Daily Archives: 14, June 2017

Cefic welcomes the launch of the new European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) hosted by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

BRUSSELS, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — To support greater access to clear information on nanomaterials – tiny particles with unique properties for advanced manufacturing –  a new European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) is now live, hosted by the European Chemicals Agency … Read the full press release

Radio Holland to serve growing number of ship owners calling at Brazil’s southern ports with 3rd operating base in Rio Grande

ROTTERDAM, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Radio Holland has created a third operating base in Brazil, Rio Grande, to serve a growing number of local customers and international ship owners calling at Brazil’s southern ports. From Rio Grande Radio Holland also provides … Read the full press release

Centrica’s new on-demand service called Local Heroes now open for business across the UK

WINDSOR, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Innovative on-demand service connects customers online with local tradesmen Innovative on-demand service connects customers online with local tradesmen Quality of Local Heroes’ work is backed by a British Gas guarantee Centrica enters £5.7 billion on-demand home … Read the full press release

New multi-million pound National Centre in Combustion and Aerothermal Technology to be built at Loughborough University

Leicestershire, UK, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Work officially began yesterday (12th June) on the new multi-million pound National Centre in Combustion and Aerothermal Technology at Loughborough University. Representatives from the University, the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), Rolls-Royce, Charnwood Borough Council … Read the full press release

Loughborough University on General Election 2017: the two main political parties dominated campaign media coverage

Leicestershire, UK, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The media offered ‘presidential’ coverage of the 2017 General Election, focussing their attention on May and Corbyn, analysis by Loughborough University has found. In contrast to the 2015 election, where minor parties commanded significantly higher … Read the full press release

Loughborough University: repeated exposure to vegetables at mealtimes worked when trying to improve child’s diet

Parents should not give up on encouraging their children to eat their greens. Leicestershire, UK, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — This is the advice of researchers at Loughborough University who found that ‘repeated exposure’ to vegetables at snack and mealtimes worked … Read the full press release

Transactor Global Solutions Limited to distribute a new household insurance scheme from specialist motor and property underwriting agency Tansar

WINCHESTER, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Insurance software provider Transactor Global Solutions Limited (TGSL) will be the first software house to distribute a new household insurance scheme from specialist motor and property underwriting agency, Tansar. The scheme will join TGSLs panel of … Read the full press release

Transactor Global Solutions Limited passed the system resilience review conducted by NCC Group on behalf of BIBA

WINCHESTER, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Insurance software provider Transactor Global Solutions Limited (TGSL) announces it has passed the system resilience review conducted by NCC Group on behalf of BIBA. NCC Group conducted a thorough assessment of TGSL’s policies, procedures and working … Read the full press release

NTT Communications Corporation to launch API Gateway as a Service to manage authentication and access rights on a unified basis

Connects external-system APIs and accelerates xTech connections  TOKYO, JAPAN, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TYO: 9432), announced today that it will launch API* Gateway as a … Read the full press release

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO): Researchers found seven risk genes for insomnia

THE HAGUE, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — An international team of researchers has found, for the first time, seven risk genes for insomnia. With this finding the researchers have taken an important step towards the unravelling of the biological mechanisms that cause … Read the full press release

Swiss Re: 20 new emerging risk themes and six emerging trends in this year’s SONAR re/insurance report

Swiss Re’s latest SONAR report features 20 new emerging risk themes and six emerging trend spotlights the re/insurance industry should have on its radar Reduced market access, regulatory fragmentation, the return of inflation, and cloud risk accumulation pose the largest … Read the full press release

Canadian Great Lakes Pilotages’ upgraded Great Lakes Pilot Management System is based on Saab’s KleinPilot

Trollhättan, Sweden, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Canadian Great Lakes Pilotage Authority and the Great Lakes Pilotage Division of the United States Coast Guard have opened the 2017 shipping season using their upgraded Great Lakes Pilot Management System based on the … Read the full press release

Planetary exploration probes: SENER to present at the 14th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW) in The Hague, Holland

GETXO, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The engineering and technology group SENER participates in the 14th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW), held in The Hague, Holland. The aim of this annual conference is to bring together scientists, technicians and engineers from the … Read the full press release

LR’s latest well and subsurface data software at the SPWLA Annual Symposium 2017 in Oklahoma City

