Monthly Archives: March 2019

Tetra Pak to revolutionise food manufacturing at Hannover Messe 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) LAUSANNE, 29-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Tetra Pak will launch its “factory of the future” at Hannover Messe 2019. With machines capable of communicating with each other and with the digital systems of the entire operation, automatically diagnosing problems, … Read the full press release

H&M to complement existing physical and digital stores in India with Myntra and Jabong partnership

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — H&M India and e-commerce platforms Myntra and Jabong announce partnership. Myntra and Jabong Head, Amar Nagaram comments: “We are extremely delighted to partner with H&M, one of the world’s leading fashion brands, and … Read the full press release

Deutsche Telekom shareholders meeting 2019: Participation in the opportunities of digitalization

(PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 28-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — At the Deutsche Telekom‘s 2019 shareholders meeting CEO Tim Höttges boldly outlined that the company is strongly committed to sharing and participation. “Participation in the possibilities offered by the internet. Participation in the … Read the full press release

Towards a Europe of Stakeholder Nations

When: Thursday, April 11, 2019 10:00 – Thursday, April 11, 2019 12:30 Where: European Parliament, Brussels room A1H1 (PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 28-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — As the EU is approaching the next European Parliament elections there is more need than … Read the full press release

FINLAND: NIB to fund Keitele Timber’s investments in mechanical wood processing facilities

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 28-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB to finance Keitele Timber’s investments in mechanical wood processing facilities. The agreement is EUR 15 million loan with maturity of ten years. Keitele Timber will use the loan from NIB to invest … Read the full press release

Associazione Veneta Lotta alla Talassemia (AVLT) and the UK Thalassaemia Society (UKTS) Clarification on European Regulatory Status of LENTIGLOBIN™

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 27-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The LentiGlobin application for Conditional Marketing Authorization (cMAA) at the EMA from bluebird bio is still in the process of being reviewed by CHMP during their 25-28 March 2019 meeting. An opinion for … Read the full press release

Bosch at Hannover Messe: autonomous transport system, AI based visual fault detection and 3D printing with 5G

(PRESS RELEASE) STUTTGART, 27-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Bosch will be presenting an autonomous transport system, artificial intelligence (AI) based visual fault detection and 3D printing relying on 5G at Hannover Messe. The factory of the future has already become a … Read the full press release

Schroders and Lloyds Banking Group announce executive team for new joint venture

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 27-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — A joint venture between Schroders plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc, Schroders Personal Wealth announces its executive team. Schroders Personal Wealth will be launched later this year with the aim to help more … Read the full press release

Reinet Investments S.C.A. repurchased 205 980 ordinary shares between 18 to 22 March 2019 as part of its share buyback programme

(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 26-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Reinet Investments S.C.A. announces an update on its Share Buyback Programme for the period between 18 to 22 March 2019. The total number of shares repurchased  were 205 980 ordinary shares and the … Read the full press release

New advanced vehicle safety features will become mandatory in 2022 across EU

(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 26-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Provisional political agreement on the revised General Safety Regulation has just been reached by the EU institutions. Passengers, pedestrians and cyclists will be better protected as new safety technologies will become mandatory across … Read the full press release

Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 19 March 2019 – 22 March 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 25-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the ASF Regulation no. 5/2018 and art. 2 of the Commission Delegated Report (UE) 1052/2016, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market (Bucharest Stock Exchange “BVB”, Romanian Financial … Read the full press release

Italian National Research Council (CNR) and Eni to establish four linked research centres in southern Italy

(PRESS RELEASE) LECCE, 25-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Italian National Research Council (CNR) (The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) and Eni have just signed a Joint Research Agreement (JRA) with the aim at setting up four linked research centres in southern … Read the full press release

A new flagship project on Additive Manufacturing skills aims to maintain Europe leading position in industrial competitiveness

Skills Strategy in Additive Manufacturing Project (SAM) will tackle the current European need of developing an effective system to identify and anticipate the right skills for Additive Manufacturing (PRESS RELEASE) PORTO SALVO, 25-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Technology is evolving at … Read the full press release

Serbia agrees to CERN Convention and becomes the Organization’s 23rd Member State

