Monthly Archives: August 2013

Statement of Uralkali’s Chairman Alexander Voloshin on Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner detention in Minsk, Belarus

28-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — “I consider the detention of Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner in Minsk on 26 August to be an outrageous act. Economic disputes and various differences which often arise in the course of business should not be dealt with in … Read the full press release

Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle met with Andriy Klyuyev over Ukraine’s road to signing the Association Agreement

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle, met today with Andriy Klyuyev, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, appointed by the President of Ukraine to ensure coordination of activities of the central executive authorities … Read the full press release

Stefan Romedahl appointed General Manager of Boliden Tara Mines

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Stefan Romedahl has been appointed General Manager of Boliden Tara Mines, taking up his position on September 1, 2013. Stefan has around 20 years’ experience of the rock and mining industry. His most recent position was as Project … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ Group to deliver two tissue machines with steel Yankees for the production of high-quality facial and toilet paper to Zhejiang Jingxing Paper, China

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Zhejiang Jingxing Paper, China, to supply two tissue machines with steel Yankees to its location in Pinghu city, Zhejiang Province, for the production of high-quality facial and toilet paper. … Read the full press release

Outokumpu to provide stainless steel for the façade of China’s highest skyscraper Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu has won a bid to provide stainless steel for the façade on Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen, China. The skyscraper’s façade will be the largest stainless steel façade in the world. This contract demonstrates Outokumpu’s vast … Read the full press release

Aurubis Group reports for significant earnings decline in first nine months of fiscal year 2012/13 due to lower metal prices

Hamburg, 27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Aurubis Group generated operating earnings before taxes (EBT) of € 133 million in the first nine months of the current fiscal year and was thus not able to follow up on its very good prior-year earnings … Read the full press release

CEZ Group announced H1 2013 financial results, net income up 5.3% YoY

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — EBITDA rose by CZK 0.9 bn (1.9%) year on year to CZK 49.2 bn. Net Income grew by 5.3% y-o-y to CZK 28.6 bn. The CEZ Group has not changed its expected results for the entire year; EBITDA … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ group to supply new sludge dewatering line for thickening and dewatering of fibrous sludges for Stora Enso’s board mill Skoghall, Sweden

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Stora Enso to supply a new sludge dewatering line for thickening and dewatering of fibrous sludges for the board mill Skoghall, Sweden. With a capacity of up to 750,000 … Read the full press release

BAWAG P.S.K. – Verbesserte Ergebnisentwicklung im 1. Halbjahr 2013

Weitere Investitionen in die Kerngeschäftsbereiche Neuausrichtung der Bilanz Beschleunigung des Effizienz- und Produktivitätssteigerungsprogramms Starke Kapital- und Liquiditätsbasis bei konservativem Risikoprofil Verbesserung der CET I-Quote1) auf 12,3% (+4,5%-Punkte in den letzten 18 Monaten) Reduktion der Risikokosten um 17,7% Steigerung des Periodenüberschusses (vor Steuern, … Read the full press release

The London Metal Exchange (LME) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) appoint Garry Jones as Chief Executive of the LME to succeed Martin Abbott

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and The London Metal Exchange (LME), part of the HKEx Group, are pleased to announce the appointment of Garry Jones as the Chief Executive of the LME to succeed Martin Abbott, … Read the full press release

EBRD approved its 2013-2016 strategy for Mongolia looking to increase investments in non-natural resource sectors

The Bank will focus on sustainable mining but also support development of infrastructure, financial institutions and SMEs. 27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), having approved its 2013-2016 strategy for operations in Mongolia, is aiming to diversify … Read the full press release

Boehringer Ingelheim partners with Taizhou China Medical City to open leading veterinary manufacturing plant in Jiangsu Province, China

Ground-breaking ceremony for leading veterinary manufacturing plant in Taizhou/China Investment of 58 million Euro 200 job opportunities expected Taizhou, Jiangsu, China, and Ingelheim, Germany, 27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, the research driven pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, in partnership with Taizhou China Medical … Read the full press release

Günther Oettinger, Victor Ponta, Iurie Leancă jointly inaugurated the launch of Romanian-Moldavian gas pipeline works

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, Prime-Minister of Romania Victor Ponta and the Prime-Minister of the Republic of Moldova Iurie Leancă, will today jointly inaugurate the launch of the works for the realisation of the gas interconnector between Ungheni … Read the full press release

