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Egis signed with Gebze-İzmir motorway concessionaire OTOYOL AS for its operation and maintenance

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Le 24 juin 2013, Egis a signé un contrat pour l’exploitation et la maintenance de l’autoroute Gebze-Izmir en Turquie avec OTOYOL, le concessionnaire désigné par la Direction Générale des Autoroutes de Turquie (« KGM »). Ce nouveau … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, France, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics, Turkey

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FBI’s Next Generation Identification system integrated by Lockheed Martin incorporates Morpho’s latest algorithms to process and match latent finger and palm prints

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

Alexandria, Va., 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system improvements that became operational in May include a threefold increase in latent fingerprint search accuracy and create the first nationwide palm print identification system thanks to biometric technology developed by Morpho … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Defence, France, Government, Law, Security & Safety, Technology

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Claude Poulain elected Chairman and CEO of French-Russian joint venture PowerJet

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

Evry-Courcouronnes, France, 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Claude Poulain is the new Chairman and CEO of PowerJet, decision made by the board of directors who met on July 8th at Snecma’s headquarters (Safran). He replaces Jacques Desclaux who is taking up other duties. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Management, Russia, Transportation & Logistics

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Safran’s high-technology company Morpho to supply automated biometric identification systems to INTERPOL

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

LYON, France, 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A partnership agreement will see Morpho (Safran) provide INTERPOL with a range of innovative biometric solutions and other technical support to enhance global security. The partnership covers the supply of automated biometric identification systems to INTERPOL, … Read the full press release →

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German KfW and Russian state Vnesheconombank to cooperate on environmental finance

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

Signed memorandum of understanding on cooperation in environmental finance Cooperation between two partner banks of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC)  18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today KfW and the Russian state corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank, VEB) … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Russia

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Pegasus Airlines has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power its new fleet of 75 firm, 25 option A320neo/A321neo aircraft

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

Deliveries set to begin in 2016 WEST CHESTER, Ohio, 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Pegasus Airlines has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power its new fleet of 75 firm, 25 option A320neo/A321neo aircraft. The airplane order was announced in December … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, Turkey

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Egis was head engineer for the construction of the newly opened landing port at Carabane, Senegal

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On Saturday 6 July 2013, Senegal inaugurated the new landing port at Carabane. Plansto relaunch the Dakar – Ziguinchor sea route started up after the September 2002 disaster of the sinking of MV Le Joola. The former … Read the full press release →

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Chantal Grésillion appointed VP, Continuous Improvement at Turbomeca

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — As from 1st July, Chantal Grésillion has been appointed VP, Continuous Improvement. Chantal Grésillion (55 years old), a graduate of ENSMA (Graduate School for Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering), began her career in 1982 with Dassault Aviation within their Structures … Read the full press release →

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Japan financial services group ORIX Corporation and Rabobank announce Robeco Groep N.V. acquisition completed

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ORIX Corporation (ORIX), Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., (Rabobank) and Robeco Groep N.V. (Robeco) announce, further to the press release dated February 19th[1], 2013 and earlier than expected, that the acquisition of Robeco by ORIX has been completed. … Read the full press release →

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Icade acquired Saint-Etienne based private hospital Hôpital de la Loire

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Icade Santé has acquired the Hôpital de la Loire, a private hospital in Saint-Etienne (Loire), from the ACAPACE Group and a family investment company SOFIVAL, for 58 million euros including duties. The hospital is a 305-bed … Read the full press release →

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Russia’s largest retailer OJSC “Magnit” opened its 140th Hypermarket

Posted on 18, July 2013 by

Krasnodar, 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — OJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest retailer (the “Company”; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the opening of the 140th hypermarket of a medium format. Please be informed that today the Company has opened its 140th hypermarket of … Read the full press release →

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Support granted by Latvia to Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank found in line with EU state aid rules

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has found support granted by Latvia for the transformation of the Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank (MLB) to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the sale of MLB’s commercial assets … Read the full press release →

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Outotec extended its scope in comminution solutions

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Outotec has extended its scope in comminution solutions and now offers an even larger portfolio including high pressure grinding rolls (HPGR). HPGR technology can be applied to various minerals processing applications where project feasibility demands lower energy … Read the full press release →

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Outotec OYJ announced it will publish its Interim Report January-June 2013 on on Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Outotec’s Interim Report January-June 2013 will be published on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 9.00 am Finnish time. A briefing hosted by President and CEO Pertti Korhonen will be held on the same day in Helsinki, … Read the full press release →

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World’s largest aluminium producer RUSAL to install modern electrolyte processing equipment at BEMO smelter

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

Tayozhny, Krasnoyarsk region, 17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), the world’s largest aluminium producer, informs that the installation of modern electrolyte processing equipment, produced by Outotec, is currently underway at the BEMO smelter. The … Read the full press release →

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UniCredit announced it has won five prestigious awards attributed by Euromoney at official ceremony in London

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

Milan, 17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — UniCredit has won five prestigious awards attributed by Euromoney, one of the leading international business magazine worldwide. The 2013 Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence were announced last night during an official ceremony in London. UniCredit was named: -Best Bank in … Read the full press release →

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EC to investigate public cable infrastructures transfer to French private telecom Numéricâble

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether the transfer of public cable infrastructure between 2003 and 2006 by several French municipalities to the French Telecom operator Numéricâble was in line with EU state … Read the full press release →

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UniCredit announced Standard & Poor’s has aligned UniCredit SpA’s ratings with that of the sovereign Italy

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

Milan, 17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Rating Agency Standard & Poor’s has today aligned UniCredit SpA’s ratings with that of the recently downgraded sovereign Italy (‘BBB’ long- and ‘A2’ short-term Issuer Default Rating). It is capped at the sovereign level due to … Read the full press release →

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UniCredit SpA announced Moody’s affirmed its debt and deposit ratings

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

Milan,  17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The rating agency Moody’s affirmed UniCredit SpA’s Baa2 long-term debt and deposit ratings and its Prime-2 short term ratings. At the same time, Moody’s lowered the “baseline credit assessment” to baa3 from baa2, which resulted in a … Read the full press release →

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CJSC Transmashholding’s Metrowagonmash to supply 40 Cars to Kiev Metro Operator

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Metrowagonmash (MWM, a part of CJSC Transmashholding) has signed a contract with Kiev metro operator for supply of 40 cars of 81-717.5М/714.5М model 8 five-car trains will be shipped to the customer by the end of this … Read the full press release →

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