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Jarvis_110 The Bolognese start-up Iooota, in which the telecommunications company Acantho holds an interest, is one of the 10 Italian companies that from January 9 to 12 will exhibit at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2018), the world's largest fair of consumer technology products. Selected by ICE-Agenzia with the patronage of the MISE, Iooota will participate in the first Italian, "Made in Italy - The Art of Technology" mission, with which Italy intends to promote its own path towards innovation, to combine technology, style and design. Iooota, in particular, will be present with Jarvis, a small five-sided robot that can "dialogue" with all the devices used in an office or home. Already a winner of a Digital 360 Awards Jarvis transforms homes into intelligent subjects that respond in an integrated, fast and simple way to the needs of those who live in them, under the most modern protocols of the so-called "Internet of Things" (IoT). A real digital butler, in short, who will land in Las Vegas to show the world what he is capable of. It's really tough to find something Jarvis doesn't know how to do or that he can't learn. Energy saving, safety, entertainment, healthcare: there are so many areas in which it can help. Using a simple app on a smartphone, and remotely, Jarvis can control lights, adjust the temperature of individual rooms, run large appliances such as washing machines and also smaller devices such as sound systems, interact with alarm systems, send messages to warn of gas leaks, flooding, fires, break-ins, and it can also be very helpful for those who have elderly relatives living alone or small children. Moreover, by selecting some preset modes - such as "good morning", "good night", "in" and "out" - Jarvis acts simultaneously and in a coordinated manner on several devices: with "good morning", for example, it raises the thermostat temperature, turns on the coffee machine and starts playing music; by selecting "out", instead, it turns off heating and lights and activates the alarm system. If intrusions or suspicious movements occur, it sends security camera pictures to the user's smartphone. Applications don't end there, of course, because Jarvis looks to the future and its technology is designed to interface with devices and services that have yet to reach the market. Jarvis will be available in 2018, with the objective of being a useful tool to simplify the lives of many, helping to save energy, time and money. For all these reasons Acantho has decided to sponsor the project and has become Iooota's industrial partner. The Hera Group - which Acantho belongs to - has always been mindful of the best start-ups that appear in its area, and thus confirms its strategic focus on innovation, especially when it translates into solutions that, as for the robot designed by Iooota, take meaningful steps forward in terms of energy efficiency, consumption control, environmental protection and, more broadly, quality of life. "We are very pleased - says Luca Degli Esposti, Founder and CEO of Iooota - that Jarvis's potential has come to light to the point of offering us the opportunity to participate in the Italian mission to Las Vegas. There is an Italian way for innovation which we deeply believe in and that Jarvis interprets openly and creatively, communicating with those who use it, learning their tastes and habits and thus becoming an additional, active member of the office, of the home, or of the family that hosts it. Cooperation with the other companies - continues Degli Esposti - is also very important to develop the great growth potential of Jarvis: our robot, in fact, can increase the efficiency and sustainability with which resources of primary importance are consumed, such as gas and electricity but it can also raise the value of an increasingly broad set of technological devices, enhancing their functions, bringing them together and giving them, literally, a voice". "Believing in innovation and in dreams - says Roberto Vancini, President of Acantho - means never ceasing to be curious. Ultimately, this is the greatest lesson that comes from a young and fresh business like Iooota, which we are delighted to work with. Fifteen years ago - continues Vancini - we were among the first to invest in the development of a proprietary ultra-wide bandwidth fibre-optic network: we did so to provide increasingly efficient services to our customers but also because we knew that all this would encourage the development of technologies that could not yet even be imagined at the time. Jarvis is one of them. We are extremely pleased with the awards he is receiving internationally, and l can't wait to see how he will be received by the market." Jarvis_870 20180105_Jarvis_the_robot_of_the_Bologna_based_start_up_Iooota_on_stage_in_Las_Vegas.1533304472.pdf 2018-08-03 Related contents jarvis870.1533304471.jpg The young company, in which the telecommunications company Acantho holds an interest, will be at the world's largest exhibition of consumer technology products with its first creation, a small digital butler that helps users - automatically and remotely - manage the devices of their homes and offices. It is an open, smart and expandable solution designed to make life easier while saving energy, time and money Jarvis_110

Tommasi_Galli_Venier110 Italgas and Hera signed today a binding agreement for transferral to Italgas of 100% of Medea S.p.A.. The company has the concession for gas distribution and sale in the city of Sassari. Medea's overall enterprise value has been set at € 24.1 million. At the closing of the transaction, the price will be paid entirely in cash, net of debt. The transaction is expected to be concluded within the first few months of 2018 and is subject to a number of pre-closing requirements. Medea serves roughly 13,000 customers, all residents in the urban area of Sassari, with annual gas volumes distributed amounting to over 5 million cubic meters. The company's potential pool is of approximately 30,000 users. The network, which in the future may be converted to natural gas, extends for over 190 km and is currently fuelled by LPG through a storage and production plant located on the outskirts of the city. Hera-Italgas870 20171221_Press_release.1513849588.pdf 2017-12-21 Read more Hera_Italgas870.1513853697.jpg Thanks to this operation, Italgas will further reinforce its presence in Sardinia while Hera continues its process of rationalising Group subsidiaries Read more Tommasi_Galli_Venier110

