In 2017, Mercedes-Benz sold approximately 2.3 million cars worldwide, increasing its unit sales by 9.9%. The car division delivered a total of more than 2.4 million Mercedes-Benz and smart to customers last year. 2017 was the seventh consecutive record year … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged automotive, autonomous, Britta Seeger, car sharing, cars, CHINA, Connected, Dr. Dieter Zetsche, ELECTRIC, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz, mobility
STUTTGART, 10-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Up until 26 February 2018, sports fans from around the world can choose the Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year 2017 in the final round of voting. The competition, initiated by Laureus and supported by … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Germany, Media, Monaco, Society, Sports
Tagged Alan Ruschel, Billy Whizz, Bradley Lowery, Brave Bradley, Chapecoense football team, Dedication, FairPlay, Iowa Hawkeyes, Jermain Defoe, Kimi Raikkonen, Laureus, Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year 2017, Laureus World Sports Academy, Mercedes‑Benz, Social Commitment, sports, TeamSpirit, Thomas Danel
Allianz X invests in telehealth solutions leader American Well and joins Board of Directors Allianz and American Well to develop digital solutions that broaden access to quality healthcare American Well will leverage Allianz’s global expertise to internationalize their state-of-the-art digital … Read the full press release
Las Vegas / Wolfsburg, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Volkswagen and NVIDIA today (08 January 2018) shared their vision for how AI and deep learning will shape the development of a new generation of intelligent Volkswagen vehicles. At the kickoff of the … Read the full press release
Microcred loans benefit 1,000 micro-sized firms LONDON, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Kawther Bedhiaf’s professional dream started when she was a child in the Tunisian countryside. “I grew up in a town called Hedra, close to the mountains. Being surrounded by beautiful nature inspired … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Finland, Germany, Investment, Small Business
Tagged EBRD, EU, Kawther Bedhiaf, Sehl Zargouni, Tunisian ‘micro-entrepreneurs’
ESPOO, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — E.ON SE has today (08 January 2018) announced that it has decided to tender its 170,720,340 Uniper SE shares, corresponding to 46.65% of shares and voting rights, into Fortum’s public takeover offer. Furthermore, E.ON announced that … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Germany, Investment
Tagged Fortum, Pekka Lundmark, shares
WALLDORF, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today (January 4, 2018) announced the appointments of Alex Atzberger as president of SAP Hybris and Barry Padgett as president of SAP Ariba. SAP Hybris solutions comprise the omnichannel customer engagement and commerce … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Internet & Online, Management, Technology
Tagged Alex Atzberger, Barry Padgett, Carsten Thoma, commerce, customer engagement, Leadership changes, procurement, Robert Enslin, SAP SE
New evolution with longer range and higher capacity TOULOUSE, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus has completed assembly of the first A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex) at its facilities in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, will undergo ground … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Zug, Switzerland, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The 66th Four Hills Tournament ended on Saturday with record ratings and the outstanding victory of Poland’s Kamil Stoch, who was able to succeed in each of the four events. The so-called Grand Slam … Read the full press release
Munich, Germany, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ernst Otto Fischer, former Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), established a new branch of chemistry with his research on metal-carbon compounds. His work fundamentally changed the prevailing understanding … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Government, Science
Tagged 100th anniversary, birth of TUM professor, Commemorative 20 euro coin, Ernst Otto Fischer
MUNICH, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, in which the body’s own immune cells attack the fatty, insulating myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers. The regeneration of intact myelin … Read the full press release
Researchers from LMU/MPQ implement a dynamical version of the 4D quantum Hall effect with ultracold atoms in an optical superlattice potential Garching, Germany, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In literature, the potential existence of extra dimensions was discussed in Edwin Abbott’s satirical … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Science, Switzerland
Tagged 4D, atoms, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, quantum, quantumHalleffect
The expansion of Mercedes-AMG’s involvement in motorsport is also progressing at a digital level. During the first highlight of the season, the Dubai 24-hour race, the performance brand from Affalterbach is launching RACE Scout, an innovative app. The online platform, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Internet & Online, Sports, Technology
Tagged app, drivers, global motorsport community, innovative app, Lab1886, Mercedes-AMG, motorsport, race, RACE Scout, RACE Scout app
STUTTGART, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Every G-Class has to conquer the Schöckl. Mercedes-Benz uses the 1,445 metre high local mountain near the Austrian city of Graz as a test track. The 5.6 km route includes gradients of up to 60 percent and … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Automotive, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
It is the largest order ever won by the company in Egypt, a country which offers huge growth potential in wind power. Siemens Gamesa will install 125 of its G97-2.1 MW turbines at Gulf of Suez wind farm, located in … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Spain
Tagged EGYPT, G97-2.1MW turbines, Gulf of Suez wind farm, renewable energy, Siemens Gamesa
Delft, Netherlands, 05-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — It is not something you will find in nature, but it can be created using a 3D printer and existing biomaterials: a hybrid meta-biomaterial that promotes bone growth. TU Delft researchers have developed a meta-implant … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Healthcare, Science, Technology
Tagged bone growth, hybrid meta-biomaterial, TU Delft
MUNICH, 04-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — If a surface has to be protected against corrosion, in 80 percent of all cases this takes place through coating it with paints or varnishes. When doing so, the proportion of bio-based, environmentally-friendly solutions is extremely … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Metals and Minerals, Science, Technology
Tagged Christina Gabriel, cost-effective coating, Fraunhofer, renewable raw materials
MUNICH, 04-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — To connect components with each other, gluing is preferred today instead of welding, riveting or using screws. That makes cars, planes and agricultural machines lighter. The requirements placed on the adhesive are high, though: it has … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged adhesives, Dr. Roland Klein, Fraunhofer, hard, MetAK, soft
MUNICH, 04-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Integrated circuitry is becoming increasingly complex. These days a Pentium processor contains some 30 million transistors. And the magnetic structures found in hard drives measure just 10 to 20 nanometers across – less than a flu … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged Christoph Nebel, Fraunhofer, hard discs, measure, New quantum sensor, next generation, tiny magnetic fields
MUNICH, 04-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Pressure to optimize is intense on the floors of motor vehicle manufacturers’ factories: Variance is steadily increasing. Costs have to be contained. Fraunhofer researchers are now using RFID technology to introduce more transparency in motor vehicle … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Science, Technology
Tagged Fraunhofer, manufacturing operations, Marc Kujath, motor vehicle manufacturers, RFID technology, supply chains
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