(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command to engineer command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) services on surface ships. The eight-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is valued at $537 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Government, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged BAE Systems, C4I Services, Lisa Hand, Surface Ships
(IN BRIEF) Škoda Auto has announced the production of 500,000 battery systems at its plant in Mladá Boleslav, which are mounted in MEB vehicles and plug-in hybrid models by Volkswagen Group brands, including Škoda, Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT. The milestone … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged battery, e-mobility, Michael Oeljeklaus, ŠKODA AUTO, transformation
(IN BRIEF) Volkswagen Group Technology has announced that it contributed around 40% of the total value added, including a new electric drive generation, for Volkswagen’s new flagship ID.7. The highly efficient drive generation, called APP550, has higher performance and improved … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged APP550, competitiveness, e-mobility, ID.7, Scalability, Thomas Schmall, Volkswagen
(IN BRIEF) Swedish energy company Vattenfall has reported stable financial development for the first quarter of 2023. The company’s focus on investing in fossil-free power generation and upgrading the electricity grid has paid off, as falling electricity prices and a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Anna Borg, fossil-free, power generation, Vattenfall
(IN BRIEF) Volkswagen Passenger Cars has announced that Elvira Tölkes will take over as the Head of Quality Assurance from May 1, 2023, reporting to CEO Thomas Schäfer. Tölkes has over 30 years of experience in product development, production, and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Glencore has agreed to acquire a 30% stake in Alunorte and a 45% stake in Mineracão Rio do Norte from Norsk Hydro for a combined equity value of approximately USD 775 million. Completion of the transaction is expected … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted €50 million to CIIP, the integrated water services provider in the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Fermo, to improve water and wastewater services in Marche, benefiting over 414,000 people. The funding … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg
Tagged Alfa S.r.l, Ascoli Piceno, CAP Group, CIIP, EIB, EU climate bank, Fermo, Gelsomina Vigliotti, Giacinto Alati, Iren Group, Marche, SMAT, Tea Spa, The European Investment Bank, Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Veritas, wastewater services, Water Framework Directive, water services
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and wastewater treatment company Aquafin have signed a €200 million financing contract to support 150 climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in Flanders. The funding will support the separation of stormwater and wastewater, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg
Tagged Aquafin, Clean Oceans Initiative, climate change mitigation, EIB, Flanders, Jan Goossens, Kris Peeters, solar parks, stormwater, The European Investment Bank, wastewater, wastewater treatment
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the finalists for the EBRD Literature Prize 2023, which celebrates literary expression and cultural diversity in countries where the Bank operates. The three shortlisted works are Mister N … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Czech Republic, Entertainment, Financial, Media, Poland, United Kingdom
Tagged Alex Zucker, And Other Stories, Arkady Ostrovsky, authors, Bianca Bellová, BOOKS, EBRD, EBRD Literature Prize 2023, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Jennifer Croft, literary expression, literary fiction, Luke Leafgren, Maya Jaggi, Mister N, Najwa Barakat, Natasha Randall, Olga Tokarczuk, Parthian Books, The Books of Jacob, The Lake, Toby Lichtig
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a loan equivalent to €50 million to NREP Nordic Strategies Fund IV’s Polish subsidiaries for two residential rental projects in Warsaw. The loan includes an uncommitted tranche for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Poland, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged EBRD, loan, Maciej Piotrowicz, NREP Nordic Strategies Fund IV, Odile Renaud-Basso, Poland, residential projects, residential rental projects, Vlaho Kojakovic, Warsaw
(IN BRIEF) IT infrastructure company Atea ASA has secured a €50 million loan from the European Investment Bank to improve and expand its hosting facilities in EU countries, with a focus on improving data security and supporting the European goal … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Classification society DNV has joined a working group on methanol bunkering managed by the Standards Development Organisation at Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC-SDO). The group aims to develop a Technical Reference for methanol bunkering in Singapore, the world’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged alternative fuels, Alternative Fuels Insight, Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria, DNV, Lukasz Luwanski, methanol bunkering, SCIC-SDO, Singapore Maritime Week, Standards Development Organisation by Enterprise Singapore, Technical Reference, vessels
(IN BRIEF) Solvay, a global leader in specialty chemicals, has signed a license agreement with Guangxi Chlor-Alkali Chemical (GHCAC) to support the construction of a hydrogen peroxide megaplant at Qinzhou in China. The megaplant will complement GHCAC’s existing propylene oxide … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The EU Senate-Kosovo Economic Summit was held in London on 20 April, where selected guests of entrepreneurs, industrialists, and global investors attended a closed-door event. The summit aimed to transform Kosovo’s economic position and strengthen its ties within … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has launched Trayforma BarrPeel, a new board material for vacuum skin packs, which allows packaging of fresh food on recyclable paperboard trays. The solution reduces plastic to less than 10% of the tray, and is made … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Experian has launched a new cloud-based fraud solution called Aidrian, powered by adaptive machine learning, to help businesses prevent fraud without impacting customer experience. It combines a customized machine learning model with device fingerprinting to classify transactions with … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Deborah Hughes, a Samaritans Scotland volunteer, has been invited to a garden party hosted by HRH The King at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Deborah provides emotional support to callers by working shifts around her full-time job in financial … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Infineon Technologies and Schweizer Electronic are working on a solution to embed Infineon’s 1200 V CoolSiC™ chips directly onto printed circuit boards (PCB) in order to increase the efficiency of chips based on silicon carbide (SiC). The companies … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Industrial, Marketing, Technology
Tagged 1200 V CoolSiC™ chips, chip embedding, electric vehicles, Infineon Technologies AG, PCB, PCIM Europe 2023, printed circuit boards, p²Pack®, Robert Hermann, Schweizer Electronic AG, semiconductors, SIC, silicon carbide, Thomas Gottwald
(IN BRIEF) Barry Callebaut, a leading chocolate manufacturer, has announced its participation as a founding member of the Sustainable Coconut Partnership, an industry platform aimed at promoting responsible coconut production and market transformation at scale. The Sustainable Coconut Partnership seeks … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall’s Sensors and Actuators division has secured a contract to supply over 150,000 HRB 1800 hydrogen recirculation blowers, worth a mid-double-digit million-euro range, to a new customer for use in buses and trucks. The hydrogen recirculation blowers improve … Read the full press release
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