(IN BRIEF) Alstom has celebrated the retirement of Movements Manager Ken Davies, who steps down after more than 50 years in the railway industry. Beginning as a signaller’s messenger in 1975, Ken rose through operational and management roles, joining Alstom … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, France, Industrial, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, Avanti West Coast, Awards, BBC Radio 2, Ben Cooke, Bill Ryder-Jones, Class 08 locomotive 08721, Class 390 Pendolino, Climbing The Shap Again, Ken Davies, leadership, Liverpool Traincare Centre, Merseyside Transport Trust, Old Dalby Test Track, rail careers, Railway 200, railway heritage, The Greatest Gathering, West Coast Main Line, Zero Deviation Plan
(IN BRIEF) Indosuez Wealth Management has finalized the acquisition of Banque Thaler, securing 100% ownership and strengthening its footprint in the Swiss market. The transaction, announced in April 2025 and approved by regulators, aligns with Indosuez’s long-term growth strategy and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged acquisition, asset management, Banque Thaler, CET1 ratio, corporate finance, CRÉDIT AGRICOLE GROUP, financial services expansion, financing, fund servicing, Indosuez Wealth Management, Jacques Prost, Marc-André Poirier, partnership, Swiss wealth management, Switzerland, wealth advisory
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies, together with QatarEnergy and SNPC, has secured the Nzombo exploration permit in the Republic of the Congo, covering 1,000 square kilometers offshore Pointe-Noire. TotalEnergies will operate the permit with a 50% stake, alongside QatarEnergy (35%) and SNPC … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Africa, energy strategy, high impact prospects, Kevin McLachlan, Moho facilities, Nzombo exploration permit, offshore exploration, oil and gas exploration, partnership, Pointe-Noire, QatarEnergy, Republic of the Congo, SNPC, sustainability, TotalEnergies
(IN BRIEF) RWE has strengthened its renewable energy portfolio in France by commissioning four new wind farms and one solar plant with a combined capacity of 83 MW. Located across Hauts-de-France, Normandy, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the projects can supply enough green … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 265 MW capacity, Catésis-Bois Marronnier, Catillon-Fumechon, CRE tenders, energy transition, France, French Energy Regulatory Commission, French renewables, green electricity, Hauts-de-France, Katja Wünschel, Les Pierrières, Normandy, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Nouvions, Ormesnil, partnership, RWE, RWE Renewables, solar farm, sustainability, wind farms
(IN BRIEF) VINCI has appointed Ludovic Demierre as Vice-President, Human Resources, and member of its Executive Committee, succeeding Jocelyne Vassoille. Demierre, a graduate of ENTPE, has been with VINCI since 1995 and has held several senior HR leadership roles, most … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged appointment, appointments, corporate governance, diversity, ENTPE, Eurovia, Executive Committee, global workforce, HR development, HR leadership, Jocelyne Vassoille, leadership, Ludovic Demierre, Vice-President Human Resources, VINCI, VINCI Construction
(IN BRIEF) Research presented at ESC Congress 2025 has shown that GLP-1 receptor agonists, used to treat patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction, not only reduce hospitalizations and improve outcomes but also cut the environmental footprint of healthcare. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Science, Spain, Technology
Tagged carbon footprint of healthcare, environmental co-benefits, ESC Congress 2025, European Society of Cardiology, FLOW trial, GLP-1 receptor agonists, greenhouse gas emissions, healthcare sustainability, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, HFpEF, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, medical waste reduction, Sarju Ganatra, SELECT Trial, STEP HFpEF, Sustain Health Solutions, sustainability, Sustainable Healthcare
(IN BRIEF) A study presented at ESC Congress 2025 has found that a standard piston-based chest compression device is the only method able to achieve effective CPR depth in microgravity conditions, outperforming NASA’s current “handstand method” and other tested devices. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Science, Spain, Technology
Tagged Air Zero G, automated chest compression, cardiac arrest in space, CHRU de Nancy, CNES, CPR in space, emergency medical kit, ESC Congress 2025, European Society of Cardiology, handstand method, international resuscitation guidelines, mechanical piston device, microgravity, Novespace, parabolic flight, resuscitation research, space medicine, space tourism, Université de Lorraine, Université de Paris
(IN BRIEF) Research presented at ESC Congress 2025 has shown that low fitness and older age independently increase the risk of arrhythmias in otherwise healthy adults. The study of 1,151 participants aged 40–65 revealed that reduced aerobic capacity was strongly … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Science, Spain, Technology
Tagged aerobic fitness, aging, arrhythmias, atrial arrhythmias, cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular risk, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Dr Amit Moses, Early Detection, ECG monitoring, ESC Congress 2025, European Society of Cardiology, exercise and heart health, heart rhythm, irregular heartbeat, preventive cardiology, screening over 50s, ventricular arrhythmias
(IN BRIEF) Siemens Mobility has secured a contract from RATP to deliver its CBTC GoA4 driverless automation system for Paris Metro Line 13, one of the city’s busiest routes. The project, backed by Île-de-France Mobilités, will include a new operations … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged automation, CBTC GoA4, Châtillon, decarbonization, driverless trains, energy efficiency, Île-de-France Mobilités, Les Courtilles, Marc Ludwig, Montparnasse-Bienvenüe, Operations Control Center, Paris Metro Line 13, partnership, public transport, RATP, Saint-Denis-Université, Saint-Lazare, Siemens Mobility, smart mobility, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Capgemini has signed an agreement to acquire Cloud4C, a global provider of hyper-automated, AI-ready cloud managed services. With 1,600 specialists and operations in 29 countries, Cloud4C is known for its expertise in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, sovereign cloud solutions, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, France, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged acquisitions, AI-ready platforms, Aiman Ezzat, Capgemini, cloud managed services, cloud migration, Cloud4C, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, digital transformation, generative AI, hybrid cloud, hyper-automation, IDC, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Sovereign Cloud, Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Syniti
