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| NNE builds new vaccine facility for Bavarian Nordic in record time |
28 September 2005 - NNE A/S
In the record-breaking time of 11 months, NNE has built a new vaccine production facility for the biopharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic A/S. The new facility, based in Kvistgaard, Denmark started production on 4 July 2005. On-site construction of the 9,000 m2 state-of-the-art facility started on 1 August 2004 and was completed less than a year later when Bavarian Nordic accepted transfer of the facility and its related systems and technologies from NNE. |
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| NNE succeeds in French pharmaceutical expansion project |
08 September 2005 - NNE A/S
On 8 September the healthcare company Novo Nordisk inaugurated a new production facility for insulin products in Chartres, 80 km south-west of Paris. The facility enables Novo Nordisk to meet the worldwide growing demand for insulin pens and cartridges used for treatment of people with diabetes. |
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| Danish pharma plant named Facility of the Year |
07 September 2005 - NNE A/S
Innovative products weren't the only things unveiled at Interphex 2005 this past April. A new 'Facility of the Year' award, recognizing excellence in facility engineering, was also bestowed for the first time this year. The award, designed to recognize the creativity and innovation of designers, builders and operators of manufacturing facilities serving the regulated healthcare industry, was presented to NovoNordisk A/S, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in Hillerød, Denmark. |
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| NNE Acquires US Cleanroom Certification Company |
01 September 2005 - NNE A/S
The acquisition will dramatically enhance the cleanroom service capabilities of NNE's North Carolina-based subsidiary, NNE US. CCT employees provide independent testing, certification and consulting services to a wide variety of clients within the pharma and biotech industry, concentrated in the eastern US. |
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| New General Manager for NNE Sweden |
02 June 2005 - NNE A/S
NNE, a leading provider of consulting and engineering services focused on life science, has appointed Leif Bo Ølgaard as new general manager of the Swedish subsidiary, NNE Sweden, in Huddinge. |
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| Top engineering firm locates in US |
11 May 2005 - NNE A/S
Novo Nordisk Engineering, an international award-winning pharmaceutical engineering firm, opened its first United States headquarters in Clayton in 2003 yet few in Clayton outside the pharmaceutical industry know it exists.
NNE opened as a subsidiary of Novo Nordisk in 1925. Both companies are branches of Novo of Denmark. |
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| Geneva satellite for award-receiving pharma |
11 May 2005 - NNE A/S
Can Habib, currently the sole employee of the Geneva satellite of NNE is not only a little proud of the award recently won by his company. It is the '2005 Facility of the Year Award' given by the principal representatives of international engineering companies in the pharmaceutical industry. The award ceremony was held during Interphex, the most important pharmaceutical conference that took place in New York. |
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| NNE ready for the world market |
11 May 2005 - NNE A/S
A tenfold increase in the number of employees over the past ten years and a turnover on the right side of a billion. NNE has in earnest moved into the big league of engineering companies. |
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| On well-known territory in Medicon Valley |
11 May 2005 - NNE A/S
For a number of years, Copenhagen and the Øresund region have with a certain degree of luck attempted to market themselves as Medicon Valley. This means that in addition to the existing, large Danish companies already in the area, a number of foreign and smaller, new companies have established their presence, viewing the Øresund region as a stimulating climate within the biotechnological, pharmaceutical, medical device, and service and science areas. Medicon Valley represents highly educated people and know-how which everybody can benefit from. |
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| Pharmaceutical facility built by NNE named best in the world |
27 April 2005 - NNE A/S
The Danish NovoSeven Facility has been given the '2005 Facility of the Year Award' by the foremost representatives of the pharmaceutical industry's international engineering society. The award ceremony took place on Wednesday, April 27 at Interphex, the world's largest and most comprehensive pharmaceutical conference in New York. |
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| NNE opens office in Switzerland to serve the life science industry |
26 April 2005 - NNE A/S
NNE, a leading provider of consulting, engineering, construction and validation services focused on life science, has opened an office in Geneva to serve the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in Switzerland and neighbouring countries. |
