SURREY, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Samaritans, Network Rail, British Transport Police and the Rail Industry Suicide Stakeholder Group have won the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award in last night’s prestigious Charity Times Awards. Their suicide prevention programme has been chosen as the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged British Transport Police, Charity Times Awards, CSR Project of the Year, Ian Stevens, John Newland, Mark Smith, Network Rail, Ola Rzepczynska, rail industry, Samaritans, suicide prevention programme, the Rail Industry Suicide Stakeholder Group
OXFORD, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading consultancy firm, Amey, will be working with Arup to design a Smart Motorway solution for the M4 in New South Wales, Australia – the first project of its kind in the region. The M4 Smart … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Amey, Arup, Australia, M4, New South Wales, Smart Motorway solution
OXFORD, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — To mark this year’s National Inclusion Week, leading public services provider Amey announced today that it has signed the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transport Charter for Diversity & Inclusion. The Charter requires its signatories to … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — There are currently 258 graduates and 259 apprentices with leading public and regulated services provider Amey, following the latest intake who joined at the start of September. Gaining key industry experience while receiving support from senior … Read the full press release
Manching, Germany, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Since beginning of September the development of a common European drone has entered a new phase. The contract for the Definition Study of the European MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) … Read the full press release
New Delhi, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a jointly supervised IIT Delhi-CNRS PhD fellowship programme. The MoU was signed in the presence of His … Read the full press release
MADRID, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) awarded TALGO, Inc., on September 22, a project to overhaul critical systems and subsystems to 74 vehicles assigned to the Red Line that will be operated in a married … Read the full press release
LAUSANNE, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In collaboration with the German energy services provider GETEC, Alpiq is establishing a European platform for energy market and customer service processes. To this end, on 29 September 2016, the two companies founded a joint-venture company, … Read the full press release
ZEIST, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Achmea has appointed Michel Lamie (50) to Achmea’s Executive Board with effect from 1 January 2017. He will succeed Huub Arendse as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in April 2017 following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Insurance, Management, Netherlands
Tagged Aad Veenman, Achmea, Huub Arendse, Michel Lamie, Van Lanschot Chabot, Willem van Duin
PARIS, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, at its 299th meeting held in Paris, the Administrative Council of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) approved five new loans worth € 423 million. This brings the total amount approved for projects so … Read the full press release
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Equistone Partners Europe (“Equistone”), one of Europe’s leading investors in mid-market buyouts, has acquired a majority stake in D3T Distribution, the holding company of Motoblouz and Access-Moto (together “Motoblouz” or “the Company”) from Inspirational Stores for … Read the full press release
GENEVA, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The World Economic Forum launched its Global Competitiveness Report 2016 on 28 September. The report finds that declining openness is threatening growth and prosperity. Monetary stimulus measures, such as quantitative easing are not enough to sustain … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Management, Switzerland
Tagged Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, The World Economic Forum
Malmö, Sweden, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, is delighted to announce that Tim Hansen from Denmark has won the World Crane Championships (WCC) held on 24 and 25 September in connection to the IAA exhibition in Hannover, Germany. Among … Read the full press release
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GSK today announced that Brian McNamara, is appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GSK’s Consumer Healthcare division effective immediately. He succeeds Emma Walmsley who was last week appointed GSK CEO Designate succeeding Sir Andrew Witty as … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to the announcement by GlaxoSmithKline on 28 September 2016, GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to the sale of 28.2 million ordinary shares in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”) at a price of ZAR 300 per share (the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline, Simon Dingemans
LONDON, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline announces that it intends to sell its remaining stake in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd (“Aspen”). The disposal will be through a placing of ordinary shares in Aspen to institutional investors (the “Offering”). The Offering is … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
PARIS, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Euler Hermes (ELE:PA), the world leader in trade-credit insurance, today announced a collaboration with Moody’s Investors Service for new, tailored credit rating services that Euler Hermes Rating will provide to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps. … Read the full press release
BERLIN, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On the occasion of the “Year of Germany in Mexico 2016/2017”, the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (October 21-30, 2016), with the support of the Goethe-Institut, is dedicating an entire programme to the Berlin International Film … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Henrik Erämetsä, Head of Aviation Regulation at Neste has been appointed Co-Chair of the EU initiative ‘the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath’ as a representative of the biofuels industry. Mr. Erämetsä will co-chair together with Ruben Alblas … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Finland
Tagged 'the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath', Air France, Biochemtex, biofuel, British Airways, EU initiative, Henrik Erämetsä, Honeywell UOP, KLM, Lufthansa, Neste, Paris Climate Agreement, Swedish Biofuels, Total
HELSINKI, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste and the spoken word artist Prince Ea have unveiled the latest collaboration in their forward-looking Pre-order the Future project, this time with a film that focuses on the future of learning. The new film aims … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Management, Marketing, Society
Tagged EduCycle, future of learning, Neste, Pre-order the Future, Prince Ea, spoken word artist
TURIN, Italy, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — FREME, a 2-years project co funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation with the goal of developing a commercial-grade open framework of e-Service for the multilingual and semantic … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, European Union, Food & Beverage, Internet & Online, Italy, News, Technology, Travel
Tagged #WESUPPORT, Agroknow, AGROVOC, AI, DFKI, digital content, digital publishing, e-service, e-Services, FREME, FREME e-Services, Geonames, Geopolitical ontology, iMinds, InfAI, localisation, multilingual, ontology, open framework, ORCID, semantic, Tilde, translation, VIAF, Vistatec, Wripl
