(IN BRIEF) The EIB and ICF have launched a €100 million loan—the initial tranche of a total €200 million facility—to finance sustainability-focused projects by Catalan SMEs. ICF will use these funds to underwrite investments in renewable energy systems, energy-efficiency retrofits, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged Climate Action, EIB, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, European Investment Bank, Gilles Badot, green transition, ICF, Institut Català de Finances, Mid-Caps, partnership, renewable energy, small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, Strategic Roadmap 2024–2027, sustainability, Vanessa Servera, waste management
(IN BRIEF) ZF’s new cubiX Tuner automates the calibration of multi-actuator chassis systems—brakes, steering, dampers, and drive—using AI-driven algorithms and an intuitive interface. Engineers input desired handling characteristics, and the tool automatically computes and writes tuning maps to the ECU, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged AI algorithms, Android auto, Apple CarPlay, brand DNA, chassis calibration, Cloud Integration, cubiX Tuner, development acceleration, ECU tuning, Machine Learning, mobile app, multi-actuator control, PC version, software-defined vehicle, surrogate modeling, virtual validation, ZF
(IN BRIEF) ZF introduces a flexible Brake-by-Wire suite—purely electric (“dry”), purely hydraulic, or hybrid—that transforms braking with electronic actuation and software-defined control. Electric dry systems eliminate fluid drag and boost energy recovery; hybrid setups pair electromechanical rear axles with hydraulic … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged automated driving, BbW, Brake-by-Wire, chassis connectivity, drag torque, dry electro-mechanical brake, energy recuperation, hybrid brake system, IBC, Integrated Brake Control, Level 4 autonomous driving, Philippe Gasnier, software-defined braking, vehicle safety, ZF
(IN BRIEF) ZF will equip Mercedes-Benz with its steer-by-wire system in 2026, replacing the mechanical steering shaft with an electronic interface that enhances maneuverability, stability, and safety. The system’s software-controlled steering ratio adapts to driving conditions, while the Twin Worm … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged active rear-axle steering, ASIL-D, autonomous driving, delivery vehicles, EasyTurn, electronic steering, Level 4 autonomy, Mercedes-Benz, partnership, software-defined steering, Steer-by-Wire, steering ratio, Torque Feedback, Twin Worm, urban mobility, vehicle agility, ZF
(IN BRIEF) Voith Turbo’s new Aladin Beyond platform integrates cloud-based analytics with the SmartCase data collector to offer end-to-end monitoring and predictive maintenance for bus drive systems. Continuous fault detection—including recurrent and resolved issues—combined with historical data analysis enables early … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Aladin Beyond, braking metrics, bus fleet maintenance, Busworld Europe 2025, cloud-based monitoring, data-driven diagnostics, DIWA automatic transmission, Electrical Drive System, kick-down accelerations, lifecycle cost reduction, Operational Efficiency, predictive maintenance, SmartCase, spare parts webshop, Tobias Ehrensperger, Voith Turbo
(IN BRIEF) Voith has launched three new MillOne automation modules—SmartProtect for high-density cleaning, FineScreening for stock screening, and Pulping Detrashing for pulping—each leveraging real-time data and automated control to optimize fiber yield, reduce energy and raw-material waste, and boost operational … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged autonomous paper mill, Düren, energy savings, fiber yield, fine screening, high-density cleaning, MillOne, OCC line, OnControl.FineScreening, OnControl.Pulping Detrashing, OnControl.SmartProtect, papermaking automation, partnership, process optimization, pulping, real-time data analysis, Schoellershammer, stock preparation, Voith
(IN BRIEF) Voith and the DLR Institute of Propulsion Technology have teamed up to apply AI-driven optimization to water turbine design using DLR’s AutoOpti platform. By coupling real turbine geometries with automated CFD, surrogate modeling, and design evaluation, the project … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged AI optimization, AutoOpti, CFD, deep neural networks, digital workflows, DLR Institute of Propulsion Technology, FlowFormer, Francis turbine, Gaussian Process surrogates, guide vanes, hydropower, mechanical robustness, multidisciplinary optimization, partnership, runners, sustainable energy, transformer architectures, turbine efficiency, Voith, water turbine design
