Monthly Archives: March 2016

NORMA Group to provide NORMAPLAST hose connectors and screw-in connectors for solar-powered sterilization device prototype

Maintal/Kassel, Germany, 22-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, will be providing NORMAPLAST hose connectors and screw-in connectors for the prototype of a solar-powered sterilization device for use in developing countries. The LifeShift Sterilizer, … Read the full press release

Deutsche Börse Group’s Ashwin Kumar: Blockchain has the potential to bring significant changes to the way the financial industry operates

ESCHBORN, 22-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A new technology is causing a stir in the FinTech community: Blockchain has many market experts believing that it is the greatest achievement of the past decade for financial technology and the most important digital … Read the full press release

Eurex launches Euro STOXX 50 quanto futures

ESCHBORN, 22-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Launch of USD-denominated futures on the Euro STOXX 50 index as of 21 March 2016 Eurex, one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges and part of Deutsche Börse Group, will introduce Euro STOXX 50 quanto futures … Read the full press release

Inno4Life Joins Systech UNIQUITY Conference as Prime Platinum Sponsor

Global Pharma Companies Focus on Packaging Regulations at Amsterdam Conference Princeton, NJ & Breda, The Netherlands, 21-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Inno4Life, an internationally recognized original equipment manufacturer in Life Science equipment solutions, will participate as the prime platinum sponsor of … Read the full press release

Indra to develop the 4th version of the intermediate frequency IMBU Mk4 integrated modem and baseband unit for The European Space Agency (ESA)

Indra has been awarded a contract to develop the fourth version of the intermediate frequency IMBU Mk4 integrated modem and baseband unit The system will support communications between ESTRACK telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C) stations, which monitor satellites in space … Read the full press release

Indra’s Minsait and Libelium to offer solutions with highly innovative content in the fields of Smart Cities and Internet of Things

Measurement of water quality, fire detection and optimisation of sprinklersystems are just a few of the applications offered by Waspmote sensors integrated into the SOFIA2 platform The agreement will enable the development of applications in record time and the configuration of … Read the full press release

The European Broadcasting Union, 12 broadcasters from across Europe form the European Digital Radio Alliance

Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and 12 broadcasters from across Europe have united to form the European Digital Radio Alliance. The partnership was formed during the annual Radiodays Europe conference in Paris on 15 … Read the full press release

Eurovision’s Social Media Trends Summit 2016 presentations now available on EBU.ch

Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Presentations from this year’s Social Media Trends Summit are now available on EBU.ch. The event brought together around 100 experts from EBU broadcasters and big social brands. The event hashtag #EBUsocial – where you … Read the full press release

AfterPay vanaf 2016 trotse sponsor van ‘It Fryske Gea’

AMSTERDAM, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AfterPay voelt zich sterk verbonden met de Nederlandse samenleving. Wij vinden het belangrijk om natuur toegankelijker te maken, zodat iedereen in Nederland de natuur echt kan beleven. Daarom is AfterPay vanaf 2016 trotse sponsor van ‘It … Read the full press release

Ahold and Delhaize Group merger receives approval from the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA)

Zaandam, the Netherlands, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahold and Delhaize Group today announced that they have received approval from the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) for their intended merger, an important milestone in the process to completion. The BCA’s approval is conditional … Read the full press release

EY launches four new Centers of Excellence (CoE) to companies in the Asia-Pacific region

Centers to offer business transformation strategy, cybersecurity, analytics and manufacturing capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region Singapore-based hub to contribute to industry capability development SINGAPORE, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — EY has launched four new Centers of Excellence (CoE) to provide innovative services … Read the full press release

Snam Ordinary Shareholders Meeting will be held on 27 April 2016

San Donato Milanese, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Snam’s Board of Directors, which met yesterday under the chairmanship of Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, has called the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting, in a single call, on 27 April 2016. The items on the agenda include … Read the full press release

Snam S.p.A. reports 2.3% increase of its revenue in 2015

San Donato Milanese, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —  The Snam Board of Directors, chaired by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, met yesterday to approve the consolidated Group financial statements and the draft financial statements of the parent company, Snam S.p.A, for 2015, showing … Read the full press release

SFL: The new generation business centre #cloud.paris now fully let

PARIS, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Four months after it was delivered, marketing of the #cloud.paris business centre in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris by SFL has been completed with one of the world’s leading cosmetics and fragrance groups set to … Read the full press release

