Monthly Archives: February 2014

Car rental company Sixt received the renowned German Service Prize for tourism

First time the company has received the German Service Prize from the German Institute for Service Quality Sixt beat 58 rivals to claim the title Named Germany’s best car rental company for the third time back in August Munich, Germany, 11-2-2014 … Read the full press release

University of York researchers developed hemp plants with dramatically increased content of oleic acid

Scientists at the University of York today report the development of hemp plants with a dramatically increased content of oleic acid. York, UK, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The new oil profile results in an attractive cooking oil that is similar to olive … Read the full press release

Superb line-up of stars at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin, Germany, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — After getting off to an exuberant start with the opening film, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, the days that followed saw a superb line-up of stars: Bob Balaban, Christian Bale, Moritz Bleibtreu, Hugh Bonneville, Pierce Brosnan, … Read the full press release

64TH BERLINALE: For the first time the digital screenings are presented in Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format

Berlin, Germany, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As in recent years, the Berlinale has again faced enormous technical and logistical tasks that have arisen from the film industry’s digitisation. Now that the rollout of digital cinema is nearing completion, one of the greatest … Read the full press release

MAN delivered nine TGS 8×4 chassis for heavy recovery vehicles to service Sochi, Russia

The Russian city is well-equipped for the traffic onrush Augsburg, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — MAN has delivered nine TGS 8×4 chassis for heavy recovery vehicles, which have been put into service in the Russian city of Sochi. With the expansion … Read the full press release

MAN Diesel & Turbo: Waste Heat Recovery Advances on Land and at Sea

4 × Turbo Compound Systems with Power Turbine and Generator (TCS-PTG) for marine and stationary applications secure important milestones Augsburg, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — With the recent commissioning of 2 x TCS-PTG22 units at the Miraflores Power Plant in Panama … Read the full press release

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist Award for new University of Leicester research into preventing heart disease in dialysis patients

National award for new University of Leicester research into preventing heart disease in dialysis patients Leicester, UK, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A podcast recording of Dr James Burton explaining his new research project is available to embed and download at: http://soundcloud.com/university-of-leicester/james-burton … Read the full press release

University of Leicester academic Dr Ruth Page: Wikipedia articles are rarely as ‘neutral’ as it might seem

University of Leicester academic Dr Ruth Page’s paper published on cultural differences in Wikipedia entries surrounding Meredith Kercher case Leicester, UK, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A University of Leicester academic has encouraged people to look carefully at how articles are constructed on … Read the full press release

Industry report: Austria’s textile industry performed better than the industrial average in 2013

In 2013 the textile industry generated growth in sales revenue of 1 percent in nominal terms, reaching a provisional figure of just under EUR 1.5 billion for the sector as a whole The textile industry should grow somewhat faster in … Read the full press release

Spanish oil products market: Deliveries from CLH Group facilities in January 2014 increased by 1%

Automotive fuels as a whole increased by 3.3% Madrid, Spain, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Deliveries of oil products from CLH Group facilities to the Spanish market during January totalled more 2.9 million cubic metres, 1.0% more than in the same period of the previous … Read the full press release

CLH Group and Zaragoza Logistics Center signed academic collaboration agreement to optimise supply and logistics of additives for hydrocarbons

Three students on the Master’s Program in Logistics are to conduct research on new models for optimising the logistics of additives for hydrocarbons Madrid, Spain, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (5 February 2014), the CLH Group and the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) signed an … Read the full press release

Sochi 2014: EP20 locomotives made by Alstom and Transmashholding (TMH) operate 6 daily services between Moscow and Sochi

Sochi, Russia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — EP20 locomotives, developed by Alstom and Transmashholding (TMH) now make 6 services a day between Moscow and Sochi. The number of services was increased from 4 to 6 for the Winter Olympic Games. The journey takes … Read the full press release

Innovative BILLA Facebook-Spendenaktion bringt EUR 15.000,- für die Österreichische Kinder-Krebs-Hilfe

Wiener Neudorf, Österreich, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Über einen Monat konnte die BILLA Facebookcommunity die virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette auffädeln. Letzte Woche übergab BILLA Vorstand Josef Siess schließlich eine Spende in Höhe von EUR 15.000. Denn für jeden Meter Länge virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette spendete BILLA EUR 50,- an … Read the full press release

