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Following many years of discussions and approval procedures, the Official Journal has published the anticipated announcement that the free trade agreement between the EU and Korea will be provisionally applied with effect from 1 July 2011. This is the first preferential agreement that the European Union has concluded with an Asian country.

3M Česko has teamed-up with mountain-bike tour „ Kolo pro život“ (Bike For Life) as the sponsor of their Rescue system.

For the 4th consecutive year 3M Cesko made it to the Top10 Best employers in the Czech republic according to the ranking published by Aon Hewitt.

CardPress is a powerful solution for designing, printing and encoding ID cards. It is supplied as universal boxed software for ID card printing and its engine is also used in custom-tailored card issuance solutions for large companies, universities, ministries, and public offices.

One of the most famous producers of natural and flavoured mineral waters Hanácká kyselka chose advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi Prague for long-term cooperation.

Already in its 17th year, Retail Summit will undoubtedly attract all the main players from the Czech retail business again.

American Chamber of Commerce has got a new helper for their work. Its name is 3M SCP716 and is made by 3M Česko company.

It is worth paying by Visa card

Briggs&Stratton has produced 1.000.000th engine in its Ostrava facility. This milestone has been celabrated by all local employees together with corporate executives...

For the first time in its short 20 years´ history, the 3M subsidiary in the Czech republic joined the elite club of Top 100 Czech companies according to the ranking provided by Comenius – a pan-European body for culture, education and scientific&technical cooperation.

Ronald Adams, Chairman and CEO of TATRA, a.s., Koprivnice, announced that Mr. Radim Valas has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of TATRA.

The Czech Republic is a long-term investment both for Sodexo and for me ...Interview with Christoph Aumüller, Managing Director of Sodexo

Diversified technology company 3M announced the availability of the 3M Multi-Touch Display M2256PW.

3M Introduces an All-in-One Accessory for Business Travel

3M has been recognized by the 2010 Dow Jones Sustainability Index with Gold-Class distinction, placing the company among world leaders in practices and policies that are beneficial to the environment.

Despite one of the sharpest economic contractions in decades, the world’s largest retailers were able to increase sales by 5.5% in fiscal year 2008 (encompasses fiscal years ended through June 2009), with total retail sales equaling around $3.8 trillion. However, a new report, Global Powers of Retailing, from Deloitte, in conjunction with STORES Media, shows that the global recession affected retailers’ bottom line. Profitability at the largest 250 retailers in the world fell from 3.7 percent in fiscal 2007 to 2.4 percent in 2008.

A new unique project describing life on our planet will be launched in the next days

This year, Olympus celebrates 90 years of success. Its story begins in Japan with Takeshi Yamashita’s dream of manufacturing high-quality Japanese microscopes. He was just 30 years old when, on 12 October 1919, he founded Takachiho Seisakusho – the company destined to realise his vision. Six months later its first product was launched: the Asahi, named after the “Rising Sun”. Two further models followed later the same year.

Are retailers losing more than they should through stock shrinkage? It is a question that KPMG has been researching for several years now. And we believe the evidence is growing that shrinkage rates are higher than they need to be.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte) is pleased to present the second annual Global Powers of the Consumer Products Industry. This report identifies the 250 largest consumer products companies around the world based on publicly available data for the companies’ fiscal year 2007 (encompasses fiscal years ended through June 2008). The report also provides an outlook for the global economy; a discussion of major challenges affecting consumer products companies; the strategic implications of these challenges; and an analysis of market capitalization in the industry.