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Gamesa signs contract with Everbright for the supply of 48 MW at Changfangshan wind farm in China

Gamesa will install 24 units of the G97-2.0 MW at Changfangshan wind farm located in the province of Shanxi. The project marks this Chinese company’s debut in the wind sector. The two parties have also agreed a potential supply arrangement … Read the full press release

Gamesa and its employees’ union representatives signed second edition of the Equality Plan reinforcing its commitment to diversity and equal opportunities for the men and women

A special-purpose taskforce has identified seven areas for improvement on which the parties will work during the next three years in order to ensure the firm’s goal of zero discrimination and improve employees’ work-life balance Biscay, Spain, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gamesa … Read the full press release

Henkel listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and Dow Jones Sustainability Index Europe for the eighth consecutive year

For the eighth consecutive year, Henkel has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World) and Dow Jones Sustainability Index Europe (DJSI Europe). The inclusion in both indices confirms Henkel’s excellent performance among the leading companies in the … Read the full press release

Gemalto introduces Allynis Trusted Services Hub to enable digital service providers to benefit from single connection to securely deploy their mobile payment services

Amsterdam, 12-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today introduces its Allynis Trusted Services Hub, a turnkey business service that enables financial institutions, enterprises, transport operators and more generally all digital service providers to … Read the full press release

Capgemini and VMware announce partnership in the area of Enterprise Managed Mobility / End-User Computing

Paris, 12-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services and VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership in the area of Enterprise … Read the full press release

Landis+Gyr signed contract worth approximately €60 million to deliver ‘Linky’ meters to ERDF

Landis+Gyr has been chosen to deliver a substantial portion of Linky meters to ERDF (the French national electricity distributor, Électricité Réseau Distribution France). These meters will be produced in Montluçon, France, where Landis+Gyr has been located since 1940 Zug, Switzerland, … Read the full press release

Banca Monte dei Paschi announces Deputy Chairman Marco Turchi and director Paola Demartini expressed willingness to resign

SIENA, 12-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Banca Monte dei Paschi announces that in the course of today’s Board of Directors meeting, the Deputy Chairman Marco Turchi and director Paola Demartini expressed their willingness to resign so that the agreement entered into … Read the full press release

Lagardère successfully launches €500m 5-year bond issue with an annual coupon of 2%

PARIS, 12-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Lagardère successfully launched today a €500m, 5-year (due in September 2019) bond issue, with an annual coupon of 2%. The order book reached an amount of €1.5bn, 3 times oversubscribed. The success of the launch … Read the full press release

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the recipients of the 2014 Vectorworks Design Scholarship

University of Pennsylvania Student Takes Top Honors as Richard Diehl Award Recipient Columbia, Md., 12-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of intuitive, powerful and practical 2D/3D and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, announces the first recipients of the … Read the full press release

Thales successfully delivers significant upgrade to the Australian Tiger helicopter simulator

Thales has successfully delivered a significant upgrade to the Australian Tiger helicopter simulator.  Cannes, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The improvements to the Full Flight Mission Simulator’s (FFMS) Visual Display System (VDS) mean the Australian Tiger simulator now has the highest … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space appointed Riadh Cammoun Vice President, Public and Regulatory Affairs

Cannes, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Riadh Cammoun, 52, was named Vice President, Public and Regulatory Affairs at Thales Alenia Space, effective September 1st. He replaces Julia Maris. A graduate of the Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics civil engineering school, with a … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space to upgrade and expand its range of Spacebus geostationary telecommunications satellites

Cannes, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space is upgrading and expanding its range of Spacebus geostationary telecommunications satellites. With 80 orders recorded to date and over 500 years of cumulated service in orbit, Spacebus platforms offer proven performance. They are available … Read the full press release

Citycon honoured with Green Star status for the third year in a row in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assessment

Helsinki, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Citycon was honoured again this year with Green Star status in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assessment. Citycon received this recognition for the third year in a row for its outstanding management and handling … Read the full press release

Citycon and NCC Property Development to (re)develop Mölndals Galleria in Gothenburg

Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Citycon has signed a joint venture agreement with NCC Property Development for the (re)development and letting of Mölndals Galleria. An existing old retail property is planned to be demolished and a new centre with … Read the full press release

Isabel Hudson to join the BT Board as non-executive director and member of the BT Pensions Committee

LONDON, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Isabel Hudson, non-executive Chair of the National House Building Council (NHBC) is to join the BT Board as a non-executive director and a member of the BT Pensions Committee. Her appointment takes effect from 1 … Read the full press release

BT Expedite appoints Kathy Quashie as its new CEO and Asif Khetani as its new director of eCommerce

LONDON, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT Expedite today announced that Kathy Quashie is its new chief executive officer and Asif Khetani is its new director of eCommerce. Kathy joined BT nearly four years ago to lead Group Revenue Assurance in … Read the full press release

TeliaSonera to host its Capital Markets Day 2014 on September 30 in Stockholm

Venue: Quality Hotel Friends in Solna, Stockholm STOCKHOLM, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — TeliaSonera invites you to its Capital Markets Day 2014 in Stockholm. The day starts at 09.00 CET and includes presentations by members of Group Executive Management as well as … Read the full press release

The World Economic Forum celebrated the various communities it has brought together at the eighth Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China

Young international leaders in science, technology, business and civil society are transforming their fields The new champions are collaborating with leading businesses and organizations to scale their initiatives For more information about the Meeting, please visit www.weforum.org/amnc14 Tianjin, People’s Republic … Read the full press release

The Chennai Hub of the Global Shapers Community’s project “Kabadiwalla Connect” received 50,000 CHF grant from World Economic Forum’s ClimateSHAPE challenge

The World Economic Forum launched a challenge to the Global Shapers Community to help combat climate change, with 100,000 CHF in grants awarded 60 Global Shapers Hubs from around the world have submitted innovative projects ClimateSHAPE jury has selected the … Read the full press release

Telenor Group opens its first wholly-owned financial institution Telenor banka in Serbia

Fornebu, Norway, 10-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today’s opening of Telenor Group’s first wholly-owned financial institution Telenor banka in Serbia provides customers with innovative mobile banking services and represents a milestone in the company’s development of online financial services and mobile banking in … Read the full press release