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SGL Group’s HITCO Carbon Composites received Supplier Award from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Arkadelphia, AR, US, 20-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — HITCO Carbon Composites – a subsidiary of SGL Group – The Carbon Company announced today that it received the 2012 Supplier Award for Outstanding Quality and Delivery performance from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) … Read the full press release

Euler Hermes adds specialized Single Risk & Political Risk insurance team based in Singapore

Hong Kong / Singapore, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Euler Hermes, the world’s leading provider of trade credit insurance, is expanding its services in Asia Pacific with the addition of a specialized Single Risk & Political Risk insurance team based in Singapore. … Read the full press release

Solunion consolidates former Chile, Colombia and Mexico activities of its joint venture shareholders Euler Hermes and MAPFRE

Madrid, Spain, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Following local regulatory approvals, Solunion will consolidate the former Chile, Colombia and Mexico activities of its joint venture shareholdersEuler Hermes and MAPFRE. Solunion provides credit insurance solutions with the world’s largest risk database and the widest … Read the full press release

wpd europe GmbH buys Finish wind farm project Tohkoja from Fortum

Bremen, Germany, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — wpd europe GmbH buys the wind farm project Tohkoja, situated on Finland’s west coast, from Finnish energy provider Fortum. wpd is planning the project with up to 26 wind turbines and an overall capacity of up … Read the full press release

Arvato Financial Solutions to acquire Dutch pay-after-delivery payment services provider AfterPay

Gütersloh, Germany, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Arvato Financial Solutions is taking over the Dutch payment services provider “AfterPay.” The company, which the Arvato subsidiary has cooperated with for the past two years, is a provider of “pay after delivery” payment solutions … Read the full press release

ETNO welcomes the priorities for the telecommunications sector set by the Greek Government for its EU presidency

Brussels, Belgium, 16-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ETNO welcomes the priorities for the telecommunications sector set by the Greek Government for its presidency. ETNO will actively cooperate with the Greek presidency so that it can deliver by 30 June on these measures, which … Read the full press release

MAPFRE abre un nuevo Centro del Automóvil en Valencia

El centro prevé dar servicio a unos 8.000 vehículos al año y tiene capacidad para albergar hasta 27 vehículos al día Madrid, Spain, 16-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — MAPFRE abre un nuevo Centro del Automóvil en Valencia (C/ Dels Gremis, 8) para prestar un … Read the full press release

Audi announced it won numerous awards in December 2013

Ingolstadt, Germany, 16-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Audi Chairman Rupert Stadler honored as “Influencer of the Year” Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, has been voted “Influencer of the Year” by roughly 100 managers of the German automotive … Read the full press release

Audi unveils the most exclusive model version in its new A8 car line – the A8 L Security

Ingolstadt, Germany, 16-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Launch of the most exclusive model version in Audi’s new A8 car line – the A8 L Security. The high-security version of the luxury sedan meets the highest level of criteria that apply to civilian vehicles. … Read the full press release

Euronext Amsterdam, banks, institutional investors and Robeco to establish dutch entrepreneurs fund NL Ondernemingsfonds

Combining the strength and expertise of banks and institutional investors  Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On the initiative of Euronext Amsterdam, banks, institutional investors and Robeco are joining forces to set up the NL Ondernemingsfonds to provide financing for businesses in … Read the full press release

Stadler Pankow GmbH to deliver 20 Tango/S-DT8.12 light rail vehicles to Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG

Delivery of vehicles to begin in the middle of 2016 Berlin, Germany, 16-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG has ordered another 206 S-DT8.12 light rail vehicles from Stadler Pankow GmbH, thus exercising the first option of their contract from spring 2010. The … Read the full press release

Wincor Nixdorf to demonstrate new mobile applications for stationary retail chain stores at Wincor World 2014

Paderborn, Germany, 15-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — There’s a particular highlight waiting for visitors to Wincor World 2014: in the lifelike environment of an s.Oliver store, Wincor Nixdorf will be demonstrating the possibilities of new mobile applications for stationary retail chain stores. … Read the full press release

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) relies on Wincor Nixdorf to update its self-service channel

Paderborn, Germany, 15-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Spanish financial institution Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), one of the world’s most innovative banks, focuses rigorously on offering its customers an optimum banking experience no matter which delivery channel they use. That’s why the … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä Corporation to publish its Financial Statements Bulletin for 2013 on 29 January 2014

Helsinki, Finland, 15-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä Corporation Financial Calendar 15 January 2014 at 10.00 a.m. EET Wärtsilä Corporation will publish its Financial Statements Bulletin for the year 2013 on Wednesday 29 January 2014 at 8.30 a.m. Finnish time. The report will … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä announced its first ever Wärtsilä X72 mid-bore engine passed the factory acceptance test

Helsinki, Finland, 15-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, is pleased to announce that the first ever Wärtsilä X72 mid-bore, low-speed engine has successfully passed the factory acceptance test. This milestone verifies that the engine … Read the full press release

Barry Callebaut increased its sales volume by 19.5% to 463,996 tonnes in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013/14

Sales volume growth: +19.5% incl. the recently acquired cocoa business (+4.6% stand-alone¹) Main growth drivers were the newly acquired cocoa business, emerging markets (+19.1% stand-alone) and Gourmet (+9.7% stand-alone) Mid-term financial targets confirmed² Juergen Steinemann, CEO of Barry Callebaut, said: … Read the full press release

VINCI subsidiaries awarded contract for four LNG storage tanks for Yamal LNG in Russia

Rueil-Malmaison, France, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Entrepose Contracting and VINCI Construction Grands Projets, both subsidiaries of VINCI, have been awarded a contract with JSC Yamal LNG, owned by NOVATEK (80 %) and TOTAL (20 %), to perform an engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning … Read the full press release

VINCI announced ASF (Autoroutes du Sud de la France) issued €600 million bond maturing in January 2024

Rueil-Malmaison, France, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — VINCI announces the successful placement by ASF (Autoroutes du Sud de la France) of a €600 million bond issue maturing in January 2024, with an annual coupon of 2.95%. The issue was approximately 4 times oversubscribed, thus … Read the full press release

ThyssenKrupp merged Uhde, Polysius and Fördertechnik into ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions

Uhde, Polysius and Fördertechnik combined under the roof of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions – company is one of the world’s leading engineering and construction firms Essen, Germany, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its strategic way forward, ThyssenKrupp is strengthening its plant … Read the full press release