Daily Archives: 1, April 2015

UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory plays key role in mitigating the risk of cyber-attacks against the UK

Dstl is working to tackle the threat of cyber-attack against the UK. LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is playing a key role in mitigating the risk of cyber-attacks against the UK. The risk … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä signs 3-year Service Agreement with Newcrest Mining Limited for their power plants in Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea

HELSINKI, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä, the leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions and services, has signed a 3-year Service Agreement with Newcrest Mining Limited for their power plants in Lihir gold mine in Papua New … Read the full press release

UK Space Agency: Astronauts found that the winds blowing from a huge black hole are sweeping away its host galaxy’s reservoir of raw star-building material

LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Herschel finds that winds from a giant black hole are sweeping away its host galaxy’s reservoir of raw star-building material. Using Europe’s Herschel space observatory, astronauts have found that the winds blowing from a huge … Read the full press release

UK: Same sex marriages will be able to take place at British Consulates in 24 countries

LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The ‘Consular Marriage and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014’ comes into force on 3 June and means that same sex marriages will be able to take place at British Consulates in the following countries: … Read the full press release

Diageo brands now account for nearly a quarter of all volume in the Impact Databank’s Top 100 Spirit Brands lists

Diageo brands claim the top spot for both retail value and volume lists: Johnnie Walker remains the world’s number one spirit by value while Smirnoff continues to be the world’s number one premium spirit by volume i LONDON, 1-4-2015 — … Read the full press release

VINCI signed share purchase agreement with investment services provider as part of the implementation of its share buyback programme

Rueil-Malmaison, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of the implementation of its share buyback programme, VINCI signed a share purchase agreement with an investment services provider on 30 March 2015. According to the agreement, the investment services provider will sell … Read the full press release

Paul-Alexis Bouquet becomes Group media relations manager at VINCI

Rueil-Malmaison, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Paul-Alexis Bouquet has been appointed Group media relations manager, effective 16 February 2015. He reports to Pierre Duprat, Director of Communications at VINCI. Paul-Alexis Bouquet, 34, previously served as deputy manager in the Press and Digital … Read the full press release

Jaguar Land Rover to consolidate its global strategic and creative account for Land Rover brand to Spark44, equally owned by Spark44 management and Jaguar Land Rover

Coventry, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles, is to transition its global strategic and creative account for the Land Rover brand to Spark44, the joint venture agency owned 50:50 by Spark44 management … Read the full press release

Nick Rogers to succeed Dr Wolfgang Ziebart as Engineering Director with board-level responsibilities for Jaguar Land Rover’s global engineering operations

Whitley, UK, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jaguar Land Rover has announced that Dr Wolfgang Ziebart will stand down from the role of Engineering Director with effect from April 2015. Nick Rogers will succeed Dr Ziebart and assume board-level responsibilities for Jaguar Land … Read the full press release

BBSRC’s Animal Health Research Club and Scottish Government to invest £6M to improve the health of livestock

LONDON, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — BBSRC’s Animal Health Research Club (ARC) has announced over £6M of funding for research to improve the health of livestock. Eight studies will take place at institutions around England and Scotland in farmed fish, poultry, … Read the full press release

Hexagon AB: As per 31 March 2015 there are in total 359,531,730 shares in the company

STOCKHOLM, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The warrants programme for management, division management, other senior managers and key employees implemented at the Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 December 2011 has resulted in an increase of the number of shares and votes … Read the full press release

Hexagon AB to hold its Annual General Meeting on 6 May 2015 at the City Conference Center/Norra Latin, Drottninggatan 71 B in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The shareholders of Hexagon AB are hereby invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held at 17.00 CET, Wednesday 6 May 2015, at City Conference Center/Norra Latin, Drottninggatan 71 B, Stockholm. A. NOTICE … Read the full press release

Hexagon AB to acquire Q-DAS, an international software company in Statistical Process Control (SPC) solutions for industrial manufacturing

STOCKHOLM, 1-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced the acquisition of Q-DAS, an international software company in Statistical Process Control (SPC) … Read the full press release