FRODE FISCALE: Mediaset esprime incredulità per il ribaltamento della sentenza di primo grado del processo Mediatrade in relazione all’anno fiscale 2007

MEDIATRADE: FEDELE CONFALONIERI E PIER SILVIO BERLUSCONI TOTALMENTE ESTRANEI A QUALSIASI FORMA DI FRODE FISCALE Cologno Monzese, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Mediaset esprime incredulità per il ribaltamento della sentenza di primo grado del processo Mediatrade in relazione all’anno fiscale 2007. L’assoluzione … Read the full press release

Mediaset: Record di sempre su Premium Play con le due serie tv più attese dal pubblico italiano: “Mr.Robot” e “Bosch”

La serie evento del 2016 trionfa anche on demand. In febbraio, visti su Premium Play 16 milioni di contenuti. E venerdì 18 marzo un film pay-per-view offerto a tutti gli abbonati.  Cologno Monzese, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Record di sempre su … Read the full press release

Continental, DT, Fraunhofer ESK Institute, Nokia project for connected car won the top award in the best-practice competition of the Intelligent Networking Initiative

Initiative organized by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy honors best-practice solutions for intelligent networking Top spot for “Real-Time Communication between vehicles via the LTE Mobile Network” Project aim: to improve road safety and prevent traffic jams … Read the full press release

NIB signs loan agreement with Kilpilahti Power Plant Ltd. to refurbish combined heat and power plant in Porvoo, Finland

NIB has signed a long-term loan agreement totalling EUR 80 million with Kilpilahti Power Plant Ltd. for the refurbishment of the combined heat and power plant (CHP) in the Kilpilahti industrial area in the town of Porvoo, Finland. HELSINKI, 17-Mar-2016 … Read the full press release

NIB provides financing facility to Arbejdernes Landsbank for environmental projects and SME enterprises in Denmark

NIB and Denmark’s A/S Arbejdernes Landsbank have agreed on a five-year financing facility, totalling EUR 50 million, for financing environmental projects and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). HELSINKI, 17-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The facility is earmarked for SME investments made by owner-managed companies … Read the full press release

MAYKOR-GMCS partners with SOFTPOINT to offer full range of developer’s solutions in Russia and the CIS countries

MAYKOR-GMCS has become a partner of SOFTPOINT, a Russian software developer of solutions increasing productivity, scalability and resiliency of information systems. MOSCOW, 17-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — MAYKOR-GMCS will use SOFTPOINT solutions for monitoring and performance management of IT systems as part … Read the full press release

Late at Tate returns with new series of free events curated by young people at Tate Britain for 2016

LONDON, 17-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Late at Tate will return to Tate Britain this season with a new series of free events curated by young people. The gallery will open up on the first Friday evenings of April, June, August, October … Read the full press release

Nokia addresses surging network data traffic demand with expanded 1830 PSS portfolio

Expanded Nokia1830 PSS portfolio quadruples optical fiber capacity to greater than 70 terabits per second, helping customers meet surging data demand Photonic Service Engine version 2 chipset offers unprecedented capacity, reach, flexibility, and density, including industry’s first single carrier 400G, … Read the full press release

OMEGA DESIGN JOINS SYSTECH UNISOLVE PARTNER ECOSYSTEM

Longtime Partners to Offer Bundled Solution BRUSSELS, 17-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Systech International, a global leader in brand protection technologies, will now offer its UniSolve™ serialization software as an integrated solution with Omega Design Corporation – a global provider of packaging machinery, serialization solutions, … Read the full press release

Over 10,000 visitors at TEFAF Maastricht 2016 on the Preview day

HELVOIRT, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Over 10,000 international private collectors, curators and representatives from the world’s leading museums and public institutions visited TEFAF Maastricht 2016 on the Preview day, Thursday 10th March. The opening day, Friday 11th March, saw over … Read the full press release

EBU’s Director General Ingrid Deltenre supports urgent amendment to Kosovo’s law on public service broadcasting

The EBU’s Director General Ingrid Deltenre has written to the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo Kadri Veseli in support of an urgent amendment to the law on public service broadcasting. Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

Wim van Saarloos appointed VP of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

Wim van Saarloos will be appointed as vice president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) with effect from 1 September 2016 and will succeed José van Dijck as president of the KNAW on 1 June 2018. … Read the full press release

Saab selected by Hong Kong International Airport to provide turnkey Aerobahn Airport Collaborative Decision Making solution

