(IN BRIEF) MAPFRE marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by highlighting the progress of its global inclusion initiatives. At the end of 2024, the company employed 1,152 people with disabilities across 27 countries, representing 4.2% of the workforce. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Society, Spain, Technology
Tagged accessibility, Anastasia de las Peñas, Corporate Social Responsibility, disability employment, disability inclusion, Diversity Charter, employment support, ILO Global Business and Disability Network, inclusive workplace, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Konecta Foundation, MAPFRE, MAPFRE highlights rising disability employment and new support measures as part of its 2024–2026 Sustainability Plan, Miradas sin etiquetas, Programa Familiares, Sustainability Plan, unconscious bias training, volunteering, workforce diversity
(IN BRIEF) SIX Swiss Exchange has added Columbia Threadneedle Investments as its newest ETF issuer, marking the launch of two actively managed equity ETFs with multicurrency trading options. The funds provide long-term exposure to European and U.S. equities, committing at … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged active ETFs, active management, asset management, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Columbia Threadneedle strengthens Swiss ETF landscape with launch of two active equity ETFs on SIX, Danielle Reischuk, ETF listings, ETF marketplace, ETFs, European equity ETF, Eva Maria Hintner, MSCI Europe, multicurrency ETF, Russell 1000, SIX Swiss Exchange, Swiss market, U.S. equity ETF, Virtu Financial Ireland
(IN BRIEF) Thales and Arab International Optronics have expanded their long-standing partnership to support Egypt’s efforts to strengthen technological self-reliance and industrial capability in defence and advanced systems. The reinforced cooperation spans six key areas, including the launch of a … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Government, Industrial, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI, AIO, Arab International Optronics, Cybersecurity, Defence Technology, EGYPT, Egyptian Armed Forces, electro-optical manufacturing, fire control systems, handheld thermal imagers, optronics, RCWS, regional technology hub, Sherif Barakat, supply chain cooperation, surveillance and defence systems manufactured in Egypt, Surveillance systems, technological sovereignty, Thales, Thales Academy, Thales deepens cooperation with AIO to develop advanced training
(IN BRIEF) Trinity College Dublin has formed a new partnership with The Eddie Jordan Foundation to support students in Formula Trinity, the university’s student-run motorsport engineering team. The collaboration focuses on upskilling, industry connections, event collaboration, and career pathway support, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Ireland, Management, News, Society, Sports
Tagged career pathways, Cleavon Castelino, Eddie Jordan Foundation, Eddie Jordan Foundation supports Trinity College Dublin’s Formula Trinity team with skills development and industry access, engineering education, experiential learning, Formula Trinity, industry mentoring, INNOVATION, Irish engineering talent, Keith O’Loughlin, motorsport engineering, student engineering team, Trinity College Dublin, upskilling
(IN BRIEF) AFRY has been appointed, as part of the IG AI engineering consortium, to oversee quality assurance for all railway engineering systems involved in the full expansion of Switzerland’s Lötschberg Base Tunnel. The tunnel, part of the 40-km Lötschberg … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 118 MSEK, 38 MSEK, AFRY, AFRY to oversee railway engineering quality for Lötschberg Base Tunnel double-track upgrade supporting the NEAT corridor, Alpine freight shift, Ceneri Base Tunnel, double track upgrade, Frutigen, Gotthard Base Tunnel, IG AI, infrastructure modernization, Lötschberg Base Tunnel, Marcel Winter, NEAT, owner’s engineer, quality assurance, Rail Expansion 2035, railway engineering, Raron, sustainable transport, Switzerland
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has sold its Port7 office development in Prague’s Holešovice district for approximately EUR 130 million to AFI subsidiaries, with the transfer scheduled for the first half of 2026 and the transaction recorded in Q4 2025. Port7 features … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Czech Republic, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Access4You, AFI, brownfield redevelopment, commercial development Europe, EUR 130 million, Holešovice, LEED Platinum, Nearly Zero-Energy Building, office complex, photovoltaic panels, Port7, Prague, real estate divestment, SEK 1.4 billion, Skanska, Skanska completes sale of Port7 campus in Prague as demand grows for modern energy-efficient office properties, sustainability, water savings, WELL Platinum
(IN BRIEF) ABB has completed its acquisition of Gamesa Electric’s power electronics business from Siemens Gamesa, expanding its renewable energy portfolio at a time of accelerating global demand for solar, wind, and storage technologies. The deal brings approximately 400 employees, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 46 GW installed base, ABB, ABB expands renewable power conversion portfolio with integration of Gamesa Electric’s wind, ABB Motion, acquisition, automation, battery energy storage systems, BESS, clean energy transition, Daniel Gerber, DFIG, electrification, Gamesa Electric, IEA forecast, International Energy Agency, Madrid, power electronics, renewable energy, renewable power growth, Siemens Gamesa, solar and storage technologies, solar inverters, sustainable energy, Valencia, wind converters
