ESPOO, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum strengthens its position in the recycling of high value materials in Europe with the acquisition of 100 percent shareholding in Crisolteq, a Finnish specialist in recycling valuable metals in lithium-ion batteries. This investment is … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals
Tagged acquisition, battery, cobalt, Crisolteq, Fortum, hydrometallurgical recycling, investment, Kalle Saarimaa, lithium-ion batteries, manganese, nickel, recycling, recycling of battery metals, valuable metals
ESSEN, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Chinese historical city Luoyang in the Henan province will be launching its metro in 2021 by relying on 234 elevators and escalators from thyssenkrupp Elevator. The company has just announced it won the bidding to … Read the full press release
LONDON, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Ernst & Young (EY) Global Limited has announced its mobile tax preparation service application which will be available late of 2020. EY TaxChat is the first direct-to-consumer EY tax service which is designed by each individual … Read the full press release
PARIS, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — French multinational company, Capgemini together with Efma launched the Financial NewTech Challenge 2020 today, powered by FinTechVisor. The Financial NewTech Challenge 2020 aims to discover the best collaborative business solutions that will be presented to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Germany, Insurance, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Capgemini, Efma, Efma Bank +FinTech, Elias Ghanem, financial institutions, Financial NewTech Challenge 2020, fintech, FinTechVisor, Newtech, scaleups, startup, Vincent Bastid
ZAWIERCIE / AMSTERDAM, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Statkraft, a hydropower company, has joined forces with Commercial Metals Company Poland (CMC) signing a 10-year financial Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) providing 20 percent fixed-rate for CMC Poland starting in 2021. CMC Poland, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Metals and Minerals, Netherlands, News, Poland
Tagged CMC, Commercial Metal Company Poland, Commercial Metals Company, electricity, energy generation, Jerzy Kozicz, Polish renewable PPA, power consumption, Power Purchase Agreement, renewable energy, renewable generators, renewable projects, Statkraft
THE HAGUE, 16-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS) welcomes its newest member – Elering, Estonia’s national Transmission System Operator (TSO) for electricity and natural gas. By joining ENCS, Elering will help strengthen the energy sector’s cyber … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, News, Security & Safety
Tagged Anjos Nijk, cyber defence, Cybersecurity, electricity, Elering, ENCS, energy grid, ENTSO-E, Esther van Velzen, European Network For Cyber Security, interconnections, Laurent Schmitt, natural gas, Taavi Veskimägi, transmission system operator, TSO
AMSTERDAM, 16-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) appoints Dr Hilmar Hamann as Head of the Information Management Division. Prior to joining EMA, Dr. Hamann has served as the Director for the Office of Business Informatics at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Management, Netherlands, News, Pharma & Biotech, Technology
Tagged Agency from the United States Food and Drug Administration, appointment, automation, chemical kinetics, chemist, Dr Hilmar Hamann, EMA, FDA, informatics, Information Management, IT, molecular physics, Pharmaceutical, robotic process, technologies, University of Göttingen
LEVERKUSEN, 16-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Life science, health care and nutrition global enterprise Bayer announced that the leading global open-access biologics technology firm WuXi Biologics (WuXi Bio), listed in Hong Kong (stock code: 2269.HK), through its subsidiary in Germany WuXi … Read the full press release
OXFORD, UK, 15-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Amey announces the appointment of Lucy Fell as Account Director for the Area 10 Maintenance and Response contract. Lucy will lead the 15-year highways contract for Highways England, which went live in April 2019. … Read the full press release
Hillsborough, UK, 15-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — GRAHAM announced it has been selected through a rigorous OJEU compliant tender process for Pagabo’s £10 billion national framework for major works. The expected value of Pagabo Major Works Framework will be in the … Read the full press release
BUCHAREST, Romania, 15-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that on 15 January 2020, the Report regarding legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in December 2019 or in other period but effective in December … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Law, Media, News, Romania, Telecom
Tagged AFM, Android TV-based entertainment service, ASF, Bucharest Stock Exchange, buy back shares, buy-back program, BVB, Class A shares, Class B shares, conference call, Digi, Digi Communications, Digi Communications 2018 Preliminary financial results, Digi Communications Conference Call, Digi Communications NV, DIGI symbol, directors stock option plans, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, employees stock option plans, equity reserves, financial transactions, Hungary, Investor Relations, investors, IPO, market, mobile services, MVNO, Regulation, Romania, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Romanian National Securities Commission, romanian telecommunications provider, Securities, Serghei Bulgac, shareholders, shares, shares buy-back, shares conversion, Spain, stock option plans, Telecom Market, TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDER, telecommunications, telecommunications services, transactions, tv
