Jotun Marine Coatings is pleased to announce that Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will apply Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) on a number of existing and new vessels. Sandefjord, Norway, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — With almost 500 vessels, MSC has one … Read the full press release
EE’s award winning Apprenticeship scheme has employed over 380 young people from the North East Customer Service Apprentice Rachel Bell from Darlington to lead the team EE apprentices to support St Teresa’s Hospice with fundraising activity Hatfield, UK, 23-2-2015 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Marketing, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Andrew Robinson, apprentices, Connor Ross, Daniel Palmer, EE, Francoise Clemes, Jane Bradshaw, Lewis Harrop, Louise Gallagher, Natalie Marshall, Nathan Taylor, National Brathay Challenge 2015, Omar Sultan, Rachel Bell, St Teresa’s Hospice
LONDON, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Even short breaks from school can reduce a pupil’s chances of succeeding at school by as much as a quarter, research reveals today (22 February 2015). The research, based on extensive pupil absence figures and … Read the full press release
VIENNA, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Andrea Pernkopf (47) will assume the position of Vice President for Product Management and Marketing of Austrian Airlines. She succeeds Bernd Hartweger, who has left the company. Born in Hinterstoder, Upper Austria, she is currently … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Management, Marketing, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Andrea Pernkopf, Andreas OttO, Austrian Airlines
Patented chocolate manufacturing process makes it possible to produce milk chocolate with only 25% of fat Customers offered additional ways to manage calories in their products Zurich/Switzerland, Wieze/Belgium, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Barry Callebaut Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality … Read the full press release
Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tetra Pak can now supply Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) labelled packages from anywhere in the world, having received FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for all of its converting plants and market companies. It represents … Read the full press release
SGSS to benefit from streamlining default fund contributions and margin payments, as well as reduced clearing fees and settlement costs Reflects growing trend for clearing members to consolidate cash equity flow through one CCP LCH.Clearnet interoperable volumes up 50% over … Read the full press release
Concentrated solar power can be part of the solution for sustainable energy in the future — not least in those developing countries where sunshine is plentiful. STOCKHOLM, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — One of the few solar laboratories in the world … Read the full press release
Levallois-Perret, France, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Oberthur Technologies (OT), a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space today announced its selection by Getin Bank to introduce mobile proximity payments relying on HCE (Host Card Emulation), a cloud-based … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Internet & Online, Poland, Technology
Tagged cloud-based protocol, Digital Identity and Transport & Access Control fields, Getin Bank, HCE, Host Card Emulation, machine-to-machine, Mobile Financial Services, mobile proximity payments, Oberthur Technologies, OT offers end-to-end solutions in the Smart Transactions, Payment, Telecommunications and Identity markets
PARIS, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading global distributor Banijay International has signed an exclusive formats representation deal in the Middle East, it announced today, teaming with local production partner Periscoop. The deal will see Periscoop, which is led by Péri … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, France, Media
Tagged Banijay International, formats representation, Péri Cochin, Periscoop, Sebastian Burkhardt
AXA Real Estate and Lipton Rogers Developments to develop landmark City of London tower LONDON, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (“AXA Real Estate”), the leading real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe(1) , announces that … Read the full press release
LONDON, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announces key changes to its Group Executive Council (GEC), the Company’s highest executive decision-making body outside of its Board of Directors. Effective immediately, Derek Neilson is appointed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Andreas Klauser, CNH Industrial N.V., Derek Neilson, Giovanni Bartoli, Tom Verbaeten
PARIS, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As Chairman and CEO of Icade, Serge Grzybowski has completed two terms during which the company has been brought to a leading commercial REIT. His current term was to expire at the next shareholders’ meeting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Investment, Management, Real Estate
Tagged Icade, Jean-Paul Faugère, real estate investment company, Serge Grzybowski
