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Smart-Holding announces the appointment of Sergey Glazunov as its Chief Investment Officer

Kiev, 9-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Smart-Holding has appointed Sergey Glazunov as its Chief Investment Officer. The scope of his main responsibilities will include issues related to the development and implementation of the investment strategy of the holding company, which includes the … Read the full press release

Saint-Gobain provides the first level of the Eiffel Tower in Paris with anti-skid glass floor tiles

PARIS, 8-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Saint-Gobain has provided the first level of the Eiffel Tower in Paris with a floor made of anti-skid glass tiles. Located 57 meters above the ground, this space offers visitors a double attraction: a fabulous view … Read the full press release

AREVA and Schneider Electric to develop flow battery technology to produce and store electricity by combining hydrobromic acid and hydrogen

PARIS, 8-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — AREVA and Schneider Electric have signed an R&D agreement to develop a new energy storage solution, called the flow battery in order to produce and store electricity by combining hydrobromic acid and hydrogen. Funded by the European … Read the full press release

Borealis partners with Neste Oil and Veolia to modernise and operate the power plant in Kilpilahti petrochemical cluster in Finland

VIENNA, 8-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has announced its intention to partner with Neste Oil and Veolia in a joint venture to modernise and operate … Read the full press release

Spirit Airlines selects Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran) wheels, brakes and MRO services for its fleet of Airbus single aisle aircraft

MRO Europe, Madrid, October 7th, 2014 PARIS, 8-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — American ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, one of the fastest growing airlines in the industry, has chosen Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran) wheels, brakes and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services for … Read the full press release

Aircelle inaugurates new building for its Aircelle Europe Services business at Pont-Audemer in Normandy France

Pont-Audemer, France, 7-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Aircelle (Safran) inaugurated a new building today for its Aircelle Europe Services business at Pont-Audemer in the Normandy region of France, doubling the operation’s capacity to perform maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) on jet engine nacelle … Read the full press release

Gov.uk: New online training course to help legal and accountancy professions to protect themselves and their clients from cyber-attacks

New course is launched to help members of the legal and accountancy professions protect themselves and their clients from cyber-attacks. LONDON, 7-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey will today (7 October 2014) launch a new free online … Read the full press release

EE expands its 4G network across the UK to reach another 18 large towns in all four corners of UK

EE celebrates the launch of 4G in a further 18 towns across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England Less than two years since launch, 4G from EE now covers over 75% of the population across 281 large towns and cities … Read the full press release

CACEIS to act as depositary and central administrator for the CPR Invest Sicav

PARIS, 7-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — CPR Asset Management has chosen CACEIS as the asset servicing partner for “CPR Invest”, its first Luxembourg law UCITS fund, for which the first two sub-funds were launched on 29th August. CACEIS will act as … Read the full press release

ThyssenKrupp celebrates the groundbreaking of it’s test tower’s construction in Rottweil, Germany

Municipal council issues building permit. Completion expected in late 2016. Rottweil, Germany, 7-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ThyssenKrupp and the town of Rottweil celebrated the official commencement of the test tower’s construction on Thursday, with a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony. On the … Read the full press release

Diageo launches its new Single Grain Scotch Whisky, HAIG CLUB™

Global arrival of new Single Grain Whisky welcomes in a new era for Scotch “Forget everything you thought you knew about Scotch” Dave Broom, whisky writer EDINBURGH, 7-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — a global leader in beverage alcohol, today announced the worldwide launch … Read the full press release

INEOS Technologies signs license agreements for its polyethylene technologies for proposed ASCENT petrochemical complex currently evaluated by Odebrecht and Braskem in West Virginia, US

Rolle, Switzerland, 7-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — INEOS Technologies announced today that it has entered into license agreements for its Innovene S and Innovene G polyethylene technologies to be used by the proposed ASCENT (Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise) petrochemical complex currently … Read the full press release

INEOS Industries Holdings Ltd acquires Grangemouth Combined Heat and Power Plant from Fortum for £54 million

Additional investment further supports the competitiveness of the Grangemouth site as INEOS begins construction of its new £300 million ethane terminal.  Rolle, Switzerland, 7-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — INEOS Industries Holdings Ltd has agreed to acquire the Combined Heat and Power … Read the full press release

National Grid announces 62.5 Gigawatts of derated electricity generation capacity successfully qualified to bid in this December’s Capacity Mechanism auctions

62GW of generating capacity qualified to take part in December Capacity Market auctions 52.4GW of derated generation capacity qualified for December auctions with a further 10.1GW conditionally qualifying subject to submitting further documentation. Generation will bid for capacity agreements for … Read the full press release

Henkel works with partners to ensure that new products and solutions offer more value and better performance with smaller environmental footprint

Düsseldorf, Germany, 6-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel is working together with partners and leading specialists in various industries to ensure that new products and solutions offer more value and better performance with a smaller environmental footprint. This approach is key … Read the full press release

Leica Geosystems’ RCD30 Penta Oblique system now available with new optics

Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 6-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Leica Geosystems’ RCD30 Penta Oblique system is now available with new optics. Compared to the previous configuration, consisting of lenses with 50 mm focal length for nadir and 80 mm for oblique images, the camera is … Read the full press release

SGS acquires non-destructive testing activities of Applus+ in Belgium, Röntgen Technische Dienst NV

GENEVA, 6-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS is pleased to announce the acquisition of Röntgen Technische Dienst NV (Applus+ RTD Belgium), the non-destructive testing activities of Applus+ in Belgium. Applus+ RTD Belgium provides a wide range of non-destructive testing services in … Read the full press release

TomTom signs new deal with Daimler to provide its full navigation system in the Smart range

PARIS, 6-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom (TOM2) today announced it has signed a new deal with Daimler to provide its full navigation system in the Smart range.  The deal means that TomTom’s navigation products will be featured in the Smart range starting … Read the full press release

TomTom and Volkswagen Group Research to join forces for the development of Highly Automated Driving (HAD) systems

PARIS, 6-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom (TOM2) and Volkswagen Group Research today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join forces for the development of Highly Automated Driving (HAD) systems. The goal of this research co-operation is to jointly … Read the full press release

TomTom extends its supply of traffic information to Toyota Motor Europe beyond 2016 to 2018

PARIS, 6-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom (TOM2) today announced that it has agreed to extend its supply of traffic information to Toyota Motor Europe beyond 2016 to 2018.  Toyota drivers will have access to TomTom Traffic and Places across the entire range*. … Read the full press release