Daily Archives: 21, January 2016

PGNiG UI further strengthens its position in hydrocarbon exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

WARSAW, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In the APA 2015 licensing round, PGNiG Upstream International (PGNiG UI), a subsidiary of Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA, was awarded interests in four exploration and production licences, including one operatorship. Two of the licences … Read the full press release

AkzoNobel awarded Gold Class distinction for excellent sustainability performance

AMSTERDAM, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel’s number one ranking on the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has resulted in the award of an Industry Leader, Gold Class distinction for excellent sustainability performance. The recognition also includes a listing in the … Read the full press release

AkzoNobel acquires full control of EkO Peroxide LLC, its hydrogen peroxide joint venture

AMSTERDAM, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel has strengthened its position in the North American hydrogen peroxide market after acquiring the outstanding shares in EkO Peroxide LLC from joint venture partner OCI Peroxygens LLC (a subsidiary of OCI Enterprises Inc.). Established nine … Read the full press release

Barco and Peripheral Vision partner to provide South-African resellers with access to Barco’s extensive product portfolio

Visualization expert Barco and audio-visual (AV) expert Peripheral Vision have just signed a distributor agreement. Under the partnership, Peripheral Vision will provide South-African resellers and system integrators with easy access to Barco’s extensive product portfolio. Barco is delighted to team … Read the full press release

Ahlstrom divests its Building & Wind business unit to Owens Corning

Ahlstrom sells its glassfiber business to Owens Corning HELSINKI, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom has signed an agreement to divest its Building & Wind business unit to Owens Corning, a U.S.-based company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The initial … Read the full press release

University of Sussex alumnus Narciso Mahumana empowers communities in Mozambique by education

BRIGHTON, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A University of Sussex alumnus is using education to empower communities in one of the poorest countries in the world. Narciso Mahumana worked as a ‘nyamusoro’, a type of traditional healer, in Mozambique before travelling to … Read the full press release

University of Sussex neuroscientists identified brain network system that causes performance mishaps when anxious

BRIGHTON, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As musicians, figure skaters and anyone who takes a driving test will know, the anxiety of being watched can have a disastrous effect on your performance. Now neuroscientists at the University of Sussex’s Sackler Centre for … Read the full press release

KfW continues its support to federal states and municipalities by providing interest-free loans for refugees’ permanent housing and social integration

Final increase to the extraordinary promotion for creating refugee accommodation – up to a total of EUR 1.5 billion by means of interest-free loans for municipalities Around 550 loan commitments with a total volume of EUR 1,045 million have been … Read the full press release

KfW IPEX-Bank finances construction of 33-km-long section of A94 motorway between Munich and Passau

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW IPEX-Bank, as part of a consortium of commercial banks and in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB), is financing the construction of a 33-km-long section of the A94 motorway between Munich and … Read the full press release