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| NNE showed good results in 2004 |
15 March 2005 - NNE A/S
2004 featured favourable business progress for NNE in both Denmark and internationally. A significantly higher level of activity than expected enabled NNE to continue the investment in new markets and still achieve satisfactory financial results. |
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| A facility constructed by NNE nominated for prestigious award |
10 March 2005 - NNE A/S
The 14,000 square metre NovoSeven facility in Hillerød, Denmark, designed and constructed by NNE for Novo Nordisk A/S, is among the finalists in the nomination of Facility of the Year Award 2005. |
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| NNE acquires the Swedish company Carmetec AB |
29 January 2005 - NNE A/S
NNE, a leading international provider of pharmaceutical facilities, consulting and engineering services, acquires the life science consulting and cleanroom company, Carmetec AB. The Uppsalabased Carmetec is recognised as the leading supplier of complete cleanroom solutions to the Swedish life science industry. |
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| Pharmaceutical plant built in new record time: 14½ months |
16 December 2004 - NNE A/S
On 16 December NNE formally completed the hand-over process for a new plant for purification of insulin analogues. The 7,000 m2 greenfield project is built in Kalundborg, Denmark, for the healthcare company Novo Nordisk A/S, and the plant has been constructed in only 14½ months from the granting of initial funding to start of Performance Qualification. |
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| NNE offers complete PAT consultancy solutions |
01 December 2004 - NNE A/S
NNE has established a new PAT department to provide consultancy services on Process Analytical Technology to pharmaceutical manufactures worldwide. By comprising a team of PAT-specialists within a company with 700 life science focused engineers, architects and GMP specialists, NNE wishes to create a unique knowledge and consultancy centre covering all aspects concerning PAT systems and pharmaceutical manufactures. |
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| NNE buys ALK-Abelló's Engineering Department |
12 October 2004 - NNE A/S
NNE A/S and ALK-Abelló A/S have entered into an agreement to the effect that ALK outsources its engineering tasks to NNE as of 1 November 2004. The tasks include work within development and support of ALK's production, primarily in Hørsholm. |
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| NNE awarded for 'Engineering Excellence' |
30 September 2004 - NNE A/S
On 28 September 2004 NNE was awarded the Haden Freeman Award for Engineering Excellence. The award was given to NNE for the fast track construction of the world's largest insulin plant, built for the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S. |
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| Finished Goods Plant Rebuilt in Record Time |
16 September 2004 - NNE A/S
NNE has just completed the reconstruction of Novo Nordisk's pharmaceutical finished goods plant in Gentofte, Denmark. The reconstruction took place during the summer holiday period, and in record time, to minimise the period, when the production had to be extraordinarily interrupted. |
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| 400 days with no work accidents |
15 September 2004 - NNE A/S
The Kalundborg site in Denmark where Novo Nordisk is building a new insulin factory has not had a single notifiable work accident since construction began last year. An exceptional feat for a construction job of this magnitude, to which more than 200,000 man-hours have already been devoted. Efforts to make the construction site a safe place to work have been ongoing since project start-up. A programme of several new safety courses has played a role in keeping the number of work accidents down. |
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| NNE in Stockholm opens office in Sweden |
10 September 2004 - NNE A/S
Novo Nordisk Engineering, a Danish company of engineering consultants, has opened an office in Sweden. Specialising in engineering consultancy and establishing, rebuilding and optimising pharmaceutical production facilities, the company has set up a Swedish subsidiary located in Huddinge south of Stockholm. |
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| NNE's business abroad is growing |
13 May 2004 - NNE A/S
NNE's strategy of basing its future growth on projects outside Denmark seems to be bearing fruit. The recently established subsidiaries in the U.S., France and Sweden are growing both in turnover and number of employees, and the construction of a plant for Novo Nordisk in Brazil also provides work for NNE employees, both in Denmark and in Brazil. |
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| NNE constructs smallpox vaccine plant for Bavarian Nordic |
30 March 2004 - NNE A/S
