Cloud-based ERP and Services to Help Drive Company’s Growth Initiatives New York, N.Y., 11-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced that it has been selected by TGI FridaysTM … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 8-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Leena Lie, M.Sc. (Econ.), (b. 1968) has been appointed Senior Vice President, Communications at Cargotec Corporation as of August 1, 2015. She will be a member of Cargotec’s Extended Executive Board and report to President … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management, Transportation & Logistics
PARIS, 8-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivendi announced today the closing of the sale of its 20% interest in Numericable-SFR. In line with the agreements outlined in its February 27, 2015 press release, the Group received today from Numericable-SFR a first … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Financial, France, Management, Media
Tagged Altice France, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Numericable-SFR, Vivendi
AMSTERDAM, 8-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ:VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services operating in 14 countries and headquartered in Amsterdam, shows its support for local entrepreneurs via its partnership with StartupAmsterdam, a public-private initiative focused … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Netherlands, Small Business, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Amsterdam entrepreneurs, Augie Fabela, Ruben Nieuwenhuis, StartupAmsterdam, VimpelCom
MUNICH, 8-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Siltronic AG is preparing for an Initial Public Offering and a subsequent listing on the Frankfurt Stock exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard). Wacker Chemie AG’s Executive and Supervisory Boards approved its subsidiary’s IPO plans. Execution … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management
Tagged Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Siltronic AG, Wacker Chemie AG
SPECIAL INCOME FROM RETAINED ADVANCE PAYMENTS AND COMPENSATORY PAYMENTS LIKELY TO INCREASE SECOND-QUARTER EBIT BY SOME €78 MILLION MUNICH, 8-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Wacker Chemie AG and a solar-sector customer have agreed to terminate their contractual and delivery relationships. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Management
MADRID, 7-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solunion, the trade credit insurance joint venture created by Euler Hermes and MAPFRE, has formally commenced operations in Uruguay, offering local companies solutions and services designed to develop their business securely, providing access to its international risk … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Insurance, Management, Spain
Tagged Euler Hermes, Fernando Pérez-Serrabona, joint venture, MAPFRE, Solunion, trade credit insurance
PARIS, 7-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Euler Hermes, the worldwide leader in trade credit insurance, announces several senior executive appointments in its APAC region and a new global head of Distribution. Victor Jiang is appointed chief executive officer of Euler Hermes China, based … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Insurance, Management
Tagged Celine Ang, Euler Hermes, Pascal Personne, Victor Jiang, Wilfried Verstraete
Munich, Germany, 7-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced that it has purchased all outstanding shares of LS Power Semitech Co., Ltd., a company established in 2009 as a joint-venture of Infineon and LS Industrial … Read the full press release
Increase by €400 million supports further development of G+J Optimization of structures and processes following full takeover Gütersloh, Germany, 7-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The international media, services and education company Bertelsmann is supporting the further development of Gruner + Jahr … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, Media
Tagged Bertelsmann, Bertelsmann Pension Trust, Gruner + Jahr GmbH & Co KG, Thomas Rabe
Gütersloh, Germany, 7-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Annual General Meeting today elected the Israeli entrepreneur and investor Gigi Levy-Weiss (44) as a new member of the company’s Supervisory Board. Gigi Levy-Weiss is an angel investor … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Management, Media
Tagged Bodo Uebber, Christiane Sussieck, Christoph Mohn, Dr Karl-Ludwig Kley, Dr. Brigitte Mohn, Dr. Wulf H. Bernotat, Gigi Levy-Weiss, Hans Dieter Pötsch, Hartmut Ostrowski, Helmut Gettkant, Ian Hudson, investor, Israeli entrepreneur, Kai Brettmann, Kasper Rorsted, Lars Rebien Sørensen, Liz Mohn, Murat Cetin, Prof. Dr. Ing. Werner J. Bauer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg, The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Revenues increase to €3.92 billion Operating EBITDA up nearly 7 percent to €463 million Solid increase in Group net income Key advances in developing the education business Gütersloh, Germany, 7-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bertelsmann, the international media, services and education … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Media
Tagged Bertelsmann, international media, Thomas Rabe
PARIS, 6-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Lafarge has published its fifteenth annual sustainability report, highlighting the acceleration it is making in the field of sustainable development, particularly in tackling the challenges of climate change. The report covers Lafarge’s social, economic and environmental … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, France, Industrial, Management
Tagged Bruno Lafont, Lafarge, sustainability, Sustainability Report
Paris and Zurich, 6-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Lafarge and Holcim have received final approval for their proposed merger from the competition authorities in the United States and Canada. All competition approvals necessary for closing the transaction have now been obtained … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, France, Industrial, Management, Switzerland
Tagged holcim, Lafarge, merger clearances
Two global leaders in their respective fields have named Sapa as one of their 2014 suppliers of the year. OSLO, 6-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ContiTech Vibration Control has honored Sapa’s aluminium extrusion plant in Slovakia, and Stihl has presented its … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals, Norway
Tagged ContiTech, Hubbe Vanneste, Sapa, Stihl, Teodor Kvapil
Apply now! Prizes awarded to 16 regional winners and one na-tional winner Award ceremony and selection of winner by audience on 8 October 2015 in Berlin Frankfurt am Main, 6-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The application period has started for this … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Technology
Tagged Award, KfW Entrepreneurs' Award 2015, start-ups
KfW Research foresees only a slight rise of 0.9% for 2015 compared with the previous year Increasing dynamism over the coming year thanks to growing capacity utilisation in the economy Frankfurt am Main, 6-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — After a very … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Marketing
Tagged Dr Jörg Zeuner, German corporate investments, KfW, KfW Investment Barometer
PARIS, 6-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran and the European Trade Union IndustriAll* signed a three-year, Europe-wide agreement in late March concerning the development of employee skills and careers. The agreement applies to all employees at Safran companies within the scope … Read the full press release
PARIS, 6-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran has launched Safran Corporate Ventures, a new corporate venture capital (CVC) company that will invest in innovative startups. With initial investment capital of about 50 million euros for a period of three years, this … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Marketing, Technology
Tagged Grégoire Aladjidi, Hélène de Cointet, innovative startups, Safran, venture capital firm
Luxembourg, 5-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On 30 April 2015, ArcelorMittal signed a US$6,000,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility (incorporating 3 and 5 year tranches) (the “Facility”). The Facility will replace the US$2,400,000,000 revolving credit facility agreement dated 6 May 2010 and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged ArcelorMittal, mining, revolving credit facility, STEEL
EuropaWire (EW) is the first truly pan-European and leading press release distribution and newswire service for Europe and the European Union working towards consolidating Europe’s voice on the global newswire and media scene. The newswire service comes with advanced submission forms, flexible pricing and PR budgeting, granular targeting, nearly uncapped reach across countries, markets, verticals, industries, audiences, languages, etc., translation and localisation for greater local PR impact, in-depth distribution reporting, metrics and insights including measured PR reach, reads, engagements, impact, etc., no cap on words, images and multimedia to go along with your release, among others. Your press releases will be seen among the releases of Europe’s biggest and most prominent companies, brands and institutions. Here you can learn more about EuropaWire’s mission, achievements, services, etc.
HOW TO GET STARTED?