Environmental incentive for scrappage of Euro-1 to Euro-4 diesel vehicles applicable throughout Germany Exchange premium in addition to residual value of old vehicle for Euro-4 and Euro-5 diesel vehicles in 14 cities particularly affected Offers available now from dealers WOLFSBURG, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AirQuality, diesel, diesel swapping program, diesel vehicles, dieselswap, Euro1, Euro4, Germany, pollution, Volkswagen
With this acquisition, Eni further strengthens its presence in Mozambique, a country that has a strategic relevance for the company. San Donato Milanese (Milan), 19-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — At the presence of the Ministry for Mineral Resources and Energy Ernesto Max Tonela, … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Italy
Tagged acquisition, Eni, exploration, gas, Mozambique, oil
Successful environmental incentives for scrappage of Euro-1 to Euro-4 diesel vehicles again being offered throughout Germany Keepers of Euro-4 and Euro-5 diesel vehicles in 14 most heavily polluted cities to receive exchange premiums in additional to residual value of old … Read the full press release
Comprehensive implementation of the line’s electrical architecture Contract value: €71 million Rueil-Malmaison Cedex – France, 19-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Alise joint venture led by VINCI Energies via its subsidiary SDEL Transport Grands Projets, in partnership with Eiffage Énergie Systèmes (50/50), … Read the full press release
Today (17/10/2018) and tomorrow the company is holding its fourth Digital Summit, at its San Agustín del Guadalix training campus (Madrid) Ignacio Galán, the group’s chairman, stated that “digitalisation is one of our strategic pillars: it is providing new opportunities … Read the full press release
The transaction is part of its €3 billion asset rotation plan to 2022 The company maintains its renewable energy strategy in the Spanish market, focused on wind, hydroelectric and solar photovoltaic technologies BILBAO, 19-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Iberdrola has agreed to divest … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Spain
Tagged clean energy, divestment, ENCE, Iberdrola, solar thermal power, Spain
Digitization becomes everyday business, tangible and productive: thyssenkrupp Elevator equips 120 sales executives in ten countries with a special toolkit including mixed-reality technology and Microsoft HoloLens Revolutionary new HoloLinc technology developed by thyssenkrupp Elevator and Zühlke uses Microsoft HoloLens to … Read the full press release
Contract awarded by the Portuguese Ministry of Defence valued in excess of €20 million for five helicopters plus options for two additional units with deliveries between late 2018 and early 2020 The AW119Kx will perform a range of roles including … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, Italy, Portugal
Tagged AW119Kx, Defence, helicopter, Leonardo
Heathrow to launch airport’s first end-to-end biometrics trial bringing facial recognition to each point of the departing passenger’s journey The £50 million project will see facial recognition added to even more points in the passenger journey, transforming the passenger experience … Read the full press release
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex visits Heathrow as airport celebrates DofE partnership, with cyclists taking part in the third annual Race the Plane challenge The challenge sees over 400 cyclists from the airport race a United flight from … Read the full press release
Speaking at the BusinessGreen Summit, CEO John Holland-Kaye will open the incentive to all airlines operating at Heathrow both now and in the future The grand innovation prize is the latest in a suite of measures designed to encourage airlines … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Entertainment, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Aviation, Electric Aircraft, electric-hybrid aircraft, Grazia Vittadini, Green GB Week, Heathrow, Johan Lundgren, John Holland-Kaye, landing charges, Liz Sugg, sustainability
New Leica Chiroptera 4X, Leica HawkEye 4X save more than 50 per cent in flight costs Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 19-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today the availability of Leica Chiroptera 4X and Leica HawkEye 4X. The latest … Read the full press release
World’s first AutoHeight feature enables automatic instrument height setting Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 19-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today the launch of the new manual total stations, the Leica FlexLine series. Building on the FlexLine series legacy of … Read the full press release
LONDON, 19-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Following a competitive pitch process, GSK Consumer Healthcare has appointed WPP to support its global Panadol business. WPP will be responsible for creating integrated creative campaigns and content across advertising, digital, shopper and expert marketing, PR … Read the full press release
Posted in Marketing, Media, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged advertising, Communications, digital, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Konstantin Popovic, Mark Read, marketing, Michael Duffy, Panadol, PR, WPP
STOCKHOLM, 19-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ambea AB (publ) (“Ambea”), a former Triton III portfolio company today listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, have signed an agreement to acquire the care operations of Aleris in Norway, Sweden and Denmark (“Aleris Care”) . Following the … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Healthcare, Investment, Norway, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, Aleris Care, Ambea, care provider, Fredrik Gren
DUBLIN 2, Ireland, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The European home diagnostics industry is realigning to foster integration with the broader customer-centric healthcare services. Growing consumer preference for home-based diagnostics, combined with innovation in online platforms, is creating sustained opportunities in this … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Economy, Finland, France, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, News, Norway, Pharma & Biotech, Poland, Science, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged cholesterol detection kits market, Europe alcohol abuse kits market, Europe glucose monitoring devices market, Europe HIV test kits market, Europe home diagnostics market, Europe pregnancy test kits market, fecal occult blood test market, Home diagnostics market, male infertility test kits market, marijuana kits market, menopause test kits market, opiates market, Ovulation predictor test kits market, urinary tract infections test kits market
