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Management Board changes at Uralkali

Berezniki, Russia, 19-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Uralkali (the Company; MICEX: URKA) announces the following basic decisions taken by its Board of Directors at the meeting on 14 December 2016. The Board reviewed the report on results of the Company’s activity for 9 months of 2016, approved the Company’s consolidated annual … Read the full press release

ENGIE announces Kuwait’s first independent power and water facility now in full commercial operations

The power and treated water produced from the plant will be entirely supplied to the country’s national power and water grid, operated by the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water under a 40-year long-term Energy Conversion and Water Purchase Agreement. … Read the full press release

Covestro begins delivery of novel product based on carbon dioxide

Climate gas in foam component for mattresses LEVERKUSEN, 14-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Innovation on the plastics market: Materials manufacturer Covestro has begun delivery of a novel product based on carbon dioxide. The first tanker left the company’s Dormagen site near … Read the full press release

Rosneft buys 30% participating interest in Shourouk Concession, offshore Egypt from Eni

San Donato Milanese (Milan), 14-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The agreed conditions include a consideration of 1,125 million US dollars and the pro quota reimbursement of past expenditures, which amount so far at approximately 450 million US dollars. In addition, Rosneft … Read the full press release

The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN selected to power all variants of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family

DERBY, UK, 12-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN has powered a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight for the first time. The flight, which took off and landed at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, US, marks the latest phase in the … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce marks an important milestone with the delivery of its 7,000th engine made from Dahlewitz site to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

DERBY, UK, 12-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce today celebrated the delivery of the 7,000th engine made at our site in Dahlewitz, Germany. The engine, a BR710, will be dispatched to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to power a Gulfstream G550. The site, … Read the full press release

BASF unveils new heavy-duty antistatic flooring system based on polyurethane cement technology

Antistatic flooring system New colors and improved aesthetics New video shows the toughness of Ucrete MANNHEIM, 08-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — With Ucrete MF40AS BASF has launched a new heavy-duty antistatic flooring system that is based on a polyurethane cement technology. … Read the full press release

Daimler appoints Arno van der Merwe as new president and CEO of BBAC from April 2017

Arno van der Merwe new President and CEO of Beijing Benz Automotive Co. (BBAC) from April 2017 Peter Schabert retires after 31 years at Daimler AG Hubertus Troska: “Peter Schabert successfully and continuously increased the capacity, productivity and flexibility of … Read the full press release

voestalpine to extend sites in Mexico, Germany, Romania, and China as part of USD 600 million order

LINZ, Austria, 28-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — voestalpine as a technology partner to the automotive industry enters the next stage of its internationalization with continued expansion in the NAFTA region, as well as in Europe and Asia. The deciding factor was an … Read the full press release

K+S KALI GmbH: pleasing outcomes in this year’s water monitoring in the Werra/Weser rivers

KASSEL, 21-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Two pleasing outcomes were brought to light by this year’s water monitoring in the Werra. Firstly, the bitterling, a small fish of the carp family and considered endangered in Thuringia, was identified at three sampling points … Read the full press release

Solvay, ArcelorMittal, Evonik and LafargeHolcim form new Low Carbon Technology Partnerships Initiative

Marrakech, 18-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay, ArcelorMittal, Evonik and LafargeHolcim today announce the formation of a new Low Carbon Technology Partnerships Initiative across the steel, cement and chemicals industries. This new partnership will look at the potential synergies that exist … Read the full press release

HfS Research’s Blueprint for Intelligent Automation report recognizes Accenture’s approach to applying intelligent automation in the delivery of services

NEW YORK, 16-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named to the ‘Winner’s Circle’ and designated as the ‘overall leader in innovation,’ ahead of all competitors, in the inaugural HfS Research’s Blueprint for Intelligent Automation. The report recognizes … Read the full press release

TÜV Rheinland unveils online inspection strategy for plants operating at high temperatures

UAE, 09-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — TÜV Rheinland, a German based global provider of technical, safety, and certification services, has recently developed an online inspection strategy for plants operating at high temperatures. The objective placed by the strategy is aimed towards … Read the full press release

Leoni sold its subsidiary Leoni Studer Hard GmbH in Bautzen, Germany to Ionisos SAS

Divestment of non-core business NUREMBERG, 08-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Leoni, the leading European provider of cables and cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries, has sold the subsidiary Leoni Studer Hard GmbH with its location in Bautzen, Germany, to … Read the full press release

Voith Hydro AS to upgrade the control systems of Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA’s Tonstad and Solhom hydroelectric power stations

Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA awarded main contract for upgrading control systems at Tonstad and Solhom to Voith Hydro AS The two power plants meet the energy demand of roughly 230,000 households Project completion is expected in 2022 Heidenheim/Oslo, 08-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

Saint-Gobain to acquire 100% of the share capital of the Italian company h-old from private equity fund Arcadia Small Cap

PARIS, 07-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Saint-Gobain has acquired 100% of the share capital of the Italian company h-old from private equity fund Arcadia Small Cap. Founded in 1982, h-old designs, manufactures and distributes – mostly in Europe – specialty adhesive tapes … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä signed MoU with Iran’s largest industrial corporation for the development of decentralized power generation in Iran

HELSINKI, 04-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä and Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO), the largest industrial corporation in Iran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on October 29th. The MoU was signed in connection to the President of … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä to supply 135 MW Flexicycle (combined cycle) power plant to the Indonesian state utility PT PLN

HELSINKI, 04-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A consortium consisting of Wärtsilä and an Indonesian construction company PT PP (Persero) Tbk has been selected to supply a 135 MW Flexicycle (combined cycle) power plant to PT PLN, the Indonesian state utility. The … Read the full press release

INEOS Styrolution expands its SBC product portfolio with the acquisition of K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymers Business

INEOS Styrolution’s first acquisition substantiates its Triple Shift growth strategy Enhanced global footprint with SBC manufacturing sites in all regions Customers across the globe will benefit from the broadest selection of SBC specialty grades and development capabilities in the industry … Read the full press release

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe site in Duisburg begins construction of new Technical Center

Contribution to climate protection and the transition to renewables, BMBF provides funding of more than €60 million for Carbon2Chem ESSEN, 03-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At the thyssenkrupp Steel Europe site in Duisburg the construction of a new Technical Center has begun. … Read the full press release