NOTTINGHAM, 15-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A new investigation into how meat can be damaged by farm injections has found that 4 per cent of cattle slaughtered in abattoirs in England had injection site lesions in the carcasses. The study by … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Food & Beverage, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged beef and dairy farmers, Liz Cresswell, study, veterinary
Sale of Swissgrid convertible bond BERN, 15-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BKW sells its Swissgrid convertible loan to Credit Suisse at a nominal value of around CHF 97 million. The two companies have signed a contract to mark the deal. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged BKW, Credit Suisse, Swissgrid, Swissgrid convertible loan
10 times more energy-efficient and 10 times denser than previous systems Fully complies with customers’ sustainability and space-efficiency targets Exceptional computing capacity for real-time security, personalized medicine, precision agriculture or meteorology PARIS, France/Bezons, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A., 15-Nov-2016 — … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Netherlands, Science, Technology
Tagged Atos, Bull, Netherlands, Philippe VANNIER, Prof. dr. ir. Anwar Osseyran, sequana supercomputer, URFsara
As the UK shapes its economic role in the world following the EU referendum, cementing our position will be more crucial than ever. LONDON, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — China’s increasing research and economic significance, and the UK’s world-leading universities, with their … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged CBI, Guy Dru-Drury, Professor Tim Blackman, REPORT, UK universities, UK-China relations
Schaan (FL), 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hilti submitted an entry for the Red Dot Award’s Communication Design competition for the first time and received immediate validation. The company’s PD-C laser range meter was named “Best of the Best” in the competition’s … Read the full press release
$2.2M Funding Enables HarukaEdu to Scale Online Degree Programs LONDON, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, the world’s leading education company, today announces the latest investment made through the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund, (PALF). It is investing in HarukaEdu, a Jakarta-based startup … Read the full press release
• It’s all systems go for the fourth edition of the international summit, combining fashion and new technologies, on 15th and 16th November • A showcase for key players changing the Italian fashion system and innovators in the industry MILAN, 14-Nov-2016 — … Read the full press release
COPENHAGEN, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of the University of Copenhagen has found the person to succeed Ralf Hemmingsen as leader of the university for the next five years. On 1 March 2017, the current Provost at the Technical University … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Education, Management
Tagged Henrik C. Wegener, microbiology, Nils Strandberg Pedersen, University of Copenhagen
Saint-Cloud, France, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Falcon Service (DFS), a subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, today inaugurated its new maintenance facility in Bordeaux-Mérignac intended to meet the increase in repair and overhaul services for the Falcon 7X and other new … Read the full press release
Start of first offshore well in Abu Dhabi for Shuwaihat project / Own stand at the largest oil and gas conference in the Middle East region (Hall 6, Stand 6256) Kassel/Abu Dhabi, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Germany’s largest internationally active oil … Read the full press release
MANCHESTER, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Manchester cloud hosting and colocation firm UKFast today announces the appointment of Clare Guerin as Group Management Accountant, filling a new role created to oversee the up and coming brands of the UKFast group of companies. … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Clare Guerin, Cloud hosting and colocation firm, Lawrence Jones, UKFast
The company will supply G114-2.0 MW and G114-2.1 MW wind turbines for a wind farm located in the central United States. Zamudio, Spain, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gamesa, a technological leader in the global wind industry, has been awarded a … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Spain
Tagged Gamesa, wind farm, wind turbines
KISTA, Sweden, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Power Tools Division of the Bosch Group, one of the world’s leading providers for power tools and related accessories, has extended its logistics contract with Kuehne + Nagel Sweden for a further period of five … Read the full press release
DELFT, Netherlands, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — From Tuesday 8 November two self-driving WEpods named WURby and WElly, are operating as a weekly bus service on the campus of Wageningen University and Research. On Tuesdays from 11:00 to 13:00 passengers are … Read the full press release
User-friendly card design uses Visa’s Quick Read features, providing a complete online shopping experience AMSTERDAM, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, was selected byBanco Neon, a millennial-targeting smartphone-based Brazilian bank to deliver innovative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Netherlands, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Banco Neon, Brazil, Gemalto, Pedro Conrade, Rodrigo Serna, Visa Quick Read debit cards
Italy’s largest retail bank is first in the world to offer payment card PIN delivery by SMS, web and mobile banking app AMSTERDAM, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO),the world leader in digital security, is continuing its support for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Italy, Netherlands, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Allynis PIN, e-Channel solution, Gemalto, Intesa Sanpaolo, Massimo Tessitore, Philippe Cambriel, PIN delivery via SMS
AMSTERDAM, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO, the world leader in digital security, announces LinqUs SIM Reactivation, the world’s first solution for real-time reactivation of dormant SIMs that allows operators to seamlessly reconnect lost prepaid subscribers at a fraction … Read the full press release
AMSTERDAM, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has become the first supplier in the world to undergo the GSMA Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS) certification for Subscription Management (GSMA SAS-SM), thereby providing MNOs with … Read the full press release
PARIS, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has been positioned, for the second successive year, as a Leader in Gartner’s 2016 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), in the Western … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, France, Management, Technology
Tagged 2016 Magic Quadrant, Capgemini, CCaaS in Western Europe, Contact Center as a Service, Erwan Le Duff, Gartner, Odigo
PARIS, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini Group announces that it successfully placed on November 3 a 5-year €500 million senior unsecured bond issue with a 0.5% coupon (issue price 99.769%). The issue proceeds will be used for Group general corporate … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, France, Investment
PROFESSORS PIERRE CHANDON, W. CHAN KIM & RENÉE MAUBORGNE AND BEN M BENSAOU ARE PLACED WITHIN THE TOP 40 BESTSELLING AUTHORS Middle East, Asia, Europe, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — INSEAD, the business school for the world, today announced that four faculty members … Read the full press release