Cyclist AEB test protocols in Europe will be part of five star NCAP ratings for 2018 Percentage of cyclist and pedestrian road fatalities continues to climb in the US Protection of vulnerable road users in fast growing automotive markets like … Read the full press release
New all-electric central drive designed particularly for city buses and delivery trucks. AVE 130 electric portal axle is already a volume-production solution for low-floor buses; its modified concept excels in the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck. TraXon Hybrid enables heavy trucks to … Read the full press release
70 iconic works by music photographer Neal Preston on view from October 27 to November 27, 2016 Supporting program includes reading, photography workshop and musical evening with young bands from the region Gütersloh, 28-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The media company … Read the full press release
Technological milestone in the efficient production of carbon fiber–reinforced components Continuous and digitally networked production process Joint development partnership with AUDI AG Heidenheim/Garching, 28-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Voith Composites has laid the groundwork for large-scale production of carbon fiber-reinforced components (CFRP) … Read the full press release
Zhangzhou, China, 28-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On July 29, 2016, Liansheng Paper Industry (Longhai) Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Voith in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, for a new packaging paper machine, the PM 9. This move not only takes the cooperation … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Liansheng Paper Industry, packaging paper machine, PM 9, Voith
AUDI AG, BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm Incorporated team up to evolve, test and promote communications solutions for connected mobility. Next generation mobile networks will help to address society’s mobility and road safety needs with … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Management
Tagged 5G Automotive Association, Alfons Pfaller, AUDI AG, BMW Group, Christoph Voigt, Daimler AG, Doug Davis, Dr Christoph Grote, Dr. Li Yingtao, Dr. Marc Rouanne, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, Patrick Little, Qualcomm Incorporated, Sajjad Khan, Ulf Ewaldsson
Infront together with TV Media Sport has achieved a first time success in Africa with more than 230 hours of broadcast coverage ZUG, 28-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The international sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media has secured more than … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Media, Sports, Switzerland
Tagged Infront Sports & Media, Rio 2016 Olympic Games coverage, sub-Saharan Africa
It demonstrates the company’s commitment to driving meaningful innovation innovating at every level for sustainability Rueil-Malmaison (France), 28-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, joined the FTSE4Good Global and Europe indices on June 30. Created by FTSE … Read the full press release
TOULOUSE, 28-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Philippe Petitcolin, Chief Executive Officer of Safran, has inaugurated Safran Toulouse, the Group’s consolidated regional site, located near the Toulouse-Blagnac international airport. The ceremony was attended by a number of VIP guests, including Carole Delga, President … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 28-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A new 158 metre long car and passenger ferry being built for Danish operator Mols-Linien, will be powered by two 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 31 main engines. The ship is being built at the Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Finland, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ferry, Flemming Kristensen, Jens Karlsson, Mols-Linien, Wärtsilä, Wärtsilä 31 engines
HELSINKI, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä announces the launch of its helicopter guidance software technology for marine market applications. Originally developed for military applications, the technology is based on the company’s well known Nacos Platinum navigation system. Following increasing demand from … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Asian Power Awards has announced the winner for the best dual-fuel power plant of the year, PT Indonesia Power with their 200 MW power plant PLTDG Pesanggaran Bali. The project was executed in a consortium with … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä’s strong commitment to developing the technologies, the system reliability, and the essential designs to enable the viability of autonomous shipping is again emphasised through its participation in an important research programme. Together with other leading … Read the full press release
Introducing cocoa farming to Madagascar’s vanilla production region Combining Barry Callebaut’s long-standing cocoa expertise with Prova’s proven local vanilla know-how to create synergies Making local vanilla farmers’ income situation more resilient and less dependent on the highly volatile vanilla market … Read the full press release
Rolle, Switzerland, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As previously announced, INEOS Barex AG, INEOS Barex USA LLC and MSM Poly LLC signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the potential sale of intellectual property (IP) and production support related to the Barex product … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Industrial, Management, Switzerland
Tagged Barex®, Barex® resin technology, INEOS, INEOS Barex AG, INEOS Barex USA LLC, MSM Poly, Paul Overment
Serialization Solutions Leader to Participate in World’s Leading Pharmaceutical Forum BRUSSELS, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Systech International, a global leader in brand protection technologies, will partner with Sharp Packaging and SINEL SYSTEMS, part of the Autajon Group, at CPhI Worldwide, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Finland, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Security & Safety, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged annual pharmaceutical congress, Autajon, Autajon Group, automatic identification, brand protection, CHpI, CPhI Worldwide, cphiww, FDF, ICSE, identification labels, InnoPack, label design, Manfred Voglmaier, P-MEC, pharmaceutical manufacturing, serialisation, serialization, Sharp Packaging, SINEL Systems, Systech, traceability, track and trace, UDG Healthcare, UniSeries™ serialization software
STOCKHOLM, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — New understanding of how hormone-producing cells in the pancreas decode their genetic instructions is pointing to novel targets for next generation medicines for type 2 diabetes, obesity and other metabolic disorders. A large scale analysis of … Read the full press release
BRATISLAVA, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will participate in the informal meeting of the European Union Defence Ministers in Bratislava, on Tuesday 27 September 2016. During his visit to Bratislava, Mr. Stoltenberg will also meet … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, European Union, Government, Politics, Slovakia
Tagged Bratislava, EU Defence Ministers, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, NATO Secretary General
GFS and the ‘Food System Resilience’ programme partners are pleased to announce that Dr John Ingram and his team at the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford have been awarded the programme coordination award. Swindon, UK, 27-Sep-2016 — … Read the full press release
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