WOLFSBURG, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is to receive a competent addition in the person of manager Marianne Heiß (45). A corresponding proposal will be submitted to the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting in Berlin … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Management
Tagged Annika Falkengren, leadership, Management, Marianne Heiß
The Volkswagen flagship: the brand’s statement on design, technology and dynamic handling A success story: around one million Touareg sales in the first two vehicle generations World premiere: on 23 March 2018 in Beijing WOLFSBURG, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Volkswagen is … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Marketing, Media
Tagged Beijing, Touareg, Volkswagen, world premiere
Eni has made a lean gas discovery in Block 6 Offshore Cyprus with Calypso 1 NFW. The well, which was drilled in 2,074 meters of water depth reaching a final total depth of 3,827 meters, encountered an extended gas column … Read the full press release
Posted in Cyprus, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Italy
Tagged Cyprus, Eni, gas, gas discovery, lean gas discovery
San Donato Milanese (Milan), 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Eni has signed two Exploration and Production Agreements (EPA) with the Republic of Lebanon covering Blocks 4 and 9, located in the deep waters offshore Lebanon. The agreements are the result of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Italy
Tagged Eni, exploration, Lebanon, offshore Lebanon
LUND, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval is expanding its successful range of UltraPure pharmaceutical pumps with an even larger selection. Whether a pharmaceutical or biotech process requires a centrifugal or PD (positive displacement) pump, the complete range of Alfa Laval … Read the full press release
Posted in Pharma & Biotech, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Alfa Laval, Biotech, John Walker, PD pump, pharma, pumps, UltraPure pharmaceutical pumps range
DÜSSELDOFT, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rheinmetall and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Company signed a strategic teaming agreement for competing in the German Air Force “Schwerer Transporthubschrauber” (STH) Program. Rheinmetall brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Sikorsky … Read the full press release
Future topic: Densification in metropolitan cities HAMBURG, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The hotel developer MQ Real Estate, founded in 2014, will construct the world’s first modular hotel on top of a shopping center in Berlin. For this, a new story … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Germany, Management, Real Estate, Retail, Travel
Tagged Berlin, Dr. Nikolai Jäger, ECE, hotel, modular hotel, MQ Real Estate, real estate, Ring-Center 2 shopping center, shopping
SWINDON, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) flagship new business innovation centre – which will bring together the best of academia and industry – is now welcoming applications from start-up companies. The recently-completed Higgs Centre for Innovation at … Read the full press release
The HAGUE, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Access Bank Plc announced that it has signed a Syndicated Loan Agreement totaling USD 100 million. The credit line has been arranged by FMO, together with Proparco, the French private sector development bank, Norfund (Norwegian … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Financial, Finland, France, Investment, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Access Bank Plc, agribusiness, agricultural, FMO, Herbert Wigwe, Jürgen Rigterink, loan
THE HAGUE, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Her Majesty Queen Máxima will hold a speech on Monday 12 March at the Royal Institute for the Tropics in Amsterdam (KIT) in the Symposium ‘ Power of Partnerships – making finance work for women … Read the full press release
Statement delivered by Klaus Bräunig, Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), at the press conference at the German pavilion in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2018, at 11.30 h local time New Delhi, … Read the full press release
Utrecht, Netherlands, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The report “The Hidden Cost of Jewellery” by Human Rights Watch (HRW) clearly demonstrates that the world’s largest jewellery brands have collectively taken limited steps to implement responsible sourcing practices for their gold. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Netherlands
Tagged CSR, gold, HRW, human rights, Jennifer Horning, jewellery, RJC, Solidaridad, source verified responsible gold
Interoute to cut costs, increase bandwidth and bolster security compliance with Edge SD-WAN solution LONDON, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Interoute, the global cloud and network provider, has been selected by Thule Group, a world-leading sports and outdoor goods company, to deliver Interoute Edge … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Anders Olsson, bandwidth, Cloud, Interoute, Mark Lewis, outdoor, SDWAN, sports, Thule Group, WAN
The Nordic payment markets are among the most advanced and well-functioning in the world delivering first-class services to individuals and corporates across the region. At the same time, and despite close ties between the countries, the current payment infrastructures are … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Sweden
Tagged DKK, EUR, NOK, Nordic banks, pan-Nordic payment infrastructure, Payment, SEK
Covestro at the VDI Congress “Plastics in Automotive Engineering” in Mannheim Functional material solutions based on polycarbonate LEVERKUSEN, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Driven by new technologies, mobility is changing worldwide. Trends such as autonomous driving, connectivity and electrification require completely new … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Chemicals, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Internet & Online, Marketing, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged connectivity, Covestro, electrification, emobility, PIAE, plastic, Plastics Automotive, polycarbonate, thermal insulation, VDI Congress "Plastics in Automotive Engineering"
OSLO, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The heads of relevant ministries, central banks, financial supervisory authorities and resolution authorities in the Nordic and Baltic countries, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation and coordination on cross-border financial stability. The Nordic … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Financial, Government, Management
Tagged BALTIC, cross-border financial stability, Financial, Nordic, stability
The new DNV GL centre will serve as an incubator and testbed for research and development of additive manufacturing technology for the oil & gas, offshore and marine (O&M) sector. SINGAPORE, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The new centre, which is … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, Norway
Tagged 3D printing, additive manufacturing, Brice Le Gallo, DNV GL, gas, Lim Kok Kiang, offshore, oil, Remi Eriksen, ships
Technical advisor’s due diligence enabled lenders to gain an understanding of the technical risk profile of the offshore wind project LONDON, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV GL, the world’s largest independent energy advisory and certification body, secured a leading role as … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Aviva Investors, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, DNV GL, institutional lenders, investment, Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets, Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solution, Prajeev Rasiah, technical advisor, technical due diligence study, Walney Extension, wind farm
Presence in West Africa expanded / Investments in growing markets HAMBURG, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On February 1, 2018, Hapag-Lloyd moved into its own new office in Tema, the most important port city in Ghana. Effective immediately, the company will be … Read the full press release
Optimal cultivation conditions in Rhineland-Palatinate MUNICH, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — BayWa has brought in the first harvest of the Jazz® brand apple in the Weisenheim region of Rhineland-Palatinate for commercial marketing in Germany. 100,000 trees on around 30 hectares have … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Food & Beverage, Germany
Tagged agriculture, apples, BayWa, Bernd Kranz, cultivation, fruits, Jazz® brand apple, trees
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