Fredericia, Denmark, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — DONG Energy has chosen SmartWind Technologies for the supply of a game-changing dual-Doppler radar system for offshore wind measurement. The two radars are to be installed in 2016 on the coast near the Westermost Rough … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology
Tagged BEACon research, Dong Energy, dual-Doppler radar system, Jesper Skov Gretlund, John Schroeder, Nicolai Gayle Nygaard, offshore wind measurement, SmartWind Technologies, Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm
Fredericia, Denmark, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been chosen by DONG Energy as preferred supplier for the proposed delivery of the V164-8.0MW wind turbine for phase 1 of the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm. DONG Energy has … Read the full press release
Fredericia, Denmark, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Electricity has been generated and fed into the German grid for the first time at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. A major milestone has been achieved: With the initial batch, power from the … Read the full press release
LONDON, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The CliniSys Group, the leading supplier in the European market of clinical laboratory information management systems, has today announced that it has acquired the laboratory information system (LIS) business unit of MCS AG, a leading … Read the full press release
Almere, Netherlands, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the announcement made on 6 November 2014, LeasePlan Corporation, the world’s leading fleet management and driver mobility company, today confirms it has completed the acquisition of the 49% stake in LPD Holding A.Ș, the … Read the full press release
PRAGUE, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka has cut the rates for all of its mortgage loans. Depending on the type of loan and the duration of the fixed-rate period, interest rates have been cut by 0.1 to 0.5 pp. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Real Estate
Tagged Komerční banka, mortgage loans, Patrice Begue, “Flexibilní hypotéka”
FRANKFURT, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time ever, Helaba Invest managed to increase its Spezialfonds assets under management to over EUR 100 billion at the end of 2014. Since 2012, Helaba Invest has been pursuing a business strategy … Read the full press release
Social investment network uses Azure ExpressRoute to achieve flexible cloud deployment while meeting strict regulatory requirements. LONDON, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — eToro, the world’s largest social investment network, has chosen TelecityGroup’s Cloud-IX platform to achieve a flexible, secure and resilient … Read the full press release
pbb schließt das Jahr 2014 mit mehr als 10 Mrd. € Neugeschäft und starkem Vorsteuerergebnis ab Möglicher Börsengang wird als Alternative zum Bieterverfahren vorbereitet München, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Hypo Real Estate Holding AG (HRE) hat am Dienstag mit der … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Real Estate
Tagged Andreas Arndt, Citigroup, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, Dr. Günther Bräunig, HRE, Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, pbb
HAMBURG, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In the coming financial year 2015/2016, the Otto Group plans a high double-digit million investment in the venture capital business. With this move, the international retail and services group will build on its position as … Read the full press release
Industry first line card quadruples speed and delivers four times greater capacity for data center interconnection, video distribution and Internet backbones PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is to offer operators of large networks the ability to … Read the full press release
Preliminary sales increase by 9.3% year on year to the record level of EUR 694.7 million in 2014 Preliminary adjusted EBITA improves by 7.9% to EUR 121.5 million Preliminary adjusted EBITA margin remains at a high level of 17.5% Maintal, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Technology
Tagged engineered joining technology, Norma Group, Werner Deggim
MUNICH, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Getting off to a strong start in the new year, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has brought eight new Partners onboard, five of whom are based at the company’s headquarters in Munich. The only leading global consultancy of … Read the full press release
PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Le conseil d’administration du 18 février a approuvé à l’unanimité le renouvellement du mandat de directeur général de Laurent Mignon pour une durée de quatre ans. Ce mandat prendra fin à l’issue de l’assemblée générale … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Management
Tagged AGF France, Arkema, Euler Hermes, Laurent Mignon, Lazard Ltd, Natixis, Oddo & Cie
PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Le conseil d’administration de Natixis du 18 février 2015, a coopté Anne Lalou, directeur de Web School Factory, comme administrateur indépendant. Elle remplace Christel Bories, démissionnaire, pour la durée du mandat restant à courir, soit … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Management