BONN, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Seven international researchers to receive awards valued at up to €1.65 million each. The young researchers will conduct research in Halle/Saale, Heidelberg, Jena, Mainz, Potsdam and Regensburg in the coming years. This year, a total of … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Germany, Non Profit, Society
Tagged David A. Egger, Faith Osier, Francesco Neri, Mazhar Ali, Michal P. Heller, Safa Shoai, Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards, William Shepherd
Experten von Standard & Poor’s vergeben erneut Top-Bewertung “A stable” “Starke Marktposition” – Auch für die kommenden Jahre “solide Geschäfts- und Finanzlage erwartet” GRAZ, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Die internationale Rating-Agentur Standard & Poor‘s hat nach umfangreichen Analysen jetzt ihre neue … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment
Tagged Christian Purrer, Energie Steiermark, Martin Graf, Michael Schickhofer, S & P, Standard & Poor
Energy consortium chooses Landis+Gyr smart metering for the Styria region ZUG, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Landis+Gyr, a leading global supplier of energy management and smart grid solutions, will supply a consortium led by Austrian utility Energie Steiermark with 330,000 smart meters. … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Austria, Energie Steiermark, Helmut Scherzer, Landis+Gyr, smart meters, Styria
UTRECHT, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In October 2016, CEP launched the CEP awards, a celebration of outstanding contributions to probation. The awards scheme reflects CEP’s vision: to contribute to safer communities by rehabilitating and reintegrating offenders and providing the best possible … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Amey announced today that it is has bolstered its Rail Team following the appointment Andy Slater as Business Director for Metro and Light Rail. Formerly the Director of International Rolling Stock for Eurostar, Andy took up … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Amey, Andy Slater, Light Rail, Metro
Climate change: 74 million contract from ESA Leonardo will provide the spectrometer for the FLEX Space mission, which will study the actual photosynthetic activity of vegetation on a global scale The data will provide valuable information on plant health in … Read the full press release
MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —The round table on the role of nuclear technologies in achieving sustainable development, organized by the Arab Atomic Energy Agency, it was attended by a group of experts from Tunisia, Morocco and Russia with the purpose … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Russia
Tagged Debate, Dr. Hamid Marah, MOROCCO, Mr. Abdelmajid Mahjoub, nuclear technologies, RUSSIA, sustainable development, Tunisia
MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The national team of ROSATOM won 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal at the world skills championship WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2016, which was completed on November 3 in Yekaterinburg. This year, ROSATOM expanded the number … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Energy, Gas & Oil, Russia, Technology
Tagged Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM, world skills championship, WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2016
MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, and the leading Russian nuclear power plant engineering procurement and construction company ASE Group of Companies (ASE), part of ROSATOM, today announced the signing of … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Russia
Tagged ASE Group of Companies, Dassault Systèmes, IAEA, ROSATOM, Thomas Grand, Vienna, Vyacheslav Alenkov
MOSCOW, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A statement of Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, on the development of the strategic cooperation in peaceful uses of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Politics, Russia
Tagged CNNC New Energy, Dmitry Medvedev, Li Keqiang, nuclear, ROSATOM
COSMO-SKYMED SECOND GENERATION (CSG): THE PROGRAM COMPLETION CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED ROME, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced today that it has signed an amendment to the original contract for … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Italy, Telecom
Tagged ASI, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation program, CSG, Italian space agency, Thales Alenia Space
LAUSANNE, 10-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Alpiq concluded the divestment of its non-strategic interest in Swissgrid AG on 8 November 2016. Alpiq will receive an amount of CHF 146 million, which will be used to further reduce net debt. On 6 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged Alpiq, Alpiq Grid Beteiligungs AG, BKW Netzbeteiligung AG, divest, Swissgrid AG
LONDON, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On 29 August 2016, Rio Tinto became aware of email correspondence from 2011 relating to contractual payments totalling US$10.5 million made to a consultant providing advisory services on the Simandou project in Guinea. The company launched … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Law, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Alan Davies, Energy & Minerals, Rio Tinto, Simandou project investigation
PARIS, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A la suite du Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) mené par la BCE en 2016, le niveau de fonds propres CET1 phased-in exigé sur base consolidée pour La Banque Postale a été fixé, sur la … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, France, Investment
Tagged La Banque Postale, la BCE
STOCKHOLM, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — According to Telia Company’s Group Policy on Freedom of Expression in Telecommunications we will, whenever possible, report on developments with potentially serious impacts on the freedom of expression of our customers. Government’s surveillance of communications often … Read the full press release
Posted in Law, Lithuania, Society, Sweden, Technology
Tagged legislation changes, Lithuania's Law on Electronic Communications, Telia Company
Renewable waste heat from Sonera’s future data centre in Helsinki will be recycled and used to heat roughly 20,000 Finnish households. HELSINKI, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The data centre at Pitäjänmäki in Helsinki will become the largest in the country once … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Internet & Online, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged data centre in Helsinki, Finnish households, heat, Pasi Miettinen, Renewable waste heat, Sonera
STOCKHOLM, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Telia Company acquires Norwegian Phonero at an enterprise value of NOK 2,300 million on a cash and debt free basis. The transaction will strengthen Telia’s position in the Norwegian enterprise segment and expects to generate annual … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Norway, Sweden, Telecom
Tagged Abraham Foss, Johan Dennelind, Phonero, Telia Company
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ambassador Ranieri Sabatucci presented his credentials to H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission at the Commission’s headquarters in Addis Ababa on November 3 2016, formally assuming the role of … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Politics
Tagged European Union to the African Union, Ranieri Sabatucci
BASEL, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The development and importance of fast payments services are the focus of a new report by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), the global standard setter for payment, clearing and settlement services. Across CPMI … Read the full press release
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