Monthly Archives: February 2016

University of Sussex economist Mariana Mazzucato wins major German prize for her book about the role of the state in driving innovation

Brighton, UK, 23-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Sussex economist, Mariana Mazzucato, will be awarded a major German prize in Berlin today (Monday 22 February) in a ceremony with Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, for her book championing the role of the state in … Read the full press release

Grundig expands its network in Turkey

ISTANBUL, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Grundig, which was born in Germany and has been continuing its activities under Arçelik A.Ş. since 2007, now expands its network in Turkey with all its product groups in its 70th year. Grundig, which made a distinguished … Read the full press release

Zell-Metall GmbH to enhance its Zellamid® 1500 PEEK product line with Solvay Specialty Polymers’ KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer food contact (FC) grades

New Zellamid® 1500 X offers customers higher performance, temperature resistance and easier processing of semi-finished products for demanding food contact applications ALPHARETTA, Ga., 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — With the addition of Solvay Specialty Polymers’ KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer food contact (FC) grades, which meet … Read the full press release

Gorenje Group presented diplomas to the first generation of graduates of the Gorenje Create Academy

Gorenje Group presented diplomas to the first generation of graduates of the Gorenje Create Academy – Gorenje’s academy for new product development. This is a unique international educational program, a part of the Gorenje Corporate University, designed to encourage innovation … Read the full press release

The QUDAL – Quality Medal research: Slovenians ranked Gorenje home appliances atop among home appliance manufacturers

The QUDAL – Quality Medal research, performed in Slovenia in January 2016 by the Zürich based international organization Icertas, shows that in terms of quality Slovenians see Gorenje home appliances as the best. Velenje, Slovenia, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In the QUDAL … Read the full press release

POST Luxembourg: 50 percent of all homes in Luxembourg now connected to fibre-optic network

A milestone in ultra-fast Internet in Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —  As early as 1997 POST Luxembourg realised the advantages of fibre-optic technology for residential subscribers and since then has been developing and laying “hybrid cables” – data transmission … Read the full press release

110 years of education and social work training exhibition at the University of Dundee

Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — An exhibition celebrating 110 years of education and social work training will open at the University of Dundee this week. ‘Transforming lives through Education and Social Work: More than a Century of Making a … Read the full press release

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda will visit the University of Dundee on 5th March

Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will visit the University of Dundee next month to discuss the importance of scientific evidence in high-profile trials. Fatou Bensouda, who leads the Office of the Prosecutor … Read the full press release

Global Service Jam Dundee 26th-28th February 2016

Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — What would you do if you only had 48 hours to change the world? That’s a question designers from Dundee will be grappling with when they get together with people from all walks of life … Read the full press release

COUPLING LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE VIA E-SERVICES ECOSYSTEM: ALPHA VERSION OF THE FREME OPEN FRAMEWORK RELEASED

TURIN, Italy, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The FREME Consortium – which brings together top-tier specialists in language resources, tools, and services, multilingualism and semantic Web, linked data and open data including public sector information, publishing, localisation, and business development – … Read the full press release

International team of scientists: New findings on sauropod dinosaurs

An international team of scientists, led by the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and including palaeontologists from the University of Bristol, has shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been … Read the full press release

The University of Bristol awards honorary degrees to Simon King OBE and Professor Dame Teresa Rees DBE

The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to Simon King OBE and Professor Dame Teresa Rees DBE at degree ceremonies taking place today [18 February] in the Wills Memorial Building. BRISTOL, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Award-winning broadcaster Simon King will … Read the full press release

ABB to power Metsä Group’s new bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland

The first mill to operate fully free from fossil fuels will increase the share of renewable energy in Finland by more than two percent ZURICH, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB will supply the complete power and process electrical systems for Metsä … Read the full press release

RoboCup European Open from 30 March till 3 April at the Evoluon in Eindhoven

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The venue for this year’s RoboCup European Open, a tournament for autonomous robots, is the Evoluon in Eindhoven from 30 March till 3 April. Eye-catchers include the soccer-playing robots, service and music robots along … Read the full press release

The Kudelski Group reports 32.7% operating income increase in 2015

2015 Annual Results +11.1% constant currency revenue growth and +32.7% operating income increase Successful large-scale deployment of innovations in the TV space and solid growth in emerging TV markets Kudelski Security going global by entering the US market Continued patent … Read the full press release

University of Birmingham study links periodontitis to higher mortality rate in patients with chronic kidney disease

BIRMINGHAM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — New findings from the University of Birmingham show that patients with chronic kidney disease patients and periodontitis (severe gum disease) have a higher mortality rate than those with chronic kidney disease alone. The research, published in … Read the full press release

LUKOIL starts first phase of gas processing unit at the Stavrolen plant in Budennovsk

MOSCOW, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, President of PJSC LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Stavropol Region Governor Vladimir Vladimirov took part in the official startup of the first phase of the gas processing … Read the full press release

Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016 to be presented to Lena Gustafsson and Britta Lundgren

Umeå, Sweden, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor and Vice-Chancellor Lena Gustafsson and Professor Britta Lundgren will be honoured with the Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016 for their outstanding contributions to the university. The medals will be presented at the Annual … Read the full press release

POST Luxembourg awarded the “FTTH Council Europe Award” for the expansion of FTTH

LUXEMBOURG, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At this year’s annual multinational conference of the “FTTH Council Europe”, which takes place from 16th to 18th February in the halls of LuxExpo at Luxembourg-Kirchberg, POST Luxembourg was awarded the “FTTH Council Europe Award” for … Read the full press release

Ericsson deploys its virtual Mobility Management Entity and Cloud Execution Environment on Japan’s mobile operator SoftBank

Deployment represents a complete Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solution By adding a virtualized environment to its native network, SoftBank can scale network capability, flexibility and manageability Transformation supports SoftBank in the deployment of future applications and meets the requirements of … Read the full press release