Monthly Archives: June 2013

Novartis’s omalizumab met all primary and secondary endpoints in pivotal GLACIAL study of patients with severe form of chronic skin disease CSU

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Omalizumab met all primary and secondary endpoints in pivotal GLACIAL study of patients with refractory chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)[1] Omalizumab found to be effective, safe and well tolerated in refractory CSU patients, including those on antihistamines at up to four … Read the full press release →

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German financial newspaper Börsen-Zeitung honored SAP AG with Corporate Finance Consistency Award

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Werner Brandt, chief financial officer of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), and Matthias Heiden, head of Treasury for SAP AG, yesterday received the Corporate Finance Consistency Award of German financial newspaper Börsen-Zeitung. With this award, the publication’s jury honored the … Read the full press release →

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Offshore oil and gas marine services company BOURBON placed safety as the first of its 4 pillars of operational excellence

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Paris, 28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — BOURBON’s objective is clear: a permanent zero-incident rate for all operations, current and future. Focused on its vision of being the preferred company in offshore oil and gas marine services for the benefit of its clients, employees and … Read the full press release →

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EC welcomed Shah Deniz II Consortium’s decision on Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) as the European route of the Southern Gas Corridor

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission welcomed today’s final selection of the pipeline delivering Azeri gas to Europe. The Consortium of the Shah Deniz II gas field, who holds the license for exploiting the 16 bcm/year gas reserves, has chosen … Read the full press release →

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SuperJet International launched Gazpromavia Flight Crew Training Courses at its Training Centers in Italy and Russia

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — SuperJet International (SJI) has launched the first Gazpromavia Flight Crew Training Courses at its Training Centers in Venice (Italy) and Moscow (Russia). Two Gazpromavia flight crews are currently engaged in the ground course and will rapidly start … Read the full press release →

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Oberthur Technologies partner with HID Global for the use of SeosTM digital keys on NFC-enabled smartphones

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Colombes, France, 28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, today announced its partnership with HID Global that provides Oberthur Technologies the ability to support the … Read the full press release →

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SABMiller plc and Kopparberg Brewery AB sign for the licensing of Kopparberg cider products

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — SABMiller plc and Kopparberg Brewery AB have entered into a cooperation agreement for the long term licensing of Kopparberg cider products in selected markets. All Kopparberg cider products, including Pear and Naked Apple, will be available for … Read the full press release →

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EIB lends EUR 101M in support of East African businesses

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Investment by companies across East Africa will benefit from three new lending programmes totaling EUR 101.5 million backed by the European Investment Bank formally agreed today. Three local banks Chase Bank, the East African Development Bank and … Read the full press release →

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Brembo reaffirmed its brand awareness at the world’s greatest endurance race the 81° edition of Le Mans 24 Hours with the 10th consecutive victory since 2004

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Growning achievement of ten years of great successes, Brembo triumphs in all categories; the Italian Company has supplied 73% of teams Le Mans, France, 28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The 81° edition of the classic Le Mans 24 Hours, the world’s greatest … Read the full press release →

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Abengoa signs €17.25M contract to maintain two transmission lines for Brazil’s National Electricity Agency

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The lines form part of the Madeira system, which with nearly 5,000 km (2,345 km each line) will be the largest continuous current energy transmission system in the world. The contract will last for five years and will generate revenues … Read the full press release →

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Gazprom to grant $1B advanced payment to Naftogaz Ukrainy for gas transit

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Evgeny Bakulin, Head of NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy. The decision was made that Gazprom would grant a USD 1 billion advanced payment to Naftogaz Ukrainy for gas transit. With … Read the full press release →

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AstraZeneca announced it acquired 100% of Redwood City, Calif. based Pearl Therapeutics

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — AstraZeneca today announced that on 27 June 2013 it completed its acquisition of Pearl Therapeutics, a privately held company based in Redwood City, California, focused on the development of inhaled small-molecule therapeutics for respiratory disease.  Upon completion of … Read the full press release →

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IBERDROLA won Energy Intelligence’s 2013 Award for Leadership in New Energy

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From the prestigious US group ‘Energy Intelligence’ The Company placed first in a ranking of the top 100 green utilities compiled at the end of 2012 by Energy Intelligence and based on CO2 emissions and renewable energy capacity 28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — IBERDROLA has received the 2013 … Read the full press release →

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EC to provide €1.1M EGF money to help 480 workers made redundant by Jabil CM and Anovo Italia

