential. On obam.nu you can find more information about how OBAM constructs its portfolio.

Rating agency Morningstar currently rates OBAM with 4 out of 5 stars for its performance over the past three years. It praises, among others, the improved method of working within the team, the attention for e.g. the risk management and structural focus on investing in quality businesses. You can find the report of Morningstar on Morningstar.nl.

For more information: www.obam.nl

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RoodMicrotec 30-years listed

RoodMicrotec celebrates 30-years listed

RoodMicrotec (ticker symbol: ROOD) celebrates 30 years as a listed company by sounding the gong at the opening of the Amsterdam exchange. In the last decade, RoodMicrotec went from being a pure test house to becoming a supplier of full technology solutions. This anniversary year has been marked by important milestones such as the appointment of a new CEO and CFO to lead the company’s growth in the potentially vast market for the “Internet of Things.”

With more than 45 years of experience as an independent value-added service provider in micro and optoelectronics, RoodMicrotec offers Fabless Companies, OEMs and other companies a one-stop shop proposition. With a strong position in Europe, RoodMicrotec offers services that comply with the high quality and reliability standard for aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, medical, industrial and electronic sectors.

A large number of projects are also entering the industrialisation phase, and new orders keep coming in, maintaining a strong book to bill ratio. RoodMicrotec has also signed a sales channel agreement with the Swiss electronics distributor Altec AG, which is expected to double sales with them to EUR 1.2 million by 2018.

For more information: www.roodmicrotec.com

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Young Captain Award 2016

Winner Young Captain Award 2016 visits Amsterdam exchange

The winner of the Young Captain Award 2016 opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange of Euronext. The highly esteemed jury held Maarten Meijs, managing director Talpa Global, part of Talpa Media, as the most promising and innovative business leader for the nearby future.

After a thorough selection the jury has elected three nominees for the Young Captain Award.
Co-nominees of the winner Maarten Meijs, were Marie Pauline Lauret , Corporate Director Internal Audit bij AkzoNobel. And Francine van Dierendonck, CEO of Xenos, part of the Blokker Holding.

The Award will be presented for the 12th time. It is presented on a yearly basis to the most talented business leader who stands out for the influence within the company he or she has shown at a relatively young age and in a remarkable early stage of his or her career. The Young Captain gives proven evidence of a vision on economic and political level. It concerns leaders who represent a promise and who stand out for their guts, drive and authenticity. They think international en look at leadership as a societal, personal and economic responsibility.

For more information: www.youngcaptainaward.nl

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Week of the Investor

Week van de Belegger kicks off by sounding the gong

In honor of the Week van de Belegger (Week of the Investor), which also includes investment event BeleggersFair, its organizer, TRIPLE i Investment Publishers, sounds the gong.

During the Week van de Belegger (18 - 25 November) answers will be given to the rising demand of knowledge and information concerning personal finance. This will be done through activities, inspiring programs and meetings throughout the country. The focus will be on education and information. The Week enables a wide audience to be informed about the latest trends and developments. The Week van de Belegger will be closed on Friday 25 November with the BeleggersFair 2016 in the RAI Amsterdam. During the BeleggersFair, the Cashcow Awards for the best financials of 2016 will also be presented.

The educational program of the BeleggersFair can be summarized in the slogan ‘I know in what I will invest in 2017’. There will be new insights and visions presented for both the starting and the advanced investor. Led by Jort Kelder, there will be more than fifty financial heavyweights present. For visitors it is a true experience with information, tips and moments of interaction containing 3 plenary sessions, 15 master classes an 14 crash courses. The Week van de Belegger will end on the BeleggersFair as it started: with the sounding of the gong.

For more information: www.weekvandebelegger.nl

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The Entrepreneur Day

MKB-Nederland sounds gong for The Entrepreneur Day

MKB-Nederland believes that entrepreneurs deserve respect for their work and that there should be a moment to give attention to the importance of entrepreneurs to the Netherlands. A day on which entrepreneurs are acknowledged for their courage and perseverance. Therefore, MKB-Nederland calls the every third Friday in November to become 'Day of the Entrepreneur’ starting in 2016.

It is the start of a tradition to celebrate entrepreneurship and thank entrepreneurs. In the Netherlands there are more than 1.5 million entrepreneurs who are of tremendous value to our country. Entrepreneurs create growth, jobs and prosperity.

ntrepreneurs. MKB-Netherlands asks its network of sector organizations, local associations, municipalities, members of parliament, ministers, knowledge partners and many others on the 18th of November to put the entrepreneur in the spotlight.

For more information: www.mkb.nl

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Evi van Lanschot wins Gouden Stier

Evi van Lanschot sounds gong after winning Gouden Stier

Evi van Lanschot visits Beursplein 5 after winning a ‘Golden Bull’ (Gouden Stier) for Best Online Asset management. Evi, part of Euronext listed Van Lanschot (ticker symbol: LANS), earned the coveted statuette, according to the jury, because of the scenario analyzes of the development of the capacity, the extended quarterly resports and the clear and understandable communications for novice investors.

Richard Bruens, CEO Private Banking and Member of the Executive Board of Van Lanschot "We are proud that we have received the Golden Bull in 2016 for best online asset management. This award is a wonderful confirmation of the fact that we are distinctive in the field of online trading services. The knowledge of a private bank is also available for online investors because of Evi. People who are not an investment expert, but want to get more out of their assets in an easy and organized way. And that we are on the right track, is shown by the high rating of our customers, but also from this award. "

The ‘Gouden Stier’ has grown to a coveted independently juried award for investment products and services over the past decade. The awards are presented annually to companies and products that stand out in their policies, communication, service or product offerings for private investors.