Dassault Systèmes reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31

Paris, France, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year … Read the full press release

Akzo Nobel N.V. announced changes to its Supervisory Board to be adopted by company’s AGM on April 29th, 2014

The Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. today announced changes to its membership that will be proposed for adoption by the company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 29th, 2014. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Current Chairman Karel Vuursteen will … Read the full press release

Barco visualization solutions helped Dutch Railway Museum win the Themed Entertainment Association’s prestigious Thea Award

Kortrijk, Belgium, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Visualization leader Barco is proud to announce that one of its customers, the Dutch Railway Museum, will soon receive a prestigious Thea Award. Presented by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), this ‘Oscar for the entertainment industry’, … Read the full press release

Networked visualization systems: Barco introduces new version of its TransForm N system

Kortrijk, Belgium, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco, a pioneer in networked visualization systems, introduces a new version of its TransForm N system. The highlight of version 2.6 is the new, high-performance NGS-D200 video-to-data (V2D) encoder/decoder, which provides the best possible content-independent streaming … Read the full press release

Barco LiveDots introduced new family of LCD-based advertisement kiosks

Kortrijk, Belgium, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco LiveDots, a Barco company, is proud to announce the expansion of its portfolio with a new family of LCD-based advertisement kiosks. Targeted to the retail and advertising market, the brand-new range consists of five displays. … Read the full press release

Convertible hybrid bond notes: Ahlstrom’s underwriting of convertible hybrid bond notes issued by Suominen ceased

Helsinki, Finland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that its underwriting of convertible hybrid bond notes issued by Suominen Corporation has ceased. Suominen’s convertible hybrid bond issue with a nominal value of EUR 17.5 million … Read the full press release

Ahlstrom announced changes in its management structure

Helsinki, Finland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, will refine its management structure to accelerate the targeted profitability improvement and rapid implementation of the rightsizing program. The company’s operating model, with five business areas and common … Read the full press release

The European Central Bank published draft of the ECB Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) Framework Regulation for public consultation

Draft Framework Regulation sets out how ECB will cooperate with national competent authorities (NCAs) Final version to be published by 4 May 2014 ECB to fully assume its supervisory tasks on 4 November 2014 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

Romanian sugar market: AGRANA Zucker GmbH to acquire Urziceni and Liesti sugar refinery plants from Lemarco S.A.

Vienna, Austria, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — AGRANA Zucker GmbH has reached agreement with the Romanian sugar producer Lemarco S.A. to acquire the latter’s plants in Urziceni and Liesti. “AGRANA’s intention here is not only to increase its sugar beet production but also … Read the full press release

Core network infrastructure upgrade: WIND Hellas and Ericsson complete Mobile Packet Core network evolution

WIND Hellas invests in core network infrastructure from Ericsson to improve performance and enable innovative mobile broadband offerings to subscribers Turn-key end-to-end system integration project for Ericsson’s Evolved Packet Core solution with latest Evolved Packet Gateway and Policy Control platform … Read the full press release

Ericsson to acquire Massachusetts-based Azuki Systems, Inc.

Ericsson extends leadership position with acquisition of industry-leading technology portfolio in adaptive bitrate (ABR) and content protection Complements Microsoft Mediaroom acquisition, further supporting TV Anywhere services with a comprehensive set of technologies Accelerates Ericsson’s offering of TV Anywhere services through … Read the full press release

VELUX EHF Champions League: Big prizes for devoted European handball fans

Hørsholm, Denmark, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In this year’s VELUX EHF Champions League, fan passion continues outside the arena. In addition to cheering for their favourite team throughout the matches of the season, fans can now show their support in the VELUX … Read the full press release

ABLV Group’s ABLV Private Equity Fund 2010 increased shareholding in leading Latvian pharmaceutical company AS Grindeks

Riga, Latvia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ABLV Private Equity Fund 2010, KS which is a part of ABLV Group, has increased its shareholding in the leading Latvian pharmaceutical company AS Grindeks to 22.66%. In addition to AS Grindeks shares previously owned, ABLV … Read the full press release

Global stock market: Management company comment about ABLV open-end mutual funds in January

