Category Archives: Germany

Press Releases & News from Germany distributed via EuropaWire

Henkel announces management changes

Henkel Beauty Care under new leadership as of May 1, 2016 Düsseldorf, 24-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Pascal Houdayer (46), currently Corporate Senior Vice President in the Laundry & Home Care business unit, will be appointed member of the Henkel Management Board … Read the full press release

MAN Diesel & Turbo gas turbines power new gas-fired combined heat and power plant in Shanghai

CO2 emissions reduced by 59,000 tons per year AUGSBURG, 24-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — An opening ceremony on January 19, 2016, saw a new gas-fired combined heat and power plant being put into operation at SAIC VOLKSWAGEN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED – … Read the full press release

Universität Hamburg: 13 extremely poisonous plants on show in a traveling exhibition in the Loki Schmidt House–Museum for Useful Plants

New traveling exhibition in Loki Schmidt House HAMBURG, 23-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Laburnum, monk’s hood, European spindle, and co.: to mark the beginning of spring, thirteen extremely poisonous plants are on show in a traveling exhibition in the Loki Schmidt House—Museum … Read the full press release

Grundig expands its network in Turkey

ISTANBUL, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Grundig, which was born in Germany and has been continuing its activities under Arçelik A.Ş. since 2007, now expands its network in Turkey with all its product groups in its 70th year. Grundig, which made a distinguished … Read the full press release

COUPLING LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE VIA E-SERVICES ECOSYSTEM: ALPHA VERSION OF THE FREME OPEN FRAMEWORK RELEASED

TURIN, Italy, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The FREME Consortium – which brings together top-tier specialists in language resources, tools, and services, multilingualism and semantic Web, linked data and open data including public sector information, publishing, localisation, and business development – … Read the full press release

Sandoz and World Child Cancer announce new health initiative in the Philippines

Holzkirchen, Germany, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sandoz, together with leading global charity World Child Cancer (WCC), is pleased to announce a new health initiative in the Philippines, aimed at improving the standard of care for children suffering from cancer. Cancer survival … Read the full press release

Merck CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board honoured with Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities

Darmstadt, Germany, and Rehovot, Israel, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced that the Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, conferred the renowned Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities on Karl-Ludwig Kley, CEO and Chairman of the … Read the full press release

Merck extends partnership with Weizmann Institute of Science on research collaboration

Darmstadt, Germany, and Rehovot, Israel, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck, a leading science and technology company, today extended the partnership with Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, of by signing a new framework agreement, building on a successful innovation partnership of … Read the full press release

Die Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) senkt den effektiven Jahreszins für das DKB-Privatdarlehen

Künftig 3,69 Prozent effektiver Jahreszins für DKB-Kunden BERLIN, 17-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) senkt den effektiven Jahreszins für das DKB-Privatdarlehen mit sofortiger Wirkung deutlich um 0,3 Prozent. Sie bietet damit im Vergleich der großen Privatkundenbanken in Deutschland … Read the full press release

Gamesa received order from Energiekontor to repower a German windfarm with three G128-4.5 MW turbines

The company will install three G128-4.5 MW turbines at the Debstedt wind farm which will produce more energy using half as many turbines. Gamesa will also operate and maintain the facility for 18 years. MADRID, 17-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gamesa, a … Read the full press release

DB Schenker strengthens its land transport network with 75 percent acquisition of Redhead Holdings Ltd

Relevant authorities approved the transaction ESSEN/BERLIN, 16-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — After approval by the competent authorities Schenker AG acquired 75 percent of Redhead Holdings Ltd. as of January 29, 2016. A takeover of the remaining 25 percent share is foreseen, contractual after four years. With the merger of … Read the full press release

thyssenkrupp addresses the mobility of passengers at the new Barcelona metro stations

Innovative entrances to new Barcelona metro stations with intelligent elevators and escalators coordinated with the arrival and departure of trains. Each year over 30 million passengers will benefit from 180 new mobility units in the stations. ESSEN, 16-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

SOLARWATT GmbH the first company to produce glass-glass module with an output of 300 watt peak

SOLARWATT establishes a new output record with 300 Wp glass-glass module 30-year product and performance warranty DRESDEN, 16-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — World’s first from Dresden: SOLARWATT GmbH is now also offering the SOLARWATT 60M high power module with an output of … Read the full press release

NORMA Group supports students of the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt with scholarship programme

Maintal/Darmstadt, Germany, 11-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, has been supporting three students of the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt since the winter semester 2015/2016 by offering a Deutschlandstipendium, a scholarship programme … Read the full press release

Naturefund: a Harpy Eagle discovered with offspring in Honduras for the first time

WIESBADEN, 10-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time in Honduras a Harpy  Eagle has been seen with offspring. The second largest bird in the world hides itself away in the dense jungles of Middle and South America and is extremly rare. … Read the full press release

BayWa AG takes over majority stake in Dutch supplier of exotic fruits and vegetables, TFC Holland B.V.

Strategic expansion of the fruit business MUNICH, 08-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BayWa AG will take over the majority of the Dutch supplier of exotic fruits and vegetables, TFC Holland B.V. (TFC) based in De Lier, subject to approval by the … Read the full press release

BayWa takes the lead in malting barley trade with the acquisition of Evergrain KG

MUNICH, 08-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BayWa AG has acquired full ownership of Evergrain KG. The company, which is based in Hamburg, will now operate under the name of “Evergrain – a BayWa Company”. BayWa already decided last summer to acquire a … Read the full press release

DHL Freight introduces new customs clearance service for non-EU companies importing into EU

DHL Freight offers non-EU shippers a new customs clearance solution for declarable goods imports into the European Union New solution enables shippers to provide full cost transparency to their clients BONN, 05-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — DHL Freight has introduced a new … Read the full press release

Destatis: price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing in December 2015 decreased vs. previous month

WIESBADEN, 05-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing in December 2015 decreased a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.7% on November 2015. In November 2015, they increased by 1.5% … Read the full press release

Destatis: wurde in deutschen gewerblichen Schlachtunternehmen ein neuer Höchstwert bei der Erzeugung von Fleisch erzielt

WIESBADEN, 05-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Im Jahr 2015 wurde in deutschen gewerblichen Schlachtunternehmen ein neuer Höchstwert bei der Erzeugung von Fleisch erzielt. Wie das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) mitteilt, stieg die Fleischproduktion gegenüber dem Vorjahr leicht um 0,3 % (25 300 Tonnen) auf insgesamt … Read the full press release