(IN BRIEF) FAW-Volkswagen is using over 100 KUKA robots to increase battery pack production at its Fo-shan facility in southern China. The MEB Smart Factory produces up to 300,000 battery packs per year for the all-electric MEB platform. The factory … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF, Krones, SÜDPACK, and TOMRA have collaborated on a project to recycle PET/PE multi-layer packaging by separating it into its individual components and returning them to the materials cycle as raw materials. During the first industrial trial at … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, Carolin Grimbacher, David Rüßmann, Kresimir Cule, Krones, partnership, recycling, SÜDPACK, Thore Lucks, TOMRA
(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems has released a new version of its Athena 1920 thermal camera core that supports a range of missions, including vehicle protection, wide-area surveillance and space-based surveillance. The small, lightweight and power-efficient camera can deliver infrared imagery … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Government, Industrial, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Athena 1920, BAE Systems, Robyn Decker, surveillance, Targeting, Thermal Camera Core
(IN BRIEF) Siemens Mobility and Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) have unveiled the final design of the Mireo Plus train, which is set to begin operating on the East Brandenburg and Heidekrautbahn rail networks in December 2024. The train boasts state-of-the-art technology, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €6.6 billion of new financing to support sustainable transport, clean energy, corporate innovation, and education investment worldwide. The EIB Board of Directors also adopted a mid-term review of the EIB’s Energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged clean energy, corporate innovation, Czech rail network, Education, EIB, electric vehicle, electric vehicle battery, energy efficiency, Energy Lending Policy, European Investment Bank, European Rail Traffic Management System, financing, Madrid metro network, renewable energy, REPowerEU, rooftop solar power, school campuses, sustainable transport, sustainable urban transport, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a loan agreement worth €9.1 million with Agricover Credit, a specialised financial services provider for farmers in Romania. The loan, backed by the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Romania
Tagged Agricover Credit, Agricover Credit IFN, EASI, EIF, Employment and Social Innovation, farmers, Marjut Falkstedt, Nicolas Schmit, Romania, Serhan Hacisuleyman, The European Investment Fund, TLA, Young Leaders for Agriculture
(IN BRIEF) BMW and E.ON have partnered on a pan-European scheme for intelligent charging at home. The strategic collaboration aims to create “Connected Home Charging,” a charging ecosystem to connect customers’ electric BMW or Mini vehicles to the energy system … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged BMW, E.ON partnership, Frank Weber, Patrick Lammers, ‘Connected Home Charging’
(IN BRIEF) ANPG, TotalEnergies, and Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção signed a heads of agreement related to the development of the Cameia and Golfinho fields in the Kwanza basin. The project, located around 150 km southwest of Luanda, will comprise an … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Angola Field Development, ANPG, Gaspar Martins, Nicolas Terraz, partnership, Paulo Jerónimo, Sonangol, TotalEnergies
(IN BRIEF) Syngenta Crop Protection has acquired Macspred Australia, a company specializing in weed management for the forestry, roads, rail, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. The acquisition marks Syngenta’s entry into the forestry products and vegetation markets through its Professional Solutions … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Industrial, Management, News, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, crop protection, forestry, industrial sectors, Macspred Australia, Mike Parkin, Syngenta, weed management
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a leading chemical company, has added a certified home and industrial compostable grade for cold and hot food packaging to its ecovio® portfolio for extrusion coating on paper and board. The new extrusion coating grade, ecovio® 70 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Food & Beverage, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, biopolymer, ecovio®, Food Packaging, Michael Bernhard Schick, sustainable
(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems and KOVAL SYSTEMS have signed a contract for the production of new infantry fighting vehicles, the CV90MkIV, for the Slovak Armed Forces. The contract involves KOVAL SYSTEMS producing the complete turret assembly of the vehicles as … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Siemens has provided automation and building technology for Bustanica, the world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai. The $40m facility is owned by Emirates Crop One and Crop One Holdings, and provides an output of 1 million kg of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Bustanica, Dubai, Franco Atassi, Kieran Dowd, Siemens, technology, vertical farm
(IN BRIEF) RWE Renewables Europe & Australia has won a bid for a Long-Term Energy Service Agreement to develop a long-duration storage project in New South Wales. RWE’s Limondale battery energy storage system, which will have a planned installed capacity … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Australia, Katja Wünschel, Limondale battery, New South Wales, partnership, RWE
(IN BRIEF) CASA SEAT has announced the opening of a new art exhibition featuring 30 illustrations created by emerging artists from Barcelona. The exhibit is a collaboration with The Barcelonian, a collective illustration project paying tribute to The New Yorker … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Automotive, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Spain
Tagged art exhibition, artworks, CASA SEAT 2024 Book, Illustrators, Pablo Murillo Barrionuevo, SEAT SA
(IN BRIEF) Italian construction company Webuild and local partner NGE have completed the excavation of the first 5.3 km of a metro tunnel for the Grand Paris Express, a major mobility project in Europe that aims to improve public transport … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Grand Paris Express, Line 16, Mireille, NGE, tunnel work, Webuild
(IN BRIEF) T-Systems International has acquired GeoMobile, a Dortmund-based software company, to bolster its Transport and Logistics portfolio with an IT platform that supports barrier-free urban mobility. GeoMobile’s Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform enables passengers to plan, book, and pay for their … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Small Business, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, barrier-free urban mobility, Deutsche Telekom, Dr. Michael Gerhard, GeoMobile, intermodal mobility, IT platform, MaaS, Mobility app, Peter Lorenz, T-Systems International, Transport and Logistics
(IN BRIEF) Henkel’s Engineered Wood division will showcase its advanced portfolio of solutions for the mass timber industry at LIGNA 2023. The trade fair, which will be held in Hanover, Germany from May 15 to 19, will highlight Henkel’s sustainable … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged Christian Fild, Fire-Safe Adhesives, Henkel, LIGNA 2023, sustainable innovations, Timber Construction
(IN BRIEF) Henkel, an adhesive manufacturer and innovation driver, is set to present its latest products for the furniture industry at LIGNA 2023 in Hanover, Germany, from May 15 to 19. With the theme “Get Inspired,” Henkel aims to showcase … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged adhesives, furniture industry, Henkel, innovative, Kathrin Hein, LIGNA 2023, Moritz Ultsch, sustainable
(IN BRIEF) German energy company RWE has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa to build onshore wind farms across Europe using Siemens Gamesa turbines. The agreement stipulates that Siemens Gamesa will supply wind turbines with a total capacity of … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) A group of European space and telecommunications companies, including Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, and Thales Alenia Space, have formed a consortium to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender for the future European satellite … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, European Union, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Airbus Defence and Space, Deutsche Telekom, European Commission, European satellite constellation, European Space, Eutelsat, Hisdesat, Hispasat, Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite, IRIS², OHB, Orange, resilient connectivity infrastructure, SES, telecommunications players, Telespazio, Thales, Thales Alenia Space
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