Azerbaijan based microfinance institution TBC Kredit received $3.5M loan from EBRD and TaiwanICDF

US$ 3.5 million loan to microfinance institution TBC Kredit 27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending US$ 2.5 million to TBC Kredit LLC for on-lending to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Azerbaijan. A … Read the full press release

EC endorses Italian control measures to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in Emilia-Romagna poultry farms

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A decision confirming the risk areas set up by the Italian authorities in relation to the outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry farms located in Emilia-Romagna was today adopted by the Commission. At the extraordinary meeting … Read the full press release

Professor Paulus Kirchhof at ESC Congress 2013: Personalised management to close mortality gap for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The fourth AFNET/EHRA consensus conference was convened to discuss how to identify the underlying main pathophysiologies of AF in individual patients so that more targeted therapies could be developed to close the mortality gap. Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Tuesday 27 … Read the full press release

University of Glasgow’s Professor Andy Furlong: Europe’s youth unemployment may not be temporary

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s young people are facing a bleak future with a fragmented and precarious labour market that is only just beginning to be appreciated in the West, according to a paper to be presented this Thursday to the European … Read the full press release

950 treatment naïve genotype-1b patients enrolled for two of Boehringer Ingelheim pivotal Phase III interferon-free hepatitis C clinical trials

Over 950 patients have now been successfully enrolled in the pivotal Phase III HCVerso™1 and 2 trials The Phase III study programme includes treatment naïve patients, including those ineligible for interferon and patients with liver cirrhosis The milestone coincides with … Read the full press release

MYTILINEOS Group posts consolidated €731M turnover in 1H2013, up 2.3% YoY

27-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ —  Continued resilience in particularly adverse domestic and global economic conditions 1H2013 Highlights: Net debt down €170 million in 1H2013, dropping from €725 million to €555 million due to stronger positive cash flows and to the reduction in the amount … Read the full press release

Boehringer Ingelheim to unveil new data on the novel oral anticoagulant (NOAC) Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) during the ESC Congress 2013 in Amsterdam

For media outside of the US, the UK & Canada only Ingelheim, Germany, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the upcoming presentation of new data on the novel oral anticoagulant (NOAC) Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) during the ESC Congress 2013 organised … Read the full press release

Beiersdorf AG announced strong sales growth in its H1 2013 Interim Report

Group sales rise 6.6% Consumer sales up 6.5% tesa achieves sales growth of 7.4% Group EBIT margin increases to 13.7% Outlook for fiscal year 2013 confirmed  Hamburg, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first half of 2013, Beiersdorf has continued to progress well … Read the full press release

The Linde Group awarded contract to build the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) purification and liquefaction plant for Jubail United Petrochemical Company in Saudi Arabia

Munich, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract to build the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) purification and liquefaction plant for Jubail United Petrochemical Company (UNITED), a manufacturing affiliate of SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries … Read the full press release

US FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to Novartis’s BYM338 for sporadic inclusion body myositis

Designation highlights potential of BYM338 to address an unmet medical need in a serious disease If approved, BYM338 has the potential to be the first treatment for sIBM patients BYM338 is the third Novartis investigational treatment this year to receive … Read the full press release

HSE24: Homeshopping in HD-Qualität für zusätzliche Haushalte

Ismaning, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Homeshopping in hochauflösender HD-Fernsehqualität ist ab sofort flächendeckend in Deutschland möglich: Kunden von Kabel Deutschland können HSE24 HD bereits seit Mai diesen Jahres in 13 Bundesländern in gestochen scharfen Bildern sehen. Zum 1. August erfolgte nun die … Read the full press release

New SAP® Social Contact Intelligence analytic application for Real-Time Social Insights and Intelligence

New SAP® Social Contact Intelligence Analytic Application Leverages Power of SAP HANA Platform to Deliver Unmatched Customer Insight and Intelligence NEW YORK, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the release of the SAP® Social Contact Intelligence analytic application. Powered … Read the full press release

Novartis invites 60 selected students from leading international universities to its headquarters in Switzerland for the International Biotechnology Leadership Camp

The International Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp) fosters idea exchange with leading scientists as well as entrepreneurship for young talents 60 selected students from leading international universities attend to explore science and innovation at Novartis headquarters in Basel, Switzerland Novartis CEO … Read the full press release

SAP unveiled cloud-based fantasy football analytics platform for National Football League’s NFL.com

