HELSINKI, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Montes del Plata, Stora Enso’s 50/50 joint operation with the Chilean pulp producer Arauco, officially inaugurated its industrial complex located in Punta Pereira, Uruguay. The Uruguayan President José Mujica together with government officials from Uruguay, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management
Tagged Arauco, Montes del Plata, Stora Enso
New York, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a contract to renovate and expand Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, California, USA. The contract value is USD 150 M, about SEK 990 M, which will be included in order bookings … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Sweden
Tagged Riverside Community Hospital, Skanska
OSLO, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ocean Yield ASA has today been notified that Aker Oilfield Services (“AKOFS”), a subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has been awarded a contract over five years by Petrobras to provide subsea intervention services offshore Brazil with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Norway
Tagged Aker Solutions, AKOFS's "Aker Wayfarer" vessel, Lars Solbakken, Ocean Yield ASA, Petrobras
Berlin, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Tanzenden Türme haben es geschafft: Das Projekt der STRABAG Real Estate GmbH (SRE) an der Hamburger Reeperbahn hat den 1. Platz beim FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Germany 2014 belegt. Auf der feierlichen Gala am Abend … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Construction, Germany, Management, Real Estate
Tagged FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Germany 2014, Matthias Pirschel, STRABAG Real Estate
BERN, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BKW Group achieved a strong result in the first half of 2014, recording an increase in total operating revenue. Operating profit before depreciation, amortisation and impairment decreased to CHF 224 million and net profit to CHF … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Switzerland
Tagged BKW Group
BERN, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BKW is now active in the heating installation market. In order to accelerate market entry, it has acquired the companies Neukom Installationen AG (Rafz), Hertig Haustechnik AG (Wohlen) and Cantoni Haustechnik AG (Wohlen). All three of … Read the full press release
Three out of four car purchases are made through manufacturer/independent dealerships Nottingham, UK, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Drivers aged between 18 to 24 are the least likely to use the internet as the first source of information before buying a car, … Read the full press release
Wintershall to acquire shares in oil and gas fields from Statoil for 1.25 billion US Dollar Daily production in Norway will increase to around 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent Kassel, Germany, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF Group company Wintershall is further … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Management, Norway
Tagged BASF Group company, Helge Lund, Kurt Bock, s oil and gas production, Statoil ASA, Wintershall
MANCHESTER, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — British entrepreneur Lawrence Jones has completed a multi-million pound deal to acquire the UK company behind an exclusive ski resort’s first ever hotel. The UKFast CEO this week completed the purchase of Town and Field … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Management, Real Estate, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Lawrence Jones, Le Farinet hotel and bar, Switzerland, Town and Field which, UKFast, Verbier
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
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Spain, Technology
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
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Society, Spain
Tagged Gamesa, gender equality, ONCE Foundation
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
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
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged Allynis Trusted Services Hub, Claude Deturche, Gemalto, mobile payment services
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 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
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Switzerland
Tagged Christian Huguet, ERDF, John Harris, Landis+Gyr, ‘Linky’ meters
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
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
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Management, Media
Tagged Lagardère, Ramzi Khiroun, Thierry Funck-Brentano
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 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
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Technology
Tagged Australian Tiger helicopter simulator, Thales, Tiger FFMS
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
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Management, Technology
Tagged Riadh Cammoun, Sandrine Bielecki, Tarik Lahlou, Thales Alenia Space
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