Category Archives: Germany

Press Releases & News from Germany distributed via EuropaWire

Heidelberg University’s Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology to hold “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” ceremony on May 23, 2014

Festive ceremony: “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” will be presented Heidelberg, Germany, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ten young scholars from Finland, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States are to receive the “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” in … Read the full press release

Swiss National Bank announced the fourth gold agreement between central banks in Europe

Zurich, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the European Central Bank (ECB), the central banks of the euro area (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) … Read the full press release

Boston Scientific to acquire Bayer HealthCare’s Interventional device business for $415 million

Divestiture includes AngioJet (thrombectomy) and Jetstream (atherectomy) systems, and the Fetch2 Aspiration Catheter / Bayer HealthCare’s Medical Care division to focus on innovation and growth in Radiology and Diabetes Care business areas Leverkusen, Germany, 16-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer HealthCare has entered … Read the full press release

Bayer CropScience to further invest in innovative nematode control tools to help farmers combat destructive plant parasites

Broad-spectrum nematicide portfolio based on chemicals and biologicals / New products and formulations to combat nematode infestations Monheim, Germany, 16-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer CropScience plans to further invest in innovative nematode control tools to help farmers combat these destructive plant parasites … Read the full press release

Technische Universitaet Muenchen and Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen discovered new approaches for stabilizing antibodies by comparing mammalian antibodies with those of sharks

Genetically engineered antibodies are deployed successfully in cancer diagnostics and therapy. Therapeutic antibodies against Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis are currently under development. An important criterion when designing suitable antibody fragments is their stability. Comparing the antibodies of sharks, which … Read the full press release

Henkel presents webinar about “Ways to improve Food Safety” on May 23

Düsseldorf, Germany, 15-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Food packaging safety is an issue to which Henkel – as the world’s largest adhesives manufacturer – is deeply committed. On its knowledge platform “Food Safe Packaging Portal”, Henkel presents a new webinar about “Ways to improve … Read the full press release

ZEISS reports 5% increase in revenue in its first six months of the 2013/14 fiscal year

Good start to the fiscal year – cautious outlook Revenue and earnings above prior year, but negatively impacted by currency effects Momentum slows in the emerging economies Increased demand for ZEISS lithography optics for the semiconductor industry, but delays in … Read the full press release

Sussex neuroscientists to join €1 billion EU research to develop artificial brain systems

Sussex, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Neuroscientists at Sussex have been invited to join a €1 billion European Union research initiative aimed at developing the tools needed to understand the human brain and its diseases. Professor Thomas Nowotny and colleagues in Informatics are … Read the full press release

Herrenknecht Vertical to supply Terra Invader 350 deep drilling rig to gas producer and supplier China National Petroleum Corporation CNPC

Herrenknecht Vertical to supply Terra Invader 350 deep drilling rig to gas producer and supplier China National Petroleum Corporation CNPC Sichuan Province, China / Schwanau, Germany, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Whereas in Germany the reservations about unconventional gas production dominate, China is … Read the full press release

Arburg marks ten-year presence in Shanghai

 Exclusive anniversary celebration with over 500 invited guests  Managing Partner Juliane Hehl presents anniversary sculpture to subsidiary manager Zhao Tong Awards for selected customers and employee of the year Lossburg, Germany, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On 24 April 2014, the Arburg … Read the full press release

Bull to supply petaflops-scale supercomputer to German computing center for climate research DKRZ

In 2016, this ultra-fast, but extremely energy-efficient super-system will reach a peak performance of 3 Petaflops and a storage capacity of 45 Petabytes. This means it can perform 3 million billion operations per second, and store the equivalent of 10 … Read the full press release

GfK survey: SMEs reluctant to use energy efficiency services

GfK survey analyzes market potential for energy efficiency services Nuremberg, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still showing reluctance when it comes to using energy efficiency services (EEDL). This is attributable to the highly varied supplier … Read the full press release

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Schau rein, schlau raus – Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2014

Die 14. Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften wird am 10. Mai um 16 Uhr im Audimax der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, eröffnet. Von 17 bis 24 Uhr können Besucherinnen und Besucher in 215 Veranstaltungen an 21 HU-Gebäuden Forschung … Read the full press release

Symrise reports sales up by 8 % at local currency in Q1 2014

• Group sales up by 8 % at local currency • Increase in sales by 12 % in Emerging Markets • EBITDA up 9 % to € 101 million – EBITDA margin of 21.5 % • Earnings per share rise … Read the full press release

Henkel marks first anniversary of its Food Safe Packaging Portal

Adhesives Market Leader with Dedicated Food Safety Information Platform Düsseldorf, Germany, 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A large number of food packages contain adhesives developed with Henkel’s renowned expertise and know-how, generating increased confidence among consumers and also, in particular, customers operating in … Read the full press release

Henkel trained 2,000 employees as sustainability ambassadors through its Ambassador Program since 2012

Henkel Ambassadors show others how to achieve more with less Düsseldorf, Germany, 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Through the Ambassador Program, Henkel aims to establish a wider understanding of sustainability among the general public. Since 2012, Henkel has trained 2,000 ambassadors. Henkel aims … Read the full press release

DZ BANK Group reports all-time high profit before taxes of € 2.2 billion

The DZ BANK Group’s profit before taxes increased 68.5 per cent to an all-time high of € 2.2 billion Good operating performance throughout the entire DZ BANK Group Positive earnings effect due to reversals of impairment losses in DG HYP’s … Read the full press release

Nanostart-holding MagForce AG and its subsidiary in US held FDA meeting regarding MagForce’s NanoTherm® Therapy Pre-Submission

Frankfurt / Berlin, Germany and Nevada, USA, 5-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nanostart-holding MagForce, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, together with its subsidiary MagForce USA, Inc. are pleased to report that an in-person meeting was … Read the full press release

Alexander von Humboldt Professorships awards ceremony to be held on May 8 in Berlin

Six award winners will each receive up to five million EUR and soon conduct research in Berlin, Halle, Hanover, Mainz, Osnabruck and Stuttgart. Bonn, Germany, 5-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On 8 May, Federal Minister of Education and Research Johanna Wanka and Helmut … Read the full press release

STRABAG PFS schliesst Geschäftsjahr 2013 stabil ab

Die STRABAG PFS sowie ihre Töchter und Auslandsgesellschaften haben das Geschäftsjahr 2013 mit einer Gesamtleistung von 955 Mio. Euro abgeschlossen. 871 Mio. Euro wurden davon in Deutschland erwirtschaftet (Vorjahr: 872 Mio. Euro). Leistung mit 871 Mio. Euro in Deutschland annähernd … Read the full press release