Riga, Latvia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — January in global stock market can be divided into two parts. During the first half of the month, trends of the previous year were continued – decoupling in stock markets of developed and emerging countries. Most … Read the full press release

Die neue Ausgabe der Freiburger Universitätszeitung uni’leben ist erschienen

Freiburg, Deutschland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Die neue Ausgabe der Freiburger Universitätszeitung uni’leben ist erschienen Wörter, Witze und ein Waschlappen „Mami, wo ist eigentlich der Waschlappen?“, fragt das kleine Kind in der Badewanne. „Der ist noch mal kurz Zigaretten holen“, antwortet die … Read the full press release

Karolinska Institutet researchers developed antibody which blocks protein that is active in the coagulation system factor XII

Stockholm, Sweden, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In collaboration with an international team, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an antibody, 3F7, which blocks a protein that is active in the coagulation system factor XII. Inhibition of factor XII makes it possible to … Read the full press release

Belgacom won four out of sixteen prizes distributed at Channel Awards this year

Brussels, Belgium, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Channel Awards are, in a way, the annual ‘Oscars’ for the distribution of ICT products in Belgium. This year, resellers, manufacturers and distributors gave Belgacom four out of sixteen prizes that were distributed. For the … Read the full press release

GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA to provide power to Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation (GCMC)

Houston, TX, US, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA announced today that it will provide power to Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation (GCMC). This contract strengthens GCMC’s commitment to environmental responsibility by incorporating Renewable Energy Certificates and peak load … Read the full press release

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited notified Delhaize Group that it now owns 4.86% of Delhaize Group’s voting rights

Brussels, Belgium, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pursuant to the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 relating to the publication of major shareholdings in listed companies, Delhaize Group (Euronext Brussels: DELB – NYSE: DEG), the Belgian international food retailer, has received a notification of … Read the full press release

10-Punkte-Plan zur Erneuerung des ADAC konkretisiert

Verwaltungsrat und Präsidium konkretisieren tiefgreifenden Reformprozess  Funktion des Chief Compliance Officers wird eingerichtet  Internationale Kanzlei Freshfields überarbeitet Compliance-Strukturen der ADAC-Zentrale und der 18 Regionalclubs Weitere Sofortmaßnahmen: Keine Prämie auf Batterieverkauf und keine Zweckentfremdung von ADAC-Hubschraubern München, Deutschland, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Der … Read the full press release

Germany’s new Minister of State for Culture and the Media Monika Grütters visits European Film Market (EFM) of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin, Germany, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Monika Grütters, Germany’s new Minister of State for Culture and the Media, paid the European Film Market (EFM) of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival an official visit this Friday morning. Together with Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, EFM Director Beki … Read the full press release

Mercedes-Benz introduces seven new versions of the A, B and CLA-Class now with 7 percent lower fuel consumption

Stuttgart, Germany, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mercedes-Benz is pressing ahead with its efficiency drive: seven new versions of the A, B and CLA-Class now offer fuel savings of up to 7 percent compared with their respective predecessors. The A 200 CDI … Read the full press release

CEPSA signed distribution agreement for its lubricants in China with SAIC Group company APSIS

CEPSA has entered into an agreement to distribute its products in China through APSIS, a SAIC Group company The agreement is part of CEPSA Group business area’s internationalisation expansion plan The pact will enable Bergé Automación to strengthen its relationship … Read the full press release

University of Bristol established new branch of mathematics to create better drug control system to cure cancer

A new branch of mathematics has been established to create a better drug control system to cure cancer. Bristol, UK, 6-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists, including Professor Tanniemola Liverpool from the University of Bristol’s School of Mathematics, claim that by understanding how an artificial ‘synthetic … Read the full press release

University of Bristol received £162,400 funding from Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Bristol, UK, 6-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Two University of Bristol projects have received a total of £162,400 funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of a £4.6 million investment in 24 projects that will let the UK research … Read the full press release

Daimler AG to share profit with more than 130,000 eligible wage-tariff employees

In addition to the profit sharing payment of 2,541 euros, employees will receive a one-time special bonus of 500 euros Special bonus rewards efforts and outstanding performance Payment will take place with the April salaries for more than 130,000 eligible … Read the full press release