(IN BRIEF) SIX and Banque Pictet & Cie SA have completed a pilot project tokenizing EUR- and CHF-denominated corporate bonds on the SDX platform, then allocating fractional bond holdings to Pictet Asset Management SA portfolios via their custody bank accounts. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged asset management innovation, automated rebalancing, Banque Pictet & Cie SA, blockchain-based infrastructure, CHF-denominated, corporate bonds, David Newns, digital securities, EUR-denominated, financial inclusion, fractionalization, mutual funds, Olivier Ginguené, partnership, Pictet Asset Management, portfolio customisation, SDX, SIX, SIX SIS, tokenization
(IN BRIEF) CAF has launched work on a new battery-electric train maintenance depot at Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck, following February 2025 planning approval. The 90,000 m² site will be reconfigured with 14 turnout points, 3,500 m of new track, an electrified charging loop, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged battery-electric multiple-unit trains, BEMU, CAF, depot modernisation, digitalisation, emissions-free transport, Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck depot, Ibon García, Karin Welge, Niederrhein-Münsterland network, NWL, Oliver Wittke, partnership, rapid battery charging, Ronald R.F. Lünser, sustainability, sustainable rail, urban regeneration, VRR, workshop hall
(IN BRIEF) Experian and RVU have formed a significant partnership in which Experian’s Eligibility Solution will power all of RVU’s consumer credit comparison channels—Confused.com, Uswitch, and money.co.uk. The integration provides RVU customers with personalised product matches based on full financial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged application journey, approval rates, Confused.com, consumer credit, credit cards, David Bates, Eligibility Solution, Experian, financial comparison, loans, money.co.uk, partnership, Paul Ingles, personalised recommendations, RVU, transparency, UK Financial Services, Uswitch
(IN BRIEF) REN and ADAI’s Natureye platform—part of the Agenda Transform forestry consortium—has been honoured with the National Innovation Award for Utilities, Mobility and Infrastructure. Natureye deploys over 80 multispectral cameras on high-voltage towers to monitor one million hectares of … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Portugal, Technology
Tagged ADAI, Agenda Transform, ANI, Awards, BPI Bank, CENTRODEC, Claranet Portugal, COTEC Portugal, fire prevention, forestry digitization, high-voltage towers, infrastructure, INNOVATION, Jornal de Negócios, leadership, multispectral cameras, National Innovation Award, Natureye, Nova SBE, partnership, Predictive Algorithms, REN, rural fires, sustainability, University of Coimbra
(IN BRIEF) Lloyds Banking Group and its four charitable Foundations have introduced a £4.2 million Financial Resilience fund to reinforce UK charities supporting financially vulnerable individuals. Research shows 4.3 million people turned to charities for help in the last three … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Academy resources, Bank of Scotland Foundation, charity grants, debt support, digital skills training, financial education, financial inclusion, Financial Resilience fund, Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland, Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales, Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands, Lloyds Banking Group, Matt Hyde OBE, mentorship, partnership, Sir Robin Budenberg, stigma, UK Charities, WODIN, Women and Digital Inclusion
(IN BRIEF) Kuopion Energia is exploring SMRs to replace its Haapaniemi CHP plant by 2035 and has engaged AFRY to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment and constructability study, with results due in spring 2027. This next phase follows AFRY’s earlier … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AFRY, constructability study, Decision-in-Principle, deep percussion drilling, district heating, EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment, Esa Lindholm, Finnish Government, Geology, geotechnical surveys, Haapaniemi CHP plant, Ilkka Suntio, Kuopion Energia, low-carbon energy, partnership, Petri Turtiainen, Small Modular Reactors, SMR, spring 2027, sustainability, sustainable heating solutions
(IN BRIEF) In 2025, Philips won 52 Red Dot Awards for outstanding product design, led by the i9000 Prestige Ultra Series shaver, which claimed Red Dot: Best of the Best. This razor features an ergonomic form factor, adaptive skin-sensing, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged All-in-One Trimmer Series 3000, Avent Hands-Free Breast Pump, Avent Premium Connected Baby Monitor, Awards, Azurion Neuro Biplane, Beard Trimmer Series, Best of the Best, bio-based materials, Body Groomer Series, Cardiac Workstation 7000, Compact Shaver, CT 5300, empathy-driven, i9000 Prestige Ultra Series, leadership, Louis Kalff, Peter Skillman, Philips, Red Dot Awards 2025, seven-year warranty, Shaver 3000 Series, Spectral CT 7500, sustainability, user-centric design, UV Power Charger
