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FrieslandCampina won Asia Pacific Best Sustainable Business Practice Award at the 4th CMO Asia Sustainability Excellence Awards 2014 in Singapore

FrieslandCampina was crowned the winner of Asia Pacific Best Sustainable Business Practice Award at the 4th CMO Asia Sustainability Excellence Awards 2014 in Singapore. In a tough competition against a great number of international peers, FrieslandCampina won over the judges … Read the full press release

Lafarge and Holcim reveal further details on their proposal for comprehensive divestments in Brazil as part of their planned merger

PARIS, 13-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Lafarge and Holcim today announce further details on their proposal for comprehensive divestments in Brazil, as part of their planned merger of equals to create LafargeHolcim, the most advanced and innovative Group in the building materials … Read the full press release

KfW IPEX-Bank provides EUR 51m to finance the export of special equipment to Brazil for the environmentally friendly production of particle boards

Bilateral loan of EUR 51 million SMEs deliver special equipment for environmentally friendly production Recycling: wood chips processed into various particle board materials FRANKFURT, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW IPEX-Bank is using a loan worth EUR 51m to finance the export of … Read the full press release

Safran filed the French version of its 2014 Half- Year Financial Report with Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF

Paris, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran (NYSE Euronext Paris: SAF) has filed the French version of its 2014 Half- Year Financial Report (Rapport Financier Semestriel) with the French financial markets authority (Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF). The 2014 Half-Year Financial Report … Read the full press release

The Asian Development Bank, ORIX Corporation and Robeco Institutional Asset Management formed joint venture for private equity investments in climate-related transactions throughout Asia

Rotterdam, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Asian Development Bank (ADB), ORIX Corporation (ORIX) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (Robeco) today announced the formation of Asia Climate Partners (ACP), a joint venture that will undertake commercially-oriented private equity investments across a … Read the full press release

Poland’s Ministry of State Treasury places Grupa Azoty on the list of strategic enterprises

Tarnów, Poland, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On August 5th 2014, the Ministry of State Treasury announced that Grupa Azoty had been placed on the list of strategic enterprises. Below is presented the full text of the announcement. The Council of Ministers has reviewed … Read the full press release

EE’s latest 4GEE Mobile Living Index reveals 4G improves Brits’ work life balance

Latest 4GEE Media Living Index shows 4G is improving work life balance – 13% of customers say they have one hour’s extra leisure time as a result of being more productive using superfast mobile internet Over three quarters (77%) of … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä lands second design contract for its new series of arctic platform supply vessels

Helsinki, Finland, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A second confirmed design contract for Wärtsilä’s new series of arctic platform supply vessels has been signed. This latest order is for a multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) being built by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey on … Read the full press release

IBERDROLA installs Spain’s first three million smart meters within the framework of the STAR project

Within the framework of the STAR project for implementing next generation power grids This initiative, underway in nine autonomous communities, will conclude in 2018 and have an overall investment of € 2,000 million By the end of the year, the … Read the full press release

LCH.Clearnet Limited granted clearing house recognition by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)

LONDON, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — LCH.Clearnet Limited (LCH.Clearnet) has been granted clearing house recognition by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). Following recognition, LCH.Clearnet will offer SwapClear, RepoClear, ForexClear and Nodal clearing services to LCH.Clearnet’s clearing members based in Quebec. Michael … Read the full press release

HSH Nordbank AG’s expert market survey: Confidence among shipping companies in the industry continues to grow

Shipping companies predict increased turnover and profits in 2014 Strong dynamic growth and increasing rates are expected in the bulk carrier market Shipping companies also see market opportunities for smaller and very large container vessels A wave of new construction … Read the full press release

HSH Nordbank AG to finance GP JOULE Group of Reussenkröge’s two solar park portfolios Aquitaine and Biscaya in southern France

Hamburg/Kiel, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank is providing finance to its long-standing client, GP JOULE Group of Reussenkröge, for the two solar park portfolios Aquitaine and Biscaya in the south of France. The portfolios, which were developed by the Schleswig-Holstein-based company … Read the full press release

Hexagon reports EUR 635.6 million net sales in January – June 2014

Stockholm, Sweden, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon reports EUR 635.6 million net sales in January – June 2014 Second quarter 2014 Net sales amounted to 635.6 MEUR (635.1) Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure, net sales increased by 6 … Read the full press release

National Grid begins £40 million gas mains replacement scheme in London on Monday 18 August

Vital work is part of National Grid’s £40 million London gas mains replacement scheme National Grid has brought the work forward to fit in with local regeneration work Road and lane closures and diversions will be kept to a minimum … Read the full press release

National Grid to begin the latest phase of its work to replace gas mains in Nine Elms Lane, Wandsworth

Victorian gas mains being replaced with ultra-tough new pipes Work is part of a £40million scheme to replace gas mains in London Minimal dig technology being used to minimise disruption LONDON, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — National Grid is poised to begin … Read the full press release

LHR Airports Limited: 6.97 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in July 2014 making it Heathrow’s busiest month ever

LONDON, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — LHR Airports Limited: 6.97 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in July 2014 making it Heathrow’s busiest ever month 6.97million passengers travelled through Heathrow in July 2014, an increase of 0.5% on July 2013 and Heathrow’s busiest … Read the full press release

Leica Geosystems announced NM Group selected its latest Leica RCD30 aerial medium format cameras to capture infrastructure assets with the highest quality

Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce that NM Group has selected three sets of its latest Leica RCD30 aerial medium format cameras as a multi-angle camera system to capture infrastructure assets with the highest quality. … Read the full press release

Kaspersky Lab research reveals Epic operation is the initial stage of the Turla victim infection mechanism

MOSCOW, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The “Epic” operation serves as the first phase in a multi-stage infection of the Turla campaign Turla, also known as Snake or Uroburos is one of the most sophisticated ongoing cyber-espionage campaigns. When the first research on … Read the full press release

Kantar’s The Futures Company expands its Asia-Pacific operation with new office in Shanghai

Names Kunal Sinha as Chairman, Asia-Pacific SHANGHAI, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Futures Company is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Shanghai, expanding its Asia-Pacific operation following the successful launch of a Singapore office in 2013. The Futures Company … Read the full press release

WPP’s wholly-owned company POSSIBLE acquired Double Encore, Inc. in the United States

LONDON, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — WPP announces that its wholly-owned company, POSSIBLE, the global creative digital agency, has acquired Double Encore, Inc. in the United States. Double Encore’s unaudited revenues for the period ended 31 December 2013 were US$8.0 million with … Read the full press release