02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is supporting efforts to tackle a number of forest fires raging in northern and central Portugal. In response to a request for assistance by authorities in Lisbon, the European Commission’s Emergency Response Centre (ERC) is facilitating … Read the full press release
Posted in Croatia, European Union, France, Government, Portugal, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged Crisis Response, EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Fighting forest fires, fire-fighting aircraft, fires, humanitarian aid, Kristalina Georgieva, Lisbon, Mondim de Basto, Portugal forest fires, Satão, severe forest fires season, Tondela, Vila Real, Viseu
29-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ is pleased to announce, together with its consortium partners, that its preferred bidder status for the combined heat and power plant CHP5 in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, has been confirmed. A Memorandum of Understanding has … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged 415MW power plant in Mongolia, 415MW power plant in Ulaanbaatar, coal-fired CHP plant, energy services, GDF SUEZ, GDF SUEZ preferred bidder status confirmed, Mongolia, natural gas, Newcom LLC, POSCO ENERGY, power, Sojitz Corp, steam capacity of 587MW, Ulaanbaatar
29-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA LAUNCHES ITS 2013 EMPLOYEE SHARE OFFERING (SHAREPLAN 2013) ISSUER AXA, ICB sectorial classification: Industry : 8000, Financials Supersector : 8500, Insurance Sector : 8530, Non life Insurance Subsector : 8532, Full line Insurance OBJECTIVE As each year, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Insurance, Investment, Management
Tagged AXA, AXA employee share offering, AXA Group, AXA Group SharePlan 2013, AXA International Employee Savings Plan, AXA shares, Clémence Houssay, employee share offering, Employee Stock Ownership Funds, Florian Bezault, French Labor Code, Garance Wattez-Richard, Guillaume Borie, Hélène Caillet, insurance, ISIN FR0000120628, Jennifer Lejeune, Mattieu Rouot, Natixis, Plan International d’Actionnariat de Groupe, SharePlan 2013, Stéphanie Bonel, Sulabh Kakkar, Varvara Romanenco, Yael Beer-Gabel
Firm order is part of a global IAG agreement for up to 220 Airbus single-aisle aircraft Blagnac, 22-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — International Airlines Group (IAG) and Vueling have signed a purchase agreement to buy 62 Airbus A320s – 30 A320ceo and 32 A320neo … Read the full press release
Courcouronnes, 21-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Snecma (Safran) annonce la mise en service de ses quatre propulseurs plasmiques PPS®1350-G sur le satellite lancé par Ariane 5 le 25 juillet dernier pour l’opérateur Inmarsat. Cette mise en route s’est effectuée par étapes successives du 9 … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Electronics & Machinery, France, Technology
Tagged Alphabus platform, Alphasat satellite, Ariane 5 rocket, Astrium, Centre national d'études spatiales, David Quancard, European Space Agency, Giulia Lecarrié, Inmarsat, PPS®1350-G plasma thrusters, Safran, Snecma, Thales Alenia Space
19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A study by a postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton has found that Neanderthals were more culturally complex than previously acknowledged. Two cultural traditions existed among Neanderthals living in what is now northern Europe between 115,000 … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Belgium, Education, France, Germany, Netherlands, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged archaeology, Arts and Humanities Research Council, asymmetrically shaped bifacial knives, Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins, Dr Karen Ruebens, handaxe designs, handaxe traditions, heart-shaped handaxe, Neanderthal cultures, Neanderthal populations, Neanderthals, symmetrical handaxe, triangular handaxe, University of Southampton
Digital Agenda: Swiss, French & German scientists develop miniature artificial insect eyes which could help prevent accidents 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists in Switzerland, Germany, and France explored how the insect eye works and designed and built the first fully-functional miniature curved … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, France, Germany, Investment, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged CURVACE project, developed EU funded miniature "insect" eyes, Drosophila fruit fly, EPFL Switzerland, France scientists, Frauenhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, Germany scientists, medical applications, miniature "insect" eyes, miniature artificial insect eyes, mobile robotics, Neelie Kroes, ommatidia, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, smart clothing, Switzerland scientists, University of Aix-Marseille and CNRS, University of Tübingen