NNE enters into agreement with Bavarian Nordic A/S for constructing production facilities on Bavarian Nordic's recently acquired site in Kvistgård, Denmark. The production plant will be used for making a vaccine against smallpox and other vaccines against infectious diseases, and the agreement implies that NNE will construct the new production facilities for the vaccine production in clean rooms with full GMP compliance. The total size of the clean rooms of class B and C is approximately 1,100 m2. |
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| NNE established in France |
25 March 2004 - NNE A/S
NNE France will initially focus on supporting the Novo Nordisk Group expansion in France. It is the objective to offer a range of services based on experience from NNE's many projects in Denmark, but adjusted to French needs and project culture. NNE thus aims at continuing as main supplier of pharmaceutical consultancy services to Novo Nordisk in France. |
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| NNE made profit in 2003 – in spite of a large drop in turnover |
16 March 2004 - NNE A/S
In 2003 NNE experienced a significant reduction of activities. This had a considerable impact on the result of the year, leaving a pre-tax profit of DKK 4.2 million. Net turnover in 2003 was approx. DKK 960 million, which is 26% below the record turnover of DKK 1.3 billion in 2002. Pre-tax profit margin dropped to 0.4%. |
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| NNE extends current lease in Søborg to bring together employees from different locations in Copenhagen |
09 March 2004 - NNE A/S
300 employees leave the premises in Ballerup and Bagsværd to join the approx. 500 employees who already work at the site in Søborg. Hans Ole Voigt, General Manager of NNE, comments: - The move fulfils a large wish. A major part of NNE is together at one destination, which is important as we work in inter-disciplinary teams, requiring close relations between our many technical areas. The move will strengthen NNE as a cross-organizational unit. |
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| Insulin purification facility well under way |
01 March 2004 - NNE A/S
NNE's largest ongoing project is the planning and establishment of an insulin purification facility. Being built for Novo Nordisk A/S in Kalundborg, the new facility will be called PIA II and is a sister factory for PIA I, which NNE handed over to Novo Nordisk in 2001. |
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| News from NNE in China |
28 January 2004 - NNE A/S
As of 1 March 2004 Kristian Pedersen is appointed General Manager for NNET. Kristian Pedersen has been expatriated from NNE to China since 1998 and worked within project management and electrical coordination. |
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| NNE activities in the US increase |
17 December 2003 - NNE A/S
NNE's activities in the US are increasing, and the engineering consultancy company has now established a subsidiary in Clayton, North Carolina. NNE US Inc. will manage all NNE's activities in the US, and with the opening of offices in Clayton, the company has become close to Novo Nordisk in the US to support its international expansion. |
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| Honour to NNE's Architects |
03 November 2003 - NNE A/S
The world's largest insulin plant, which NNE built for Novo Nordisk, was awarded a prize for its architecture by the Municipality of Kalundborg at a ceremony on 30 October 2003. |
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| NNE announces lay-offs in Denmark |
07 October 2003 - NNE A/S
At an extraordinary information meeting for employees today, Hans Ole Voigt, general manager of NNE (Novo Nordisk Engineering), announced that 120 positions are being eliminated before the end of the month due to a decline in turnover. |
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| NNE has finished the largest insulin factory in the world |
26 June 2003 - NNE A/S
With the official opening of IBP (Insulin Bulk Plant) on 26 June 2003, NNEs largest project ever is carried out with succes. 'It has been a unique catalyst for growth, providing us with invaluable know-how and skills that add new dimensions to what we were able to do before we threw ourselves into our largest, most complex project to date,' says Hans Ole Voigt, managing director in NNE. |
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| Satisfactory 2002 annual results for NNE |
02 April 2003 - NNE A/S
NNE came well out of the financial year 2002. Net turnover amounted to 1,305 Danish kroner compared to 1,125 Danish kroner in 2001, representing a 16% growth. Pre-tax profit was DKK 91 million compared to DKK 54 million in 2001, an increase of 69%. The pre-tax profit margin increased from 4.8% to 7%. Net profit for the year was DKK 53 million compared to DKK 37 million in 2001. |
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| FDA recalls Part 11 guidance documents - NNE has the following comments |
04 March 2003 - NNE A/S
NNE considers FDA's announcement to be in line with the industry's desire for a more realistic and pragmatic compliance policy with focus on compliance with the intention behind the rule. That is, to ensure credible and reliable data handling of the electronic GxP data required in Predicate rules, and earlier controlled on paper.