Tagged Anne Lalou, Christel Bories, Natixis, Web School Factory
PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Natixis est entrée en négociation exclusive avec TA Associates, Banca Leonardo et les managers de DNCA en vue de l’acquisition¹ par Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) de leurs participations dans DNCA. Le management resterait actionnaire … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Investment, Management
Tagged Banca Leonardo, DNCA, Natixis, Natixis Global Asset Management, TA Associates
PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Natixis annonce être entrée en discussion exclusive avec le groupe italien Banca Leonardo en vue du projet* d’acquisition de Leonardo & Co SAS (« Leonardo France »). Le management actuel de Leonardo France s’associerait à … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Italy, Management
Tagged Banca Leonardo, Leonardo & Co SAS, Leonardo France, Natixis
After the transaction, the intention is that BPI remains as a listed company • The cash offer is subject to exceeding 50% of the share capital in BPI and the removal of BPI’s 20% cap on voting rights. • CaixaBank, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Portugal, Spain
Tagged Banco BPI S.A., CaixaBank, Gonzalo Gortázar, voluntary cash tender offer
Hempel’s 26th factory, and its first in Africa, marks an important milestone in Hempel’s ambition to become one of the world’s top-10 largest coatings suppliers by the end of 2015. The new plant will manufacture coatings for the decorative, protective … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Denmark, Industrial, Management
Tagged coatings suppliers, HEMPALIN, HEMPATEX, Hempel, Kim Junge Andersen, TCMC, The Coatings Manufacturing Company
Apply SDN to the entire backhaul, transport and core of an LTE network Approved ETSI NFV Proof of Concept Milestone in design and implementation of future mobile networks Espoo, Finland, 18-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks and Aalto University, Finland, together with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Management, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Aalto, Aalto University, Coriant, EXFO, FutureWorks, INNOVATION, Jose Costa-Requena, Lauri Oksanen, mobile backhaul, NFV, Nokia, Nokia Networks, PoC, SDN, software defined networking, virtualization
ZUG, SWITZERLAND, 18-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today issued a monthly Fleet Update Summary, which includes changes to existing contracts and changes in estimated planned out-of-service time of 15 or more days since January 15, 2015.The report … Read the full press release
Fully virtualized software cuts delivery of OSS and CEM from weeks to days 30% less hardware to run virtualized OSS and CEM in data centers New online catalog for efficient, secure delivery of software Espoo, Finland, 18-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks … Read the full press release
Nokia Cloud Verification Service speeds up the deployment of virtualized applications Checks network fitness for telco cloud 90% faster than conventional testing Cuts risk of poorly performing virtualized applications Espoo, Finland, 18-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks is launching a service to … Read the full press release
Introduces new architecture to maximize radio performance in the cloud Breakthrough multi-layer architecture pioneers the use of Ethernet fronthaul and any combination of distributed and centralized deployments Launches its Nokia Cloud Security Director to automate the deployment of security policies … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Cloud, cloud orchestration, cloud security, cloud-based radio access networks, EPC, Evolved Packet Core, Gabriel Brown, GSM, Henri Tervonen, Jin-hyo Park, LTE, Nokia Networks, Nokia Radio Cloud, radio access, RAN, SECURITY, Telco Cloud, virtualization
For the second straight year, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) has placed MAYKOR on The 2015 Global Outsourcing 100 list in the “Leaders” category. The list was presented during the annual Outsourcing World Summit, which commenced on February … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Russia, Technology
Tagged 2015 Global Outsourcing 100 list, Debi Hamill, IAOP, Irina Semenova, MAYKOR
Agricultural experts at NatWest and RBS are urging UK dairy farmers to approach their bank for support if they face financial pressures. EDINBURGH, 18-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The average milk price has fallen by 19 per cent over the past … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged financial pressures, NatWest, RBS, Roddy McLean, Sian Davies, UK dairy farmers
EDINBURGH, 18-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — RBS and NatWest first UK-based bank to offer login to mobile app using just a fingerprint following feedback from customers. Never until now has banking for UK customers been more at their fingertips, or fingerprints. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Marketing, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged fingerprint, mobile banking app, NatWest, RBS, Stuart Haire
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