Daily Archives: 21, June 2014

University of Twente researchers Jan Harmen Wiebenga and Johan Hol received valorisation grant of 200,000 euros from technology foundation STW

Enschede, Netherlands, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — UT researchers Jan Harmen Wiebenga and Johan Hol have received a valorisation grant of 200,000 euros from technology foundation STW. With this grant, the enterprising pair can further expand upon the work of their spin-off company Innprove Solutions. … Read the full press release

Rovio Entertainment Ltd wins the Digital/New Media Program of the Year award at the 2014 LIMA Licensing Excellence Awards

Las Vegas, NV, US, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Rovio Entertainment Ltd, the creator of Angry Birds, is thrilled to announce that it won the Digital/New Media Program of the Year award at the 2014 LIMA Licensing Excellence Awards. The awards are part … Read the full press release

Bayer CropScience opened new SeedGrowth Center in Can Tho, Vietnam

Monheim, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer CropScience recently opened its new SeedGrowth Center in Can Tho, Vietnam. This state-of-the-art facility aims to provide customers with integrated seed treatment solutions harnessing advanced technologies to help farmers protect their high-quality seeds and increase … Read the full press release

University College London researchers investigate on the secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts

The secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts is being unravelled by UCL researchers in a bid to apply it to humans. LONDON, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time, researchers have found that the ‘ERK pathway’ must be … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool lecturer Christine Ball wins LawWorks Pro Bono Award for Hillsborough inquest work

LIVERPOOL, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A lecturer who put together and supervised a team of students to assist lawyers at the fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 football fans at Hillsborough, has won a prestigious award for her work. Christine … Read the full press release

The LEGO Group inaugurated the latest expansion of their factory in Ciénega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

A 48,000 square meters expansion of the current LEGO factory in Mexico creates approximately 1000 jobs and enables the LEGO Group to better service core markets in North and South America. Ciénega de Flores, Mexico, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The LEGO … Read the full press release

German web printer Bagel RotoOffset implements Apogee Suite 8 workflow with automatic imposition and 64-bit processing from Agfa Graphics

Bagel RotoOffset, a web printer in Germany is able to work more efficiently thanks to the installation and use of Apogee Suite 8 workflow with automatic imposition and 64-bit processing from Agfa Graphics. This latest version of Agfa Graphics’ PDF … Read the full press release

Bridgepoint Development Capital sold IT infrastructure services provider Pulsant to Oak Hill Capital Partners

LONDON, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pulsant, the provider of IT infrastructure services to medium sized businesses in the UK, has been sold by Bridgepoint Development Capital (‘BDC’) to Oak Hill Capital Partners (‘Oak Hill’). The value of the transaction was not disclosed. … Read the full press release

Technische Universität München’s Nutrition researchers identified new insights into chronic bowel inflammation

MUNICH, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a common condition in western industrialized countries. What triggers it, however, is not yet fully understood. Nutrition researchers at Technische Universität München (TUM) have now identified a new step in the pathogenesis. … Read the full press release

Standard Chartered to launch two pioneering indicators to shed light on the business, investment and economic outlook for select African markets

LONDON, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Standard Chartered is launching two pioneering indicators to help shed light on the business, investment and economic outlook for select African markets. The Bank will publish a Business Sentiment Indicator for Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya and … Read the full press release