(IN BRIEF) Alstom has been awarded contracts worth several hundred million euros by Larsen & Toubro to deliver 39 driverless Metropolis trainsets, advanced CBTC Urbalis Forward signalling, and five years of maintenance for Mumbai Metro Line 4. The 35.3 km … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 'Make in India', Alstom, Bangalore engineering centre, CO2 reduction, Coimbatore propulsion, driverless metros, FlexCare Perform, India infrastructure, Larsen & Toubro, Ling Fang, Metropolis trains, MMRDA, Mumbai Metro, Mumbai Metro Line 4, Savli bogies, Sri City factory, sustainable mobility, Urbalis Forward CBTC, Urbalis Vision, urban transport
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies, Equinor and Shell have officially started operations at Northern Lights, the world’s first merchant CO₂ transport and storage project. The first volumes of CO₂ were shipped from Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik to the Øygarden terminal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Arnaud Le Foll, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, Climate Strategy, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, Equinor, European decarbonization, Hafslund Celsio, Heidelberg Materials, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, Stockholm Exergi, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Yara, Ørsted, Øygarden terminal
(IN BRIEF) Northern Lights, the world’s first open-access CO₂ transport and storage network, has officially started operations by injecting the first CO₂ volumes into the Aurora reservoir 2,600 meters beneath the North Sea. Owned by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anders Opedal, Aurora reservoir, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, energy transition, Equinor, EU CEF Energy, European decarbonization, Heidelberg Materials, Irene Rummelhoff, Longship project, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Øygarden
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two financing agreements worth €425 million to modernise 477 primary schools in Marseille, supporting France’s Marseille en Grand initiative. The funding includes a €340 million loan to the Société Publique des … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Education, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Benoît Payan, carbon footprint reduction, Education Infrastructure, EIB, European Investment Bank, French Government, Georges-François Leclerc, InvestEU, Marseille, Marseille en Grand, Nicolas Andreatta, partnership, Plan Ecoles, primary schools, school renovation, Société Publique des Ecoles Marseillaises, SPEM, sustainable schools
(IN BRIEF) A large-scale study of more than 36,000 people with high blood pressure has shown that walking more steps daily, even below 10,000, and increasing walking pace can significantly reduce the risk of heart and vascular problems. Each extra … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged accelerometer study, cardiovascular disease, daily steps, Emmanuel Stamatakis, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, heart disease, heart failure, High blood pressure, hypertension, MACE, Mackenzie Wearables Research Hub, myocardial infarction, physical activity, stroke, UK Biobank, University of Sydney, walking pace
(IN BRIEF) Sanofi has finalized its takeover of Vigil Neuroscience for roughly $470 million, acquiring all outstanding shares at $8 each and issuing a $2-per-share CVR tied to VG-3927’s first commercial sale. This deal, following Sanofi’s June 2024 strategic investment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Alzheimer’s disease, contingent value right, CVR, neurodegenerative research, Neurology, partnership, Phase 2 clinical study, preclinical pipeline, Sanofi, strategic investment, TREM2 agonist, VG-3927, VGL101, Vigil Neuroscience
(IN BRIEF) Alstom has inaugurated its first signalling competence centre in the CIS region, based in Astana, to support Kazakhstan’s railway digitalisation with advanced signalling solutions and local engineering development. The centre, launched on 5 August 2025, will deliver customised … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, Astana, CIS region, digital transformation, electric locomotives, global innovation network, industrial sites, Jérôme Boyet, JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, Kazakhstan, KTZ, localisation, Onvia Lock, rail ecosystem, Ramazan Sadyrkulov, signalling competence centre, software development, system modernisation
(IN BRIEF) Singapore’s Land Transport Authority has awarded Alstom a multi-hundred-million-euro contract to install its Urbalis communications-based train control system on the East–West Line’s Tanah Merah, Expo, and Changi Airport stations and to equip the Thomson–East Coast Line extension to … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Alstom, Changi Airport station, Changi Airport Terminal 5, driverless signalling, energy savings, Expo station, Gardens by the Bay, Johor Bahru–Singapore RTS Link, Land Transport Authority of Singapore, Marina Bay, Platform Screen Doors, ST Engineering Urban Solutions, Tanah Merah station, TELe, Thomson-East Coast Line extension, travel time reduction, Urbalis CBTC, Yann Maixandeau
(IN BRIEF) On 4 August 2025, Colas Inc agreed to acquire Suit-Kote for over USD 450 million from the founding Suits family. Suit-Kote, established in 1921, specializes in liquid asphalt distribution, emulsion mixes, road construction, and pavement preservation in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged bitumen distribution, Bouygues group, Colas Inc, emulsion mixes, Hart-Scott-Rodino, international growth strategy, John Harrington, liquid asphalt, North America market, Northeastern United States, partnership, pavement preservation, Pierre Vanstoflegatte, road construction, Suit-Kote, Suits family, sustainability, sustainable growth
(IN BRIEF) EssilorLuxottica has acquired Automation & Robotics (A&R), a Belgian leader in automated lens-quality metrology, whose proprietary machinery and software have supported optical manufacturers’ digital transitions since 1983. The deal strengthens EssilorLuxottica’s industrial-solutions portfolio—extending its capabilities from standard ophthalmic … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Belgium, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged acquisition, AR, automated systems, Automation & Robotics, digital transformation, EssilorLuxottica, Francesco Milleri, Industrial Solutions, mass production, metrology, optical lens quality control, partnership, Paul du Saillant, prescription laboratories, proprietary technology, R&D, software development, vertical integration, vision care, wearable optics
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