STOCKHOLM, 17-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — SSAB has signed an agreement to acquire 51% of the shares of G&G Mining Fabrication Pty Ltd in Perth, Western Australia. The company specializes in the refurbishment, manufacture and design of large fabrications for heavy earth moving … Read the full press release
The city of Toulouse now has a solution – designed in collaboration with Bull – that instantaneously monitors polling trends Paris, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bull has been chosen by the city of Toulouse to design and build a Business Intelligence (BI)1 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Management, Technology
Tagged Aurélie Negro, Bull, Business Intelligence (BI) solution, city of Toulouse, monitors polling trends
Initial focus on insulin-device combinations and care management services Paris and Minneapolis, Minn., 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Society
Tagged d Pascale Witz, Diabetes, Medtronic, Omar Ishrak, Sanofi
Kassel, Germany, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — For the third year in a row, the proportion of women in senior management at K+S has continued to increase. In 2013 the proportion of women in management positions in Germany came to 11.2% compared … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Dr. Thomas Nöcker, K+S, Michael Wudonig, women in management positions
Kortrijk, Belgium, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — NV Bekaert SA (“Bekaert” or, the “Company”) announces today the successful placement of 0.75% senior unsecured convertible bonds due June 2018 (the “Bonds”), for a principal amount of € 300 million. Payment for and delivery of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Industrial, Management
Tagged Bruno Humblet, NV Bekaert SA, senior unsecured convertible bonds
Moscow, Russia, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, participated in a festive celebration today dedicated to the commissioning of a mining and concentration complex at the Vladimir Grib field. The V.Grib field development … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — LUKOIL Overseas (the Operator of LUKOIL’s overseas upstream projects) has informed Iraq’s Ministry of Oil that it has fulfilled its contractual obligations for first commercial production at West Qurna-2. LUKOIL, the Operator of the West Qurna-2 project, successfully … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Russia
Tagged Andrey Kuzyaev, Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, LUKOIL, West Qurna-2
Turin, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Fiat met today and approved the issuance of one or more bonds, for a total amount of up to 4 billion euros – or equivalent amount in other currencies – to be … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Italy, Management
Tagged bond issuances for total amount of up to 4 billion euros, Fiat
Turin, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Fiat S.p.A. (“Fiat”) announced today that it has approved the cross border merger terms (“merger plan”) governing the merger of Fiat into its wholly owned subsidiary Fiat Investments N.V. This subsidiary, which … Read the full press release
Turin, 16-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Effective June 23, Gian Maria Gros Pietro, Chairman of the Management Board of Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., will resign as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors on the grounds of the upcoming entry into force … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Italy, Management
Tagged Fiat, Gian Maria Gros Pietro, Glenn Earle, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
Nuremberg, Germany, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On 16-18 June, GfK and E-Commerce Europe will be presenting new insights on the challenges and opportunities for global e-commerce, as part of the opening keynote speech for the Global E-Commerce Summit in Barcelona. In addition, E-Commerce … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Internet & Online, Marketing, Retail
Tagged Andrew Phipps, E-Commerce Europe, GfK, Global E-Commerce Summit in Barcelona
Nuremberg, Germany, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — GfK today announced the launch of GfK MarketBuilder, an innovation management solution that proactively drives successful commercialization and market launch of new products and services. Based on a new model that puts actual consumer behavior (not … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Management, Marketing
Tagged GfK, GfK MarketBuilder, Marilyn Raymond
NEW YORK, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The overwhelming majority of business-to-business (B2B) organizations are spending more on initiatives to improve their customers’ experience but many are not getting the most return on those investments, according to new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged Accenture, B2B organizations, Robert Wollan
Accenture Recognized as HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for Software – Enterprise Security NEW YORK, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for Software – Enterprise Security at HP Discover 2014 in … Read the full press release
New Hong Kong Accelerator Offers Cutting-Edge Financial-Technology Entrepreneurs Access to Leading Institutions in Asia Accenture, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Barclays, China Construction Bank (Asia), DBS, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Ping An and UBS, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged Accenture, Alan Goldstein, Alex Lee, Arthur Wong, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific, Herman Lam Heung-yeung, James Kennedy, Jim McGill, Maria Gotsch, Morgan Stanley, Raymond Cheng, Richard Lee, Samson Chan, Simon Lucocq, Sushil Saluja
Vantaa, Finland, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Stora Enso has awarded Pöyry with the assignment for the engineering and site services for the pulp mill rebuild and paper machine conversion project at its Varkaus Mill in Finland. The assignment relates to the pulp mill … Read the full press release
KARVINÁ, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — OKD Darkov Mine with over 3 thousands employees was awarded the Golden Permon in 2013 for its extraordinary achievements in the area of safety, the category Mining activity carried out underground – a hard coal mine. … Read the full press release
Stockholm, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Husqvarna Group will establish a new organization for its forest and garden operations which follows the brand dimension with a global profit and loss responsibility. The Construction division will continue in its current form. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Industrial, Management, Sweden
Tagged forest and garden operations, Gardena, Husqvarna Group, Kai Wärn
Zurich, 12-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Atos, an IT services company, today announced it has acquired Cambridge Technology Partners (Cambridge), a leading IT consulting firm in the Swiss market. With 300 employees, the acquisition will accelerate the growth of Atos and strengthen its … Read the full press release
Barcelona, 12-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Abertis has completed today a process of accelerated placement with qualified investors a 5.01% stake of Eutelsat, the whole stake that Abertis still controlled in the European satellite operator. The placement, managed by UBS Limited and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged abertis, Barclays Bank PLC, China Investment Corporation, European satellite operator, Eutelsat, UBS Limited
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