(PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 6-Apr-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB celebrates the 30th anniversary of the creation of Azipod® electric propulsion. From its creation three decades ago to its market leading position in global shipping today, Azipod® propulsion has revolutionized marine transport … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Azipod® electric propulsion, Azipod® propulsion, Björn Rosengren, cargo carriers, cruise, cruise ships, electric drive motor ABB, electric transportation, ferries, icebreakers, Juha Koskela, propulsion, Seili, ship propulsion, shipping, superyachts, sustainability, sustainable shipping, sustainable transportation, vessel
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 6-Apr-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Networking and telecommunications company Ericsson announces its partnership with Deutsche Telekom and Cosmote to trial and test W-band as 5G backhaul spectrum. The cooperation aims to answer the challenge of needing additional spectrum … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 100GHz, 26GHz, 28GHz, 5G, 5G backhaul spectrum, 5G services, 5G Transport, 6G, automation, Backhaul, communications service providers, Cosmote, Deutsche Telekom, digital transformation, Dr. Konstantinos Chalkiotis, Ericsson, Jonas Hansryd, microwave, networks, spectrum, W-band, wireless backhaul, wireless transport
(PRESS RELEASE) FARNBOROUGH, 2-Apr-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — BAE Systems announces that it has secured two contracts worth up to £1.3 billion for the extension of its key role in supporting the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Naval Base. The contracts, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Environment, Government, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged BAE Systems, David Mitchard, dockside services, FMSP, Future Maritime Support Programme, infrastructure asset management, KBR, KBS Maritime, Ministry of Defence’s, Portsmouth flotilla, Portsmouth Naval Base, reduce carbon emissions, Royal Navy, ship asset management, Ship Engineering, ship maintenance, ship repair
(PRESS RELEASE) GOTHENBURG, 1-Arp-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The Volvo Group announces that it has completed the transaction with Isuzu Motors whereby the Japanese commercial vehicle company acquired UD Trucks from the Volvo Group for an enterprise value of JPY 243 … Read the full press release
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence help to significantly boost efficiency for Egyptian shipping company (PRESS RELEASE) CAIRO, Egypt / AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, 31-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The ‘AI platform for logistics’, as Transmetrics is often referred to, is successfully streamlining operations … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bulgaria, Industrial, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Ahmed el Ahwal, AI, AI logistics, AI solution, AI-driven forecasts, artificial-intelligence, automated forecast, Big Data, cabotage management, carrier, containerized cargo, data, demand forecasting, EGYPT, Hossam Houta, IACC, IACC Holdings, IACC Logistics, International Associated Cargo Carrier, Jon Fath, logistics, Machine Learning, machine learning algorithms, Marc Meyer, marine services, Middle East, Mohamed El Ahwal, monitoring tools, Mostafa El Ahwal, Nada El Ahwal, port services, predictive analytics, predictive optimization platform, refrigerated containers, Safina Shipping Services, ship agencies, shipping industry, stevedoring, supply chain, TCI, Transcargo International, Transmar, Transmetrics
(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, 31-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, announces that it has won another contract for the supply of a complete processing line to a vegetable oil plant … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, Germany, CAIRO, Egypt, 31-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel together with its partner Plastic Bank announce the opening of their first three plastic waste collection centers in Cairo. The project is part of Henkel’s successful and long-term partnership … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Germany, Industrial, News
Tagged Cairo, Carsten Knobel, circular economy, collection centers, consumer goods, David Katz, Henkel, Nature Box, packaging, Plastic Bank, plastic waste, recycled plastic, recycling, recycling ecosystems, Social Plastic, supply chain, sustainability, Sustainable packaging, Sylvie Nicol
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Saab marks the first time an exterior 3D-printed part has been flown on a Gripen, rather than internal 3D-printed components. The successful trial was to test how additive manufacturing could be used in … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, Industrial, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D-printed spares, 3D-printing, additive manufacturing, aircraft, AMEXCI, battlefield damage repair, civil security, Ellen Molin, fighter aircraft, Gripen, Håkan Stake, military defence, nylon polymer, PA2200, Saab
(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 30-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Spanish multinational financial services company BBVA announces the signing of a €1.35 billion sustainable linked guarantee facility with the Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas, Enel. The transaction is in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Spain
Tagged BBVA, clean energy, climate change, electric utility, Enel, financial inclusion, financing transactions, green financing, guarantee facility, Pledge 2025, SDGs, social entrepreneurship, sustainability, sustainability-linked currency derivatives, Sustainable Finance, sustainable financing, sustainable infrastructure, sustainable linked guarantee facility, UN Sustainable Development Goal 7
ADF-Inmarsat Australia sign AUS$221m contract extension to 2027 New virtual satellite operations centre enables ADF to control satellite use and monitoring directly (PRESS RELEASE) CANBERRA, ACT, Australia, 29-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged ADF, Australian Defence Force, Brigadier Gregory Novak, commercial satellite communications, Crew Quality of Life system, Crew Welfare services, Global Xpress, Inmarsat, mobile satellite communications, OMCS, Operational Monitoring and Control System, Royal Australian Navy, satellite, satellite communications, satellite services, Todd McDonell, virtual satellite operator
