Akzo Nobel N.V. (AKZA; AKZOY) has acquired Xylazel S.A. (Xylazel), a 100% subsidiary of Pharma Mar S.A. (PHM). AMSTERDAM, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — With this acquisition AkzoNobel strengthens its business and becomes a leader in the decorative paints market in … Read the full press release
AMSTERDAM, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has completed its acquisition of Brazil’s Polinox, South America’s leading producer of ketone peroxides, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of polymers. The purchase expands the company’s footprint in South America, establishing … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Industrial, Netherlands
Tagged acquisition, AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, Brasnox, Johan Landfors, ketone peroxides, Perbenzox, Polinox, polymers, Roberto Pontifex, TecnoxSuper
Kortrijk, Belgium, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Installed in over 2,000 operating rooms worldwide, Nexxis has become the preferred video integration platform for the surgical suite. The new generation of uncompressed encoders and decoders makes the platform even more connected, flexible and … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Healthcare, Technology
Tagged Barco, Johan Stockman, Nexxis, operating rooms, surgical imaging, surgical suite, video integration
During the combined exhibition of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) and the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA), ZEISS presents its cross-platform ophthalmic digital portfolio which aids doctors in disease management, allowing them to help their … Read the full press release
Leonardo and the African-based global defence and aerospace company Paramount Group signed a Letter of Intent during “Africa Aerospace & Defence” in Pretoria The M-345, already ordered by Italian Air Force, is the new basic/advanced Trainer of Leonardo ROME, 24-Sep-2018 … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, Italy, Technology
Tagged Leonardo, Lucio Valerio Cioffi, M-345, M-345 jet trainer, Paramount, Ralph Mills
YORK, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — University of York archaeologist, Professor Joann Fletcher, will open a new exhibition of Egyptian artefacts at the newly refurbished Bolton museum. Visitors to ‘Bolton’s Egypt’ will be able to explore a reproduction of the burial chamber … Read the full press release
MUNICH, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In response to epoch-making developments in aviation and space flight, the Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder announced the establishment of a new engineering department at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in his government statement … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Education, Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged aeronautics, aerospace, Aviation, Dr. Markus Söder, engineering, geodesy, space flight, Technical University of Munich
COVENTRY, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Warwick has once again been named as one of the UK’s top 10 universities in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide. The 2019 guide ranks Warwick 10th overall and 8th for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Education, Good University Guide, ranking, The Sunday Times, Times, UK’s top 10 universities, University of Warwick
Valkenswaard, Netherlands, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — VDL Bus & Coach has extended its Citea Electric product range with two new Low Entry variants, with a length of 12 and 12.9 metres. The Citea SLE Electric benefits from the new generation of … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Netherlands, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged electric bus, smart charging, VDL Bus & Coach
New B33:45 liquid fuel and B36:45 gas V-engine series with 12, 16 and 20 cylinder At 600 KW per cylinder the new engines offer a 20 per cent increase in power Perfect fit for hybrid systems with renewable energy sources … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged gas engine, Leif-Arne Skarbø, LNG, natural gas, Peter Headland, Rolls-Royce, V-Engine series
Hybrid system enables quieter, more fuel efficient and zero-emission train operations After a pilot programme in 2020, Porterbrook plans to offer customers HybridFLEX trains West Sussex, England, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce and Porterbrook, the UK’s largest owner of passenger rolling stock, … Read the full press release
Memorandum of Understanding for supply of at least nine MTU Hybrid PowerPacks from 2021 Plan to convert entire Class 22000 fleet pending successful trials Fuel savings of up to 33% West Sussex, England, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce and Iarnród Éireann Irish … Read the full press release
Evaluation of service on routes in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Conversion of the entire fleet of 54 vehicles under consideration West Sussex, England, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland, Alstom, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (NASA) and Rolls-Royce plan to jointly implement a new hybrid … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Abellio, Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland, Alstom, Coradia Lint diesel rail vehicles, diesel rail vehicles, Dr Jörg Nikutta, hybrid drives, Lars Kräft, MTU, MTU hybrid drives, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH, NASA and Rolls-Royce, Rüdiger Malter, Stephan Schreier
Letter of intent regarding the hybridisation of Talent, Coradia Lint and Desiro vehicles Intention is to retrofit the entire diesel fleet (in excess of 140 vehicles) operated by Alpha Trains West Sussex, England, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce and Alpha Trains … Read the full press release
Tarraco is SEAT’s third SUV and represents the company’s entry into the large SUV market, completing the family line-up, joining the Arona and Ateca The large SUV offers greater flexibility for customers with both 5 and 7-seater options The Tarraco … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Spain, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged #SEATseekingName, Alejandro Mesonero, Arona, Ateca, Dr. Matthias Rabe, large SUV market, Luca de Meo, SEAT, SUV, Tarraco