(IN BRIEF) ACS Group has expanded its partnership with Vulcan Energy by taking on an end-to-end role in delivering the infrastructure for the Lionheart Project, Europe’s major geothermal-lithium initiative. Through Sedgman and HOCHTIEF Infrastructure, ACS has been appointed EPCM contractor … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ACS expands role in Vulcan’s geothermal-lithium initiative with major investment and end-to-end project delivery responsibilities, ACS Group, critical minerals, Critical Raw Materials Act, electric vehicle batteries, energy transition, EPCM contractor, EU Strategic Project, geothermal brine, Grant Fraser, HOCHTIEF, Ignacio Legorburo, infrastructure investment, Juan Santamaria, Lionheart Project, lithium extraction, lithium hydroxide monohydrate, renewable energy, Sedgman, sustainable lithium, Upper Rhine Valley, Vulcan Energy
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom is making a major investment to upgrade its manufacturing line in Taylorville, Illinois, enhancing its ability to produce advanced synthetic filtration materials. The upgraded line, expected to be operational by late 2026, will support up to 100 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom, Ahlstrom enhances North American filtration capabilities with major upgrade to Taylorville synthetic media line, air pollution control, cellulose blends, corrugation, engine oil filtration, fiber-based materials, food and beverage filtration, gas turbine filtration, glass fibers, HVAC filtration, industrial filtration, mobility systems, process liquids, saturation, sustainable innovation, synthetic fibers, synthetic filtration materials, Taylorville Illinois, transportation filtration, Willy Bordignon
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson has formed a strategic partnership with LotusFlare and taken a minority stake in the company to support global CSPs in commercializing network capabilities through APIs. LotusFlare’s DNO Cloud platform provides consent management, digital commerce, and other components … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Internet & Online, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G, Aduna, AI, API monetization, Communication Service Providers, consent management, CSPs, digital commerce, DNO Cloud, Ericsson, Ericsson collaborates with LotusFlare to advance API exposure frameworks and accelerate CSP integration models, LotusFlare, minority investment, Network API Exposure Layer, Network APIs, Niklas Heuveldop, partnership, programmable networks, Sam Gadodia, telecom software, Vonage
(IN BRIEF) Henkel has expanded its thin organic coating (TOC) technology portfolio with a new coloured variant designed to deliver both high performance and aesthetic benefits for coil-coated metal surfaces. The new golden finish, developed for a major construction-industry client, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged aesthetics, aluminium-zinc, anti-counterfeiting, anti-fingerprint, coil coating, Color TOC, color variants, construction industry, corrosion protection, Dipak Chaudhari, golden finish, Henkel, Henkel introduces golden thin organic coating variant designed for improved brand recognition and long-term material protection, lubricity, metal surfaces, polymer coatings, sustainable coatings, thin organic coating, TOC, zinc coating, zinc-magnesium-aluminium
(IN BRIEF) Massy Wood has been awarded an EPC and commissioning contract for major brownfield upgrades to bp Trinidad and Tobago’s Juniper platform, part of the offshore Ginger development. The scope includes detailed engineering and the installation of new topsides … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged BP Trinidad and Tobago, bpTT, brownfield development, commissioning, energy sector, EPC contract, FEED, Ginger development, Juniper platform, Mala Baliraj, Massy Wood, Massy Wood awarded key EPC role supporting operational upgrades on bpTT’s offshore Juniper installation, methanol injection systems, offshore engineering, offshore upgrades, pre-FEED, subsea pipeline corrosion protection, Trinidad and Tobago, Wood
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has started up a PrimePress X shoe press at Paper Corea’s Gunsan mill, achieving the highest line load ever installed in South Korean paper production. The new system is already delivering major improvements, including more than 5% … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Portugal, Technology
Tagged Andritz, Bruce Park, dewatering efficiency, energy savings, Gunsan mill, high line load, installation and commissioning, moisture profile improvement, operational performance, Paper Corea, Paper Corea Advances Sustainable Papermaking with Andritz High-Capacity Shoe Press Installation, paper production technology, press section fabrics, PrimePress X, shoe press start-up, South Korea, Sungki Park, sustainable papermaking, VIB SteamTech steam box
