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In France, April 1 is referred to as Poisson d’Avril, or ‘April Fish day’ and French children are said to tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying “Poisson d’Avril” when the prank is discovered. … Read the full press release
In France, April 1 is referred to as Poisson d’Avril, or ‘April Fish day’ and French children are said to tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying “Poisson d’Avril” when the prank is discovered. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, European Union, United Kingdom
Tagged climate change, ClimeFish, Dr Paul Fernandes, University of Aberdeen
The French National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information (IGN) has awarded the Thales-Airbus Defence and Space consortium the GeoMaps contract for the next six years French armed forces will get high added-value geographical data that will give them the … Read the full press release
Toulouse, France, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space is partnering with the French and European space agencies (CNES and ESA*) to organise ActInSpace. ActInSpace is a 24-hour contest where anyone can join a team and meet challenges such as … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, France, Technology
Tagged #ActInSpace contest, ‘Space Hackathon’
BERN, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Great progress has been made in the fight against malaria – since 2000, malaria incidence among populations at risk (the rate of new cases) fell by 37% globally – yet there is so much more to … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Non Profit, Society, Switzerland
Tagged #WorldMalariaDay, Novartis Foundation
Aberdeen scientists’ fight to beat Alzheimer’s disease has been aided by a generous donation from oil and gas firm Apache. ABERDEEN, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The £45,000 gift will be used to buy a specific piece of equipment that is vital … Read the full press release
Malmö, Sweden, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, introduces as the first in the industry a new vision system, moving crane operation to the safety and comfort of the truck cabin. “Based on the recent advancements in virtual reality … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Sweden, Technology
Tagged crane, Henrik Strömbäck, Hiab, Rafal Sornek, virtual reality goggles
Malmö, Sweden, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — MacGregor, part of Cargotec, will supply loose lashings equipment for twelve 19,200 TEU container vessels under construction in South Korea for a European owner. The equipment is planned for delivery during 2016. The order was … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Sweden
Tagged loose lashings equipment, MacGregor, Tommi Keskilohko
Malmö, Sweden, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, and Hydco Givati, one of the leading specialists in truck-mounted hydraulic lifting and transportation equipment, based in Gan-Yavne in Israel, have been working closely together for ten years now. Hydco Givati, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Sweden
Tagged Alexander Gelis, Cargotec, Hiab, Hydco Givati
The orders are the first Vestas has announced in Brazil in 2016 and consist of six wind farms MADRID, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Vestas will supply 86 units of V110-2.0 MW turbines for projects totalling 172 MW located in the state … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Spain
Tagged Marco Graziano, Vestas, wind turbines