Daily Archives: 6, May 2016

Veolia Middle East CEO Xavier Joseph: Veolia looks forward to supporting Oman and its people with the best-in-class expertise in waste management

Paris and Oman, 06-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The contract will include collection, transportation, and landfilling for the North West region of Oman for municipal waste and will benefit more than 250,000 inhabitants. Veolia will act as the technical leader of the … Read the full press release

Keolis logo will be the future operator of the 6.7km extension of Shanghai’s metro line 8

Keolis, through Shenkai, the joint venture with Shanghai Shentong Consulting, will be the future operator of the 6.7km extension of Shanghai’s metro line 8. When launched at the end of 2017, this new section will become the first automatic metro … Read the full press release

Keolis Downer to operate the first extension of G:link, the Gold Coast tram network

Keolis Downer, the current operator of the Gold Coast light rail, has been chosen to operate the 7.3 km extension to be launched in 2018. A global leader in light rail operations, in the past 15 years Keolis has launched … Read the full press release

MAPFRE negocio reasegurador crece un 17% en el primer trimestre

El volumen de primas se mantiene estable en 6.113 millones de euros, con un crecimiento en España cercano al 5%.  El beneficio neto crecería un 6%, descontando la aportación de CatalunyaCaixa en el primer trimestre del año pasado.  El ratio … Read the full press release

Emmanuel NORMANT appointed VP Sustainable Development Saint-Gobain

PARIS, 06-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — EMMANUEL NORMANT is appointed VP Sustainable Development for Saint-Gobain from May 1st, 2016. Emmanuel NORMANT is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole National Supérieure des Mines de Paris and joined Saint-Gobain’s Construction Products Sector in … Read the full press release

Saint-Gobain to acquire Buitex, manufacturer of wood fiber insulation products

PARIS, 06-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Saint-Gobain has acquired Buitex, a company specializing in the manufacture of wood fiber insulation products for French and continental European markets under the brand Isonat®, which has become the company’s new name. This acquisition will allow … Read the full press release

Audi wins the “Most Innovative Premium Brand” main prize at the Automotive Innovation Award

Three wins for Audi at the Automotive Innovations Award Head of Technical Development Dr. Stefan Knirsch: “Awards document Vorsprung durch Technik” Ingolstadt/Frankfurt am Main, 06-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Audi claims three wins at the Automotive Innovation Award. The award is … Read the full press release

Impressive 3D video mapping light show at the Audi Forum Ingolstadt for the world premiere of the new Audi A5 Coupe on May 25

3D light show to introduce the world premiere of the Audi A5 Coupe Extensive supporting program will include “Summer Sounds” and a special exhibition on the history of the coupe Artistic advisor Prof. Klaus Schrenk: “The video mapping of the … Read the full press release

Roche to present 19 approved and investigational medicines at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, 3rd – 7th June in Chicago

19 Roche medicines are included in more than 200 abstracts during ASCO 2016 New results for cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab in bladder cancer and other cancer types Early results for atezolizumab in combination with targeted medicines and the investigational cancer immunotherapy … Read the full press release

Africa’s digital transformation debate at the forthcoming World Economic Forum on Africa

A grassroots campaign by the World Economic Forum Global Shapers community to make the benefits of the internet available to everyone is gaining momentum ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa #Internet4All campaign is backed by over 90 Shaper … Read the full press release