Category Archives: Germany

Press Releases & News from Germany distributed via EuropaWire

Henkel Lifetimes als bestes Webmagazin ausgezeichnet

28-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Das Online-Verbraucher-Portal Henkel Lifetimes von Henkel Laundry and Home Care gewinnt mit der Düsseldorfer Agentur menadwork kommunikation GmbH den Deutschen Preis für Onlinekommunikation 2013: Henkel Lifetimes ist Sieger in der Kategorie „Webmagazin“. Mit dem Deutschen Preis für … Read the full press release

Mercedes-Benz stand at the UITP Congress in Geneva 26 – 29 May dominated by the world’s best-selling urban bus model Citaro

Citaro: broad range of Euro VI-compliant urban buses Innovative technology: Euro VI, regenerative braking, weight optimisation Record Run Buses 2012: Euro VI pays its way, Citaro 8.5 percent more fuel-efficient Citaro Euro VI: Bus of the Year 2013 Emission-free urban … Read the full press release

ÖBB Postbus GmbH to take delivery of buses from Daimler Buses between 2013 and 2017

ÖBB Postbus GmbH chooses Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses Vehicles offer impressive levels of comfort, safety and efficiency Customer operates local public transportation systems throughout Austria Vienna, 28-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ÖBB Postbus GmbH is focusing on vehicles from Mercedes-Benz and Setra as … Read the full press release

Cecilia Malmström at “We are the Others” conference in Berlin: The rise of right-wing extremism in Europe

Cecilia Malmström – EU Commissioner for Home Affairs ‘We are the Others’ conference Berlin, 27-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, First I would like to thank the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung for organising this conference on a very important subject. For … Read the full press release

voestalpine AG statement on Deutsche Bahn press release regarding the German rail cartel

27-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Dr. Wolfgang Eder, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of voestalpine AG, made the following statement regarding the agreement with Deutsche Bahn: “We are very pleased that, after very intense negotiations, agreement with Deutsche Bahn has … Read the full press release

Bayer CropScience to introduce its new Bayer SeedGrowth™ brand at the 2013 ISF World Seed Congress in Athens

Bayer SeedGrowth™: the fully integrated system for on-seed applications from a single source Around 100 years of experience in the seed treatment business / In-house competence in Products, Coatings, Equipment and Services / New customer-centric website www.seedgrowth.bayer.com launched Monheim, 27-5-2013 … Read the full press release

Henkel: Professioneller Partner rund ums Haus

Die Freiluftsaison ist eine arbeitsintensive Zeit für jeden gestandenen Do-it-yourselfer. Rund ums Haus werden kleinere und größere Mängel sichtbar, die behoben werden sollen. Geht es um Montagelösungen, wie zum Beispiel das sichere Anbringen einer neuen Hausnummer, empfiehlt sich Pattex Montagekleber … Read the full press release

Daimler AG commercial vehicles subsidiaries MFTBC & DICV in Asia grouped under the umbrella of “Daimler Trucks Asia”

Activities of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) are grouped under the umbrella of “Daimler Trucks Asia” Combined annual sales target of MFTBC and DICV to 290,000 sold units until the year 2020 … Read the full press release

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München online linguistic game won award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival

Munich, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An online game designed to provide LMU researchers with data on the regional distribution of Italian dialect idioms has garnered an award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival. In the online game Metropolitalia, players are asked … Read the full press release

Bayer MaterialScience-led EcoCommercial Building program welcomes its newest partner Cemex Germany

Over 80 specialists in Bayer-led EcoCommercial Building program Leverkusen, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A worldwide specialist network for sustainable building led by Bayer MaterialScience continues to grow: The newest member of the EcoCommercial Building program (ECB) is the German subsidiary of … Read the full press release

Henkel investiert 35 Millionen Euro am Standort Düsseldorf

Grundsteinlegung für neues Zentrallager 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —Henkel legt heute den Grundstein für das neue Zentrallager für den Unternehmensbereich Laundry & Home Care. Auf einer Gesamtfläche von rund 16.000 Quadratmetern wird in den kommenden Monaten auf dem Werkgelände in Düsseldorf-Holthausen … Read the full press release

Mercedes-Benz QR code system to make the rescue of accident victims safer and swifter

Stuttgart, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — When every second counts: with a small yet effective innovation, Mercedes-Benz wants to make the rescue of accident victims safer and swifter. In future a QR code, which can be read by smartphones and tablets, placed … Read the full press release

Johannes Schubmehl appointed Bayer HealthCare AG Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Leverkusen, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Johannes Schubmehl (48) has been appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Bayer HealthCare AG effective May 1, 2013. He succeeded Matthias Moritz, who had left the company at the end of March.  Johannes Schubmehl has held … Read the full press release

University of Duisburg-Essen Chemists develop nanopaste for the repair of bone defects

Balsam for the Bones 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Following accidents or cancer surgery surgeons often have to transplant healthy bone tissue or synthetic material to repair the resulting bone defects. Unfortunately, these procedures do not always have the desired effect. Now … Read the full press release

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Unspooling DNA from nucleosomal disks

Munich, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The tight wrapping of genomic DNA around nucleosomes in the cell nucleus makes it unavailable for gene expression. An LMU team now describes a mechanism that allows chromosomal DNA to be locally displaced from nucleosomes for transcription. … Read the full press release

Henkel Metylan: Mustertapeten auf Stoß kleben

Extravagante Mustertapeten liegen voll im Trend. Um ein einheitliches Muster an die Wand zu bringen, sind Genauigkeit und Geschick gefragt. Der hochwertige Vliestapeten-Kleister Metylan direct sorgt für ausreichende Korrekturfreiheit und ermöglicht so perfektes Kleben auf Stoß. Düsseldorf, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — … Read the full press release

Germany and the USA Economic researchers find self-assured entrepreneurs more likely to act against their own pro-environmental values

München, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Many entrepreneurs claim that they care about sustainability, yet they make decisions that are harmful to the environment. Economic researchers from Germany and the USA have discovered that many bosses do indeed have firm convictions when it … Read the full press release

Dr. Herbert Heitmann appointed Head of newly formed Communications and Government Relations unit at Bayer AG

Leverkusen, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  Dr. Herbert Heitmann, currently Executive Vice President of External Communications at Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague, Netherlands, will head the newly created Communications and Government Relations unit at Bayer AG with effect from September 1, … Read the full press release

Henkel TV-Spot für Persil Duo-Caps

Duo-Power für strahlend saubere Wäsche 22-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Seit Mittwoch, den 15. Mai, hat Persil Duo-Caps im Fernsehen seinen großen Auftritt: Der TV-Spot zeigt die neue Generation von vordosierten Flüssigwaschmitteln. Persil Duo-Caps vereint durch die innovative Zwei-Kammer-Technologie die bewährte Leuchtkraft-Formel … Read the full press release

MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Agreement for Paddy Lowe to join the team on 3 June

Brackley, 22-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Agreement has been reached between MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for Paddy Lowe to join the team on 3 June. Paddy will strengthen MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS in the role of Executive Director (Technical) and will … Read the full press release