21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — First year welding apprentice Kurt Rodgers is one step closer to reaching the final of SkillWeld 2013 after beating all-comers in the semi-final event held at Alstom Power in Stafford. The competition aims to find Britain’s most talented trainee welder and … Read the full press release
First in the region to benefit from more fuel savings Blagnac, 20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Airbus’ Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices. The airline becomes the first … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, France, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged A320, Air Astana, Blagnac, carrier, fuel savings, John Leahy, Kazakhstan, Peter Foster, Sharklet, Sharklet-equipped A320
20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom Grid and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), one of the largest electric utilities in the world, have announced the creation of KEPCO Alstom Power Electronics Systems (KAPES). The joint venture will focus on delivering high … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology
Tagged Alstom Grid, electric utilities, high voltage direct current, HVDC, joint venture, KAPES, KEPCO, KEPCO Alstom Power Electronics Systems, KOREA, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Patrick Plas, Supergrids
20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Board of Directors of the Altran group will submit a proposed payout of €0.09 per share for shareholders’ approval at the Annual General Meeting on 28 June 2013. This payout will be financed from funds held … Read the full press release
20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On the basis of a nomination by the French Republic in agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and by decision of the Board of Governors on … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Management
Tagged EIB, EIB Audit Committee, Thierry Francq
17-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Solar Impulse has taken up yet another challenge in preparation of its 2015 round-the-world flight; to cross the United States, from coast to coast, this spring. For the Altran teams, as Engineering Partner of the Solar Impulse, … Read the full press release
17-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom’s new-generation Haliade™ 150 – 6MW offshore wind turbine has successfully obtained the IEC1 power performance measurement (power curve2) after 3 months of performance measurements at Le Carnet site, in France. This key milestone in the type testing … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Alstom, certification, Frederic Hendrick, IEC, Le Carnet, offshore wind turbine, Power performance measurement, testing
Blagnac, 16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Painting of the first A350 XWB “MSN001” was today fully completed as it emerged in its Airbus livery out from the paintshop in Toulouse. This latest milestone shows that MSN001 is progressing well on its route … Read the full press release
Brussels, 15-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has decided that the aid granted by France to the P.I.V.E.R.T. Institut d’Excellence en Énergies Décarbonées (IEED, institute of excellence in the field of low-carbon energy) to conduct the Genesys research and development … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Investment, Law, Technology
Tagged Biomass, biorefineries, clean energy, Competition, competition law, Genesys, IEED, low-carbon energy, P.I.V.E.R.T. Institut d’Excellence en Énergies Décarbonées, research programme, state aid
14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom is awarded a contract worth around 60 million euros by the private operator AKN Eisenbahn AG for the supply of 14 Coradia Lint regional trains to run in the Northern Germany, connecting the cities of Hamburg, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, France, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AKN, AKN Eisenbahn AG, Alstom, Alstom Deutschland AG, Coradia Lint, Coradia Lint regional trains, Dr. Martin Lange, Elmshorn, exhaust emission standards, Hamburg, Neumünster, Norderstedt, Northern Germany, passengers, regional trains, Schleswig-Holstein, trains, Wolfgang Seyb
Existing and emerging solutions being studied for Canadian aviation Blagnac, 14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada, hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with … Read the full press release
• Revenues increase 9 percent to € 12.4 billion • EBIT* before one-off rises 56 percent to € 741 million • Net Income rises 91 percent to € 241 million Amsterdam 14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EADS (stock exchange symbol: EAD) achieved … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, France, Germany, Netherlands, Security & Safety
Tagged Amsterdam, commercial aircraft, EAD, EADS, EBIT* before one-off, Net income, profitability, Q1 2013 Results, Reports, revenues, Tom Enders
Toulouse, 13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR is pleased to announce that the newest ATR ‘-600 series’ aircraft have just received their certification from the FAA, the American Federal Aviation Administration. This certification, for both the ATR 42-600 and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Government, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged aircraft, Alenia Aermacchi, American Federal Aviation Administration, ATR, ATR -600 aircraft, ATR 42-600, ATR 72-600, EADS, FAA, Filippo Bagnato, Finmeccanica Group, regional aircraft, Toulouse, Turboprop aircraft
13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom has inaugurated in Madrid a Lead Service Centre specialised in tramway equipment overhauls and repairs within its business area Transport Life Services (TLS). This new centre will focus its industrial activities on overhauls and repairs of … Read the full press release
Brussels, 13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today adopted an Action Plan to revitalise the marine and maritime economy in the Atlantic Ocean Area. The Action Plan follows from the Atlantic Strategy the Commission adopted in 2011 (see IP/11/1456). It aims … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, France, Government, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Action Plan, aquaculture, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean Area, EC, European Commission, Fisheries, marine, marine biotech, maritime, maritime strategy, offshore renewables, shipping, TOURISM
ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France, 13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ETSI has published the first Technical Specification (TS 102 939-1) on DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy), a low power consumption radio technology intended for home automation and other Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. DECT ULE is … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged aeronautical, broadcast, converged, cordless, DECT, DECT ULE, DECT ULE standards, digital cordless telecommunications, Dr Guenter Kleindl, ETSI, fixed, home automation, INTERNET, low power, low power consumption radio technology, M2M, M2M applications, M2M market, machine-to-machine, Mobile, radio, radio communications technology, radio technology, smart metering, Sophia Antipolis, specification, standard, standardisation, standards, Technical Specification, TS 102 939-1, ULE, ULE technology, Ultra Low Energy, Ultra Low Energy DECT
Plus d’un millier de physiciens et d’astrophysiciens issus de 27 pays distincts collaborent en vue de créer un observatoire d’une sensibilité inégalée qui permettra de détecter et d’étudier l’ensemble des sources de rayons cosmiques de notre galaxie, et bien au‐delà. … Read the full press release
The Vietnamese satellite VNREDSat-1, built by Astrium, is scheduled for launch from Kourou on 03 May Astrium also built the satellite ground control segment and the image receiving and processing stations in Vietnam With VNREDSat-1, Astrium consolidates its position as … Read the full press release
10-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom’s Stafford Grid business, together with consortium partner Enterprise, has successfully won a framework agreement from Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc (SHE Transmission) for a five-year framework deal to supply expertise and equipment to re-wire the East Coast of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, United Kingdom
Tagged Alstom, Alstom Grid, Alyth, civil works, East Coast of Scotland, equipment, grid, high level engineering, installation, Kevin Marriott, Kintore, Perth, Peterhead, project management, Rothienorman, Scotland, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc, SHE Transmission, Stafford, wind farm
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