With reference to the new guidance, further possibilities are now opening up to the industry to prioritise the systems processing these electronic records in relation to data that has formerly been in a grey zone. |
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| Advanced factory built in record time |
01 November 2002 - NNE A/S
On 1 November 2002, NNE officially handed over the NovoSeven plant to Novo Nordisk A/S in Hillerød. This happened just 18 months after approval of the project's Basic Design. With the short construction time NNE complied with the client's need for a speedy production expansion, dictated by an increasing demand for the haemophilia medicine NovoSeven. |
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| NNEs first own Annual Review |
07 May 2002 - NNE A/S
2001 was a remarkable year for NNE in every way, characterised by progress and development. With the largest project portfolio ever, resulting in a turnover of more than DKK 1 billion and profit before taxation of DKK 54 million. In 2001 NNE also celebrated its 10-year anniversary as independent subsidiary within the Novo Group. |
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| One of the most attractive engineering workplaces |
07 May 2002 - NNE A/S
1,723 qualified engineers and students have voted NNE to a grand 2nd place, only surpassed by our owner, in the image poll made by IFO, the Danish Institute for Opinion analysis together with the magazine 'Ingeniøren'. Respondents were asked to evaluate 100 companies in relation to values as challenging and developing work tasks, culture/spirit, employee influence and independence. And NNE was rated one of the highest on these values. It is the first time that NNE participates in an image poll as an independent company. |
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| Silver in the slipstream of big brother |
25 April 2002 - NNE A/S
The yearly image poll offered a downright surprise in the absolute top. The company with the second best image among 100 participants was NNE, participating in the image poll for the first time as independent company. To readers that momentarily knit their brows in wonder we hasten to say that NNE is short of Novo Nordisk Engineering, independent consultancy engineering company and fully owned subsidiary of Novo Nordisk A/S. |
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| Integrating design and production of packaging materials |
01 April 2002 - NNE A/S
Whether cartons, tablet containers, blisters, labels or inserts, it is of utmost importance to coordinate all phases in the life cycle of packaging materials. Particularly important is a close exchange of ideas, facts, knowledge, and experience between design phase and production concept. If the in-volved parties fail to communicate, the result may be ineffective production conditions. Conditions that are rarely visible to the customer in the end product, but result in annoyances and increased time and cost. |
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| NNE Charges Forward with a billion in turnover |
21 March 2002 - NNE A/S
The three, big Danish engineering consulting companies Carl Bro, Cowi and Rambøll can feel an upstart breathing down their necks. Before they realise it, they may be overtaken by NNE A/S, a subsidiary of the biggest private builder in Denmark, Novo Nordisk A/S. |
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| Merge Fever in Engineering Industry |
23 February 2002 - NNE A/S
The Danish association of engineers (F.R.I.) lost a dozen members in 2001, whereas the number of employees rose by 200 to 8,850. The industry in a nutshell: Business is good, and mergers are booming. Although environmental engineering for example is a problem area due to the discontinuation of public funds, prospects for 2002 are good. |
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| Rebis and NNE form Globepoint |
09 November 2001 - NNE A/S
Rebis, the market leader in plant design and management software, announced today the formation of Globepoint A/S, a joint venture with NNE, a subsidiary of Novo Nordisk A/S. Globepoint is an e-business initiative that will be launched in the Scandinavian process and design markets for Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Globepoint offers technology and services that are integrated in the life cycle of design and business processes. It consists of four components: Software Hosting, Software Sales and Consulting, E-Catalogs and Collaboration Services. These four components address key issues in the engineering and construction industry, including IT support, cross-company project management and inefficiencies in vendor relations. |
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| A challenging business opportunity for NNE |
08 November 2001 - NNE A/S
The Internet will provide industry with even more business opportunities in the future, just as it will change our ways of working and cooperating. American Rebis, the leading software company within plant design and management software, and NNE have formed a joint venture by the name of Globepoint A/S. |
