Economically efficient and environmentally compatible: broad spectrum of Euro VI commercial vehicles Vast product range: from lightweight Sprinter to Econic and Unimog to heavy-duty Arocs and agile Fuso Canter Stuttgart / Munich, 19-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At the 50th IFAT, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Marketing
Tagged Arocs, Daimler AG, Econic, Fuso Canter, IFAT 2016, Sprinter, Unimog
STUTTGART, 19-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sporty and dynamic motorsport textiles, cool shirts for kids, fine leather goods and premium personal accessories: the Mercedes-AMG Collection 2016 features a wealth of new, high-quality products. New additions to the range also include further personal … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Sports
The world’s largest primary care pay-for-performance programme, designed to improve patient health care and outcomes, has failed to save additional lives according to joint research by the Universities of York, Manchester and Michigan. YORK, 19-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2004, the … Read the full press release
Socio-economic inequality costs the NHS in England £4.8 billion a year, almost a fifth of the total NHS hospital budget, according to researchers at the University of York. YORK, 19-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The research team found that the more deprived … Read the full press release
PARIS, 19-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — André Brahic, astrophysicien à l’Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l’Univers du CEA, et professeur à l’Université Paris Diderot, s’est éteint le dimanche 15 mai, dans sa 74ème année. Scientifique unanimement reconnu, spécialiste de … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Science, Society
Tagged Diderot André Brahic, Professeur à l’Université Paris
Study finds ‘significant variation’ in stillbirths and neonatal mortality across the UK LEICESTER, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Research published today shows the wide regional variation in the incidence of stillbirth and neonatal deaths in the UK. The MBRRACE-UK report focuses on … Read the full press release
City now has unique brand that appeals worldwide, according to University of Leicester urban history researcher LEICESTER, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — “Within this globalised world, where branding strategies are being replicated in across different cities, Leicester now possesses a unique promotional … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Marketing, Sports, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Inès Hassen PhD, Premier League trophy, University of Leicester, Urban History
New project initiated and led by Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at University of Leicester New commissions announced: unique film, dance, performance and comedy commissions that draw on museum collections to explore our problematic attitudes towards difference. Exceptional … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged David Hevey, Francesca Martinez, Julie McNamara, Mark Smith, University of Leicester
Students involved in national educational space project LEICESTER, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Physics students at the University of Leicester have been growing rocket lettuce from seeds that have been orbiting in space. The seeds have spent six months with British astronaut … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Andreas Mogensen, rocket lettuce, Tim Peake, University of Leicester
Honorary Professor at University of Leicester receives prestigious appointment LEICESTER, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Leicester’s Hospitals’ Mike Morgan, an Honorary Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation and consultant physician in respiratory medicine at Glenfield Hospital, has been reappointed … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Leicester’s Hospitals, Mike Morgan, NHS England, Professor Kevin Harris
MAN Diesel & Turbo receives order for 14 engines for Indian Navy Augsburg, Germany, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Construction of the first ship is expected to start by early 2017 with handover to the Indian Navy by 2023. The project scope … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Indian Navy, Lex Nijsen, MAN 28/33D STC engine, MAN Diesel & Turbo
Kortrijk, Belgium, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Global projection technology leader Barco proudly introduces a new family of professional solid-state projectors to the simulation market. This new family of laser-phosphor projectors will exist alongside our successful LED range, perfectly answering the market’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Electronics & Machinery, Technology
Tagged Barco, projectors, simulation market
Cikarang, Indonesia, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel has completed phase one of the €2.5 million expansion of its performance coatings plant in Cikarang, Indonesia. The investment will increase capacity at the facility by 40 percent and will help the company meet … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Industrial, Netherlands
Tagged AkzoNobel, Mauricio Bannwart, Oscar Wezenbeek, performance coatings plant
Cai Mep, Vietnam, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — With five new services calls added to Cai Mep International Terminal(CMIT) since May of 2015, container volume has surged by 130% to 277,303 TEUs for the first three months of 2016, as compared with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Netherlands, Transportation & Logistics
Positive outlook – Dividend increase to € 4.00 -Revenue of € 2,477.6 million (prior year: € 2,493.5 million) -Starch and Fruit segment carry Group operating Profit -Operating profit (EBIT) of € 129.0 million (prior year: € 121.7 million) -Positive EBIT in Sugar segment even … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Financial, Investment
Tagged AGRANA Beteiligungs AG
Solid Salt earnings despite mild winter weather Decline in earnings in the Potash and Magnesium Products business unit Revenues of €1.1 billion (Q1/15: €1.4 billion) Operating earnings (EBIT I) of €218 million (Q1/15: €317 million) ‘Fit for the Future’ and ‘Salt 2020’ make important contributions … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Investment, Metals and Minerals
Tagged K+S, Norbert Steiner, Potash market
HELSINKI, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At its first meeting on 12 May 2016 after the annual general meeting of 2016, Aktia Bank plc’s Board of Supervisors re-elected Honorary Counsellor Håkan Mattlin as Chair of the Board of Supervisors. Christina Gestrin, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Finland, Management
Tagged Aktia Bank plc, Christina Gestrin, Clas Nyberg, Håkan Mattlin, Jan-Erik Stenman, Jorma J. Pitkämäki, Patrik Lerche
STOCKHOLM, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Enea AB has decided to use the authorization received at the annual general meeting 2016 to acquire and transfer treasury shares. The authorization implies that acquisitions of treasury shares may only be made … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Management, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Enea AB, treasury shares
On display are advanced technologies and solutions such as electric vehicle fast charging, robotic manufacturing and smart home; Wuhan citizens are welcome to the Open Day on May 19 WUHAN, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The 8th ABB Automation World, the largest … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Marketing, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB Automation World, Dr. Chunyuan Gu
National Grid USA implements ABB outage management system in New York and Massachusetts ZURICH, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB has successfully combined the recently implemented ABB network management system with an outage management software solution for National Grid USA in … Read the full press release
