England sees sustained moderate growth in business activity at start of third quarter Wales maintains its recent strong performance thanks to pipeline of new orders Yorkshire & Humber and West Midlands remain top-performing regions overall while the North East sees … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, United Kingdom
Tagged Business activity increased across England and Wales, Lloyds, Tim Hinton
ARLINGTON, VA, USA, 09-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of Phase One Consulting Group, Inc., a privately held Alexandria, Virginia-based company specializing in modernization and digital transformation for the federal market. The acquisition of Phase One, which … Read the full press release
Acquisition of Brazilian company strengthens Accenture’s position as a leading innovation partner of companies in Latin America SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, 09-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Concrete Solutions, a Brazilian company that specializes in applying Lean and Agile software-development methodologies … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 08-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, has appointed Hans Ekman as Vice President, Forestry & Recycling Cranes as of 14 August 2017. He will report to Joakim Andersson, head of Hiab’s Cranes Business Line, and be part of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management
Tagged Cargotec, Forestry & Recycling Cranes Hiab, Hans Ekman, Hiab, Joakim Andersson, Jon Lopez
PARIS, 08-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Denmark has the foundations for a sound regime to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, but needs to improve the implementation of measures to mitigate the risks, including through better assessing those risks and enhancing national … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, France, Government
Tagged counter-terrorist financing system, Denmark’s anti-money laundering, FATF
LONDON, 07-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — EY announces the creation of Tax Technology and Transformation, a dedicated group of more than 1,000 tax technology and performance improvement professionals in member firms across the globe that help organizations to redefine their tax functions … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged EY, Jay Nibbe, tax technology, Tax Technology and Transformation
Sales rise by 10 percent to €22 billion in first half of 2017 Sales projection for year as a whole increased to more than €44 billion, earnings outlook confirmed Order intake for the Automotive Group increased to more than €19.5 … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Management
Tagged Continental, Wolfgang Schäfer
Consolidated sales grow by 8.0% to €2,808 million in the first half of the year Operating earnings for the Group improve by 30% to €134 million Automotive increases sales to €1,465 million and operating margin to 8.8% Sales growth of … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Defence, Germany, Industrial
Tagged Armin Papperger, The Rheinmetall Group
Further expansion of the Group’s new growth segment COLOGNE, 04-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Yesterday (01.08.2017) Ströer signed the purchase agreement to acquire the Ranger Group, one of Germany’s largest dialog marketing specialists. The main shareholder Waterland and co-investors are thus selling … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Marketing, Media
Tagged Germany’s largest dialog marketing specialists, Ranger Group, Ströer, Torsten Krause
LUCERNE, 03-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Emmi is selling its 24 % stake in Italian fresh cheese specialist Venchiaredo S.p.A., which is based in Ramuscello and generates sales of approximately EUR 20 million. In doing so, Emmi is focusing its activities in Italy on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Italy, Switzerland
Tagged Emmi, Italian fresh cheese specialist, Venchiaredo S.p.A.
STOCKHOLM, 02-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ASSA ABLOY has acquired SMI (Shree Mahavir Metalcraft), a leading OEM manufacturer of architectural hardware in India. “I am very pleased to welcome SMI into the ASSA ABLOY Group. The acquisition of SMI delivers on our … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Sweden
Tagged architectural hardware in India, ASSA ABLOY, Johan Molin, Magnus Kagevik, OEM manufacturer, SMI
Plant Holdings, Inc. holds the Airbus DS Communications business AMSTERDAM, 01-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has executed a definitive agreement under which Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) will acquire Plant Holdings, Inc., which holds the Airbus … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Netherlands, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Airbus SE, Inc., irbus DS Communications business, Motorola Solutions, Plant Holdings
BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH to start operations in September 2017 Ludwigshafen, Germany, 31-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF SE plans to establish a new Group company, BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH, as of September 1, 2017. This wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH, BASF SE
DHL combines competencies and capabilities under DHL Semiconductor Logistics to provide a full suite of end to end supply chain solutions Launch of the Global Capital Support Center for semiconductor equipment moves with dedicated teams in Europe, Asia Pacific and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Christine Boles, DHL, DHL Semiconductor Logistics, Doug Whaley, Intel
LUXEMBOURG, 26-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Reinet Investments S.C.A.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. has today announced its net asset value as at 30 June 2017 as follows: Quote Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. (‘the Fund’) Net asset value statement as at … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Luxembourg
Tagged asset value, Reinet Fund
AMSTERDAM, 20-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel announces today that Chief Executive Ton Büchner steps down with immediate effect due to health reasons. The company has announced Thierry Vanlancker as the new CEO. Ton joined AkzoNobel in 2012 and has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Management, Netherlands
Tagged AkzoNobel, Antony Burgmans, Thierry Vanlancker, Ton Büchner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJp8oB2wxZo Beijing, China, 17-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wuhan School for The Blind is the only school of its kind in Hubei province, central China. Not only does it cater to pupils who face enormous challenges because of their disabilities, but … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Education, Entertainment, Germany, Government, Internet & Online, Media, Netherlands, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged blind children, blind people, bon cloud, CHILDREN, CHINA, disabilities, Education, Gan Wenjun, hope, Hubei province, music, Richard Clayderman, teacher, Wuhan, Wuhan City School, Zhang Long
Breweries will distribute each other’s beers in home markets LIESHOUT, Netherlands, 17-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Bavaria N.V. is taking another step in its international expansion strategy and is announcing its cooperation with Moritz, the oldest beer brand of Spain and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Netherlands, Spain
Tagged Bavaria N.V., Harm-Jan van Pelt, Moritz, oldest beer brand of Spain
2016 report shows progress in first year of implementing Pearson’s 2020 Sustainability Plan to transform the company’s social, environmental, and economic impact LONDON, 13-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, the world’s learning company, today published its 2016 Sustainability Report, which highlights the … Read the full press release
94% of IT professionals feel perimeter security is effective at keeping unauthorized users out of their networks However, 65% are not extremely confident their data would be secure if perimeter defences were breached and 68% say unauthorized users can access … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Netherlands, Technology
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