Daily Archives: 9, January 2015

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers completed the acquisition of core office building in the Kirchberg area of Luxembourg from Deka Immobilien GmbH for €32.2 million

PARIS, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (“AXA Real Estate”), the leading real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe(1), announces that it has completed the acquisition of all the shares of a company owning a core … Read the full press release

The first Wärtsilä X62 two-stroke engine successfully passed its design validation and type approval tests

Helsinki, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The first Wärtsilä X62 two-stroke engine has successfully passed its design validation and type approval tests and has performed exceptionally well during the necessary sea trials. It is, therefore, now ready for full market availability. … Read the full press release

juwi group’s South African subsidiary to build the Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska PV solar park in South Africa for Independent Power Producer (IPP) Sonnedix

Cape Town based renewable energy specialist EPC partner to solar independent power producer Sonnedix / Successful financial close in mid-December 2014 / Construction scheduled for the first quarter of 2015 / juwi to provide Operations and Maintenance Wörrstadt, Germany, 09-1-2015 — … Read the full press release

Estonia officially became EUROCONTROL’s 41st Member State on 1 January 2015

Brussels, Belgium, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Estonia officially became EUROCONTROL’s 41st Member State on 1 January 2015. With the accession of Estonia, EUROCONTROL covers all 28 European Union states. This event reinforces EUROCONTROL’s status as being truly pan-European. Even before becoming … Read the full press release

UK: Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne and Prime Minister Cameron visited Unilever’s Port Sunlight factory to welcome the company’s plans for £200 million investment in the region

Unilever plans to expand in the region with a £200 million investment that will secure jobs for the future. LONDON, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, and Prime Minister, David Cameron, today visited Unilever’s Port Sunlight … Read the full press release

VINCI Environment UK won the AmeyCespa contract to build the energy-from-waste unit in Allerton, West Yorkshire

Rueil-Malmaison, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The design-build contract covers the energy-from-waste unit and related buildings. Taylor Woodrow, the civil engineering division of VINCI Construction UK, will handle overall site development and civil engineering for the buildings. VINCI Environnement will be responsible for … Read the full press release

VINCI Construction Grands Projets to build 125,000 m2 mixed-use development on the Kota Kinabalu seafront in northern Borneo

• 125,000 m2 of housing and retail development with a value of €70 million • Second contract on the island of Borneo for VINCI Construction Grands Projets Rueil-Malmaison, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Malaysian property developer Jesselton Group has awarded to VINCI … Read the full press release

Italy’s leading real estate management firm IDeA FIMIT sgr selected CACEIS as the depositary for its new closed-end real estate fund, Armonia

PARIS, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — IDeA FIMIT sgr, the leading real estate management company in Italy with € 10 billion in AuM, has selected CACEIS as the depositary for its new closed-end real estate fund, Armonia. The Armonia fund has assets of … Read the full press release

UK’s largest mobile operator EE added record 5.7million customers to the 4G network in 2014

From 2 million to 7.7 million 4G customers in 12 months, EE sets record in Europe for 4G growth 4G from EE arrives in 210 more towns, taking total to 510 UK towns and cities and almost 4,000 villages Record … Read the full press release

EE Rising Star Award 2015 nominations revealed at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly

The EE Rising Star Award nominees for 2015 are: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jack O’Connell, Margot Robbie, Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley The winner will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards  ceremony on Sunday 8th February 2015 Nominees were … Read the full press release

ThyssenKrupp selected the building at Wasserstrasse 223 in Bochum-Wiemelhausen for its new Global Shared Services (GSS) organization

ESSEN, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — For its new Global Shared Services (GSS) organization, which already has operations in Essen, ThyssenKrupp has decided on a further location in the Ruhr area, in Bochum. Having examined various possible sites in Bochum in terms … Read the full press release

National Grid donated trees, provided new oak leaflet holders and resurfaced a number of footpaths at Bowers Marsh nature reserve

• National Grid helps boosts facilities at RSPB Bowers Marsh nature reserve Popular reserve is home to rare species including great crested newts and water voles National Grid recently completed vital work in the reserve to keep the region’s lights … Read the full press release