Daily Archives: 3, July 2018

The University of Bristol reaffirms commitment to trans inclusion

The University of Bristol is joining with other organisations, community groups and individuals to give full backing to a city-wide pledge to support the local trans community. BRISTOL, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The pledge says that trans people have the right to be … Read the full press release

University of Bristol developed new VR cloud-based tools to accelerate nanotech research and drug discovery

Scientists at the University of Bristol have developed new virtual reality (VR) cloud-based tools to help academics and industry progress new drugs, materials and boost the teaching of chemistry. BRISTOL, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — A joint team of computer science and … Read the full press release

ABB strengthens #2 global position in electrification with the completion of GE Industrial Solutions acquisition

Expands access to attractive North American market Operational EPS1 accretive in year one Expected annual cost synergies of approximately $200 million in year five confirmed ZURICH, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB announced it has completed its acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions (GEIS), … Read the full press release

TomTom Online Search API to improve address geocoding in trivago’s hotel and accommodation database

AMSTERDAM, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom (TOM2) has been chosen by the global hotel search platform, trivago, to be one of their geocoding providers, in order to create a better user experience. The agreement will see TomTom Online Search API being used to improve … Read the full press release

TomTom mapping data to be offered to Alteryx customers as part of its self-service, end-to-end analytics platform

Alteryx customers can now accelerate development of data science and analytic models with TomTom’s Map Data and APIs AMSTERDAM, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom (TOM2) today (June 29 2018) announced that its comprehensive mapping data will be offered to Alteryx, Inc. … Read the full press release

University of Dundee honoured with Research Project of the Year and the Enhanced Student Learning Awards at the Herald Higher Education Awards

DUNDEE, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — We have won Research Project of the Year and the Enhanced Student Learning Awards at the Herald Higher Education Awards, held last night in Glasgow. Professor Ghulam Nabi’s work on prostate cancer research was named Research … Read the full press release

University of Dundee names Professor Andrew Atherton as its new Principal and Vice-Chancellor

DUNDEE, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Dundee has appointed Professor Andrew Atherton as its new Principal and Vice-Chancellor. Professor Atherton is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Enterprise at Lancaster University and is an expert in SME policy and China. At … Read the full press release

Trinity’s Professor John Boland awarded an Outstanding Researcher Award from the Intel Corporate Research Council

DUBLIN, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor John Boland, Principal Investigator in AMBER and Trinity’s School of Chemistry, has been awarded an Outstanding Researcher Award from the Intel Corporate Research Council (CRC). It is the fourth time the award has been given … Read the full press release

UKFast appoints IT director Neil Lathwood on a new role as Chief Technology Officer

British cloud firm UKFast’s current IT director Neil Lathwood takes on a new role as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) today, as the firm seeks to accelerate its DevOps approach and deliver even greater automation within its products and processes. MANCHESTER, … Read the full press release

ŠKODA AUTO and Volkswagen Group to confront the dynamics of the Indian car market with ‘INDIA 2.0’ project

Volkswagen Group is investing one billion euros in the implementation of the project Together, ŠKODA AUTO and Volkswagen will develop new models in the A0 segment for the Indian market The first model to appear as part of the project … Read the full press release

Unilever closes sale of its Spreads business to KKR

  LONDON/ROTTERDAM, 03-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever announced today that, further to the announcement made on 15th December 2017, it has completed the sale of its Spreads business to KKR. Unilever also announced today that it has completed the sale … Read the full press release