• This figure represents an increase of 17.1% on the same period of last year, although results for the first half of 2014 included those generated by the company’s Latin American business, which was sold to Enel during the first … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Management, Spain
Tagged Endesa
Growing customer base driving solid financial performance Continued growth in underlying corerevenue, + 2.4% compared to the second quarter 2014 Underlying Group EBITDA of EUR 450 million, + 4.3% compared to the second quarter 2014 2015 full-year guidance revised upwards: … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Entertainment, Financial, Internet & Online, Management, Media, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Dominique Leroy, Proximus Group, Proximus TV App, SwipeBox
Perfect fit with Solvay’s strategy focused on sustainability and value Propels Solvay to world’s second largest player in aerospace composite materials Accelerates growth of Advanced Materials with major push into composites Reinforces Advanced Formulations with the world’s number one mining … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Management
Tagged Cytec, Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Shane Fleming, Solvay
BRUSSELS, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay has begun production at its new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant in Changshu, China, as part of its ongoing strategic site expansion, to meet booming demand for its specialty polymers from Asia’s fast-growing automotive industry and multiple … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Industrial, Management
Tagged Augusto Di Donfrancesco, fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant, Solvay
Brussels, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay announces today its intention to end the production of So-dium Percarbonate in Rosignano, Italy, by the end of the first quarter of 2016 at the latest. The main reason is the further decrease of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Italy, Management
Tagged production of So-dium Percarbonate in Rosignano Italy, Solvay
Vesteda’s Extraordinary Meeting of Participants today voted in favour of the appointment of Mr. M.M. (Maarten) de Groof as a member and intended chairman of Vesteda’s Supervisory Committee. AMSTERDAM, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The appointment of Mr. De Groof gives … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Real Estate
Tagged Maarten de Groof, Mr. Jeroen Drost, VESTEDA
Mr. Bernard Fontana will join AREVA on September 1st to be appointed President and CEO of AREVA NP. PARIS, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bernard Fontana said: “I am happy to join the group to lead AREVA NP, a major French … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Management
Tagged AREVA NP, Bernard Fontana, Groupe SNPE
BT Pension Scheme re-appoints Accenture to serve its 300,000 members LONDON, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has signed an eight-year contract to continue to provide the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) with pension administration services. This contract is an extension … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Insurance, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Accenture, BT Pension Scheme, BTPS, Neil Duncan, Paul Spencer CBE, pension administration services
Vantaa, Finland, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Pöyry is the latest internationally renowned engineering company to open an office in Santiago, Chile, with a strong heritage in the country. Many will be familiar with the Electrowatt Engineering brand. Pöyry joined forces with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Management
Tagged engineering company, Patrick Furrer, Pöyry
REDDITCH, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — GKN plc announces the following changes in Board and Executive Committee responsibilities in anticipation of Andrew Reynolds Smith’s resignation from the Board. With effect from 25 September 2015, responsibility for GKN’s Driveline business will be … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged GKN, GKN’s Driveline business, Phil Swash
• Further strengthening leading Tier 1 aerospace supplier • Compelling combination with an enhanced multi-technology portfolio • Broadening geographic footprint in Europe, North America and Asia • Fokker headquarters to remain in the Netherlands AMSTERDAM, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — GKN plc (“GKN”) today announces … Read the full press release
POST Luxembourg and RMS.lu, a Specialist in Digital ID and Mobile Solutions, Plan to Deploy the Dedicated IoT Network Nationwide by Year-end LUXEMBOURG CITY and ETTELBRUCK, Luxembourg, and LABEGE, France, 30-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Continuing the rapid expansion of SIGFOX’s wireless … Read the full press release
Genzyme Strengthens Endocrinology Portfolio with Acquisition of Rare Disease Therapy Caprelsa®(vandetanib) from AstraZeneca Paris, France, 30-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi and its subsidiary Genzyme announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with AstraZeneca to acquire Caprelsa® (vandetanib), a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Healthcare, Management, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged AstraZeneca, Caprelsa® (vandetanib), Genzyme, Luke Miels, Sanofi
Sanofi and Regeneron Launch Major New Immuno-Oncology Collaboration Companies agree to jointly advance PD-1 and other new immuno-oncology antibodies – Sanofi commits to an initial investment of up to $2.17 billion in the exclusive collaboration, including $640 million in upfront payments to Regeneron … Read the full press release
• Series of artistic annual reports enters its 24th year • Report features numerous previously unpublished photographs of Turrell’s work Dornbirn, Austria, 28-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In the International Year of Light proclaimed by the United Nations, the Zumtobel Group’s artistic annual … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Management, Marketing
Tagged James Turrell, U.S. light artist, Ulrich Schumacher, Zumtobel Group
Isleworth, 27-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Sky has taken a majority stake in Blast! Films, the independent production company responsible for hit series The Supervet, The Route Masters and 999: What’s Your Emergency? Founded in 1994 by Ed Coulthard, Blast! Films … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Management, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Blast! Films, Ed Coulthard, independent production companies, Jane Millichip, Sky
Total Net Turnover grows at 19.8% vs. 1H 2014 due to higher manufacturing and maintenance revenues resulting from the execution of contracted backlog Adjusted EBIT grows 57.3% vs. 1H 2014 with a margin of 22.8% Net income grows 57.4% vs. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Management, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Jose Maria Oriol, specialized rolling stock engineering, TALGO
PARIS, 27-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Virginia Railway Express (VRE) has granted Keolis Rail Services Virginia a five-year contract extension for the operation of the commuter rail services in northern Virginia (near the Washington DC metropolitan area). The contract, which includes … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Management, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged commuter rail services, Keolis, Virginia Railway Express, VRE trains
DUBLIN, 24-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Minister for Finance has invited expressions of interest from suitably qualified candidates in the position of Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. This arises from the stated intention of Governor Patrick Honohan to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Ireland, Management, Media
Tagged Central Bank of Ireland, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
MADRID, 24-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — El Banco de España publica hoy en su página web la Memoria de la Supervisión Bancaria en 2014, un ejercicio marcado por la entrada en vigor del Mecanismo Único de Supervisión (MUS), el 4 de … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Spain
Tagged El Banco de España, Memoria de la Supervisión Bancaria 2014
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