Uninterruptible power distribution in a single system to increase power reliability and protection in data centers and hospitals ZURICH, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB launches a scalable power distribution and protection solution for use in mission-critical applications such as data centers … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, Green Datacenter AG, Tarak Mehta
EINDHOVEN, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A European research project, led by TU/e, will develop wireless technology for 5G, the next generation mobile internet that aims to increase the speed of the current 4G network by a factor of 100. The consortium, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Internet & Online, Netherlands, Telecom
MOSCOW, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The LIGHT CUBE art object has been installed on top of PJSC LUKOIL head office, at 11 Sretensky boulevard in Moscow. It is in pilot operation now. This innovative project is a unique installation consisting of … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Russia
Tagged LED modules, LIGHT CUBE art object, PJSC LUKOIL
BIRMINGHAM, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Birmingham has today (Thursday) launched an apprenticeship scheme to create new opportunities for on-the-job training in a range of fields. The first 11 apprenticeships are now being advertised, including studio production, IT support, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Babington Apprenticeships Ltd, train apprentices, University of Birmingham
RIGA, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Pillar Investment Group, SIA, which is a part of Pillar group, made a transaction with Reverta, AS regarding purchase of new central office building of airBaltic airline. The total transaction amount is EUR 6.19 million. “Given … Read the full press release
Posted in Investment, Latvia, Real Estate
Tagged ABLV Bank, airBaltic, Andris Kovaļčuks, Pillar Investment Group
Proximus combines its Luxembourg entities Telindus and Tango to create Proximus Luxembourg, a new convergent organization with strong growth ambitions Luxembourg, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Proximus subsidiaries Telindus and Tango command strong positions in the Luxembourg ICT and telecommunication services … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Luxembourg, Management, Telecom
Tagged Proximus, Proximus Luxembourg, Tango, Telindus
Recognised welfare outcome assessments within farm assurance schemes have shown a reduction in feather loss and improvement in the welfare of UK cage-free laying hens, according to the findings of a study from the AssureWel project by the University of … Read the full press release
BIRMINGHAM, UK, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Influential business leaders in Singapore have joined forces to help the University of Birmingham develop new research opportunities and business partnerships across South East Asia. Members of the Singapore Advisory Group met for the first … Read the full press release
VIENNA, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The new Chief Financial Officer of OMV, Reinhard Florey, will take up his post as of July 1, 2016, after managing to reduce his contract period with his current employer by a month. His appointment by … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management
Tagged OMV, Reinhard Florey
MADRID, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sales decreased by 4.7%, in a like for like basis, to 7,922 million euros as a result of large LNG projects completion in Australia • Backlog increases by 6.6%, in a like for like basis, up … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Financial, Investment, Spain
For the month of April, FCA posted a 13.6% year-over-year increase in European sales, outperforming the industry average of 9.0%. As a result, FCA improved its position to fourth overall by total sales, with European market share increasing 30 basis … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Financial, Italy, United Kingdom
Tagged FCA, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Following the launch of Abarth 124 spider, it is the evolution of the Abarth icon that since 2008 has gained enthusiasts at global level. Available as hatchback or convertible, the line-up features three trim levels – 595, 595 Turismo and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Italy, Technology
Tagged Alcantara®, Corsa by Sabelt leather, The New Abarth 595
LONDON, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Experian, the global information services company, today issues its full year financial results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2016. General highlights Delivering on our strategy: – improved growth momentum; – strength in Credit Services … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged Brian Cassin, Experian 2015
STOCKHOLM, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — January-March 2016 compared to January-March 2015 Highlights Revenue amounted to SEK 35.3 billion (34.1); adjusted for currency effects, revenue increased by 5 percent. Operating income amounted to SEK 1,969 M (832); adjusted for currency effects, operating … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Financial, Investment, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska invests DKK 560M, about SEK 700M, in a new residential project in Ørestad City, Denmark. The investment is recorded by Skanska Commercial Development Nordic in the second quarter of 2016. The project, located in a … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Denmark, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged Denmark, residential project in Ørestad City, Skanska
Chelsea Football Club and adidas AG announced today that they have mutually agreed to terminate their existing partnership agreement prematurely. Herzogenaurach, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Chelsea Football Club and adidas AG announced today that they have mutually agreed to terminate their … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Marketing, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged adidas AG, Chelsea Football Club, UEFA Champions League
Accenture and IPsoft Launch Accenture Amelia Practice to Help Organizations Accelerate Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Initial practice focus is to deploy virtual agent technology for clients in banking, insurance and travel industries NEW YORK, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Insurance, Technology, Travel
Tagged Accenture, artificial-intelligence, IPsoft, virtual agent technology
LONDON, 13-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Halifax Generation Save Report is new annual research providing insight into the attitudes and behaviour of savers, focusing on those aged 18-24. This major report contains data from over 5,000 GB adults as well as … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Internet & Online, United Kingdom
Tagged digital banking, GilesMartin, Halifax, savings balances
Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development. HELSINKI, 13-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will cooperate … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Finland
Tagged bio-based chemicals, Juan Carlos Bueno, Rennovia Inc, Robert Wedinger, Stora Enso
LISBON, 13-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — This year’s REN Prize received 48 entries from more than 10 universities and polytechnics across the country, roughly double the number of entries as in 2015. The REN Prize, created in 1995, distinguishes the best master’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Portugal
Tagged Professor João Peças Lopes, REN, REN Prize
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