Daily Archives: 29, September 2016

Retail: Equistone Partners Europe acquires majority stake in D3T Distribution, the holding company of Motoblouz

LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Equistone Partners Europe (“Equistone”), one of Europe’s leading investors in mid-market buyouts, has acquired a majority stake in D3T Distribution, the holding company of Motoblouz and Access-Moto (together “Motoblouz” or “the Company”) from Inspirational Stores for … Read the full press release

The World Economic Forum releases its Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017

GENEVA, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The World Economic Forum launched its Global Competitiveness Report 2016 on 28 September. The report finds that declining openness is threatening growth and prosperity. Monetary stimulus measures, such as quantitative easing are not enough to sustain … Read the full press release

Hiab announces Tim Hansen from Denmark as the winner of the World Crane Championships

Malmö, Sweden, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, is delighted to announce that Tim Hansen from Denmark has won the World Crane Championships (WCC) held on 24 and 25 September in connection to the IAA exhibition in Hannover, Germany. Among … Read the full press release

GlaxoSmithKline welcomes Brian McNamara as CEO of GSK’s Consumer Healthcare division

LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GSK today announced that Brian McNamara, is appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GSK’s Consumer Healthcare division effective immediately. He succeeds Emma Walmsley who was last week appointed GSK CEO Designate succeeding Sir Andrew Witty as … Read the full press release

GlaxoSmithKline completes sale of remaining stake in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd at ZAR 300 per share

LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to the announcement by GlaxoSmithKline on 28 September 2016, GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to the sale of 28.2 million ordinary shares in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”) at a price of ZAR 300 per share (the … Read the full press release

GlaxoSmithKline intends to sell remaining stake in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd

LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline announces that it intends to sell its remaining stake in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”). The disposal will be through a placing of ordinary shares in Aspen to institutional investors (the “Offering”). The Offering is … Read the full press release

​Euler Hermes announces collaboration with Moody’s Investors Service for new, tailored credit rating services for SMEs

PARIS, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Euler Hermes (ELE:PA), the world leader in trade-credit insurance, today announced a collaboration with Moody’s Investors Service for new, tailored credit rating services that Euler Hermes Rating will provide to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps. … Read the full press release

14th Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico dedicates an entire programme to Berlin International Film Festival

BERLIN, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On the occasion of the “Year of Germany in Mexico 2016/2017”, the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (October 21-30, 2016), with the support of the Goethe-Institut, is dedicating an entire programme to the Berlin International Film … Read the full press release

Neste Head of Aviation Regulation Henrik Erämetsä appointed Co-Chair of EU initiative ‘the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath’

HELSINKI, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Henrik Erämetsä, Head of Aviation Regulation at Neste has been appointed Co-Chair of the EU initiative ‘the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath’ as a representative of the biofuels industry. Mr. Erämetsä will co-chair together with Ruben Alblas … Read the full press release

Neste and spoken word artist Prince Ea unveiled new film that focuses on the future of learning

HELSINKI, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste and the spoken word artist Prince Ea have unveiled the latest collaboration in their forward-looking Pre-order the Future project, this time with a film that focuses on the future of learning. The new film aims … Read the full press release

Bringing the FREME e-Services to the Market

TURIN, Italy, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — FREME,  a 2-years project co funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation with the goal of developing a commercial-grade open framework of e-Service for the multilingual and semantic … Read the full press release