Category Archives: France

Press Releases & News from France distributed via EuropaWire

Alstom to deliver its Demand Response Management System (DRMS) to Ergon Energy, Australia

Levallois-Perret, France, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom has been awarded a contract by Queensland’s regional energy distributor, Ergon Energy to deliver its Demand Response Management System (DRMS). The project will be managed from Alstom’s offices in Sydney, with the software … Read the full press release

Alstom to finance energy kiosk project in Zambia

Levallois-Perret, France, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom is financing an energy kiosk project in Zambia to meet the needs of people who are not connected to the network. This project is financed by the savings made through the “We share … Read the full press release

2 200 hairdressers and salons owners gathered in Cannes for the 3-day L’Oréal Professionnel Business Forum

Clichy, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — 2 200 hairdressers and salons owners from 63 countries are gathered in Cannes for the 3-day L’Oréal Professionnel Business Forum (14-16 September), a unique event of business and artistic contents to raise the standard of the … Read the full press release

Sanofi: LixiLan-L Phase III clinical trial met its primary endpoint in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin glargine with or without metformin

LixiLan met primary endpoint showing superior reduction in HbA1c vs Insulin Glargine alone PARIS, 14-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ —  Sanofi announced today that the LixiLan-L Phase III clinical trial met its primary endpoint in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin glargine with … Read the full press release

Atos’s Bull will provide 2nd High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster to German Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW)

The first Bull supercomputer has been successfully running simulations for BAW since 2012  Bezons, France, 11-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bull, the Atos brand for technology products and software, will provide a second High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster to the German Waterways Engineering … Read the full press release

Atos’s whitepaper identifies a new role for telecom operators as data activators in Economy of Data

Bezons, Utrecht, 9-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Atos, an international leader in digital services, today launched a new whitepaper that identifies a new role for telecom operators as data activators – matching consumers with providers. In the economy of data – … Read the full press release

Atos’s Bull provides Brazil’s academic community with its first Petascale High-Performance Computing infrastructure

São Paulo / Paris, 9-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bull, the Atos brand for Atos technology products and software, provides Brazil with its first Petascale High-Performance Computing infrastructure for open use by the academic community as part of a partnership with … Read the full press release

Veolia acquired the Dutch company AKG Kunststof Groep, a European market leader in recycling and compounding of polypropylene

Paris & Nieuwegein, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Veolia has signed and closed the acquisition of Dutch company AKG Kunststof Groep, a European market leader in the field of recycling and compounding of polypropylene. With this acquisition, Veolia boosts its development in the … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space signed new phase of the contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) satellite program with Italian space agency ASI

Cannes, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As mandataire of the Temporary Grouping of Companies already set up with Telespazio (Finmeccanica), Thales Alenia Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a new phase of the contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Second … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio sign with Teledife (Italian Ministry of Defence) to supply COSMO-SkyMed ground segment to the Polish Ministry of Defense

Kielce, Poland, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have reached an agreement with Teledife (General Directorate of IT and Advanced Technologies, Italian Ministry of Defence) to supply the ground segment to the Polish Ministry of Defense for the … Read the full press release

Thales selected by Oman’s Ministry of Transport & Communications for full deployment of an integrated security solution for Muscat International Airport and Salalah’s new airport

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales, a major provider of security solutions for critical infrastructure, has been selected by the Ministry of Transport & Communications of Oman for the full deployment of an integrated security solution for Muscat International Airport and Salalah’s new airport. … Read the full press release

MSPO exhibition in Poland: exclusive tactical unmanned aircraft system for the Polish Gryf requirement unveiled by WB Electronics and Thales

Polish industrial content will be led through WB Electronics The WB Electronics/Thales Unmanned Aircraft System for the Polish Gryf programme brings together surveillance and strike capability on a single platform FreeFall Lightweight Multirole Missile (FFLMM) delivers targeted, precision strike MSPO, … Read the full press release

LA BANQUE POSTALE « bédéïse » sa web-série « Comme le disent les gens »

PARIS, 3-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — La Banque Postale prolonge le succès de sa web série « Comme le disent les gens » lancée il y a deux ans (2 saisons, 19 épisodes, 13M de vues Youtube – Production : Save Ferris) … Read the full press release

SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group builds sales activities of the group mills Steeltec, Ugitech and Ardenacier in France

SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH France: The entire range of special steel now from a single source Düsseldorf,  2-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group is bundling sales activities of the group mills Steeltec, Ugitech and Ardenacier in France, thereby expanding … Read the full press release

Jérôme Vitulo to succeed Charlotte Matringe as Secretary to the Board of Directors of Safran

PARIS, 1-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jérôme Vitulo joined Safran on July 29, 2015 as Secretary to the Board of Directors, reporting directly to Alex Fain, Corporate Secretary. He replaces Charlotte Matringe, who has been named Vice President for Communications at Sagem. … Read the full press release

Surveillance: Axis Communications launches four new entry-level HDTV camera models

AXIS P5514/-E and AXIS P5515/-E Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) Dome Network Cameras offer HDTV image quality, improved light sensitivity and increased video analytics performance. Chelmsford, Mass., US, 28-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, strengthens its successful … Read the full press release

Rencontrez Axis sur APS, le salon professionnel de la sécurité Hall 5.1 – Stand D11 Du 29 septembre au 1er octobre 2015 Paris

PARIS, 28-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Comme tous les deux ans, le Salon Professionnel dédié à la Sécurité rassemble les principaux acteurs impliqués dans la mise en œuvre de solutions contre les actes de malveillance : offreurs, prescripteurs, acheteurs et utilisateurs. … Read the full press release

Vallourec S.A. to certify SGS as a preferred inspection company for validating the quality of VAM® connections and drilling products

Hamburg, 27-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vallourec S.A. is in the process of certifying SGS as a preferred inspection company for validating the quality of VAM® connections and drilling products. Vallourec is a world leader in solutions for the energy and industrial … Read the full press release

European electric grids: RTE and Terna CEOs sign MoU to intensify technical cooperation in various fields, based on many years of shared experiences

France and Italy strengthen cooperation on know-how and operation of European electric grids Paris, Rome, 26-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Dominique Maillard and Matteo Del Fante, respectively CEO of RTE and Terna, operators of the two largest European electricity transmission networks … Read the full press release

Egis in charge for the maintenance of Muntinlupa Cavite Expressway in Philippines for 7 years together with operation advisory for Ayala Corporation

The President of the Republic inaugurated the Muntinlupa Cavite Expressway, or MCX, in the Philippines on Friday 24 July 2015. He drove his private car and paid the toll. MCX was toll free for one month and now becomes tolled. … Read the full press release