Daily Archives: 11, February 2015

Over 4,500 customers already connected to one of the largest smart grids in the world – tiko, Swisscom and Repower AG joint venture

Berne, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Fluctuations in the electricity grid are one of the biggest challenges for power suppliers and are taking place with increasing frequency due to the growing amount of electricity generated by solar and wind, the production of which … Read the full press release

Geberit to expand its Group Executive Board to include the Group division Marketing & Brands as part of Sanitec acquisition

Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its acquisition of Sanitec, Geberit is expanding its Group Executive Board to include the Group division Marketing & Brands. The Board of Directors of Geberit AG has thus appointed Egon Renfordt-Sasse as … Read the full press release

voestalpine posts 10.2% increase in its profit in the first nine months of 2014/15 YoY

At EUR 8.26 billion, revenue is stable (previous year: EUR 8.27 billion) Operating result (EBITDA) rose by 8.8% to EUR 1.09 billion At EUR 627 million, profit from operations (EBIT) 10.2% higher than last year’s figure In the first nine … Read the full press release

University of Twente student managed to visit all S-Bahn stations in Berlin in the fastest way possible

Enschede, Netherlands, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Mathematics student Loes Knoben recently managed to visit all S-Bahn stations in Berlin in the fastest way possible, namely in 15 hours and 4 minutes, a new record. In order to achieve this, she programmed a … Read the full press release

University of Twente: Charcoal production the main source of income for the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab

UT study: Charcoal production by Al-Shabaab increases in survey area Enschede, Netherlands, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Despite a UN ban on the export of charcoal, charcoal production is the main source of income for the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab. Because the area … Read the full press release

University of Twente announces big names for its summer school festival CuriousU 2015

Still a few months to go, but preparations for CuriousU 2015 are in full swing. This will be the first festival edition Summer School in the Netherlands. On Monday, the organizers of the eight-day festival (11 to 18 August in … Read the full press release

Rovio Entertainment and Dreamkids Kindergarten teamed up to launch the first Angry Birds Playground in Singapore

Rovio Entertainment and Dreamkids Kindergarten team up to open the first Angry Birds Playground in Southeast Asia. Espoo, Finland, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Rovio Entertainment and Dreamkids Kindergarten have teamed up to launch the first Angry Birds Playground in Singapore. Based on … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool researcher, Dr Eleanor Longden nominated for her academic and media work at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Mental Health Heroes Awards

LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Universityof Liverpool researcher, Dr Eleanor Longden, attended the Deputy Prime Minister’s Mental Health Heroes Awards which recognise individuals who have helped, supported, or inspired those with mental health difficulties. Dr Longden. from the Institute of Psychology, Health and … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool: New training facility opens at Daresbury Laboratory giving hands-on experience to trainee medical physicists

LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new training facility has opened at Daresbury Laboratory, aimed at giving University of Liverpool trainee medical physicists hands-on experience of medical scanners. The new Medical Training and Research Laboratory (MTRL) will house a SPECT/CT scanner that will … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool lecturer raised more than £5,000 for research project run at Liverpool Women’s Hospital

LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr Jonathan Hogg, senior lecturer in the History Department, has raised more than £5,000 for a research project run at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. In 2014 Jonathan’s son, Arlo Dutton Hogg, was stillborn at full term. … Read the full press release

The Board of Directors of Axis Communications recommends the shareholders of Axis accept the public offer made by Canon

LUND, Sweden, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Axis has based on a financial short and mid-term perspective concluded to unanimously recommend that the shareholders of Axis accept the public offer made by Canon. Background This statement … Read the full press release