(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 25-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — CERN has just received formal notification from UNESCO about Serbia having agreed to the CERN Convention. As a result, the country has become CERN’s 23rd Member State. The other Member States are: Austria, Belgium, … Read the full press release

FrancoChinese cooperation leads to EUR 250 million water management and waste recovery contracts for SUEZ NWS in Greater Bay area, China

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 22-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SUEZ NWS has announced it just signed three contracts for water management and waste recovery projects in the Greater Bay area in China. The value of the contracts is estimated to be in … Read the full press release

Notice: Annual General Meeting of PostNord AB on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 in Solna, Sweden

(PRESS RELEASE) SOLNA, 22-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — PostNord AB (publ), (Org. reg. no. 556771-2640) announces an invitation of holding its Annual General Meeting. The company’s AGM will be held in its headquarters at  Terminalvägen 24 in Solna, Sweden on  on … Read the full press release

Initial seed corn funding for the Mersey Basin project (AI-Enabled Materials Chemistry) by UKRI’s Strength in Places Fund

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 22-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Mersey Basin project has just won £50,000 seed funding, which is meant to help prepare the full bid, which, if successful, could deliver up to £50 million investment in the North West. … Read the full press release

21st Technical Congress in Berlin: artificial intelligence key for connected and automated driving

(PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 21-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — High-level stakeholders from the industry and politics comment and share their views on mobility, transport, logistics and production, in both plenary and specific technical sessions during the second day of 21st Technical Congress … Read the full press release

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) and Hitachi unveil new AI based technology to recognize and evaluate physical load on the worker’s body

(PRESS RELEASE) KAISERSLAUTERN, 20-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Hitachi, Ltd. and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) announced they have developed an AI technology that performs real-time recognition and quantification of physical load exerted on a worker’s body during … Read the full press release

Jeroen Schouten Named Regional Manager, Europe of AeroGo, Inc.

Product offerings that solve challenges inherent to moving heavy loads (PRESS RELEASE) SEATTLE, WA, United States, 20-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — AeroGo, Inc. is pleased to welcome Jeroen Schouten to the position of Regional Manager for Europe. Jeroen’s considerable expertise in … Read the full press release

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center gains access to one of the biggest startup acceleration platforms in the world – The Floor Hong Kong

(PRESS RELEASE) HONG KONG, 20-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — New partnership has been agreed on by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and the premier technology platform The Floor Hong Kong. Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center is Intesa Sanpaolo Group‘s arm that oversees, implements … Read the full press release

EU on track to launch its most ambitious ever European research and innovation programme in 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 20-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — EU institutions have just reached to partial political agreement on Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe is the future EU research and innovation programme and aims at facilitating the investment in research and innovation to … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. Convocation of the Company’s general shareholders meeting for 30 April 2019 for the approval of, among others, the 2018 Annual Report and of the 2018 Financial Statements

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 19-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Company would like to inform the market and its investors that today, 19 March 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company convenes the general shareholders meeting (the “GSM”) of the … Read the full press release

Safety-critical positioning for autonomous driving: with ESCAPE the first fully integrated device is on its way

(PRESS RELEASE) BARCELONA, Spain, 19-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Autonomous driving is the hot topic of todays’ mobility and transportation world. Safety is the most fundamental requirement and, at the same time, the greatest concern about autonomous driving applications.  The major … Read the full press release

España arrasa con la competencia y es nombrado como el país ideal para estudiar en el extranjero

El primer ranking de este tipo revela lo que estudiantes internacionales buscan como destino para estudiar en el extranjero (PRESS RELEASE) ESTOCOLMO, Suecia, 19-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — España consigue el primer puesto como mejor destino para estudiar en Europa, en … Read the full press release

Xverify targets European Email Verification market with local data processing, Dublin office

(PRESS RELEASE) DUBLIN, 19-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Xverify, a TowerData company, is addressing the needs of European email marketers for data quality, GDPR compliance and superior support by processing data within the European Union and opening an office in Dublin. … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces the resignation by Mr. Sambor Ryszka from his position as non-executive director of the Company

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 18-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — We would like to inform the market and our investors that today, 18 March 2019, Mr. Sambor Ryszka, one of the non-executive directors of the Company, decided to resign from his position. … Read the full press release

Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 11 and 15 March 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 18-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the ASF Regulation no. 5/2018 and art. 2 of the Commission Delegated Report (UE) 1052/2016, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market (Bucharest Stock Exchange “BVB”, Romanian Financial … Read the full press release

Airbus takes its entire range of commercial aircraft, defence, space and helicopter products and services to 2019’s LIMA air show in Langkawi, Malaysia

(PRESS RELEASE) LANGKAWI, Malaysia, 18-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus to exhibit its entire range of commercial aircraft, defence, space and helicopter products and services at this year’s LIMA air show in Langkawi, Malaysia. Indeed, Airbus will be the largest international … Read the full press release

AkzoNobel repurchased 475,146 of its own ordinary shares under its share buyback program, 11-15 Mar 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 18-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel (AKZA; AKZOY) has just reported to the market on its share buyback repurchase program. For the period between March 11, 2019 and March 15, 2019 the company has bought back 475,146 of … Read the full press release

Royal DSM increases stake in leading specialty food ingredient producer

(PRESS RELEASE) HEERLEN, 18-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal DSM has announced it has completed the increase of its stake in the leading specialty food ingredient producer Yantai Andre Pectin Co., Ltd. The increase has originally been announced last month. With … Read the full press release

TRUE’s shop in Bangkok’s most high-end shopping mall gets AutoStore robotized storage and order processing system

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHS, Switzerland, 15-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Swisslog has just announced it has integrated its first AutoStore system in Thailand. The company, a leading provider of warehouse automation and software, has implemented its AutoStore robotized storage and order processing … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V.: Reporting of legal documents concluded by the company in February 2019 in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 published

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 15-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that on March 15, 2019, the Report regarding legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in February 2019 or in other period but effective … Read the full press release

Francesco Balestrieri appointed ad-interim CEO of Sandoz reporting directly to Vas Narasimhan, CEO, Novartis

(PRESS RELEASE) BASEL, 15-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Sandoz’s current Region Head Europe Francesco Balestrieri has just been appointed ad-interim CEO of Sandoz reporting directly to Vas Narasimhan, CEO, Novartis. The change is made as the current CEO of Sandoz, a … Read the full press release

Capgemini the 2nd fastest growing global IT services brand in Brand Finance’s 2019 report on the most valuable and strongest IT services brands

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 14-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy, has ranked Capgemini as the second fastest growing global IT services brand in 2019 in its most recent study. Capgemini is now No. … Read the full press release

Dr. Sven Schneider of Linde AG will become the new CFO of Infineon Technologies AG

(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 14-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr. Sven Schneider, who is currently Board Spokesman, CFO and Labor Director at Linde AG, will be the next CFO of Infineon Technologies AG. His appointment has just been voted by Infineon’s Supervisory … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä signs five-year Lifecycle solution agreements with PowerPac Mutiara Jamalpur Power Plant and LafargeHolcim Bangladesh 

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 14-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä announced it has signed five-year Lifecycle solution agreements for two power plants in Bangladesh. Customers PowerPac Mutiara Jamalpur Power Plant Ltd and LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd can be assured that their plants can … Read the full press release

Senior secured financing by EQT Mid-Market Credit II in support of the acquisition of multiplex protein testing company in Sweden

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 13-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Summa Equity’s acquisition of Olink AB has been supported by EQT Credit through its Mid-Market Credit investment strategy. EQT Credit has provided a senior secured financing in support of the deal. Olink Proteomics … Read the full press release

Sika to strengthen its Sealing & Bonding business in Eastern Europe with the buy of Belorussian polyurethane foams producer

(PRESS RELEASE) BAAR, 13-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Sika is expanding its know-how in the production and development of polyurethane foams. The company has just acquired a manufacturer of polyurethane foam systems based in Belarus. The acquired company is called Belineco … Read the full press release

David Clark, Lloyd’s Register’s newly appointed global energy director, to lead LR’s energy business transformation

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 12-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Lloyd’s Register‘s newly appointed global energy director David Clark to lead the transformation of the energy business of Lloyd’s Register (LR). The company is planning to reposition the professional services portfolio for growth … Read the full press release