FRANKFURT, 14-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The Medical Cannabis and Wellness UCITS ETF, developed by HANetf and leading Canada-based asset manager Purpose Investment Inc., is a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that is going to be tradable on Xetra and Börse … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Healthcare, Investment, Ireland, News
Tagged Börse Frankfurt, cannabidiol, cannabis, Deutsche Börse, Deutsche Börse Cash Market, Equity ETF, ETF, ETFs, exchange-traded fund, HANetf, hemp, medical cannabis, Purpose Investment Inc., The Medical Cannabis and Wellness UCITS ETF, Xetra
BILBAO, Spain, 14-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — BBVA teams up with the authentication solutions company Nok Nok Labs to strengthen the security of biometric systems on mobile devices. The partnership is part of BBVA’s strategy to improve the security and user … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Internet & Online, Management, News, Security & Safety, Spain
Tagged apps, authentication solutions, BANKING, BBVA, biometric systems, Cybersecurity, Fast Identity Online, FIDO standard, Juan Francisco Losa, mobile banking, mobile banking services, Mobile devices, Nok Nok Labs, Phillip Dunkelberger, SECURITY
LUND, Sweden, 14-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in China. The order is worth approximately EUR 12 million (SEK 125 million) of which around EUR 6 million (SEK 65 … Read the full press release
BUCHAREST, Romania, 13-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the ASF Regulation no. 5/2018 and art. 2 of the Commission Delegated Report (UE) 1052/2016, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market (Bucharest Stock Exchange “BVB”, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Law, Media, News, Romania, Telecom
Tagged AFM, Android TV-based entertainment service, ASF, Bucharest Stock Exchange, buy back shares, buy-back program, BVB, Class A shares, Class B shares, conference call, Digi, Digi 2020 Financial Calendar, Digi Communications, Digi Communications 2018 Preliminary financial results, Digi Communications Conference Call, Digi Communications N.V. 2020 Financial Calendar, Digi Communications NV, DIGI symbol, directors stock option plans, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, employees stock option plans, equity reserves, financial calendar Digi Communications 2020, financial transactions, Hungary, Investor Relations, investors, IPO, market, mobile services, MVNO, Regulation, Romania, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Romanian National Securities Commission, romanian telecommunications provider, Securities, Serghei Bulgac, shareholders, shares, shares buy-back, shares conversion, Spain, stock option plans, Telecom Market, TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDER, telecommunications, telecommunications services, transactions, tv
LONDON, 13-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Schroders announces the appointment of Yves Desjardins as Country Head of France. Yves will lead and further develop Schroders’ activities in France. He will report to Karine Szenberg, Head of Europe at Schroders. Yves joined … Read the full press release
LONDON, 13-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — EBRD announced it is lending up €100 million to the third-largest bank in Croatia Erste Bank Croatia (EBC), part of Erste Group, in support of the tourism industry in Croatia and Montenegro. The focus of … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Croatia, Financial, Investment, Montenegro, News, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Axel Reiserer, bank, Christoph Schoefboeck, Croatia tourism industry, EBRD, Erste Bank, Erste Bank AD. Podgorica, Erste Bank Croatia, hotels, Montenegro tourism industry, Suma Chakrabarti, sustainable growth, TOURISM, WeBSEFF
DIEGEM, Belgium, 10-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — EURid announces winners of its SAFEonLINE Art Competition. The competition was launched last October 2019 by the .eu domain name registry and was open to secondary schools students across Slovakia and the Czech Republic … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Belgium, Czech Republic, European Union, Internet & Online, News, Slovakia, Society, Technology
Tagged Aneta Prostecka, art, art competition, Blanka Mocová, Competition, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Daniela Rabatinová, Emília Farkašová, EURid, Filip Hladík, INTERNET, Kateřina Koudelova, Linda Tomaštíková, Lotta Gregoreková, Martin Hudák, Nadežda Tuzhilkina, SAFEonLINE
MADRID, 10-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Ferrovial announces the appointment of Carlos Cerezo as Chief Human Resources Officer and to its management committee. Carlos succeeds María Dionis, who has held the position since 2015. Carlos has been with Ferrovial since 2006. … Read the full press release
LUND, 9-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling Alfa Laval has announced it will deliver OLMI heat exchangers for a refinery located in Russia in an order worth approximately SEK 200 million … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 9-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — SEB announces the appointment of Mathias Appelblad as Global Creative Director. The newly created role will help manage the brand’s journey into the future. Mathias, a seasoned creative, has strong credentials in transforming global … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Sweden
Tagged advertising, appointment, brand transformation, creative, Financial, marketing, Mathias Appelblad, Sara Öhrvall, SEB
