Monthly Archives: November 2015

The Dutch housing market will grow steadily this year and next – Dutch Housing Market Quarterly by Rabobank

Utrecht, Netherlands, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Dutch housing market will grow steadily this year and next. Some 182,000 houses are expected to be sold this year, a rise of 19% compared to 2014. In 2016 we expect between 175,000 … Read the full press release

Erste Group CEO Andreas Treichl on 9M 2015 results: Better than expected loan growth of 3.1%, lower risk costs and limited one-offs compared to the previous year

VIENNA, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — “Our solid result of EUR 764.2 million for the first nine months of 2015 was driven by several positive developments: better than expected loan growth of 3.1%, lower risk costs and limited one-offs compared to … Read the full press release

CLH Group delivered 3.3 million cubic metres of oil products to the Spanish market during August 2015

MADRID, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Deliveries of oil products from CLH Group facilities to the Spanish market during October totalled 3.3 million cubic metres, 4.2% more than in the same period of the previous year after correction of the seasonal … Read the full press release

Arriva welcomed the decision for the first bus franchising scheme outside London

Sunderland, UK, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Arriva has welcomed the decision of an independent board set up by the government to assess proposals for the first bus franchising scheme outside London. The Quality Contract Scheme Board ruled that Nexus’s proposals for a Quality … Read the full press release

Alstom’s CEO Kron on H1 2015/16 results: Sound commercial performance in Transport; sales up 8% and operating income increased by 10%

High level of orders and solid backlog Sales and operating income increase Levallois-Perret, France, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Between 1 April and 30 September 2015, Alstom booked a strong €3.9 billion of orders corresponding to a book-to-bill of 1.2. Over the … Read the full press release

Alstom to return part of the proceeds from the transaction with General Electric to its shareholders

Levallois-Perret, France, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the completion of the transaction with General Electric regarding Alstom’s Energy activities, the Group proposes to return a part of the proceeds to its shareholders. In its session of 4 November 2015, Alstom’s Board … Read the full press release

Evaluation affirms the performance of the QIAGEN’s GeneReader NGS System in detecting gene variants known to be clinically relevant in colorectal cancer

World’s first complete Sample to Insight NGS solution proves equal or better compared with other sequencing workflows and alternative technologies Austin, Texas, and Hilden, Germany, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that an … Read the full press release

QIAGEN N.V. starts commercialization activities for its GeneReader NGS System

First truly end-to-end solution brings next-generation sequencing within reach for any lab Austin, Texas, and Hilden, Germany, 6-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the start of commercialization activities for its GeneReader NGS System, … Read the full press release

APM Terminals: Five of the world’s largest port operators joined by the Port of Rotterdam Authority launch joint environmental initiative

World’s leading port operators conduct green activities globally to promote environmental awareness The Hague, Netherlands, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Thousands of port employees around the world have enthusiastically contributed their time and effort to a joint environmental initiative launched by marine … Read the full press release

Qingdao Port Group and APM Terminals sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the APM Terminals Vado, Italy port project

Agreement marks first overseas project in Qingdao Port’s international development. The Hague, Netherlands, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Leaders from Qingdao Port Group met with APM Terminals executives in The Hague to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the APM Terminals Vado, … Read the full press release

APM Terminals Global Terminal Network enters China’s fast growing grain import market as part of joint venture with Qingdao Port International

New multipurpose terminal in Qingdao’s Dongjiakou Port with two deep water berths set to begin operations by early 2016, and help meet the needs of China’s fast-growing grain import market. Qingdao, China,  5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The APM Terminals Global Terminal … Read the full press release

EnOcean Alliance presents energy harvesting wireless automation solutions for smart buildings and smart homes at Interclima 2015 in Paris

Nine member companies will demonstrate automation components and solutions for intelligent buildings based on the EnOcean energy harvesting wireless standard. System integrators advise on integrated systems and building services. San Ramon, CA/Paris, France, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Interclima+elec 2015 (02-06 November, … Read the full press release

Sikkens-coated solar car won in this year’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia

Students from Delft University of Technology scorched to victory in this year’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in a vehicle which once again featured a coatings system developed by AkzoNobel. AMSTERDAM, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Nuon Solar Team has been sponsored … Read the full press release

High performance coatings from AkzoNobel used in the new cultural center in Athens due to be completed early next year

Visitors to a new cultural center in Athens that’s due to house the Greek National Opera will find that high performance coatings from AkzoNobel have taken center stage. AMSTERDAM, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Being designed by renowned architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop, … Read the full press release

Universität Hamburg: Informations- und Diskussionsveranstaltung zur Zukunft von Printmedien am Mittwoch, dem 11. November 2015

HAMBURG, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Zum 1. Mai 2014 verkaufte der Axel-Springer-Verlag etablierte Printmarken wie das „Hamburger Abendblatt“ oder die „Berliner Morgenpost“ an die Funke Mediengruppe. Beispiele wie diese zeigen: Die Medienhäuser befinden sich im Umbruch, weil die Auflagen der … Read the full press release

Exciting presentations, experiments and interactive exhibits at Universität Hamburg during the Night of Knowledge on 7 November 2015

HAMBURG, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Robots that can play soccer, laser fridges, or the supermarket shelf of the future: these are just a few of the exciting aspects of research on show at Universität Hamburg during the Night of Knowledge … Read the full press release

Deloitte Advokatfirma AS to review Telenor’s handling and oversight of the minority ownership in VimpelCom

Telenor Board of Directors has assigned Deloitte Advokatfirma AS (Deloitte) to perform a review of Telenor’s handling and oversight of the minority ownership in VimpelCom. Fornebu, Norway, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The review will focus on Telenor’s handling of its ownership … Read the full press release

Telenor Group concerned about VimpelCom’s USD 900 million provision in their third quarter financial statements

Telenor Group notes that VimpelCom Ltd. in a press release on 3 November 2015 has announced that they will make a provision of USD 900 million in their third quarter financial statements for a resolution of the investigations into VimpelCom’s … Read the full press release

University of Sussex: architects work up potential designs for the new £60 m building for the School of Life Sciences

Brighton, UK, 4-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following approval in July for the University of Sussex’s campus masterplan, architects are working up potential designs for a new building for the School of Life Sciences. The new £60 million building complex will be … Read the full press release

Ericsson signs multi-year news captioning contract with Australian News Channel

Ericsson to provide live captioning services for Australian News Channel (ANC)’s SKY NEWS LIVE and SKY NEWS BUSINESS available in 2.8 million subscribing homes Contract also includes captioning services for SKY NEWS’ in-flight news bulletins for airline Qantas Ericsson now … Read the full press release