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| The New NNE has changed its visual identity |
07 November 2001 - NNE A/S
In connection with our 10-year anniversary we have changed visual identity. As an independent subsidiary we have always had our own identity and company profile. But our new visual identity is more than just a new logo, it clearly reflects NNE as a company in progress with ambitious goals for the future. During the years we have acquired a profound knowledge of engineering and execution of investment projects within the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries. Our knowledge, experience, as well as our ways of thinking and acting, we venture to call Unique Know How. |
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| The start of yet another new Turnkey project |
03 July 2001 - NNE A/S
On 1 June 2001 the foundation stone was laid for 'Medical Systems Factory number 2' in Hillicon Valley at Hillerød, Denmark. This marks the start of yet another turnkey project with NNE as Project Manager. |
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| Ferring's international stake in Ørestad |
24 April 2001 - NNE A/S
The Øresund Bridge was the deciding factor when Ferring A/S had to choose a location for its new headquarters. With two production sites in Malmø and one in Vanløse (out of five production units in total), Ferring could hardly have chosen a more central location. |
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| MCA Award for 'Unique Know How' |
12 April 2001 - NNE A/S
On Saturday, 17 November, Media Communication Association, Denmark, presented the yearly awards within video, film and multimedia productions for television. NNE, represented by 3D animator Denis Frith – won a Craft Award for best graphics and animation of the presentation video 'Unique Know How'. |
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| NNE participates in the first large building project at Ørestad |
02 April 2001 - NNE A/S
The pharmaceutical company Ferring has just celebrated the topping-out ceremony of their 80 metre high-rise building 'Ferring International Center' at Ørestad, Denmark. A building project worth approx. USD 40 million. |
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| New research environment for less than DKK 500 million |
20 February 2001 - NNE A/S
The ring of buildings around University Park in Copenhagen will soon be complete. The Ministry of Research has just decided that Carl Bro as, Novo Nordisk Engineering A/S and KHR A/S Arkitekter will be jointly responsible for constructing the first phase of the new Biocentre. The cost will be DKK 452.5 million. |
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| Biocentre in University Park – winning project |
15 January 2001 - NNE A/S
Functionality, flexibility and dynamism: these are the core features of the winning project for the new Biocentre. The architecture and the laboratory concept combine to create the best framework for a research environment which will cut across research boundaries, a framework which will be functional for users and yet inspire them to dynamic cooperation. |
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| Customer-oriented employees - a long-term investment |
09 January 2001 - NNE A/S
Development, challenge and training. Three keywords which link the consultancy firm NNE with Time/system & Innovator. The experienced consultant must learn to sell, and Time/system & Innovator helps private companies with development and training. The two parties have therefore come together in a constructive cooperation under the title 'The Customer-oriented Employee'. |
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| Effective partnering reduces cost |
19 September 2000 - NNE A/S
Novo Nordisk Engineering A/S and Monberg & Thorsen A/S have jointly carried out a building assignment so effectively that the cost was lower and the building completed sooner than expected. The method is called partnering, where the building sponsor, the contractor and the consultant trust one another to carry out the assignment in close partnership. |
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| New order in Novo's largest Danish investment |
04 September 2000 - NNE A/S
NNE and GEA Liquid Processing Scandinavia A/S have formed a consortium which will carry out specific assignments for Novo Nordisk A/S in connection with its new Insulin Bulk Plant in Kalundborg. The contract establishing the new consortium, which will bear the name 'GEANNE I/S', was signed on Wednesday 13 September 2000 by the finance director of GEA, Morten Johansen, and the corporate manager of NNE, Hans Ole Voigt. |
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| Mechanical engineering improves packing economy |
01 August 2000 - NNE A/S
How can mechanical engineering improve packing economy? This question was the theme of a conference held on 29 August in Lund which was arranged by numerous Scandinavian engineering firms to discuss the trends in packing technology and packaging solutions. |
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