Martin Weissburg, currently President of Volvo Construction Equipment, will become President of Mack Trucks effective June 1, 2018, in which capacity he will continue to be a member of the Executive Board for the Volvo Group. GOTHENBURG, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Management, Sweden
Tagged Dennis Slagle, Mack Trucks, Martin Weissburg, Volvo Group
HELSINKI, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Sampo plc’s annual Christmas donation will be given this year to the Cancer Foundation, which supports cancer research in Finland. The donated amount is EUR 10,000. The Cancer Foundation supports basic and clinical cancer research. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Non Profit
Tagged cancer research in Finland, Sakari Karjalainen, Sampo
VIENNA, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA), which is based in the USA, holds less than 4% of Wienerberger stock Wienerberger AG received a major holdings notification pursuant to Sec. 91 to 92 of the Austrian … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Industrial, Investment
Tagged Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, Wienerberger
ROME, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — With a commitment of € 125 million, SACE (CDP Group) is supporting the financing of a power project in favor of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C.(Alba), in order to cover supply contracts assigned to GE Power and Gama Power Systems (“GE-Gama”) consortium for … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Italy, Technology
Tagged Gama Power Systems, GE Power, power station in Bahrain, SACE
HELSINKI, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — MeetingPackage.com, the global marketplace for booking meeting rooms and meeting packages, recently launched its exclusive affiliate partner program. The program allows partners to implement a booking engine to their website and any other online channel, … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Internet & Online, Marketing, News, Technology, Travel
Tagged Affiliate, affiliate link, Affiliate Partner Program, Affiliate Program, booking, booking meeting rooms, Christina Holzhauser, CVBs, DMCs, event organisers, event spaces, Joonas Ahola, meeting paces, meeting packages, meeting rooms, MeetingPackage.com, meetings, MICE, monetise, Partner Program, Slush 2017, Travel Agents, Traveltech
ABERDEEN, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood has won a contract as sole supplier of inspection qualification services to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. EDF Energy, the station developer, has commissioned Wood’s Inspection Validation Centre (IVC) to qualify ultrasonic inspections … Read the full press release
2018 will be a true roller coaster ride compared to an outrageously placid 2017 COPENHAGEN, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has today released its 10 ‘Outrageous Predictions’ for 2018. The predictions focus on … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Financial
Tagged 10 'Outrageous Predictions' for 2018, John J. Hardy, Saxo Bank, Steen Jakobsen
Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Bouygues Construction is accelerating the digital transformation of its project activities by collaborating with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) to enable it to centrally manage construction projects from start … Read the full press release
In the presence of the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, and his Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Qatar Armed Forces and Dassault Aviation signed an agreement on future cooperation and the exercise of an … Read the full press release
ENSCHEDE, the NETHERLANDS, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In the Netherlands, first-rate care pathways have been developed for various types of cancer. The only drawback is that patients cannot receive the full benefit of this care if they have to wait – … Read the full press release
ENSCHEDE, the NETHERLANDS, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Fraunhofer Project Center, on the campus of the University of Twente in The Netherlands, will develop a special micro assembly machine for photonic chips. This is an important step, moving from small series … Read the full press release
LIVERPOOL, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Liverpool’s Department of Music will join five other universities as part of a £1million project aiming to enhance student employability through the introduction of new digital initiatives. The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Ensemble+ scheme received … Read the full press release
LIVERPOOL, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A new exhibition exploring the troubled lives of eighteenth and nineteenth century convicts, produced in collaboration with the University of Liverpool’s Digital Panopticon Project, opens on Monday. Criminal Lives, 1780-1925: Punishing Old Bailey Convicts, runs at the … Read the full press release
Professor Mick Peake recognised for lifelong work in cancer research and care LEICESTER, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A University of Leicester Professor and consultant at Leicester’s Hospitals has been honoured ‘for his lifelong work on earlier diagnosis and improved outcomes for … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Healthcare, Ireland, United Kingdom
Tagged Donal Buggy, Professor Mick Peake, the Irish Cancer Society, work in cancer research
LEICESTER, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A diabetes research centre based in Leicester has officially been recognised for its “high global standards” by an international authority on the condition The Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) has been named an ‘International Centre of … Read the full press release
The MAN “eTruck” conquers all in the truck star category | MAN impressed with its eMobility concept for developing and testing fully electric trucks MUNICH, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The German trade newspaper, Transport, this year handed out the European Transport … Read the full press release
UniCredit Bank Austria has been awarded the “Best Foreign Exchange Provider Award 2018” by US business magazine “Global Finance” VIENNA, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — UniCredit was named “Best Foreign Exchange Provider 2018” in Austria by the US business magazine “Global Finance” … Read the full press release
Utrecht, Netherlands, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Companies that want to remain successful in the future food value chain should start to explore options for participating in blockchain initiatives in order to help them lower costs, increase efficiencies, offer sustainable products and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged Blockchain, Food Value Chain, Harry Smit, RaboResearch
MADRID, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Deliveries of oil products from CLH Group facilities to the Spanish market during November almost reached 3.3 million cubic metres, 0.7% more than in the same period of the previous year after correction of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Spain
Tagged CLH Group oil products, Spanish market
Saint-Ouen, France, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iraqi government for the development of urban transport in Baghdad and Basra. The MoU was signed during the Franco-Iraqi government authorities meeting, in the presence of … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Alstom, Baghdad, Basra, Bernard Peille, urban transport
Saint-Ouen, France, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The ACTN Consortium was selected to complete the civil works of the Cuenca Tram. It is composed of Alstom, CIM (Compagnie Internationale de Maintenance) and NGE Group (TSO and NGE contracting). The Consortium will perform … Read the full press release
