Vilnius, Lithuania, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Recently Locatory.com has launched Amber A.I., an artificial intelligence spare parts procurement assistant, capable of recognizing aircraft part numbers, conditions and quantities from any email. Today the company has presented a new plugin to complement the … Read the full press release
ArcelorMittal Europe today announced results for the first quarter of 2014. Luxembourg, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The segment recorded an operating profit of €58 million for the first three months of 2014. This compares with an operating loss of €396 million in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Luxembourg, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Aditya Mittal, ArcelorMittal, steel and mining company
Brussels, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay and AkzoNobel have joined forces with EY (Ernst & Young) to jointly develop a monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials in paints, coatings and other applications. The partnership … Read the full press release
Brussels, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay and INEOS have today obtained European Commission clearance for their proposed 50/50 chlorvinyls Joint Venture. Commission clearance is subject to implementation of an agreed remedy package comprising divestment of the following INEOS owned assets: the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, European Union, Management
Tagged 50/50 chlorvinyls joint venture, European Commission clearance, INEOS, Solvay
GfK survey analyzes market potential for energy efficiency services Nuremberg, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still showing reluctance when it comes to using energy efficiency services (EEDL). This is attributable to the highly varied supplier … Read the full press release
Empowering organisations to accelerate their move to digital business while enabling IT to become a Cloud Service Broker Las Vegas, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Canopy, the Atos cloud, powered by EMC² and VMware, announced at EMC World today its strategy and supporting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Internet & Online, Technology
Tagged Atos, Atos cloud, Canopy, Caroline Crouch, Darren Ratcliffe, Dave O’Callaghan, EMC², Michelle De Hertogh, VMware
Madrid, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Linette Field, the current Head of Division of the Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision II of the European Central Bank, has been appointed to head one of the six Deputy Directorates General of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which … Read the full press release
Revenues: €1,095Mn (+4%). EBITDA: €686Mn (+8.2%). Net profit: €125Mn (+6% recurrent). Traffic January-April 2014: +3.8% across whole Abertis network, +2.7% in Spain Barcelona, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Abertis outperformed market profit forecasts in the first quarter of 2014, with its main performance indicators … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Spain, Technology, Telecom
New hospital site for Karolinska in Solna, Sweden will have access to state-of-the art imaging solutions and services for a 14-year term at predictable costs Agreement includes research and innovation collaboration that unites researchers from industry, hospital and academia Solna, … Read the full press release
The fund will invest in promising auto tech and local services companies in collaboration with HERE, a Nokia company, to grow the ecosystem around HERE’s mapping and location products and services. Espoo, Finland, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia today announced the launch … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Finland, Investment, Management, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged HERE, Michael Halbherr, NGP, Nokia, Nokia Growth Partners, Paul Asel, Rajeev Suri
NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced today that Jorge Benitez will step down on June 1 as chief executive – United States and senior managing director – North America and retire from the company on Aug. 31, 2014. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged Accentur, Alex Pachetti, Jorge Benitez, Pierre Nanterme
NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in Oracle Application Services Providers by Forrester Research, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm. Accenture received the highest scores in numerous criteria, including Cloud deployment for Oracle, Experience … Read the full press release
NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed Stephen J. Rohleder to the newly created position of group chief executive – North America, to support the company’s continued focus on building a strong leadership position in key geographic markets. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged Accenture, Daniel T. London, Stephen J. Rohleder
Copenhagen, Denmark, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — FLSmidth has received orders worth approximately USD 43m (approximately DKK 231m) from the Mongolian company, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group, to supply engineering, procurement and site construction services for the Tsagaan Suvarga copper-molybdenum concentrator project. This greenfield plant, … Read the full press release
Billund, Denmark, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nordic Aviation Capital is pleased to confirm that it has leased one ATR 72-500, MSN 499 to HOP! (formally Airlinair). HOP! provide a regional feeder service throughout France on behalf of Air France. Nordic Aviation Capital A/S … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Denmark, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Air France, Airlinair, ATR 72-500, HOP!, Jim Murphy, MSN 499, Nordic Aviation Capital
Ghent, Belgium, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Angie Clocheret and Sibylle Van Belle, 2 assistant academic staff and PhD students in tax law at Ghent University, have won the ‘Excellence in Law’ award at the International Academic Conference on Law and Politics (IACLP) … Read the full press release
Ghent, Belgium, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Governors of Ghent University has appointed Wim Van Camp as the new general manager of UGent TechTransfer, as from 1 May 2014. He will succeed Marc Zabeau, Managing partner and founder of QBIC … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Law, Society
Tagged CropDesign, Ghent University, UGent TechTransfer, Wim Van Camp
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, 7-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Open Blue is pleased to announce its initial launch into the European market. As a company operating at the forefront of the mariculture industry, expansion into foreign markets is a top priority for … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Food & Beverage, News, Retail
Tagged Bernie Leger, Heiddis Olafsdottir, mariculture, Mike Magnus, Open Blue, Open Blue Cobia, Open Blue Global Services, open ocean harvested fish, open ocean mariculture, premium fish, sashimi-grade whitefish, seafood, seafood consumption
Skanska has signed a contract with Akademiska Hus AB to build a laboratory for medical research at Karolinska Institutet Campus in Solna, Sweden. The contract is worth about SEK 400 M, which will be included in order bookings for Skanska … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Management, Real Estate, Science, Sweden
Tagged Akademiska Hus AB, Bengt Staaff, Edvard Lind, Karolinska Institutet Campus in Solna, Skanska, Sweden
Skanska has signed a contract with Osuuskauppa Arina to construct a shopping center and residential apartment complex in Oulu, Finland. The investment amounts to a total of EUR 100 M, about SEK 890 M. Skanska’s construction contract is worth approximately … Read the full press release
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