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Industrial Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

SUEZ considers Veolia’s purchase of 29.9% of its capital a hostile act

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 6-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — SUEZ (EPA: SEV), a global leader in the water and waste sectors, has issued an announcement in regard to Veolia’s purchase of 29.9% of its capital. SUEZ finds the purchase by Veolia (EPA: … Read the full press release

Alfa Laval to release third-quarter earnings on 22 October 2020

Alfa Laval amends and extends maturity of EUR 400m / USD 543m Revolving Credit Facility

(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, 5-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval (STO: ALFA), a leading heat transfer, separation and fluid handling company, has announced it will hold a conference call on its third-quarter earnings on 22nd October 2020 at 07:30 CET. The … Read the full press release

VINCI in negotiations to acquire Grupo ACS’s “Industrial Services” division

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 2-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — VINCI announces that it has presented a non-binding proposal to Grupo ACS to form the basis of negotiations for the acquisition of Grupo ACS’s “Industrial Services” division, whose controlling holding company is “ACS … Read the full press release

Yara’s Durban plant awarded AA1000 certification for social and ethical standards

(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 2-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Norwegian chemical company, Yara announces that its Industrial Solutions plant in South Africa has been awarded an AA1000 certification for social and ethical standards. It’s the first business within Yara, and only the … Read the full press release

KUKA inaugurates new state-of-the-art education center for apprenticeship, training and further development

(PRESS RELEASE) AUGSBURG, 29-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — German manufacturer of industrial robots and solutions for factory automation, KUKA announces the inauguration of its new education center at headquarters in Augsburg. KUKA united the areas of apprenticeship, training as well as … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ to supply sixth chemi-thermomechanical pulping system to Sun Paper’s new paper mill in Beihai, China

(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 29-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ announces a new order to supply a chemi-thermomechanical pulping system to Guangxi Sun Paper Co. Ltd., part of the Sun Paper Group, for its new mill in Beihai, Guangxi, … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ GROUP subsidiaries ANDRITZ Maerz and Schuler to supply a complete production line for train wheels to Russia

(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 29-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ and Allegro signed a contract to supply a complete production line for train wheels. Allegro is a subsidiary of EVRAZ and RailService established to implement the project to produce train wheels in … Read the full press release

Mytilineos S.A. purchased 73,000 of its own shares on the Athens Exchange

(PRESS RELEASE) ATHENS, 29-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Greek industrial conglomerate active in metallurgy and energy, Mytilineos S.A. (MYTIL:GA) announces that, according to the resolution of its Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting dated 27.03.2020, on 28.09.2020, acquired through the Athens Exchange 73,000 own … Read the full press release

Vattenfall and Netterden launch the first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 28-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedish multinational power company, Vattenfall announces that it has opened its first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands. The solar farm, with a capacity of 1.2 megawatt, was built on the site … Read the full press release

PGNiG to supply natural gas to Gas TSO of Ukraine for the first time through ERU partnership

(PRESS RELEASE) WARSAW, 28-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — PGNiG, through its cooperation with Energy Resources of Ukraine (ERU), will for the first time supply natural gas to Gas TSO of Ukraine. To date, PGNiG has already exported more than 3 bcm … Read the full press release

ArcelorMittal to repurchase its own shares for US$500 million between 28 September 2020 and 31 March 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 28-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational steel manufacturing corporation, ArcelorMittal announces a share buyback program (the ‘Program’) under the authorization given by the annual general meeting of shareholders held on June 13, 2020 (the ‘AGM Authorization’). For the … Read the full press release

ArcelorMittal divests 100% of the shares of ArcelorMittal USA to Cleveland-Cliffs

(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 28-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational steel manufacturing corporation, ArcelorMittal announces a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (“Cleveland-Cliffs”) for the divestiture of 100% of the shares of ArcelorMittal USA to Cleveland-Cliffs for a combination of cash … Read the full press release

Haizol Boosts Companies Operational Agility

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 28-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Operational Agility refers to one’s ability to discover and seize opportunities to improve operations and processes, within a focused business model. For the vast majority of companies, increasing agility is a board room … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce: completion of ground-testing for the “Accelerating the Electrification of Flight” project a leap towards developing all-electric and hybrid-electric planes

(PRESS RELEASE) MANCHESTER, 25-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce, a leading engineering company focused on world-class power and propulsion systems, has announced it has completed testing of the ground-breaking technology that will power the world’s fastest all-electric plane. All the technology … Read the full press release

Siemens Mobility to install automatic train control signaling system and half-height platform screen doors on the Jurong Region Line (JRL) in Singapore

(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 25-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens Mobility, a separately-managed company of Siemens with focus on intelligent and efficient mobility solutions, has announced it has signed a contract worth approximately EUR 135 million with the Singapore Land Transport Authority … Read the full press release

Siemens Energy to base its new Corporate Center in Berlin; headquarters remain in Bavaria

Siemens Energy Corporate Center in Berlin Joint location and structural concept planned with the State of Berlin Company’s administrative headquarters remain in Bavaria (PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 25-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Global energy technology company Siemens Energy, already as a stand-alone … Read the full press release

Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker to be fitted with Retractable Thrusters and Dynamic Positioning system by Wärtsilä

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 24-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä announces that it has won a contract to supply and integrate two Retractable Thrusters and a Dynamic Positioning (DP) system for the CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Icebreaker, the only … Read the full press release

European research project successfully demonstrates laser structuring of large surface areas to produce materials with fluid repellent and anti-bacterial effects

(PRESS RELEASE) PARMA, 23-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The EU TresClean project has successfully completed its mission to demonstrate that tailored surfaces replicating the types of organic structures found in nature can produce beyond state-of-the-art fluid-repellent and antibacterial surfaces. The project … Read the full press release

Pyrum Innovations AG to expand tire pyrolysis capacity with EUR 16 million backing from BASF SE

Investment will support construction of additional production capacities for pyrolysis oil Milestone in establishing a circular economy for post-consumer plastic waste Pyrolysis oil will partly replace fossil feedstock and be used for demanding plastic applications (PRESS RELEASE) LUDWIGSHAFEN, 21-Sep-2020 — … Read the full press release

BAE Systems to supply Archerfish mine neutralisers for the US Navy in a EUR 95 million contract with US Department of Defense

(PRESS RELEASE) FARNBOROUGH, 21-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — BAE Systems (LON: BA), a British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company, has announced it won a major contract worth up to £87 million (~EUR 95 million) by the US Department of Defense … Read the full press release