aliplast110 Today in Bologna, Herambiente, a Hera Group company and leader in Italy in waste treatment and recovery, completed its purchase of an additional 40% of the shares of Aliplast, a primary national figure in plastic collection and recycling and subsequent regeneration. With this operation, which follows up on the first step taken on 3 April 2017, the amount of Aliplast shares held by the Hera Group rises to 80%. As foreseen by the binding deal signed by both parties in January, the remaining 20% of Aliplast shares will be purchased within June 2022. The sum paid by Herambiente in purchasing the further 40% of Aliplast comes to € 51.8 million, which includes the contribution collected as an energy-intensive company and the earn-out portion for having reached increasing results as regards EBITDA in 2016. The purchase was carried out with the Group's own resources. Since the majority of shares is now held by the Hera Group, Aliplast's governance has been modified. In particular, Aliplast's Shareholders Meeting, which came together immediately following the completion of the additional 40% by Herambiente, resolved to enlarge its Board of Directors, going from five to seven members, four representing the Hera Group and three from Aligroup. The new and thus composed BoD, in its first sitting, which took place on today's date, appointed Carlo Andriolo and Roberto Alibardi respectively as CEO and Chairman of the company. The acquisition of Aliplast, which is to be considered alongside the similar operations finalised in 2015 and 2017 involving the Treviso company Geo Nova and the Tuscan companies Waste Recycling and Teseco, has allowed the Hera Group to consolidate its own market presence with a distinctive trait, both unique and concretely in line with the principles of a circular economy. This element makes it possible to offer the Group's clients trustworthy and ever-more integrated solutions, able to complete and round off the virtual circle of sustainability: from collection and treatment of plastic deriving from production scrap waste, to the regeneration of new products. Due precisely to its own specific features, Aliplast was one of the elements that qualified the Hera Group to be admitted to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's international CE100 program, which brings together the world's leading 100 companies that stand out for their commitment to the transition to a circular economy. Founded in 1982 by Roberto Alibardi and headquartered in Ospedaletto di Istrana (Treviso), Aliplast is a national leader in industrial plastic waste collection and in regenerated polymer recycling and production, with roughly 80,000 tonnes of plastic material recycled every year. It was the first company in Italy to reach a full integration spanning the entire plastic lifecycle: from environmental services in managing and collecting packaging and industrial scrap waste to manufacturing and market sales of packaging products and materials made out of plastic recycled by the company itself. Aliplast employs approximately 350 people in its five Italian and three foreign (Spain, France and Poland) facilities. firmaaliplast870 press_release.1513253652.pdf 2017-12-14 Read more firma_aliplast870.1513253651.jpg Today, Herambiente completed the purchase of a further 40% of the Treviso company's shares, and the ensuing change in governance. The remaining 20% of the shares of this national leader in plastic recycling will be acquired within June 2022, as foreseen in the deal signed last January http://ha.gruppohera.it Herambiente website aliplast110

Scart110 The winning companies of the Corporate Art Awards 2017 are, today, receiving their awards at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage in Rome. Those companies include the Hera Group. The multiutility has won this recognition thanks to SCART, an artistic/communication project that focuses on creating works of art and installations out of waste. In illustrating the reasons for the award, the judges stated that SCART represents "the world's leading corporate Waste Art project in terms of breadth, originality and continuity over the years". Hera thus joins the ranks of other leading companies (which received the applause of none other than the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella) that have demonstrated excellence in international projects designed to bring the business and art worlds together. Conceived by Maurizio Giani and now with a twenty-year tradition behind it, the SCART project is part of the Hera Group's broader commitment to the circular economy. It boasts a Waste Art collection now over 900 pieces strong that include costumes, pictures, furnishing items, musical instruments and much more besides. Involved in numerous national and international exhibitions, SCART works alongside major research and training institutes such as the Accademie di Belle Arti of Florence and Bologna, as well as internationally renowned artists and critics. Moreover, many of the works created as part of the SCART project embellish offices and other workplaces within the Group, making them an integral part of the way customers are welcomed (as the recent Hera stands at the Ecomondo fair in Rimini and FICO in Bologna clearly demonstrate). With 6.9 million tons of waste processed, a vast pool of processing plants and 3.3 million citizens served, the Hera Group is Italy's number one waste management provider. By placing particular emphasis on industrial waste, SCART makes a sound contribution to building on these results. It does so by using an array of artworks to raise expected standards and by having a positive impact on the way we see recycling and re-utilisation. To get a clearer idea of what the SCART project is all about you can visit the travelling "SCART, il lato bello e utile del rifiuto" show free of charge. Following its success in Ravenna, Imola and Modena, the show is now in Udine at the Tina Modotti Gallery until 30 November. From 7 December to 15 February 2018 the works will be on display at the Chamber of Commerce in Pisa. Scart870 20171122_SCART_ai_Corporate_Art_Awards_2017_BO_en_SD_EP_TTT.1511877115.pdf 2017-11-28 Read more SCART870.1511877114.jpg Assigned in Rome today at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, this award acknowledges the Hera Group project that makes art out of waste materials Scart110