Linköping, Sweden, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Defence and security company Saab announces that it has been selected by Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to provide a turnkey Aerobahn Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) solution. Saab will deploy its Aerobahn CDM … Read the full press release

EBU took part in the launch of the first smartphone with built in digital radio capability at Radiodays Europe in Paris

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is proud to be part of the launch of the first smartphone with built in digital radio capability. PARIS, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As a pioneer in digital radio and a member of the International DMB Advancement … Read the full press release

Loughborough University works with adidas to help develop sports tops for children that keep them cool during exercise

LEICESTERSHIRE, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Loughborough researchers have been working with leading sports brand adidas to help develop sports tops specifically for children that help keep them cool during exercise. Led by Professor George Havenith from the University’s Environmental Ergonomics Research … Read the full press release

Jefferies Group announces financial results for its fiscal first quarter 2016

NEW YORK, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Jefferies Group LLC today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter 2016 and a summary of developments in its fiscal second quarter to date. Highlights for the three months ended February 29, 2016: Investment … Read the full press release

Salzgitter AG presents at three trade shows in April 2016

Salzgitter, Germany, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In April 2016, Salzgitter AG will be on location at three important trade fair dates in a row. The Group is appearing with its subsidiaries at the TUBE event in Düsseldorf, the BAUMA trade fair … Read the full press release

British Gas announces the launch of its latest innovation in the home ‘Boiler IQ’

New ‘Boiler IQ’ technology remotely identifies and reports faults, potentially alerting an engineer even before the boiler stops working WINDSOR, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — British Gas, the UK’s leading energy and home services provider, has announced the launch of its latest … Read the full press release

Volkswagen Financial Services Chairman Lars Henner Santelmann: 2015 was both an eventful and an outstanding financial year

• Operating result: 1.9 billion euros (+12.9%) • Total assets: 157.9 billion euros (+14.9%) • Portfolio: 16.6 million contracts (+11.4%)  Braunschweig/Frankfurt am Main, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Volkswagen Financial Services have again grown substantially during the 2015 financial year. At this … Read the full press release

Inno4Life Joins Systech’s UniSolve™ Partner Program

Offers Integrated Serialization Equipment Solutions to the Global Pharma Industry BRUSSELS, 15-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Systech International, a global leader in brand protection technologies, announces the addition of Inno4Life, an internationally recognized Original Equipment Manufacturer in Life Science equipment solutions, to its Unisolve™ partner … Read the full press release

SENER participates in European Space Agency’s ExoMars program

MADRID, 14-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The SENER engineering and technology group is participating in ExoMars, a European Space Agency (ESA) program that includes two missions: ExoMars 2016, which consists of an orbiter and a descent module that will land on Mars, and ExoMars … Read the full press release

Lloyd’s Register: New Risk-based Inspection (RBI) service to help minimise costs for operators of floating offshore installations (FOIs)

LONDON, 14-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Our new Risk-based Inspection (RBI) service combines hull integrity management with Class to help minimise costs for operators of floating offshore installations (FOIs) Initiative will help optimise inspection regimes and provide added value to Class by … Read the full press release

Continental Corporation to distribute record €150 million value-sharing bonus to employees worldwide

Distribution of around €150 million worldwide for successful fiscal 2015 HANOVER, 14-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Continental Corporation is once again increasing its value-sharing bonus for employees worldwide. For fiscal 2015, the company is distributing a record sum of around … Read the full press release

Surface specialist Benecke-Kaliko opens new plant in Changzhou, China; Capacity for Acella doubled

Site produces 10 million m2 of environment-friendly Acella Eco annually High demand for low-emission trim and upholstery materials Reaching the customer even faster: Chinese automotive industry benefits from expansion in production Hanover/Changzhou, 14-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Following a year of construction, … Read the full press release

Bouygues Construction delivered 132 MWc solar farm in the Philippines; the largest in South-East Asia

Bouygues Energies & Services, BYME and VSL, all subsidiaries of Bouygues Construction, have delivered the largest solar farm in South-East Asia, with total output of 132 MWc, on Negros Island in the Philippines. Negros, Philippines, 14-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Helios Solar … Read the full press release

Experts gathered at Oban’s Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to address the global problem of harmful algal blooms (HABs)

Argyll, Scotland, 14-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A select group of international experts gathered at Oban’s Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to address the global problem of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can cause biotoxins in the seafood we consume and … Read the full press release