AUSTIN, TX, USA, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is providing Georgia’s Department of Driver Services (DDS) with a smoother capture and enrollment process along with a secure polycarbonate driver’s license for enhanced identity protection. … Read the full press release
Ubiquitous ‘self-sovereign’ identities streamline customer on-boarding for different digital services Financial institutions offered unique opportunity to pioneer decentralized Digital ID schemes AMSTERDAM, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Who are you, and can you prove it? The new Gemalto Trust ID Network enables users to … Read the full press release
NEW YORK, NY, USA, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, the digital learning company, today announced the launch of a global alumni network, helping former employees stay connected with the people and ideas shaping the education industry. While alumni groups are a … Read the full press release
LONDON, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, the digital education company, today announced the launch of English Benchmark Young Learners – a tablet based test that offers GenZ a fun way to interact and learn, on the devices they prefer to use. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Analia Perez, English ability, English Benchmark Young Learners, Freya Thomas Monk, GenZ, learn English, Pearson, Pin Lv, test
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, 21-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The latest study published in the World Journal of Urology (Comparison between erbium‑doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser therapy and sling procedures in the treatment of stress and mixed urinary incontinence – https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2445-x) provides further … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Slovenia, Technology
Tagged aesthetics, bladder, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang-Hua Hospital, clinical paper, dentistry, Dermatology, Dr. Adolf Lukanovic, Dr. Mija Blaganje, Dr. Nobuo Okui, Dr. Yi-Hao Lin, Dr. Yi-Wen Tien, dual-tissue regeneration, Dynamis XS, Er:YAG laser therapy, erbium‑doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser therapy, Fotona, Fotona d.o.o., Fotona SMOOTH® Er:YAG laser thermotherapy, Fotona SMOOTH® laser technology, Fotona SMOOTH® technology, genitourinary syndrome of menopause, gynecological treatment options, gynecologists, gynecology, ICIQ-SF, IncontiLase®, IncontiLase® Er:YAG, IncontiLase® Er:YAG laser therapy, International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form, laser irradiation, laser therapy, medical lasers, Non-ablative erbium yttrium aluminum garnet laser, non-invasive treatment of SUI, One-hour pad test, overactive bladder, Overactive bladder symptom score, patient safety, pelvic organ prolapse, premenopausal parous women, ProlapLase®, RenovaLase®, stress, study, SUI, SUI symptoms, superficial heat-shocking mechanism, surgery, surgical sling procedures, Tension-free vaginal tape, tension-free vaginal tape - TVT, thermotherapy, tissue regeneration, TOT procedures, Transobturator tape, transobturator tape - TOT, TVT procedures, urinary incontinence, urodynamic stress incontinence, vaginal collagen hyperthermia, vaginal laxity – vaginal relaxation syndrome, vaginal tissues, vaginal wall, World Journal of Urology
SOUTHAMPTON, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — As social media has experienced considerable exponential growth-rate over the past decade, sadly the same has occurred with online hate speech. Clear evidence of this picture is the fact that different international organisations, including the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Media, News, Non Profit, Politics, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged bigotry, derogatory posts, Dr Luiz Valerio P. Trindade, hate content, hate speech, hateful posts, inappropriate content, Intolerance, Lindsey Wilson, misogyny, online hate speech, online life, public policy, public policy recommendations, qualitative study, racism, racist content, racist views, social media, social media platforms, sociological research, sociology, University of Southampton, verbal abuse, Who Why How
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford have discovered a new molecule that plays a key role in the immune response that is triggered by influenza infections. The molecule, a so-called mini viral RNA, is capable … Read the full press release
San Donato Milanese (Milan), 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In relation to Saipem’s activities in Algeria during the period 2007-2011, Eni welcomes today’s judgment of acquittal since there was no case by the Court of Milan. The judgment reiterates the 2015 … Read the full press release
Supply of 382 EPLS retrofit kits Düsseldorf, Germany, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rheinmetall, through its joint venture Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV), is supporting the programme to modernize part of the British military’s fleet of logistic vehicles with a new loading … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The IT Young Professional Programme, ITYPP, started 2008 to attract new competences to SEB. Today the program is still going strong and can proudly celebrate a decade of having over 100 skilled and engaged IT professionals … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Internet & Online, Management, Sweden, Technology
Tagged bank, IT professionals, IT Young Professional Programme, ITYPP, Kerstin Rickardt, SEB
Portfolio comprises 35,700 residential properties, including parking and storage. MADRID, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Banco Santander has reached an agreement with an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“Cerberus”) for the sale of a portfolio of residential properties for 1.535 billion … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Real Estate, Spain
Tagged Banco Santander, Cerberus, foreclosed, parking, properties, residential, residential properties, Santander, Storage