Saint-Ouen, France, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Since its creation in 2007, the Alstom Foundation has carried out more than 150 projects around the world, in order to support sustainability, social development, the access to water and energy, mobility and environmental protection … Read the full press release
Saint-Ouen, France, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom has been equipping for Deutsche Bahn the complete ICE high speed fleet, intended for the German Unity Transport Project VDE 8, with its Atlas 200 onboard control systems (ETCS/ERTMS[1] level 2 baseline 3). On 10 … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Germany, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Alstom, Atlas 200, Deutsche Bahn, high-speed trains
STOCKHOLM, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In November 2017, Ahlstrom-Munksjö committed to the United Nations Global Compact’s ten principles for ethical business practices by joining the initiative. The company is now among nearly 8,000 companies worldwide that have affirmed their dedication to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Management, Sweden
Tagged Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Anders Hildeman, Jan Åström, plant-level sustainability, UN Global Compact
Regulated information Kortrijk, Belgium, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco, the global leader in cinema technology, announced today that it has reached an agreement with China Film Co., Ltd. (“CFG or China Film Group”) to change the ownership structure of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Entertainment, Management, Technology
Tagged Barco, BarcoCFG joint venture, China Film Co., Chinese cinema market, Jan De Witte, Ltd
Regulated information Kortrijk, Belgium, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco, the global leader in cinema technology, announced today that it has reached an agreement to enter into a strategic joint venture with China Film Co. Ltd (“CFG”), Appotronics and CITICPE. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Entertainment, Technology
Tagged Appotronics, Barco, China Film Co., CITICPE
BRIGHTON, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Ivor Gaber, Professor of Political Journalism at the University of Sussex, has been re-elected to represent the United Kingdom on an important press freedom body at UNESCO, the United Nation’s body responsible for developing and supporting … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Media, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged press freedom body, Professor Ivor Gaber, UNESCO, University of Sussex
Riga, Latvia, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — For the tenth year in a row, in collaboration with ABLV Bank, the ABLV Charitable Foundation is organising a Christmas Charitable Campaign in which everyone, who cares about the Foundation’s goals and who wants to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Latvia, Society
Tagged ABLV Charitable Foundation, Christmas Charitable Campaign, “New Riga” programme
FREIBURG, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — How severe is global species extinction? Are material cycles altered in an ecosystem with just a few species? In order to address these issues, the “Jena Experiment”, one of the world’s largest biodiversity experiments, was … Read the full press release
Sven Ennerst to coordinate truck activities in China within the Divisional Board of Daimler Trucks Kelley Platt appointed President and CEO of Daimler’s Truck Joint Venture Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Strong 2017 performance by Daimler Trucks in China Stuttgart / … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Management
Tagged Daimler, Daimler Trucks in China, Kelley Platt, Sven Ennerst
Three decades ago, two exclusive Mercedes-Benz models celebrated their premiere: The 190 E 2.5-16 (201 series) prepared the way for the then compact class to become a star performer, while the 560 SE (126 series) combined the top performance of the flagship … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany
Tagged "H" registration plate, Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16, Mercedes-Benz 560 SE
Researchers from the University of Bristol studying wild dwarf mongooses have provided insight into what happens when immigrants join a new group. BRISTOL, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Bristol studying wild dwarf mongooses have provided insight into … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Julie Kern, Professor Andy Radford, University of Bristol, wild dwarf mongooses
BRISTOL, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Bristol research has revealed how cells rebuild their nucleus and organise their genome when they divide – a discovery which could have major implications for understanding cancer and degeneration. When cells divide, they need … Read the full press release
ZURICH, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB launches today TruONE, an all-new automatic transfer switch (ATS) with connectivity and monitoring functions for critical power applications. TruONE is the world’s first true ATS to package all the necessary sensors and controllers into a … Read the full press release
First e-buses with ABB’s world-record flash-charging technology go into commercial service ZURICH, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB’s 20-second flash-charging technology was a hot topic today as two articulated electric buses, the first of their kind in the world, went into service … Read the full press release
New ARC report proclaims “ABB’s Grid Automation business is at the forefront of grid automation and digitalization” ZURICH, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB has been named as the global market leader in SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, ARC, Claudio Facchin, global market leader in SCADA systems, Steve Couther
Network-sharing joint venture between Three and EE extends network managed services contract for a further two years from June 2018 to May 2020 Ericsson remains responsible for central operations, network performance and optimization, field services and multi-vendor spare parts management … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Management, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Ericsson, MBNL, network managed services, Pat Coxen, Peter Laurin
First head-to-head randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy and safety of Toujeo (insulin glargine 300 Units/mL) versus insulin degludec PARIS, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi’s Toujeo® met the primary study objective in the first large head-to-head clinical trial1, called BRIGHT study, … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Technology
Tagged insulin degludec, Riccardo Perfetti, Sanofi, The BRIGHT study, Toujeo®
PARIS, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Following a planned interim analysis, the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) for the phase III Cdiffense clinical trial program concluded that the probability that the study will meet its primary objective is low. Based on this, Sanofi has … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Clostridium difficile vaccine, Sanofi, Sanofi Pasteur
BIRMINGHAM, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Birmingham, University of Tübingen and University of St. Andrews have suggested that gorillas are capable of learning food cleaning behaviours without having to witness it in others first. Though the authors … Read the full press release
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