26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and the National Football League (NFL) launched an enhanced fantasy football analytics platform that offers users real-time insights to help users make more informed, winning decisions. Running on cloud-based SAP solutions, the player comparison tool … Read the full press release

Universität Tübingen researchers combined PET and MRI imaging techniques for better brain function diagnoses

Tübingen researchers integrate PET and MRI images for better diagnoses 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The ability to measure brain functions non-invasively is important both for clinical diagnoses and research in Neurology and Psychology. Two main imaging techniques are used: positron emission tomography … Read the full press release

SABMiller’s subsidiary in Uganda Nile Breweries Limited opened its second brewery in Mbarara, western Uganda

26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — SABMiller’s Ugandan subsidiary, Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), today marks the official opening of its new brewery in Mbarara, western Uganda. Following an investment of US$90m, construction began on the new site in February, 2012, and the brewery has … Read the full press release

RTL Group to pay gross extraordinary interim dividend of €2.50 per share

Luxembourg, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — As RTL Group already announced on 22 August 2013, the Group’s Board of Directors decided at its meeting of 21 August 2013 to pay a gross extraordinary interim dividend of €2.50 per share. The extraordinary interim dividend … Read the full press release

Brembo SpA acquires remaining 30% stake in Brembo Nanjing Brake Systems Co. for €11M from Donghua Automotive Industrial China

26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Brembo now owns 100% of Brembo Nanjing Brake Systems Co. Ltd as a result of the acquisition of the remaining 30% stake from the Chinese partner Donghua Automotive Industrial Co. Ltd, for a total consideration of RMB 90 million (about … Read the full press release

CapMan Russia II announced it invested in leading Russian IT outsourcing service provider MAYKOR

26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan Russia II, a fund managed by CapMan, has made its first investment in MAYKOR – the leading Russian IT outsourcing service provider. The investment is made jointly with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development … Read the full press release

SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company reported solid pricing and strong Above Premium sales growth at MillerCoors in Q2-2013

Above-Premium Innovations Help Drive 2.6% Increase in Domestic Net Revenue per Barrel Profit Declines Due to Weak Sales in Premium Light and Economy Segments London and Denver, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — SABMiller plc (LN:SAB; OTC:SABMRY) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX: … Read the full press release

Leading European entertainment network RTL Group reported higher EBITA and net profit in H1-2013

RTL Group delivers on its strategic growth plan, stepping up its investments in broadcast, content and digital Based on its strong cash flows, RTL Group will pay out an extraordinary interim dividend of €2.50 per share in September 2013 Luxembourg, … Read the full press release

EBRD, Russian Direct Investment Fund, CapMan Russia II Fund invest USD 100 million in major Russian outsourcing company MAYKOR

Joint investment with the Russian Direct Investment Fund and CapMan Russia II Fund 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD has joined forces with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the CapMan Russia II Fund, a private equity fund in which the … Read the full press release

The Salini Impregilo Group led consortium of Italian construction companies to build the first section of the new Libyan coastal motorway in €963M worth of contract

Rome – Milan, 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Salini Impregilo Group, leader of a consortium of Italian companies including “La Società Italiana per CONDOTTE d’Acqua” “Impresa Pizzarotti & C.”and  “Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti – C.M.C” will construct the first section of the new Libyan … Read the full press release

Russian IT outsourcing group MAYKOR signed with IKEA MOS for fire protection equipment technical maintenance in Samara’s MEGA Family Shopping Center

26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — MAYKOR, a national-scale group of companies that provides services and outsourcing of IT and building utility systems, and IKEA MOS (Torgovlya i Nedvizhimost) LLC executed a three years long contract for technical maintenance of fire protection equipment in … Read the full press release

Croatia’s investment plan to use EU cohesion policy funds worth €449.4m to deliver growth and jobs approved by the European Commission

26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has today approved Croatia’s investment plan to use EU cohesion policy funds worth €449.4m allocated to the country when it joined the EU on 1st July 2013. The National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) prepared by the … Read the full press release

ESET Smart Security ranked #1 among 16 security products tested in the latest AV-Comparatives Anti-Phishing Report

23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET, the global pioneer in proactive digital protection, has claimed first place among 16 security products tested in the latest AV-Comparatives Anti-Phishing Report, thus securing the “Advanced+” mark.  ESET Smart Security has blocked 99 percent of the phishing websites and … Read the full press release