Daily Archives: 3, January 2017

Lloyds Bank’s Business in Britain report: Business confidence stabilised at the start of 2017 but economic uncertainty continues to be a threat

Confidence stabilising from a four year low in September Businesses cite economic uncertainty as the biggest threat for 2017 Export intentions to Middle East and Asia jump Results signal higher inflation and a slowdown in economic growth LONDON, 03-Jan-2017 — … Read the full press release

The Kudelski Group launched its Internet of Things Security Center of Excellence

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) launched today its Internet of Things (IoT) Security Center of Excellence, building on the expertise of Kudelski Security and decades of innovation in protecting digital TV contents and devices. … Read the full press release

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin to host lecture on Brexit – Xenophobia or Xenophilia on January 23rd

On 23rd January Professor Helen Cowie will speak about how aspects of xenophobia and xenophilia have played out following the Brexit referendum vote in Brexit Britain. BERLIN, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Cowie, the Brexit campaign was highly divisive and the … Read the full press release

Dambudzo Marechera Archive available at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

The archive comprises all the manuscripts that Marechera left behind at the time of his death in 1987 BERLIN, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A comprehensive archive of Dambudzo Marechera’s estate has been established at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU). It was … Read the full press release

Groz-Beckert complements its range of clothing industry products with acquisition of Ferd. Schmetz Group producer of sewing machine needles

Albstadt/Aachen, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Effective 2 January 2017 Groz-Beckert takes over the Ferd. Schmetz Group. The Ferd. Schmetz Group is a long-established producer of industrial sewing machine needles and has around 700 employees worldwide. The acquisition includes the production sites … Read the full press release

Stora Enso divests its 100% shareholding in its Finnish subsidiary Formeca Oy to Amitec Oy

HELSINKI, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Stora Enso has today divested its 100% shareholding in its Finnish subsidiary Formeca Oy, a provider of high-quality machines for automated packaging lines, to Amitec Oy, a specialised engineering and machine construction company based in Finland. … Read the full press release

F.C. Copenhagen and Nordisk Film announce the foundation of joint eSport organization named NORTH

Danish football champions F.C. Copenhagen and Nordic entertainment company Nordisk Film founds eSport organization NORTH. Former Dignitas Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team signs with NORTH for minimum two years. Jacob “Maelk” Toft-Andersen joins NORTH as sports director with the ambition of … Read the full press release

Sanofi’s Merial and Boehringer Ingelheim’s CHC business swap successfully closed

Both companies will become global leaders in two different sectors of the pharmaceutical market Paris (France) and Ingelheim (Germany), 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim confirmed today that the strategic transaction signed in June 2016, which consists of an … Read the full press release

Sanofi Pasteur and MSD to separately pursue their own vaccine strategies in Europe

PARIS, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi and its vaccines global business unit Sanofi Pasteur confirmed today the end of their vaccine joint-venture with MSD (known as Merck & Co. Inc., in the United States and Canada), Sanofi Pasteur MSD (SPMSD). … Read the full press release

Gemalto supplies AT&T with remote subscription management solution

AMSTERDAM, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto’s LinqUS On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) subscription management solution and GSMA M2M 3.1 compliant Embedded SIMs (eSIMs) will simplify the logistics of providing mobile services for Enterprises requiring global mobile connectivity for IoT applications and provide improved … Read the full press release