Category Archives: Germany

Press Releases & News from Germany distributed via EuropaWire

Rolls-Royce: Jereh Petroleum Equipment orders 16 MTU 12V 4000 T95 Oil & Gas engines for new fracturing pump equipment

16 MTU 12V 4000 T95 Oil & Gas engines delivering up to 1,865 kW for new fracturing pumps Engines fulfil EPA Tier 4 final emission requirement without aftertreatment All engines to be delivered in 2018 Beijing, China, 10-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce: Successful simulation of hybrid train operation on Lake Constance Belt Railway (Bodenseegürtelbahn)

Successful simulation of hybrid train operation on Lake Constance Belt Railway MTU Hybrid PowerPack reduces emissions, noise levels and operating costs on the existing infrastructure Development is part of the Rolls-Royce electrification strategy Friedrichshafen, Germany, 10-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The MTU … Read the full press release

KfW to provide EUR 35 million in support of food security for refugees and returning IDPs in Democratic Republic of the Congo

EUR 35 million for small farmers in North and South Kivu Securing the food supply for 180,000 people Reintegrating returning internally displaced persons (IDPs) Generating sources of income for the population Frankfurt am Main, 09-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On behalf of … Read the full press release

Deutsche Post DHL Group increased Group revenue by a substantial 6.4% in the first quarter of 2018; 2018 Forecast confirmed

First-quarter Group revenue at prior-year level, 6.4% organic growth Operating profit increases to EUR 905 million 2018 Forecast confirmed: EBIT set to increase to approximately EUR 4.15 billion, with more than EUR 5 billion targeted for 2020 CEO Frank Appel: … Read the full press release

First 5G antennas in Europe now operating in Deutsche Telekom’s network in downtown Berlin

Six cells with commercial 5G antennas in the heart of Berlin Europe’s first 5G data connection in a live network From Berlin Mitte to Schöneberg: A Deutsche Telekom 5G cluster with more than 70 antennas Clear pathway to the commercial introduction of 5G BONN, 09-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

Deutsche Telekom will supply all municipalities and communities in Burgenlandkreis county with superfast Internet access with potential speeds of up to 1 Gbps

Deutsche Telekom laying optical fiber in Burgenlandkreis county Potential speeds of up to 1 Gbps More than 46,000 households to benefit BONN, 09-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom will supply superfast Internet access to Burgenlandkreis county. This will benefit more than … Read the full press release

Exclusive BMW M3 CS in Frozen Dark Blue for the best qualifier in the MotoGP at the end of the season

BMW M Power for the fastest qualifier in the MotoGP. The winner’s car in 2018: the exclusive BMW M3 CS (combined consumption: 8.5 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 198 g/km*) in Frozen Dark Blue. Unveiling of the car at the … Read the full press release

The #25 BMW M8 GTE raced to a well-deserved second place in the fourth IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Mid-Ohio

The #25 BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Alexander Sims (GBR) raced to a well-deserved second place in the fourth IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Mid-Ohio (USA) on Sunday, taking the chequered flag 1.673 seconds behind … Read the full press release

BMW Group: The ECKART 2018 for “Creative Responsibility” goes to the Union Square Greenmarket in New York

Fresh, regional, authentic: The Union Square Greenmarket has connected the steel and concrete heart of New York City to nature and helped promote sustainable, healthy eating and regional products for years. MUNICH, 08-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The jury of the international … Read the full press release

Deutsche Bank launches unique concept to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment factors into its company research

Deutsche Bank has developed a unique concept to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment factors into its company research Helps investors ride the growing wave of responsible investing that Deutsche Bank Equity Research predicts will spread to cover all … Read the full press release

Deutsche Bank extends its longstanding lead partnership with Frieze Art Fairs to the newly launched Frieze Los Angeles next year

Deutsche Bank Wealth Management to be Global Lead Partner of the new Frieze Los Angeles in 2019 / Global Lead Partner of this week’s Frieze New York for seventh year New York, USA / Frankfurt am Main, Germany 08-May-2018 — … Read the full press release

Allianz will phase out both its proprietary investments in coal-based business and its insurance coverage of such risks by 2040

Withdrawal from insuring single coal-fired power plants and coal mines in operation or planning, effective immediately Exclusion of coal risks by 2040 in Property and Casualty business and in proprietary investments Joining the Science Based Target Initiative: Commitment to the … Read the full press release

Allianz Group sells 8.4 percent stake in Banco BPI to CaixaBank for 178 million euros

Allianz Group sells 8.4 percent stake in Banco BPI to CaixaBank Allianz and CaixaBank agree to reorganize terms of insurance distribution cooperation in Portugal Allianz Group aims to extend and deepen insurance partnership in Portugal with Banco BPI, subject to … Read the full press release

Daimler AG Member of the Board Ola Källenius on the new Mercedes-Benz G-Class: the new ‘G’ is still a ‘G’ only better

The new Mercedes-Benz G-Class presents itself in top form. Whether on or off the road and whatever the operating conditions, the off-road vehicle impresses with its performance, cutting-edge assistance systems, outstanding handling, and safety. At the same time, the new … Read the full press release

Russia’s largest banking and financial services company Sberbank deployed SAP SuccessFactors solutions to manage its workforce of 230,000 employees

WALLDORF, 04-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Sberbank, Russia’s largest banking and financial services company, has deployed SAP SuccessFactors solutions to manage its workforce of 230,000 employees, marking the largest completed cloud project in Russia. Sberbank plans … Read the full press release

Europe’s leading online supplier of bike and outdoor products internetstores opens the first brick-and-mortar store for its fahrrad.de brand

Further openings planned in Berlin and Düsseldorf BERLIN, 04-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — internetstores, Europe’s leading online supplier of bike and outdoor products, launches its multichannel strategy and now makes its leading brand, fahrrad.de, available in brick-and-mortar stores. On 11 May … Read the full press release

Prof. Dr Wolfgang Reitzle confirmed as Chairman of Linde AG’s Supervisory Board

MUNICH, 04-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — At the Annual General Meeting of Linde AG held today, the shareholder representatives were elected in rotation for the new Supervisory Board. At the constitutive meeting of the Supervisory Board held immediately after the AGM, the … Read the full press release

MAN to deliver eight new NEOPLAN Tourliners and six new NEOPLAN Skyliners to Schröder Reisen to be used for intercity travel with Flixbus

Schröder Reisen have taken on a total of 14 NEOPLAN premium coaches This includes the 75th coach from MAN since 2013, and the 33rd NEOPLAN coach MAN scores highly in terms of service, economic viability and reliability MUNICH, 01-May-2018 — … Read the full press release

The 2018 “Lunch Lectures” at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) will address the topic of “Ignorance – Unknowingness, Unawareness and the Unknown”

FREIBURG, 01-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ignorance is an important driver in science, but researchers rarely write and speak about what they do not know. The “Lunch Lectures” at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), happening on nine different Thursdays, will … Read the full press release

University of Freiburg ranked 24 in Thomson-Reuters ranking of Europe’s most innovative universities

FREIBURG, 01-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Freiburg has held its place in Thomson-Reuters’ 2018 ranking of Europe’s 100 most innovative universities. This year, Freiburg was ranked 24, as it was in 2017. Nationally, the university was again in the … Read the full press release