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today proposed to provide Italy with €1.1 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 480 workers made redundant by Jabil CM S.r.l and Anovo Italia S.p.A. – two manufacturers of electronic … Read the full press release →

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Lemminkäinen to renovate the Futura building at the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Lemminkäinen will renovate the Futura building at the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland. Lemminkäinen will carry out the construction and technical building system work in the project. The value of the contract is EUR … Read the full press release →

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Cargotec’s MacGregor to deliver 150-tonne active heave-compensated subsea crane to BOURBON

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ongoing experience of MacGregor’s offshore cranes has played a significant role in  BOURBON ordering another 150-tonne active heave-compensated subsea MacGregor crane MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order for a 150-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane … Read the full press release →

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Vestas to deliver 87 MW capacity wind power plant to renewable energy developer EDC for the largest wind energy project in the Philippines

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Vestas’ new 87 MW order in the emerging wind market of the Philippines made possible through close co-operation with EDC, the Philippines’ leading renewable energy developer. 28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — With reference to Vestas Wind Systems A/S company announcement No. 29 of … Read the full press release →

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ThyssenKrupp’s biggest ever research project for innovations in automotive efficiency expanded with over 30 projects by 2014

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Biggest research and development project for eco-friendly innovations to be expanded – More than 30 projects by 2014 28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — InCar® is now InCar®plus! Under the motto “Solutions for automotive efficiency”, ThyssenKrupp’s biggest ever research and development project for … Read the full press release →

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Edinburgh based UK Green Investment Bank (UK GIB) to receive £800M additional funding from the UK government for 2015/16

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Welcoming the announcement today by Business Secretary Vince Cable that the UK GIB is to receive an additional £800m for 2015/16, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore said: “This is excellent news for the UK Green Investment Bank, and … Read the full press release →

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Croatia to become the 28th Member State of the European Union On Monday 1 July, 2013

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28-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On Monday 1 July Croatia will become the 28th Member State of the European Union. Croatia’s accession marks another milestone in the construction of a united Europe. It also provides fresh evidence of the transformative power of the … Read the full press release →

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EC approved under state aid rules Portuguese state guarantees for banks guaranteeing EIB loans granted to companies in Portugal

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27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has approved a new Portuguese scheme providing State guarantees for banks that guarantee European Investment Bank (EIB) loans granted to companies in Portugal. President Barroso said: “With this decision the European Commission and the EIB … Read the full press release →

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Alstom signed with LAZ Group filial City Transport Group to produce modern high speed tramways for the Ukrainian market

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27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom and its Russian joint-venture, TramRus¹, have concluded an agreement with City Transport Group, a filial of the LAZ Group and the main bus manufacturer in Ukraine, to produce modern high speed tramways for the Ukrainian market. … Read the full press release →

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SuperJet International (SJI) delivered its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft to the Mexican airline Interjet

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Le Bourget (Paris), 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On the occasion of the 50th International Paris Airshow SuperJet International (SJI) – joint venture between Alenia Aermacchi (a Finmeccanica Company) and Sukhoi Holding – announced the delivery of its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) … Read the full press release →

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Group TBI led construction consortium and two leading architectural firms selected to design and construct The European Patent Office’s new building in Hague, Netherlands

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Munich/Rijswijk, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Patent Office (EPO) announced today that a consortium of four companies belonging to the Group TBI, one of the largest construction, mechanical and electrical services companies in the Netherlands, in co-operation with two leading … Read the full press release →

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Samsung Electronics selected Oberthur Technologies to provide PEARL, the state-of-the-art NFC embedded Secure Element (eSE), for the newly released GALAXY S4

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Colombes, France, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, today announced its selection by Samsung Electronics to provide PEARL, the state-of-the-art NFC embedded Secure … Read the full press release →

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University of Tübingen scientists reconstructed medieval leprosy genomes to shed light on disease’s history

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27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An international team of scientists reconstructed a dozen medieval and modern leprosy genomes – suggesting a European origin for the North American leprosy strains found in armadillos and humans, and a common ancestor of all leprosy bacteria … Read the full press release →

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„Печатница на Българската народна банка” АД и „Франсоа Шарл Обертюр Груп”, Франция създават съвместно дружество за производство на банкноти в България

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27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — „Печатница на Българската народна банка” АД (ПБНБ) успешно приключи преговорите и постигна договореност за създаване на съвместно дружество за производство на банкноти в България с един от най-големите производители на банкноти в света „Франсоа Шарл Обертюр Груп”, … Read the full press release →