Paris, 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Danone announce today that it has acquired 100% of YoCrunch’s share capital. Founded in 1985, YoCrunch makes yogurt with crunchy toppings packaged separately, in part through licensing agreements with well-known national brands such as M&Ms and Oreo. … Read the full press release
13-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Mirko Neumann-Rystow (39) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for Northern Europe and has joined the Management Committee of the Altran group. He reports both to Olivier Aldrin, Group Executive Vice-President & CFO and to Michael Blickle, … Read the full press release
12-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sika has made a binding offer of CHF 320 million to acquire the Building Adhesives Business of the Dutch company AkzoNobel. With annual sales of CHF 228 million, AkzoNobel Building Adhesives is a top-three player in its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, France, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged acquire, acquisition, AkzoNobel, AkzoNobel Building Adhesives, Bonding, Building Adhesives business, Casco, Cégécol, Dutch company AkzoNobel, EriKeeper, Flooring, Refurbishment, Schönox, Sealing, Sika, Synteko
Industry-First Integrated Solution Addresses Growing Need in Transportation & Mobility Industry; Brings Simplicity and Performance Optimization Capabilities to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, 9-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, France, Germany, Investment, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, acquisition, Arnaud Malherbe, Bernard Charlès, body conceptual engineering and performance evaluation and optimization, Dassault Systèmes, Detlef Helm, Elena Fernandez, Grace Mu, Hans Zimmer, Jahyun Ahn, Sato Yukiko, SFE AKUSMOD, SFE AKUSRAIL, SFE GmbH, SFE MECOSA, Transportation & Mobility Industry, Virginie Blindenberg
9-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel today announced that it has received a binding offer for the purchase of its Building Adhesives business by Sika AG for €260 million. Building Adhesives generated annual revenues of €185 million in 2012. The transaction, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, France, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged AkzoNobel, Building Adhesives business, Casco, Cégécol, Damville, EriKeeper, Jan Jenisch, Rosendahl, Schönox, Sika AG, Synteko, Ton Büchner, €260M binding offer
9-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom have secured the €5.1 million (1.5 billion HUF) contract to retrofit the generators at Paks Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in central Hungary, thanks to the company’s strong international reputation and its local capabilities. Providing 40% … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Hungary, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged 500 MW Ganz generators, AES Tisza, Alstom, Alstom Hungary, Budapest, central Hungary, DKCE Debrecen, Dominik Beyer, Dunamenti, generator services, generators, GTER Litér, GTER Sajószöged, László Deák, Mátrai, nuclear reactor blocks, Oroszlány, Paks NPP, Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Pécs
Charenton-le-Pont, France, 08-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Essilor International announces the signature of an agreement to acquire the 51% stake in Transitions Optical owned by PPG. Transitions Optical is a leading provider of photochromic lenses to optical manufacturers worldwide. Following the transaction, Essilor … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged 51% stake, acquire, acquisition, and Crizal®, Charenton-le-Pont, Essilor, Essilor International, eye correction, Florida, Hubert Sagnières, ophthalmic lens manufacturers, photochromic lenses, photochromics, Pinellas Park, PPG, sun lenses, Transitions Optical, variable-tint plastic lenses, Varilux®
Gift represents 100 percent of Aquarium’s estimated energy use BOSTON, 06-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — For the fifth consecutive year, GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, one of the largest retail electricity providers to commercial, industrial, and institutional customers in the country, announced … Read the full press release
Cdiffense trial to evaluate vaccine against a leading cause of life-threatening, healthcare-associated infections worldwide Lyon, France, 06-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced today the initiation of its Phase III clinical program … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged Alain Bernal, C. diff, Cdiffense, Cdiffense Phase III clinical program, Cdiffense trial, Clostridium difficile infection, intestinal disease, Investigational Clostridium Difficile Vaccine, John Shiver PhD, life-threatening infections, Sanofi, Sanofi Pasteur, Sanofi vaccines division, Susan Watkins, symptomatic Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
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