Category Archives: France

Press Releases & News from France distributed via EuropaWire

Alcatel-Lucent and Vodafone Spain successfully transported data at speeds of up to 400G between Madrid and Zaragoza using existing optical infrastructure

Test using Alcatel-Lucent 400G technology over existing network between Madrid and Zaragoza demonstrates significant increase in ultra-broadband access capacity Paris, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Vodafone Spain have successfully carried out a trial of transporting … Read the full press release

Snam, GIC, and EDF Invest entered into an agreement with Crédit Agricole Assurances for its 10% stake entry into TIGF’s share capital

Paris/San Donato Milanese, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Snam, GIC, and EDF Invest entered into an agreement with Crédit Agricole Assurances for its entry into the share capital of TIGF with a 10% stake. Upon completion of the transaction, Snam, … Read the full press release

Société Foncière Lyonnaise appointed Nicolas Reynaud as CEO and Dimitri Boulte as Managing Director

PARIS, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of the Société Foncière Lyonnaise met today and appointed Nicolas Reynaud as Chief Executive Officer of the company. He will exercise his functions alongside Juan-José Brugera, who retains his position as … Read the full press release

Groupe BPCE’s Natixis Becomes First French bank to join Eurex Clearing’s Securities Lending CCP

Frankfurt am Main, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurex Clearing: Eurex Clearing, Europe’s leading clearing house and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that Natixis, the corporate, investment management and financial arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest bank in France, has … Read the full press release

Symplmed Pharmaceuticals announced the FDA approval of Prestalia® for the treatment of hypertension licensed from Servier

Cincinnati, OH, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Symplmed Pharmaceuticals today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Prestalia® (perindopril arginine and amlodipine) tablets for the treatment of hypertension licensed from Servier (Suresnes, France). Prestalia® is the first fixed-dose combination of … Read the full press release

Servier and Hybrigenics extend partnership to discover new drugs which inhibit Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases (USPs)

PARIS, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Hybrigenics (ALHYG), a bio-pharmaceutical company listed on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris, with a focus on research and development of new treatments for proliferative diseases, today announces the extension of its partnership with Servier to … Read the full press release

Carrefour expands its cultural platform Nolim.fr to include virtual video library Nolim Films

MASSY, France, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Starting on 27 January, Carrefour will be expanding Nolim.fr – its cultural platform – to include Nolim Films, a virtual video library. This will make it the first retailer to break into this market. … Read the full press release

La Fondation d’entreprise Banque Populaire sera présente sur le salon Musicora du 6 au 8 février 2015

PARIS, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — La Fondation d’entreprise Banque Populaire sera présente sur le salon Musicora du 6 au 8 février 2015 et vous donne rendez-vous autour de ses lauréats qui seront représentés dans les trois domaines dans lesquels, elle … Read the full press release

BNP Paribas and Natixis renew their agreement on Partecis

By signing this partnership agreement on Partecis* 10 years ago, BNP Paribas and Natixis made a decisive choice: the choice of having a common IT platform to manage all e-payment transactions, with no country or format limitation. Building on the … Read the full press release

The European Union increases its humanitarian assistance in Ukraine where the latest surge of violence deepened

BRUSSELS, 27-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Union is increasing its humanitarian assistance in Ukraine where the latest surge of violence has deepened an already desperate situation. Thousands of people are suffering from the combined impact of the conflict, displacement, … Read the full press release

Airbus Helicopters upgraded its full-flight simulator at its training center in Singapore to provide highly realistic training in both day and night search and rescue operations

SINGAPORE, 23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The AS365 Dauphin rotorcraft full-flight simulator at Airbus Helicopters’ Singapore-based training center has been upgraded to provide highly realistic training in both day and night search and rescue (SAR) operations, offering pilots the unique capability … Read the full press release

ATR announced 2014 was the best year in its history

PARIS, 23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The year 2014 ended for ATR beating last years’ records in sales; deliveries, turnover and backlog. The aircraft manufacturer’s sales increased to 160 aircraft, along with 120 options, exceeding the previous 2011 record (157 firm … Read the full press release

Le bisphénol F et le bisphénol S, substituts du bisphénol A dans certaines applications, ont le même effet négatif sur le testicule fœtal humain que celui du bisphénol A

Le bisphénol F et le bisphénol S, substituts du bisphénol A dans certaines applications, ont le même effet négatif sur le testicule fœtal humain que celui du bisphénol A. C’est ce que viennent de démontrer René Habert et ses collaborateurs … Read the full press release

Alstom won €220M worth contracts for supply and maintenance of the power island of the 950 MW Kirikkale combined-cycle power plant in Anatolia region, Turkey

Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth over €220 million[1] in total for the supply and the maintenance of the power island of the 950 MW Kirikkale combined-cycle power plant located in the central Anatolia region in Turkey. The plant is … Read the full press release

GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA to provide power to two of MetroNational’s office towers in Memorial City

HOUSTON, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA announced today it will provide power to two of MetroNational’s office towers in Memorial City. This agreement strengthens MetroNational’s commitment to environmental responsibility by incorporating Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to One … Read the full press release

World-leading helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca sets up new manufacturing capability at its facility in Bordes, France

Bordes, 12-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — World-leading helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca is setting up new manufacturing capability at its facility in Bordes (France). After years of maturation and prototype testing, Turbomeca has entered serial production of parts using the latest additive manufacturing, or … Read the full press release

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers completed the acquisition of core office building in the Kirchberg area of Luxembourg from Deka Immobilien GmbH for €32.2 million

PARIS, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (“AXA Real Estate”), the leading real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe(1), announces that it has completed the acquisition of all the shares of a company owning a core … Read the full press release

VINCI Environment UK won the AmeyCespa contract to build the energy-from-waste unit in Allerton, West Yorkshire

Rueil-Malmaison, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The design-build contract covers the energy-from-waste unit and related buildings. Taylor Woodrow, the civil engineering division of VINCI Construction UK, will handle overall site development and civil engineering for the buildings. VINCI Environnement will be responsible for … Read the full press release

VINCI Construction Grands Projets to build 125,000 m2 mixed-use development on the Kota Kinabalu seafront in northern Borneo

• 125,000 m2 of housing and retail development with a value of €70 million • Second contract on the island of Borneo for VINCI Construction Grands Projets Rueil-Malmaison, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Malaysian property developer Jesselton Group has awarded to VINCI … Read the full press release

Italy’s leading real estate management firm IDeA FIMIT sgr selected CACEIS as the depositary for its new closed-end real estate fund, Armonia

PARIS, 09-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — IDeA FIMIT sgr, the leading real estate management company in Italy with € 10 billion in AuM, has selected CACEIS as the depositary for its new closed-end real estate fund, Armonia. The Armonia fund has assets of … Read the full press release