Category Archives: Germany

Press Releases & News from Germany distributed via EuropaWire

Pochin Construction wins contract to build £multi-million complex at Port of Mostyn, North Wales for RWE Innogy UK’s flagship Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

Pochin Construction Ltd wins £3million design & build contract Over 100 staff based at new build at the Port of Mostyn Base confirms North Wales as home to Gwynt y Môr Port of Mostyn,  North Wales, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Work has started … Read the full press release

DHL Express expanded partnership with global leader in diagnostics and information technology solutions for animal health IDEXX Laboratories

Bonn, Germany, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — DHL Express has recently expanded its successful partnership with IDEXX Laboratories, a global leader in diagnostics and information technology solutions for animal health. In 2011, IDEXX selected DHL as its primary carrier in Europe, the Middle … Read the full press release

Deutsche Telekom obtained required merger control clearance from European Commission for the acquisition of GTS Central Europe

Deutsche Telekom acquisition of GTS approved Complements DT’s pan-European network in mobile centric countries Strengthens DT’s position in the international B2B and wholesale segments Hannover, Germany, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom obtained today the required merger control clearance from the European … Read the full press release

BASF and Sinopec opened two new plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers at BASF-YPC Verbund site in Nanjing, China

New superabsorbent polymers, acrylic acid and butyl acrylate plants serve growing demand in China market Integrated production enables resource efficiency and energy conservation Nanjing , China, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF and Sinopec today inaugurated two new plants for acrylic acid and … Read the full press release

The Audi Group becomes the first premium automobile manufacturer certified according to the international standard ISO 14064

First premium automobile manufacturer with corporate carbon footprint calculated in detail and certified Board of Management Member for Production Dr. Hubert Waltl: “An important element of climate-neutral mobility” Transparency on company-wide greenhouse-gas emissions Ingolstadt, Germany, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Audi … Read the full press release

Initiative der EDEKA Stiftung auch 2014 stark gefragt

Ab April: 1.200 Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten nehmen teil Qualitätsorientiertes Erfolgskonzept: Kinder lernen erlebnisorientiert Mit Langzeitwirkung: Projekt zu Ernährungskompetenz im 7. Jahr erfolgreich Hamburg, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mit Beginn der Pflanzsaison startet in rund 1.200 Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten bundesweit das Nachhaltigkeitsprojekt „Aus … Read the full press release

Volkswagen Group delivered 2.40 million vehicles in Q1 2014, 5.8 percent up YoY

929,500 vehicles delivered in March / +7.6 percent* Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler: “All in all, first-quarter deliveries very satisfactory. Prospect of return to modest growth on markets in Western Europe.” Wolfsburg, Germany, The Volkswagen Group delivered 2.40 (January-March 2013: 2.27; … Read the full press release

Allianz’s Security-Trust-Solidarity study focused on how people prepare for retirement and which factors influence the individual sense of security

Generational contract is intact though it is an additional burden for younger people Future perspective: people in Malaysia confident, Japanese most pessimistic Most young people state they do not have enough money to make precautions Munich, 14-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Money matters: … Read the full press release

Mercedes-Benz Travego sets new standards in safety technology; the first bus in the world to use new Active Brake Assist 3

Active Brake Assist 3: emergency braking for stationary obstacles ABA 3 can actively prevent accidents Standard equipment in conjunction with adaptive cruise control Travego: a tradition of the best possible safety Stuttgart, Germany, 14-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — It automatically initiates … Read the full press release

ADAC Punktereform tritt in Kraft: Jetzt wird neu gezählt

München, Deutschland, 14-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Am 1. Mai tritt die neue Punktereform in Kraft, nach der nur noch solche Verstöße, die die Verkehrssicherheit gefährden, eingetragen werden. Bei Vergehen, die nicht direkt eine Gefahr für die Verkehrssicherheit darstellen (zum Beispiel „Einfahren in eine … Read the full press release

Freie Universität Berlin’s soccer robots FUmanoids reached first place in this year’s German Open RoboCup in Magdeburg

FUmanoids Win in Humanoid League of Robots up to 60 Centimeters / Defeated University of Hertfordshire Team in Finals, 2 to 1 Berlin, 11-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The soccer robots of Freie Universität Berlin reached first place in this year’s German Open … Read the full press release

Airbus Defence and Space wins contract in Germany for Tetra voice and radio data transmission devices

Paris, France, 11-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space wins contract in Germany for Tetra voice and radio data transmission devices for undercover operations. The Logistics Centre of the German state of Lower Saxony has commissioned Airbus Defence and Space to deliver … Read the full press release

Deutsche Lufthansa to power 15 Airbus A320neo and 25 A321neo aircraft with CFM’s advanced LEAP-1A engine in $1 billion deal

Order for engines to power 40 firm A320neo/A321neo aircraft WEST CHESTER, Ohio, 10-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Lufthansa today announced a firm order for CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 15 Airbus A320neo and 25 A321neo aircraft. The firm engine order … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University study: Health, qualifications and motivation factors determining whether wage-earners can go on working past age of 67

Heidelberg, Germany, 8-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Health, qualifications and motivation are the crucial factors determining whether, as a consequence of demographic change, wage-earners can or should go on working past the age of 67. To tap the potential of older staff members to … Read the full press release

Technische Universität München scientists studied how leaders are selected and assessed

MUNICH, 4-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Even the wording of an employment ad can be a crucial factor whether the job goes to a woman or a man – as women tend not to apply in case of doubt. They feel less inclined … Read the full press release

Henkel’s CEO Kasper Rorsted reviewed the company’s successful performance in 2013 at Annual General Meeting today

Düsseldorf, Germany, 4-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — At Henkel’s Annual General Meeting today, CEO Kasper Rorsted reviewed the company’s successful performance in the fiscal year 2013. Referring to the challenging economic conditions, he said: “Despite a difficult environment, we achieved all our financial … Read the full press release

Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia students Daren Perincic and Dominik Benger win the Henkel Innovation Challenge

21 student teams from 30 countries around the world took part in the international final of the “Henkel Innovation Challenge” in Düsseldorf. The students had three days in which to showcase their innovative concepts to a panel of Henkel managers. … Read the full press release

Die Universität Konstanz wartet beim „International Student Barometer“ mit Spitzenplätzen auf

Das International Office der Universität Konstanz schneidet beim „International Student Barometer“ (ISB) exzellent ab. Die für die internationalen Studierenden zuständige Einrichtung erreicht in der weltweit durchgeführten Befragung internationaler Studierender insgesamt den zweiten Platz. An der hauptsächlich auf die Servicestrukturen fokussierenden … Read the full press release

Contemporary Controls joins the EnOcean Alliance

The automation specialist expands its portfolio of established BAS solutions with the EnOcean energy harvesting wireless standard to refine its integrated system approach San Ramon/Frankfurt a.M., 2-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Contemporary Controls, a pioneer in electronics design, development and manufacturing of networking and … Read the full press release

Thuringia’s Minister President Christine Lieberknecht visited K+S’s Werra potash plant

Thuringia, Germany, 1-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thuringia’s Minister President Christine Lieberknecht today paid a visit to the Werra potash plant in the Hesse-Thuringia potash district at the invitation of Norbert Steiner, the Chairman of the K+S Board of Executive Directors. During an underground … Read the full press release