(PRESS RELEASE) ROME, 29-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Italy’s national electricity transmission grid operator Terna announces that Standard Ethics has upgraded its corporate rating to “EE-” from the previous “E+”, with a long-term “positive” outlook. Standard Ethics views that Terna is … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, Management, News
Tagged Bloomberg GEI, corporate rating, ecological transition, ECPI, electricity, electricity grid operator, electricity transmission grid, ESG, ESI, Euronext, European Taxonomy, European Union, FTSE4GOOD, MSCI, OECD, Standard Ethics, STOXX® ESG, STOXX® Low Carbon, sustainability, Terna, UN, United Nations Global Compact
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 26-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall aims to actively participate in the development of new methods and guidance to protect and restore nature based on science by joining the initiative Science Based Targets Network Corporate Engagement Program. Since … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Science, Sweden
Tagged biodiversity, Climate, climate change, climate science, Emission Reduction, environmental responsibility, Helle Herk-Hansen, Henrik Svensson, initiative, Kering, L´Oreal, Net Positive Impact, NGOs, protect nature, restore nature, SBTi, SBTN, Science Based Targets, Science Based Targets initiative, Science Based Targets Network Corporate Engagement Program, the Coca-Cola Company, Unilever, value chain, Vattenfall
(PRESS RELEASE) RUEIL-MALMAISON, 26-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — VINCI Highways’ subsidiary Granvia announces the launch of two prevention campaigns in Slovakia. The campaigns are in replacement of its traditional “Safety Days” which the concession company is unable to organise due to … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged accidents, brochure, educational board game, Granvia, Granvia for children, prevention campaigns, R1 highway, recycling, road safety, Safety Days, Slovakia, VINCI Highways
New BT managed network to support global leader’s smart mobility solutions and optimise connectivity to cloud (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 25-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — BT announces that it will continue connecting Alstom’s global operations after signing a five-year contract with the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Industrial, Internet & Online, Management, News, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Alstom, BT, Cloud, connectivity, data centres, digital service, Joris van Oers, mobility, Nicolas Vurpillot, rolling stock, SECURITY, smart mobility solutions, Smart Transformation, trains, VMware SD-WAN solution
Contracts cover three wind farms in the Puglia region with a total capacity of 62 MW and one in Campania for 35 MW The four wind farms will supply enough clean energy to power 80,000 households and prevent the annual … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged Alerion Clean Power, Andrea Tolai Bartali, Campania region, Cerignola, energy transition, La Ficora, Piano Nazionale Integrato Energia e Clima, Puglia, renewable energy, renewables, Renexia, Santiago De Juan, SG 3.4-132 turbines, Siemens Gamesa, Tre Confini, turbine manufacturers, turbines, wind energy, wind farms, wind power
Dedicated Ricoh repair centre and 24/7 support to help make working lives easier (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 24-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Ricoh Europe announces partnership with SoftBank Robotics EMEA (SBRE), creators of cobots (collaborative robots) designed to empower people in their … Read the full press release
• Achieves 2020 target of 100% sustainable cocoa sourced through independently managed standards • Makes strong progress on reaching 100% traceability across its cocoa supply chain • Renews strategic partnership with Save the Children through a €8 million project to … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Italy, Management, News, Society
Tagged 100% sustainable cocoa beans, child labour, child protection, cocoa communities, cocoa farmers, Cocoa Horizons, cocoa supply chains, cocoa sustainability, Daniela Fatarella, due diligence, Elimination of Child Labour, empower women, Fairtrade, Ferrero, Ferrero Farming Values Cocoa Programme, human rights issues, protecting children’s rights, Rainforest Alliance, reduce gender inequality, Save the Children, supply chain, sustainable cocoa, traceability
(PRESS RELEASE) ZÜRICH, 24-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB announces that its robots are supporting Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, to improve the productivity and employee safety in its chocolate manufacturing facilities in Brazil by 53 percent. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, ABB IRB 660 robot, ABB palletizing robot solution, ABB Robotics palletizing solutions, ABB robots, automation, chocolate manufacturing facilities, confectionary factories, employee safety, Michey Piavantinha, Nestle, pallet loading, robot monitoring software, robotic palletizing cell, robotics, RobotStudio®, SafeMove collaborative robot, SafeMove technology, Sami Atiya
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 24-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall announce that they are now advancing on their plan to make fossil-free steel for the global market. The partners establish the world’s first production plant for fossil-free sponge iron … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Anna Borg, fossil free electricity, fossil-free pellet plant, fossil-free sponge iron, fossil-free steel, fossil-free steel production, fossil-free value chain, Gällivare, HYBRIT, hydrogen gas, industrialization, iron ore, Jan Moström, LKAB, Luleå, Martin Lindqvist, mining, Net zero emissions, Oxelösund, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, sponge iron, sponge iron plant, SSAB, Steel Industry, steelmaking, Vattenfall
Software solution for network programmability enables communications service providers to quickly design and deliver innovative 5G services to consumers and enterprises Reduces complexity in network policy management Delivers up to 70 percent savings in policy configuration operational expenditures (PRESS RELEASE) … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 4G, 5G, 5G Core Policy Studio, 5G evolution, 5G revenue, Andy Hicks, communications service providers, CSPs, dual-mode 5G Core, Ericsson, GlobalData, graphical user interface, GUI, Monica Zethzon, network programmability tool, networks
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