HELSINKI, 9-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB to finance Finnish Valmet Oyj’s research and development (R&D) activities in 2019–2022. The EUR 50 million loan will mature in ten years. Valmet’s 2019–2022 R&D investment programme focuses on performance and investment cost, digitalisation, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged bio-based materials, digitalisation, Financial, investment, loan, NIB, R&D, research and development, resource efficiency, Valmet
The company has also emerged as the best guest room tablet on the platform BERLIN, 8-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The leading provider of digital guest communication systems for the hotel industry SuitePad GmbH announced it has attained the #1 sport … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Germany, Management, News, Technology, Travel
Tagged best guest room tablet, Best Places to Work in Hotel Tech, guest experience, hotel industry, hotel room, hotel room tablets, hotel tech, hotels, HotelTechAward, HotelTechAward 2020, HotelTechReport.com, Moritz von Petersdorff-Campen, Philipp Wachenfeld, SuitePad, tablets, travel award
GENEVA, Switzerland, 8-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS acquires nationally recognized clinical research organization serving the cosmetic and personal care industry, Thomas J. Stephens & Associates, Inc. (Stephens). “This acquisition expands SGS’s Consumer & Retail service portfolio in the clinical testing … Read the full press release
AARAU, 8-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Swissgrid has announced it has made an entry into the commercial register for a capital increase and amendments to the articles of incorporation. The entry, which has been recorded on 6 January 2020, is about … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, News, Switzerland
Tagged amendments to the articles of incorporation, capital increase, electricity, ENTSO-E, extra-high-voltage grid, grid planning, shareholder, Swiss Electricity Commission, Swissgrid, transmission grid system, valuation adjustment
BUSSNANG, Switzerland, 8-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Stadler announces order for 21 additional KISS electrical multiple unit trains valued at approx. 313 million euros. The contract was signed with Hungarian state owned passenger operator MÁV-START. A framework agreement for a total … Read the full press release
Posted in Hungary, Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged coaches, double-deckers, Hungary, KISS electrical multiple unit trains, KISS EMUs, MÁV-START, rolling stock, Stadler, trains
VANCOUVER/ZURICH/HOUSTON/PARIS, 7-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — New joint study aimed at evaluating the viability and design of a commercial-scale carbon-capture facility at the Holcim Portland Cement Plant in Florence, Colorado, U.S. has been initiated by a group of leading companies. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, France, Industrial, News, Switzerland
Tagged 45Q tax credit, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, Cement, Claude Letourneau, CO2, CO2 emissions, CO2 sequestration, CO2MENT, Colorado, commercial-scale carbon capture, Helen Rhymes, Holcim Portland Cement Plant, Jan Jenisch, Jeff Alvarez, Jocelyn Gerst, Julia McKenna, Marie-Noëlle Semeria, Martin Cej, Occidental, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, Richard Jackson, sequestration, study, Svante Inc., Total
COURBEVOIE, France, 7-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Saint-Gobain closes sale of its expanded polystyrene (EPS) business in France to the Austrian and Swedish consortium Hirsch-BEWiSynbra on December 31, 2019. In 2018, the EPS business in France generated sales of around €70 … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Construction, France, Investment, News, Sweden
Tagged construction, divestment, EPS, expanded polystyrene, Hirsch-BEWiSynbra, Saint-Gobain
LONDON, 07-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — FIGO (International Federation Gynecology and Obstetrics) announces the appointment of Prof Mary Ann Lumsden as Chief Executive. Prof Lumsden is the Clinical Lead for Reproductive and Maternal Medicine and also, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, News, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, FIGO, gynecology, life sciences, medical, menopause, menstrual disorders, Obstetrics, Prof Mary Ann Lumsden, Professor Carlos Fuchtner, Reproductive and Maternal Medicine, the International Menopause Society, the Medicine and Hormones Regulatory Authority, The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, University of Glasgow, veterinary, Women’s Health
BUCHAREST, Romania, 6-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the ASF Regulation no. 5/2018 and art. 2 of the Commission Delegated Report (UE) 1052/2016, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market (Bucharest Stock Exchange “BVB”, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Law, Media, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AFM, Android TV-based entertainment service, ASF, Bucharest Stock Exchange, buy back shares, buy-back program, BVB, Class A shares, Class B shares, conference call, Digi, Digi 2020 Financial Calendar, Digi Communications, Digi Communications 2018 Preliminary financial results, Digi Communications Conference Call, Digi Communications N.V. 2020 Financial Calendar, Digi Communications NV, DIGI symbol, directors stock option plans, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, employees stock option plans, equity reserves, financial calendar Digi Communications 2020, financial transactions, Hungary, Investor Relations, investors, IPO, market, mobile services, MVNO, Regulation, Romania, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Romanian National Securities Commission, romanian telecommunications provider, Securities, Serghei Bulgac, shareholders, shares, shares buy-back, shares conversion, Spain, stock option plans, Telecom Market, TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDER, telecommunications, telecommunications services, transactions, tv