For more information: www.evivanlanschot.nl

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Lynx wins Gouden Stier

Lynx visits Amsterdam exchange after winning Gouden Stier

Online broker LYNX was awarded Best Broker of 2016 during the annual presentation of the ‘Golden Bull’ (Gouden Stier). To seal their winning, they sound the gong and open trading at Beursplein 5. In the eyes of the jury, LYNX excels by combing low fares, extensive marketing capabilities and functionalities of the trading platform.

Tycho Schaaf, investment expert at LYNX, is very honored with this title. ‘’For 10 years we do everything in our power to provide serious investors with the best trading possibilities with our reliable and professional trading platform and low rates. We are proud to be recognized for our commitment and passion.’’

The ‘Gouden Stier’ has grown to a coveted independently juried award for investment products and services over the past decade. The awards are presented annually to companies and products that stand out in their policies, communication, service or product offerings for private investors.

For more information: www.lynx.nl

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King’s Commissioner Province of Utrecht

King’s Commissioner in the Province of Utrecht visits Beursplein 5 for De Stijl

The visit to Euronext Amsterdam by the King’s Commissioner Willibrord van Beek and a prominent Utrecht delegation highlights the importance of De Stijl while drawing attention to another milestone in the development of smart, healthy and beautiful Utrecht: the launch of JIM (Jaarbeurs Innovation Mile), a new facility of Jaarbeurs Utrecht to stimulate talent and innovative entrepreneurship contributing to the region.

As part of De Stijl year Utrecht will invest in boosting the ability of youngsters to think creatively. An art landmark will be placed on the bike path between the cities of Utrecht and Amersfoort to symbolically link the birth cities of the two major De Stijl artists: Rietveld and Mondriaan. Several cities and regions in Holland will mark De Stijl year with their own activities.

Initially founded as a magazine, De Stijl quickly developed into an artistic movement that to this day has a great influence on art, design, and architecture. Four of the Stijl pioneers were born in the cities of Utrecht or Amersfoort: Piet Mondriaan, Gerrit Rietveld, Theo van Doesburg, and Bart van der Leck. Amersfoort and Utrecht today still produce innovative and creative talent: yesterday’s innovators and today’s game-changers. The celebration of 100 years of De Stijl highlights their investment in the continued development of the young creative talent needed to meet the challenges of the future.

For more information: www.utrecht.nl

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Pharming

Pharming visits Beursplein 5

Sijmen de Vries, CEO of the Euronext listed Pharming (ticker symbol: PHARM) sounds the gong at the Amsterdam exchange. Pharming Group has been making considerable progress over the recent months. The company is now to become the first and only Dutch biotech company to get to commercialise a self- developed product, RUCONEST®, in North America.

This therapy is approved for acute attacks of Hereditary Angio-Edema (HAE), instant and sometimes life threatening swellings in various body parts including the hands, feet, face and airway. This as result of the closing of an agreement with its US partner Valeant Pharmaceuticals to buy back the marketing rights of its own medicine in the US, Canada and Mexico. In addition, following an amendment of its agreement with its EU partner Sobi, Pharming also takes on commercialization of RUCONEST in most of Western- Europe. Pharming recently also reported positive results from a Phase II trial for the prevention of HAE with RUCONEST.

Based on closing the US deal with Valeant, Pharming is also the first Dutch biotech company that is about to turn profitable. Pharming has transformed itself into a real pharmaceutical company, developing and bringing its own innovative products for the safe and effective treatment of rare diseases and unmet medical needs.

For more information: www.pharming.com

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Curetis listing anniversary

Curetis celebrates one year listed anniversary

Curetis (ticker symbol: CURE) celebrates its one-year listed anniversary at Euronext by sounding the gong. Oliver Schacht, CEO Curetis, visits Beursplein 5 and sounds the gong. 

Founded in 2007, Curetis is a molecular diagnostics company which focuses on the development and commercialization of reliable, fast and cost-effective products for diagnosing severe infectious diseases.

Curetis is a molecular diagnostics company focusing on the detection of severe infectious disease in hospitalized patients. Its CE IVD marked Unyvero platform is marketed across Europe and has recently also successfully completed a US FDA trial for its LRT lower respiratory tract infection cartridge.

For more information: www.curetis.com

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Province of North-Brabant

Province of North-Brabant sounds gong for innovative start-ups

The opening of trading at the Amsterdam exchange is dedicated to innovation in Brabant. The ceremonial opening gong will be sounded by the province of Brabant and a number of start-ups from the province who have recently undergone the valorisation process and are now being financed by the Innovatiefonds Brabant (Brabant Innovation Fund).

Valorisation is the process that turns knowledge into commercially feasible products or services. Brabant offers start-ups support through the Starterslift, Ondernemerslift+ and Bright Move valorisation programmes.

Follow-up funding proves hard to find for start-ups who received financing for the valorisation phase. This early innovation phase is often too risky for banks and investors. The Provincial Government of Noord-Brabant has therefore reserved part of the innovation fund managed by the Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij [Brabant Development Agency] (BOM) for these (risky) early phase investments. This is in line with the provincial government’s aim to contribute to a closed funding chain for innovative entrepreneurs.

For more information: www.bom.nl

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