(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow’s PyTerrier platform has earned the Best Search Project of the Year Award at the BCS Search Industry Awards, recognising its growing influence in AI-driven search innovations. Built as a modern successor to the long-established … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Education, Industrial, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI powered search engines, algorithm development, BCS Search Industry Awards, BCS The Chartered Institute for IT, Best Search Project of the Year Award, COVID 19 lockdown project, Craig Macdonald, generative AI in search, Glasgow Computing Science Team Celebrates National Award for PyTerrier’s Leadership in AI Search Technology, Glasgow students, Iadh Ounis, information retrieval research, Information Retrieval Specialist Group, Nicola Tonelloto, PhD research, PyTerrier, PyTerrier 1.0, School of Computing Science, Sean MacAvaney, search engine development, Terrier platform, University of Glasgow, University of Pisa
(IN BRIEF) Siemens Mobility and Sporveien have officially brought Norway’s first CBTC-based metro signalling system into passenger service on a three-kilometre section of the Oslo Metro. The €270 million upgrade will replace all legacy signalling on the 86-kilometre network and … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 36 trains per hour, 40 trains per hour, automation, Bane NOR, CBTC, digital maintenance, European rail, Fornebubanen, GoA2, LTE communications, metro capacity, Norway rail digitalisation, Oslo Metro, Oslo Metro Modernisation Accelerates with Europe’s First Public-LTE Train Control Deployment and Long-Term Digital Support, public LTE, Railigent X, Siemens Mobility, signalling upgrade, Sporveien, sustainable mobility, train control, Trainguard MT, zero-emission city
(IN BRIEF) BNP Paribas has become the tenth member of a European banking consortium developing a MiCAR-compliant euro-backed stablecoin through a newly created Netherlands-based entity, Qivalis. The initiative aims to strengthen Europe’s digital payment capabilities, provide a secure on-chain alternative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Banca Sella, blockchain payments, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, digital assets, digital payments, digital transaction ecosystems, Dutch Central Bank, electronic money license, EU financial innovation, euro stablecoin, Europe strategic autonomy, European banks, European Banks Strengthen Digital Payments Strategy with BNP Paribas Joining Euro Stablecoin Development Effort, ING, KBC, MiCAR, programmable payments, Qivalis, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, stablecoin launch 2026, UNICREDIT
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies, TES, Osaka Gas, Toho Gas, and ITOCHU have entered a Joint Development and Operating Agreement for the Live Oak e-NG project in Nebraska, giving the Japanese partners a collective 33.3% stake. TotalEnergies and TES each retain 33.35%. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Technology
Tagged biogenic CO2, carbon neutral gas, commercial operations 2030, decarbonisation, e-methane, e-NG, electrolysis, FEED phase, Final Investment Decision 2027, Itochu, Japanese energy transition, Live Oak e-NG Development Moves Forward as Japanese Partners Take 33.3% Stake and FEED Preparation Begins, Live Oak project, LNG infrastructure, long term energy supply, methanation, Nebraska, Osaka Gas, Renewable hydrogen, synthetic methane, TES, Toho Gas, TotalEnergies
(IN BRIEF) Groupe BPCE has signed a 20-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with renewable energy producer H2air for electricity from the seven-turbine Bleuets wind farm in Hauts-de-France. Beginning January 1, 2026, the agreement will supply an estimated 49 GWh of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged 20 year contract, 49 GWh, bank branches, Bleuets wind farm, Camille Vandenbeuck, corporate power purchase agreement, CPPA, data centers, energy transition, Groupe BPCE, Groupe BPCE Secures Second Major CPPA of the Year with H2air to Support Regional Energy Transition Efforts, H2air, Hauts-de-France, Laurent Benatar, long term energy procurement, onshore wind, regional decarbonisation, renewable electricity, Saint Aubin Montenoy, Vision 2030, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) EDF has expanded its Smart Charging service to support myenergi zappi and Hypervolt EV chargers, giving more electric vehicle owners access to off-peak charging rates throughout the day. Customers on the GoElectric or EVolve tracker tariffs can now … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged automated charging, carbon reduction, EDF, EDF Enhances GoElectric Offering with Wider Smart Charging Integration and New Incentives for EV Households, electric vehicles, energy tariffs, EV tariffs, EVolve tracker, GoElectric, home charging savings, Hypervolt, Kraken, myenergi zappi, off peak charging, Rich Hughes, smart charging, UK EV customers, £555 annual saving
(IN BRIEF) Equinor and Shell have combined their UK offshore oil and gas activities to create Adura, a jointly owned company that is now the largest independent producer in the UK North Sea. Led by CEO Neil McCulloch, Adura inherits … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Norway, United Kingdom
Tagged Aberdeen headquarters, Adura, Buzzard, Clair, Efficient Operator for the Future of the UK North Sea, energy sector, Equinor, Equinor and Shell Create Adura to Build a Scaled, Gannet, independent producer, Jackdaw, joint venture, Mariner, Neil McCulloch, Nelson, offshore oil and gas, offshore operations, Penguins, Philippe Mathieu, Pierce, portfolio integration, production forecast 2026, Rich Howe, Rosebank, Schiehallion, Shearwater, Shell, UK energy supply, UK North Sea, Victory, Wood Mackenzie forecast
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