LONDON, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — We are previewing our latest well and subsurface data software at the SPWLA Annual Symposium 2017. Our specialist team will be attending The Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) event, which takes place from … Read the full press release

Lloyd’s Register launches new LR Unmanned Marine Systems Code for unmanned vessels regulatory support

New LR code will meet the growing demand within the marine industry for regulatory support for unmanned vessels LONDON, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Lloyd’s Register has today launched the LR Unmanned Marine Systems Code, a goal-based code that takes a … Read the full press release

World Health & Safety Day: Bouygues Construction to introduce 12 basic rules to achieve zero accidents

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Bouygues Construction’s top priority is the health and safety of the teams who work on its construction sites. Aware of its responsibility, Bouygues Construction has decided to go one step further, introducing a standard based on … Read the full press release

Continental launches its Remote Vehicle Data (RVD) platform for unified access to multi-brand vehicle data

The collection of multi-brand vehicle data in a unified format targets a wide range of potential customers and facilitates various innovative services Scalable cloud solution, developed from the ground up to securely process and store millions of data streams in … Read the full press release

Continental teams up with Carnegie Technologies over vehicle connectivity

Continental and Carnegie Technologies team up for network convergence, bringing fast, reliable and gapless connectivity to connected vehicles On the road to holistic connectivity: Continental provides solutions for over-the-air updates for multiple electronic control units in the vehicle  Inmarsat’s global … Read the full press release

University of St.Gallen: challenges suppliers of luxury goods have to tackle and what it means to manage luxury brands

St. Gallen, Switzerland, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The fact is, we readily dismiss luxury as bling-bling for the rich, an extravagance – and ignore what lies behind it. Tradition, craftsmanship and culture are an important part of the picture, not to … Read the full press release

Ageas reports the purchase of 155,446 Ageas shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels

BRUSSELS, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to the initiation of the share buy-back programme announced on 10 August 2016, Ageas reports the purchase of 155,446 Ageas shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels in the period from 05-06-2017 until 09-06-2017. Date Number ofShares … Read the full press release

ECE honored with three Silver Awards at the Solal Marketing Awards of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) in Vienna

HAMBURG, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ECE was honored with three Silver Awards at the Solal Marketing Awards of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) in Vienna. The marketing concept of new “Foodtopia” at MyZeil Frankfurt was awarded in the “Business … Read the full press release

SEB’s funds removing companies that violate international standards

STOCKHOLM, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — From June 12, all companies that violate international standards for the environment, corruption, human rights and labor law will be removed from SEB’s funds. “Earlier, we have excluded these companies in our sustainable and ethical funds, … Read the full press release

ENGIE Appointments: Charlotte Roule CEO China BU; Grzegorz Górski as MD of Centralized Generation Métier

Charlotte Roule as Chief Executive Officer of the China BU. She replaces Jean-Marc Guyot, who retired. Grzegorz Górski as Managing Director of the Centralized Generation Métier. He succeeds Shankar Krishnamoorthy, who was appointed Executive Vice-President last January. La Défense, France, … Read the full press release

CNH Industrial’s New Holland Agriculture takes over the direct distribution and support of its products in South Africa and neighbouring markets

TURIN, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — On June 7th, New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial, announced at a press conference that is opening a new branch to distribute and support its products and services in South Africa and neighbouring markets. … Read the full press release

Interoute to support Gard’s digital transformation

Interoute to support Gard with its digital transformation and to improve the customer experience. LONDON, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Interoute, owner-operator of a global cloud services platform and one of Europe’s largest and most advanced networks, has been selected by … Read the full press release

Solidaridad: Lestari tea certification set to become the Indonesian domestic standard

UTRETCH, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — New goals for the next four years seek to position the Lestari tea certification as the Indonesian domestic standard. The new vision for the programme is also designed to provide guidance for policies that incentivize sustainable … Read the full press release

Laser Peening Metal Enhancement System Sold to ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research in Hamburg

Laser peening extends component service life through increased fatigue strength, improved damage tolerance, and enhanced corrosion cracking resistance. It has been widely adopted by combustion turbine manufacturers to prevent critical component failures. Dublin, Ohio, USA, 14-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — LSP … Read the full press release