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Austrian bricks and clay roof tiles producer Wienerberger wins Austrian Sustainability Reporting Award for the fifth time for its sustainability reporting

Wienerberger Sustainability Program 2023 contains ambitious goals focusing on decarbonization, circular economy and biodiversity Award in the category “Large companies and organizations”  Fifth ASRA Award in a row confirms rigorous sustainability strategy (PRESS RELEASE) VIENNA, 16-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Wienerberger … Read the full press release

Digi Communications NV announces the release of the Q3 2021 Financial Results

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 12-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that the Q3 2021 Financial Results are available on the Company’s website at: https://www.digi-communications.ro/en/investor-relations/shares/financial-results-shares/quarterly-reports-shares Also, today at 14:00 UK time / 16:00 EEST (Romania … Read the full press release

Schroders Capital takes over Cairn Real Estate, a Dutch real estate fund and asset management firm

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 11-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Schroders Capital, one of Europe’s largest real estate managers, has announced the acquisition of Cairn Real Estate, a real estate fund and asset management business based in the Netherlands with €1.3 billion¹ of … Read the full press release

Purely plant-based food firm Veganz Group AG goes public on Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Scale segment

(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 10-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse Group (ETR: DB1), an international exchange organisation and innovative market infrastructure provider, has announced a new listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Scale segment. Veganz Group AG (ISIN: DE000A3E5ED2), purely plant-based … Read the full press release

Inmarsat commissioned white paper: Australia’s Aviation Market: The Impact of Covid-19 and a Slow Recovery

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 10-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced the release of an independent white paper commissioned by the company titled “Australia’s Aviation Market: The Impact of Covid-19 and … Read the full press release

EQT AB to acquire European life sciences venture capital firm Life Sciences Partners

LSP will strengthen EQT’s position as one of the leading and most active private markets investors in the healthcare sector. LSP’s highly experienced team will complement EQT’s existing knowledge base within life sciences and expand EQT’s ability to support companies … Read the full press release

European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Association announces its position on the upcoming European Commission review of the Package Travel Directive

(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 10-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ECTAA, the European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Association has released its position on the upcoming  review of the Package Travel Directive by the European Commission. The Covid 19 pandemic, the worst crisis … Read the full press release

Norwegian farmers cooperative Nortura will work with Capgemini in support of its ambitions for a more innovative value chain

The 10-year agreement covers all Nortura IT services, including cloud and data transformation, affirming Capgemini’s expertise in consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and the agri-cooperative sector (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 9-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini (EPA: CAP), a Global leader in consulting, technology … Read the full press release

Rexel announces the completion of Mayer acquisition in the United States

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 9-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Rexel (EPA: RXL), a French company active in the multichannel distribution for the energy world, has announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of Mayer, one of the largest wholesale distributors of … Read the full press release

Solvay teams up with 9T Labs to mass produce additively manufactured carbon fiber-reinforced materials

High-performance composite materials plus the hybrid additive fusion solution process lower production costs for advanced composite parts (PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 9-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay (EBR:SOLB), an international chemical company, announces its collaboration with advanced manufacturing solution OEM 9T Labs … Read the full press release

Newly formed ARBURGadditive GmbH + Co KG to house all of ARBURG’s additive manufacturing activities

ARBURG combines additive manufacturing activities under one roof Dr Victor Roman to assume the role of Managing Director from 1 December 2021 Strong product range (PRESS RELEASE) LOSSBURG, 8-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ARBURG, one of the leading global manufacturers of … Read the full press release

Henkel in Q3 FY2021: Group sales up by 3.5% mainly driven by emerging markets

Henkel: Company is currently not capable to predict with sufficient reliability the impact COVID-19 will have on its business performance in 2020

Group sales grow organically by +3.5% to around 5.1 billion euros, nominal +1.9%: Adhesive Technologies achieves very strong organic sales growth of +7.0%, nominal +7.1% Beauty Care records negative organic sales development of -3.0%, nominal -6.5% Laundry & Home Care … Read the full press release

Digi Communications NV announces Investors Call for the Q3 Financial Results presentation

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 5-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that on 12 November 2021 at 14:00 UK time/ 16:00 EEST (Romania local time) it will host a conference call to discuss the Q3 … Read the full press release

Arkema invests in a French start-up specialized in high performance batteries

(PRESS RELEASE) COLOMBES, 5-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Arkema (EPA: AKE), a French specialty chemicals and advanced materials company, has announced it took part of Verkor’s recent €100 million round thus becoming a shareholder and technological partner of the startup. The … Read the full press release

SGS to refinance several undrawn bilateral committed credit lines with EUR 1 Billion Sustainability-Linked Revolving Credit Facility

(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 5-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has announced it signed a sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) for an amount of EUR 1 billion and a tenor of five years with … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces the extraordinary general meeting’s resolution from 4 November 2021, approving the appointment of KPMG N.V. as the Company’s statutory auditor for the 2021 financial year

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 4-Nov-2021— /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (The Company) would like to inform the market and its investors that today, Thursday, 4 November 2021, at 12:00 PM CET, at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Strawinskylaan … Read the full press release

Lloyds Bank Business Barometer: overall business confidence in the UK remains high and above the long term average despite rising costs and the on-going supply chain issues

The latest Lloyds Bank Business Barometer shows: Business confidence in October was at its second highest level since March 2020 (43%). 48% of businesses say it has become easier to hire people with the right skills or experience.  90% of … Read the full press release

Covis Pharma takes over AstraZeneca’s COPD medicines Eklira and Duaklir for $270 million

Agreement sharpens AstraZeneca’s focus on priority medicines in Respiratory & Immunology portfolio (PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 1-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca (LON: AZN), a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has announced it sold the global rights of its chronic obstructive … Read the full press release

New Joint Collaboration Space in Shanghai by DNV, Atlas Corp. and Seaspan extends their partnership into onshore and offshore renewable energies, decarbonization and digitalization

(PRESS RELEASE) BÆRUM, Norway, 29-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has announced the establishment of a new Joint Collaboration Space (JCS) in Shanghai, China, together with Atlas Corp, a leading global asset management company, … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. Announces the results of the auction organised by the Portuguese Authority for Telecommunications

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 28-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (The Company) would like to inform the market and its investors that on October, 27, 2021, the Portuguese Authority for Telecommunications (ANACOM) finalised the auction which began on December … Read the full press release