$3.75 billion senior bond issue in 3 tranches with maturity ranging from 10 to 30 years Return of EDF to the USD 144A/RegS bond market LONDON, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On September 19, 2018, EDF (A- S&P / A3 Moody’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment
Fifteen of the world’s largest institutions, including banks, trading companies, an inspection company1 and an energy major have formed a new venture known as komgo SA, that will seek to digitalise the trade and commodities finance sector through a blockchain based open … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Commodities, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, International Trade, Internet & Online, Management, Technology
Tagged ABN Amro, Blockchain, BNP Paribas, Citi, Commodities, commodities finance, CONSENSYS, CRÉDIT AGRICOLE GROUP, digitalise, DLT, ethereum, GUNVOR, ING, Joseph Lubin, KOCH SUPPLY & TRADING, komgo, komgo SA, Macquarie Group, MERCURIA, MUFG BANK, Natixis, Rabobank, SGS, SHELL TRADING AND SUPPLY, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, Souleïma Baddi, Toon Leijtens, trade, VAKT
ING has invested £5 million in Funding Options, the UK fintech company that offers a marketplace for lending to SMEs. AMSTERDAM, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The investment gives ING a minority interest in the platform. Funding Options is keen to use … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Netherlands, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged fintech, funding, Funding Options, ING, investment, lending, SMEs, UK fintech
ING Ventures has invested €7.5 million in international fintech Cobase, a multibank platform that helps international customers to manage multiple bank accounts. It offers payments, cash management and treasury services in one place. AMSTERDAM, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — “Our goal is to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged bank_accounts, cash_management, Cobase, fintech, funding, ING Ventures, investment, Jorge Schafraad, Payments, treasury
JENA, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, the Medical Technology business group of ZEISS announced two milestones in refractive technology after the recent completion of 1.5 million treatments with SMILE® and the production of its 1,000th VisuMax® femtosecond laser. “We are delighted that doctors worldwide … Read the full press release
SOUTHAMPTON, 19-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — A major project led by the University of Southampton looking at the philosophy of pregnancy and early motherhood has been nominated for a national award. The Philosophy of Pregnancy, Birth and Early Motherhood project led by … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Healthcare, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Award, Birth, Dr Elselijn Kingma, Early Motherhood, pregnancy, Professor Fiona Woollard, University of Southampton
Value chain cooperation helps increase the share of recycled plastics in vehicles VIENNA, 19-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value-creating plastics solutions, announce another promising result of value chain cooperation involving the use of post-consumer recycled … Read the full press release
Manufacturer’s consortium presents train at the InnoTrans ⋅ S-Bahn train also open to the public on the weekend BERLIN, 19-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (mber 18, 2018) at InnoTrans, the leading international trade fair for transport technology, the manufacturer’s consortium of Stadler … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Berlin, InnoTrans 2018, Peter Buchner, S-Bahn Berlin, S-Bahn fleet, Sabrina Soussan, Siemens, Stadler, train, Ulf Braker, “half train”
BERLIN, 19-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Stadler proudly presents today together with Havelländische Eisenbahn (HVLE) the new generation of six-axle bi-mode EURODUAL locomotives. HVLE ordered 10 locomotives in 2017 to be used in the transport of goods in Germany. Stadler’s EURODUAL locomotive … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged EURODUAL, Havelländische Eisenbahn, HVLE, Iñigo Parra, InnoTrans 2018, locomotive, Stadler, trains
Burr Ridge, Illinois, USA, 19-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — CNH Industrial’s (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) General Counsel Richard Konrath will be awarded a “Best Corporate Counsel” honor from the Milwaukee Business Journal. Mr. Konrath will be recognized during the C-Suite Stars Awards … Read the full press release
BUCHAREST, Romania, 19-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — We would like to inform the market and our investors that today, 19 September 2018, the Company’s subsidiary, Digi Spain Telecom S.L.U. (“Digi Spain”) launched commercially its fixed broadband and fixed telephony services in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Media, News, Romania, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged ADSL, broadband, broadband connectivity, broadband internet services provider, BVB, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., Digi Spain, Digi Spain Telecom S.L.U., fixed broadband, fixed internet, fixed line telecommunications, fixed telephony, fixed telephony service, FTTH, Hungary, investors market, mobile services, NEBA agreement, optic fiber, Romania, Serghei Bulgac, telecommunications market, Telefonica, telephony, TV & Fixed Internet
The Volkswagen Group presents a wide spectrum of urban mobility solutions at the World Congress for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in Copenhagen Shaping the urban mobility of the future as a joint task: Volkswagen Group as a strong partner for … Read the full press release
Potential IPO would further strengthen financial flexibility of TRATON GROUP and thus form the basis for accelerated growth TRATON GROUP to achieve capital market readiness by end of 2018 – change of TRATON AG’s legal form into a Societas Europaea … Read the full press release
A joint event by the Volkswagen Group, the Grameen Creative Lab and Autostadt for economic and social players in the Wolfsburg region Pioneering platform for sustainable and socially responsible entrepreneurship Key topic: using commercial principles in response to social challenges … Read the full press release
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