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
• Darmstadt-based company holds global rights to the name Merck with exception of the U.S. and Canada Darmstadt, Germany, 7-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck, the supplier of top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceuticals and chemicals sectors, today clarified that it will … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Management, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Gangolf Schrimpf, Merck, pharmaceuticals and chemicals sectors
• Group sales up by 8 % at local currency • Increase in sales by 12 % in Emerging Markets • EBITDA up 9 % to € 101 million – EBITDA margin of 21.5 % • Earnings per share rise … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Financial, France, Germany, Management
Tagged Bernhard Kott, Diana, Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram, French Diana Group, Symrise
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — With the opening of a new Container Freight Station in Cambodia, Kuehne + Nagel extends its network in the South Asia-Pacific region. As second largest facility in Phnom Penh’s special economic zone it offers … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alexander Wolski, Cambodia, Container Freight, Gino Marzola, Kuehne + Nagel
Experian DataLabs use breakthrough data experimentation, analytical science and technology to solve business problems Costa Mesa, Calif., 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Experian®, the leading global information services company, today announced that Eric Haller will be the executive vice president of Experian … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Eric Haller, Experian, Experian DataLabs, Kerry Williams, Michael Troncale
Adhesives Market Leader with Dedicated Food Safety Information Platform Düsseldorf, Germany, 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A large number of food packages contain adhesives developed with Henkel’s renowned expertise and know-how, generating increased confidence among consumers and also, in particular, customers operating in … Read the full press release
Henkel Ambassadors show others how to achieve more with less Düsseldorf, Germany, 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Through the Ambassador Program, Henkel aims to establish a wider understanding of sustainability among the general public. Since 2012, Henkel has trained 2,000 ambassadors. Henkel aims … Read the full press release
The agreement contemplates the installation of 72 G97-2.0 MW wind turbines at the Chui complex being developed by Eolicas do Sul. Since the beginning of its operations in Brazil, the company has signed firm orders for more than 1.400 MW. … Read the full press release
London/Rotterdam, 5-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever and Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM), a renewable oil and bio-products company, announced today the initial introduction of sustainable Algal Oils for one of Unilever’s biggest soap brands, Lux. Lux is first soap brand in the … Read the full press release
Dublin, Ireland, 5-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Central Bank of Ireland has today published a paper, circulated this week to credit unions and their trade bodies, on the findings of its assessment of governance and risk management standards and practices across … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged PRISM risk assessment, Sharon Donnery, The Central Bank of Ireland
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