From the farm to the processor, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is racing up the seafood industry agenda GENEVA, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Within the seafood sector, leading retailers and food service operators, as well as their supply chain partners have introduced … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Switzerland
Tagged BAP, BCSI, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, seafood, SGS, SMETA, white paper
PwC joins RE100 committing to 100% renewable power for its electricity consumption. New air travel offsetting programme targeting multiple benefits and backed by strict criteria. LONDON, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — PwC’s new global environmental commitment to reduce carbon emissions, source 100% … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Bob Moritz, Colm Kelly, electricity, ENERGY, Mike Peirce, power, PwC, RE100, renewable energy, renewableenergy, renewables
The construction of the “Santa Maria 3 – Santo Angelo 2” line, the 158-kilometre long infrastructure in Rio Grande do Sul, is completed two months early This project is strategic for integrating clean energy into the national electricity grid ROME, … Read the full press release
LONDON, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”) and Astorg (“Astorg”) today announce that Montagu has signed an agreement to sell Nemera (“the company”), a leading global manufacturer of drug administration systems for the pharmaceutical industry, to Astorg. While … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged Astorg, autoinjectors, drugadministration, eyedroppers, inhalers, insulinpens, Marc Haemel, Montagu, Nemera, PE, pharma, Pharmaceutical
GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, is set to join NAC’s founder, Martin Møller and EQT VI as a significant minority investor in NAC The transaction will comprise a partial sale by the existing shareholders and new capital to further strengthen … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Financial, Investment, Sweden
Tagged aircraft, aircraftleasing, Choo Yong Cheen, EQTVI, fund, GIC, investment, Leasing, Martin Møller, Nordic Aviation Capital, Singapore, Søren Overgaard
BRUSSELS, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — A global group of nine insurance associations has written a joint letter to Hans Hoogervorst, chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), that highlights the industry’s concerns about the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Financial, Insurance
Tagged IFRS 17, IFRS17, insurance, insurance contracts, insurancecontracts
SGS is pleased to announce the acquisition of Inter-Basic Resources, Inc. (IBR), based in Grass Lake, Michigan, USA and Milton Keynes, UK. GENEVA, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — IBR is a leading provider of state-of-the-art testing and verification for air and fluid … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Investment, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged acquisition, filtration, Frankie Ng
THE HAGUE, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), through its affiliate Shell Overseas Holdings Limited, has reached an agreement with publicly listed Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco), to sell its shares in Shell Olie-og Gasudvinding Danmark B.V. (SOGU) … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Netherlands
Tagged Andy Brown, divestment, Lee Hodder, Noreco, shares, Shell
LONDON, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ABP’s Port of Ayr team has donated funds which will be used to support the local branch of the Fishermen’s Mission in Troon (Formerly known as Royal National Mission for Deep Sea Fishermen – RNMDSF). The … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Non Profit, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged ABP, charity, donation, FISHING, Paula Daly, Port of Ayr, Stuart Cresswell
TRIESTE, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — FINCANTIERI S.p.A. (“Fincantieri”) announces that, in relation to the exit offer (“Exit Offer“) by its subsidiary Fincantieri Oil & Gas S.p.A. (“Fincantieri O&G“) for all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Vard Holdings Limited (“Vard”) other … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, delisting, Fincantieri, shares, Singapore, trading, Vard
Coimbra House Culture in Portugal; Open at November 17 of 2018 COIMBRA, Portugal, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — International Surrealism Now is the largest international surrealist exhibition in the World, presenting 112 of the world’s leading surrealism artists from 48 countries. … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, Marketing, Media, News, Portugal, Society, Travel
Tagged Agim Met, Bissaya Barreto Foundation, Carlos Sablón, Coimbra, Daniel Hanequand, Dean Fleming, Egill Ibsen, Ettore Aldo Del Vigo, exhibition, International Surrealism Now, Isabel Meyrelles, Oleg korolev, Sampo Kaikkonen, Santiago Ribeiro, Sergey Tyukanov, Shoji Tanaka, Slavko Krunic, surrealism, surrealist exhibition, Ton Haring
At the 28th Swiss Solar Awards Ceremony on 16 October 2018, the NEST unit “Solar Fitness & Wellness” received one of the three coveted “Norman Foster Solar Awards”. The solar-powered fitness and wellness facility in the Empa and Eawag research … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Energy, Gas & Oil, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Awards, fitness, Peter Dransfeld, Peter Richner, Solar, solartechnology, wellness
Teddington, UK, 17-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — REMBRANDT, BMT’s industry-leading integrated navigation and manoeuvring simulator suite, has been awarded Class A, B and C certification from DNV GL. The certification further builds on BMT REMBRANDT’s 30-year history as one of the maritime … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged BMT, certification, DNV GL, Dr Phil Thompson, manoeuvring, maritime, navigation, REMBRANDT, simulator
DUBLIN 2, Ireland, 17-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Investment in bicycle parking racks in Europe is surging at a brisk pace, with a new Fact.MR study valuing the Europe bicycle parking rack market at around US$ 850 million in 2018. According to … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, Business, Denmark, Economy, Finland, France, Germany, Government, Hungary, Iceland, Industrial, Investment, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, News, Norway, Poland, Retail, Russia, Small Business, Spain, Sports, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Bicycle parking racks market, digital bicycle parking racks, Europe bicycle parking racks market, integrated bicycle parking racks, Nordics bicycle parking racks market, robotics in bicycle parking racks, smart bicycle parking racks, traditional bicycle parking racks, UK bicycle parking racks market