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University of Tübingen hosts the 8th Taiwan Documentary Film Festival

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Entertainment and discussions about Taiwanese society with director Tsai Tsung-Lung 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The University of Tübingen is hosting the 8th Taiwan Documentary Film Festival over the next two days. Movies by Taiwanese directors will be shown on Friday, 28 and … Read the full press release →

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One of the world’s largest brewers SABMiller plc reports on its sustainability targets

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SABMiller hits local sourcing target for Africa a year early Absolute water use cut by 16%, absolute carbon emissions cut by 26% since 2008, despite volume growth 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — SABMiller plc, one of the world’s largest brewers, today publishes … Read the full press release →

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European entertainment network RTL Group and North-American online video company BroadbandTV announced strategic partnership

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BroadbandTV is YouTube’s fifth largest Multi-Channel Network, managing more than 7,800 channels and generating around 800 million video views per month Investment accelerates RTL Group’s expansion strategy in the online video market Partnership positions BroadbandTV as a powerhouse in the … Read the full press release →

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Polish power utility group ENERGA takes EUR 195M long-term corporate loan from EBRD, PKO Bank Polski and ING Bank Śląski

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27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EBRD is supporting a massive investment programme by the Polish power company ENERGA SA (“ENERGA”) and its distribution arm ENERGA OPERATOR SA (“ENERGA OPERATOR”) which represents a major step in the modernisation of the country’s electricity … Read the full press release →

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Italian Salini Spa, Impregilo Spa merger results in major player in the large infrastructure sector with consolidated revenue €7.4B, ebitda €1B and backlog €26B

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A NATIONAL CHAMPION IN THE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR CREATED IN ONLY 3 MONTHS AFTER THE PUBLIC TENDER OFFER FOR IMPREGILO THE NEW LISTED COMPANY WILL BE CALLED SALINI IMPREGILO S.P.A. 2016 CONSOLIDATED BUSINESS PLAN AND MERGER PLAN TARGETS APPROVED BY THE BOARDS … Read the full press release →

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Disc brake technology company Brembo S.p.A. to invest $115M to expand its industrial hubs in US and Brazil

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THE INVESTMENT ON THE TWO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HUBS WILL LEAD THE SUBSIDIARIES BREMBO NORTH AMERICA AND BREMBO DO BRASIL TO DOUBLE THEIR REVENUES Stezzano, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In the 2013-2015 three-year period, Brembo S.p.A. will make a total investment of … Read the full press release →

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Irizar entrega la unidad 1000 de su modelo de autocar Irizar i6

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27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — En un acto celebrado en sus propias instalaciones Irizar hace entrega de la unidad 1000 de su modelo de autocar Irizar i6 fabricado en la planta de Irizar en Ormaiztegi – España. El Irizar i6 fue … Read the full press release →

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Abengoa to launch its first demonstration Waste-to-Biofuels (W2B) plant in Babilafuente, Spain

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The production of bioethanol from municipal solid waste represents a major technological advance in the waste management model. 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B), the company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, today … Read the full press release →

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ESET® Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server released

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Bratislava, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ESET, a global pioneer in proactive protection for 25-years, today announced the global release of ESET® Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server. It is yet another addition to our server line of products built to safeguard sensitive company data and assets … Read the full press release →

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Gazprom, BASF to explore joint projects in Russia and third countries

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27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF took place yesterday as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2013. The parties discussed the cooperation deepening in the energy sector, giving consideration to the … Read the full press release →

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Aeroflot successfully passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit and proved compliance with IOSA Standards for 5th time

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Moscow, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Aeroflot has successfully passed the fifth regular IOSA procedure (IATA Operational Safety Audit). The IOSA certificate and the status of IOSA-registered operator have been prolonged till October 14, 2015. The audit was conducted in all the activity areas: Organization and … Read the full press release →

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Ubisoft Motion Pictures to collaborate with Warner Bros and Michael Bay on development of feature film based on Tom Clancy’s™ Ghost Recon

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Los Angeles, United States, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the film and television division of Ubisoft, announced that they are collaborating with Warner Bros. Pictures and Michael Bay the award-winning director of blockbusters, including “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Transformers” … Read the full press release →

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Scandinavian carrier SAS signed with Airbus for eight A350 XWBs and four A330s

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Airbus fleet will bring the airline into a new long haul future Blagnac,  27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Scandinavian carrier SAS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for eight A350 XWBs and four A330s, as part of its strategy to modernize … Read the full press release →

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