PARIS, 12-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Business loans outstanding cleared the 900 billion euro mark to stand at 901 billion euros at end-June. Business loans grew 5% year on year. These figures put France in the lead in the eurozone (up 1.2% … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Investment
Tagged business loans, Fédération Bancaire Française, France, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani
LUXEMBURG, 09-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — the consortium between ENGIE Cofely Luxemburg (subsidiary of ENGIE) and Powerdale announced it has been selected to provide 800 public charging stations in Luxemburg and to operate them during a 12-year service contract. The consortium between … Read the full press release
PARIS, 08-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On Wednesday 3 August 2016, First Hawaiian, Inc. (“FHI”) announced the pricing of its initial public offering (“IPO”). The IPO comprises approximately 21.1 million shares, or 15.1% of FHI’s common stock, to be sold by an … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Investment
Tagged BNP Paribas, Inc., IPO, IPO BNP Paribas, NASDAQ, Success of First Hawaiian
PARIS, 08-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On 29 July 2016 the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the results of the EU-wide Stress Test carried out jointly with the European Central Bank (ECB). This exercise covered the 51 most important banks of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, France, Management
Tagged BNP Paribas, EBA, ECB EU, risk policy, Stress Test
U.S. airline transitions to an all-Airbus fleet TOULOUSE, 02-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Las Vegas, Nevada-based Allegiant Travel Company has signed a purchase agreement for 12 Airbus A320ceo (current engine option) aircraft. This deal marks the first time the low-cost airline has … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, France, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Airbus A320ceo aircraft, Allegiant, U.S. airline
Reflecting success of Airbus widebody on carrier’s long haul low fare routes PARIS, 02-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Manila-based Cebu Pacific has placed a firm order with Airbus for two A330-300s. The aircraft will join an existing fleet of six A330s flying … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, France, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged A330-300, Airbus, Cebu Pacific, PHILIPPINES
PARIS, 01-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ALD Automotive has reached a new milestone and manages a fleet of more than 1.3 million ¹ vehicles around the world. This achievement is the result of the recent acquisition of Parcours last spring, together … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Financial, France, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ALD Automotive, Mike Masterson, Societe Generale Group
Partners with Rugby India to promote the sport MUMBAI, 01-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Societe Generale, today announced its partnership with Rugby India, to promote the sport in the country. Societe Generale comes on board as the ‘Financial Partner of Rugby … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, France, Marketing, Sports
Tagged Nasser Hussain, Rahul Bose, Rugby India, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
PARIS, 29-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — During the first half results presentation, Isabelle Kocher, Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE, stated: “The 2016-18 transformation plan announced end February is well on track. Over the first six months of 2016 we have already achieved … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Investment, Management
Tagged ENGIE
PARIS, 29-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ENGIE (mandatory) and Thales have been selected1 by APIX (the Senegalese Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Works, under the office of President of Senegal) todesign and build systems and infrastructures for the new Dakar Regional … Read the full press release
Armonk, NY, USA, 29-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ENGIE, a global leader in energy transition, today announced a new initiative with IBM. This nonexclusive, technological and commercial alliance is designed to improve the management of cities by looking at patterns, event correlation, … Read the full press release
The USA becomes the second largest region for the Group West Coast-based company offers premium software product development through superior offshore delivery model PARIS, 21-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Altran has announced today the acquisition of Lohika, a premier software engineering firm … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Investment, Technology
Tagged #Altran2020 Ignition plan, Altran, Lohika, Silicon Valley, software engineering firm
PARIS, 19-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom has been awarded a contract worth over €800 million to supply 79 [1] Intercity New Generation trains to NS [2]. The trains which can reach a maximum speed of 200 km/h will be delivered from January … Read the full press release
The Industry Committee is formed, among others, by Airbus, Almirall, Alstom España, Inditex, Indra, Mercadona, Renault España and Técnicas Reunidas. The Ministries of Industry, of Economy and of Competitiveness also participate.. At its inaugural meeting, the Commission advocates a State … Read the full press release
PARIS, 19-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the first quarter 2016/17 (from 1 April to 30 June 2016), Alstom booked €0.9 billion of orders, compared to €2 billion over the same period last year. Sales, at €1.7 billion, were up 7% organically … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Investment, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, Henri Poupart-Lafarge
Alstom has been chosen to provide maintenance support for the Class 180 trains operated by Grand Central Railway Company Limited for the next ten years, from January 2017 until December 2026, for around €100 million[1]. PARIS, 19-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
CLICHY, 19-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — L’Oréal has submitted a firm offer to Rivadis Group for the acquisition of the Société des Thermes de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and licence to use the Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc brand. Based on this offer, the Rivadis Group has granted … Read the full press release
Clichy, 19-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Jean-Louis KIBORT joins L’Oréal as Group Head of Security. After 10 years in the Ministry of Defense, Jean-Louis Kibort joined Total in 2004 as Head of Corporate Security in the Middle East. In 2008, he was … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, France, Management, Security & Safety
Tagged Jean-Louis KIBORT, L’Oréal
On June 28th, 2016, company Atos/Bull handed over the second expansion stage of supercomputer Mistral to the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) in Hamburg. Since July 4th, 2016, the third „High-performance computing system for Earth system research“ (HLRE-3), with a … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, France, Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged Atos/Bull, DKRZ, expansion stage of supercomputer, German Climate Computing Center, Hamburg, Mistral
PARIS, 12-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AREVA and the industrial company Mirion Technologies (“Mirion”) announced today the completion of the sale to Mirion of Canberra, the nuclear instrumentation and measurement specialist employing approximately 1,000 staff. As previously disclosed by AREVA in December … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Investment
Tagged Areva, Canberra, Mirion Technologies
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