Blagnac, France, 26-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Emirates Airline and Airbus have completed discussions and signed the firm contract for 50 additional A380s originally announced at the Dubai Airshow on 17th November 2013. The contract documents were finalised by Tim Clark, Emirates Airline … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged A380s, Airbus, Emirates Airline, John Leahy, Tim Clark
Paris, France, 23-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Societe Generale announces the appointment of Dominique Bourrinet as Group General Counsel with effect from January 1st2014. Dominique Bourrinet, who was Group Deputy General Counsel since October 1st after working as General Counsel for Corporate and Investment … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Law, Management
Tagged appointed, Dominique Bourrinet, Gerard Gardella, Group General Counsel, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
Paris, France, 19-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — CACEIS is Pioneer Investment’s asset servicing provider of choice for the launch of its first French law fund, the Neuflize High Yield International 2018, managed as part of an exclusive partnership with Banque Neuflize OBC. CACEIS … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — German investment manager, Buss Capital GmbH & Co. KG, has selected CACEIS to provide depositary services for its funds managed under the new KAGB regime. Based in Hamburg, Buss Capital is the market leader for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Germany, Investment, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AIFMD-compliant depositary, Buss Capital GmbH & Co. KG, CACEIS, closed-end shipping container funds, depositary services, Dr. Dirk Baldeweg, Dr. Holger Sepp, German investment manager, Hamburg, KAGB regime, mutual funds
Paris, France, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ announces the start-up of production from its Orca gas field which straddles the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea and which is only the second such cross-border gas development between these … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ has set an objective to reduce the CO2 emission ratio of its world power and associated heat generation fleet throughout the world by 10% between 2012 and 2020. The Group’s emission ratio2 already … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ is pleased to announce that it has invested in a thermal project in Andhra Pradesh, India, in which the Group has a 74% equity share, with Meenakshi Energy and Infrastructure Holdings Pvt Ltd1 … Read the full press release
A partnership which commits the private sector to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 52 signatories from various sectors Paris, France, 17-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In the presence of Ms. Margareta Wahlström, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Insurance, Management
Tagged AXA, Cyrille de Montgolfier, disaster prevention, disaster risk reduction, Henri de Castries, Margareta Wahlström, Risk Reduction, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, UNISDR Private Sector Commitment for Disaster Risk Reduction
Strasbourg, France / Brussels, Belgium, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, asking for an immediate end to the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China; calling on the Sri Lankan government to implement the … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Yves Le Portz, third President of the European Investment Bank (from 1970 until 1984), passed away in Paris at the age of 93. Born in 1920, a high civil servant after World War II, Yves le … Read the full press release
International technology Group ANDRITZ has launched a new series of decanter centrifuges for the environment industry, achieving up to 40% less power consumption, while maintaining throughput and efficiency. Graz, Austria, 13-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — This innovative new series was developed in the … Read the full press release
Blagnac, France, 10-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — One month after Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, struck the Philippines, thousands of people are still left homeless and without food or water. Since the disaster happened in early November this year, Airbus’ … Read the full press release
Restructuring plan presented to EADS European Works Council Concentration of sites across Group’s four “home countries” and consolidation of legal entities Reduction of 5,800 positions at future “Airbus Defence and Space” Division and Corporate functions Toulouse, France / Leiden, Netherlands, 10-12-2013 … Read the full press release
Barkeryd, Sweden, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom Grid has successfully delivered the 420 kV electrical substation in Barkeryd, Sweden, after two and a half years of construction. The switchyard, situated in the municipality of Nässjö, southern Sweden, will be connected to Svenska … Read the full press release
Nantes, France, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom announces the signature of an exclusive partnership agreement with STX France[1], during a meeting of the Region Pays de la Loire strategic committee on marine energies that was held today in Nantes. This agreement covers … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Alstom, Alstom’s Haliade™ 150-6MW, exclusive partnership agreement, Jérôme Pécresse, Loire-Atlantique and Vendée, maritime construction, offshore wind turbine, Pays de la Loire Region, Saint-Nazaire, STX France, transition parts
Evry, France, 02-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The 1,812th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:53 Moscow time (21:53 Paris time on Monday, 25 November 2013). Arianespace and its … Read the full press release
Solution will optimize productivity, improve workflow and offer immediate access to all hospital files, from anywhere HYDMedia will allow the hospital to centralize its documents, whatever their type, source and format. The system will give the hospital better control over … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, France, Healthcare, Science, Technology
Tagged Agfa HealthCare, Agfa HealthCare France, Cahors, CH Jean Rougier, document management, healthcare document system, Hospital, HYDMedia electronic archiving and healthcare document system, Ingrid Merckx, Marc De Fré
Brussels, Belgium, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Invensys of the UK by Schneider Electric of France. Both companies supply, in particular, automation and control systems. The Commission concluded that … Read the full press release
Le CEA-Liten en collaboration avec Symbio FCell, le spécialiste français des systèmes de piles à hydrogène pour la mobilité durable, ont développé une nouvelle génération de plaques bipolaires, élément indispensable au fonctionnement des piles à combustible. Elles sont destinées aux … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, France, Science, Technology
Tagged CEA, mobilité durable, piles à combustible à hydrogène, plaques bipolaires, Symbio FCell
Washington, DC, United States, 26-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom’s Dr. Lawrence Jones, Vice President for Utility Innovations & Infrastructure Resilience has been reappointed by the United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to serve another three-year term on … Read the full press release
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