IN BRIEF) TUM will launch the Center for Structural and Functional Connectomics (CSFC) on its Garching campus—a €69 million initiative approved by the GWK—to comprehensively map neural networks and accelerate research into multiple sclerosis, neuro-oncology, and developmental neurological disorders. Spanning … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, Financial, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AI-supported imaging, Center for Structural and Functional Connectomics, computational modeling, connectomics, CSFC, developmental neurological disorders, DZNE, DZPG, electron microscopy, Garching campus, GWK funding, Helmholtz Munich, light microscopy, Max Planck Society, microscopy, multiple sclerosis, Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, neuro-oncology, neuronal connections, Prof. Franz Pfeiffer, Prof. Julijana Gjorgjieva, Prof. Thomas Misgeld, SyNergy Cluster of Excellence, TUM, X-ray microscopy, €69 million
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool has launched the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC), an ambitious collaboration uniting nearly 170 researchers and clinicians from the University, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Brain Health Northwest, and global partners. LINC aims … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, brain health, Brain Health Northwest, brain tumours, British Neuroscience Association, chronic pain, David Fairclough, diagnostics, Dr Andy Nicolson, epilepsy, Epilepsy Research Institute, interdisciplinary research, LINC, Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre, mental health, Mersey Care, neurodegeneration, neurological disorders, neurosurgery, Professor Benedict Michael, Professor Louise Kenny, Psychiatry, Roche Diagnostics UK & Ireland, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, therapies, University of Liverpool, WHO Global Action Plan
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ will equip the ArcelorMittal–China Oriental Group joint venture in Changzhou with essential silicon steel production technology, including three annealing and coating lines, a reversing cold rolling mill, and twelve inductors. This installation supports the NEMM project’s mission … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged Andritz, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal Jinxi New Materials (Changzhou) Co., Changzhou, China Oriental Group, decarbonization, final annealing coating lines, foreign direct investment, generators, green manufacturing, inductors, industrial modernization, Jiangsu province, metals technology, NEMM, NEV motors, New Energy Magnetic Material project, New Energy Vehicles, partnership, Q2 2025, reversing cold rolling mill, silicon steel, sustainability, transformers
(IN BRIEF) Arkema is expanding its Singapore operations with a new Rilsan® Clear transparent polyamide unit, following its recent 50% capacity increase at the same site. The US $20 million project, due in Q1 2026, will triple global production of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Arkema, bio-based polymers, consumer electronics, eyewear, healthcare devices, High-Performance Materials, home appliances, LAURENT TELLIER, partnership, recyclable plastics, Rilsan Clear, Rilsan® polyamide 11, Rnew® G820, Rnew® G850, Singapore plant, sustainability, transparent polyamides, Virtucycle®
(IN BRIEF) bp is selling its Netherlands mobility & convenience network and bp pulse EV charging business to Catom as part of its $20 billion divestment initiative and downstream reset strategy. The deal includes approximately 300 retail stations (some with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged $20 bn divestment programme, 2025 divestments, BP, bp pulse, Catom, downstream reset, Emma Delaney, EV charging hubs, fleet business, fuels, Jan Willem Westerhuis, lubricants, mobility & convenience, Netherlands, OK retail network, partnership, regulatory approval, service stations, sustainability
IN BRIEF) Barclays has appointed Joseph “Joe” Lee as Head of High Touch Sales Trading, Asia Pacific Equities, based in Hong Kong and reporting to both its global and regional equities heads. This strategic hire enhances the bank’s existing Program … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged APAC, appointment, Asia Pacific Equities, Barclays, cash equities, Christian Treuer, Client Engagement, CLSA, Credit Suisse, Daniel Ranson-Acton, Deutsche Bank, electronic trading, Flow Derivatives, global equities franchise, Goldman Sachs, High Touch Sales Trading, high-touch execution, Hong Kong, HSBC, Joseph Joe Lee, Kaanhari Kaan Singh, leadership, Lehman Brothers, Matt Toms, Nomura, Peter Ramsey, PRIME, Program Trading, QIS), Structured Derivatives, sustainable growth
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