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Industrial Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Alstom received final contractual authorization to proceed on engineering and manufacturing of the Deepwater’s Block Island Wind Farm project

Levallois-Perret, 10-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom announced it has received formal notice to proceed (NTP) from developers of the Deepwater Wind project, which will feature five Alstom Haliade 150 6-MW offshore wind turbines and is poised to become America’s first … Read the full press release

AGRANA concluded its processing of sugar beet from the 2014/15 harvest at its sugar mills in Leopoldsdorf and Tulln its longest ever campaigns in Austria

2014/15 campaign extends for a total of 177 days Sugar production volume amounts to around one million tonnes (of which 0.5 million tonnes in Austria) VIENNA, 10-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — At the weekend AGRANA successfully concluded its processing of sugar … Read the full press release

FLSmidth won two contracts from Egyptian cement producer Misr Cement Company (Qena) for the supply of cement plant equipment

COPENHAGEN, 6-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — FLSmidth has received two contracts from the Egyptian cement producer Misr Cement Company (Qena) for supply of equipment for a cement plant which was originally supplied by FLSmidth. The cement plant is located approximately 45 km … Read the full press release

FLSmidth to hold Annual General Meeting on 26 March 2015

COPENHAGEN, 6-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors hereby calls the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 26 March 2015 at 16.00 (CET) at Tivoli Congress Center, Arni Magnussons Gade 2-4, DK-1577 Copenhagen. Agenda: The Board of Directors’ … Read the full press release

ASELSAN, The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) and their joint venture signed MoU at IDEX 2015 Exhibition in Abu Dhabi

ANKARA, 5-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ASELSAN, Turkey’s leading defense company; KADDB, The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) is an independent government entity within the Jordan ​​Armed Forces (JAF) engaged in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of … Read the full press release

Turkey’s leading defense company ASELSAN and Honeywell sign MoU at IDEX 2015 Exhibition in Abu Dhabi

ANKARA, 4-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ —  ASELSAN, Turkey’s leading defense company, and Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company active in both civilian and military domains in the global market, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the third day of the IDEX … Read the full press release

Veolia’s Chairman and CEO Antoine Frérot: 2014 results particularly satisfying and exceeded our objectives

UTMOST CONFIDENCE FOR THE 2015 OUTLOOK – GOOD REVENUE MOMENTUM: €23,880M (+4.9% AT CONSTANT EXCHANGE RATES AND +1.6% AT CONSTANT SCOPE AND EXCHANGE RATES) – ONGOING REBALANCING BETWEEN THE GROUP’S CLIENT BASE: 61% MUNICIPAL AND 39% INDUSTRIAL – AJUSTED OPERATING … Read the full press release

Altri, SGPS, S.A. subsidiary Celulose Beira Industrial, S.A. issued EUR 35 million six-year bonds by private placement

OPORTO, 3-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Altri, SGPS, S.A. hereby informs that its subsidiary Celulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.A. has issued, today, six-year bonds, in the amount of Euro 35,000,000 (thirty five million euros), by private placement, named “CELBI 2015/2021”. This … Read the full press release

Solvay signs with British polymer technology company Revolymer to boost the performance of its organic peroxide Eureco(™) used in detergents and other applications

Brussels, 2-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay announces it has signed a global license agreement with British polymer technology company Revolymer to exclusively apply its encapsulation technology to boost the performance of Solvay’s organic peroxide EurecoTM used in detergents and other applications. Solvay’s EurecoTM is … Read the full press release

Solvay to build new specialty polymers resin unit in Augusta, Georgia, US

Brussels,  2-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay is building a new specialty polymers resin unit in the United States, significantly expanding its production capacity of PEEK (polyether etherketone) and solidifying itself as a leader in the industry with a unique site presence … Read the full press release

Une étude internationale montre que la contribution du CO2 à la perturbation du climat par les activités humaines va en augmentant

Une étude internationale, associant des climatologues français, montre que la contribution du CO2 à la perturbation du climat par les activités humaines va en augmentant, conduisant, en 2030, à réduire de 50 % l’incertitude sur la sensibilité du climat à … Read the full press release

Bekaert to sell its carding production facilities in Belgium, India, China and the US and the global sales and services network to Groz-Beckert

Kortrijk, Belgium, 27-02-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bekaert and Groz-Beckert have signed an agreement regarding the sale of Bekaert’s Carding Solutions activities to Groz-Beckert, a global company with headquarters in Albstadt, Germany. The transaction covers the carding production facilities in Belgium, India, China … Read the full press release

Alpiq strengthens its market presence in the field of photovoltaics with the acquisition of the Helion Solar Group

ZURICH, 26-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its strategy implementation, Alpiq is expanding its energy services portfolio and has acquired the Helion Solar Group. The company is the Swiss market leader for the planning, implementation and maintenance of photovoltaic and … Read the full press release

French company McPhy Energy to launch new-generation alkaline water-electrolysers using De Nora’s activated electrodes

McPhy Energy will launch a range of new-generation alkaline water-electrolysers using De Nora’s activated electrodes. Milano (Italy), 26-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The French company McPhy Energy, specialising in hydrogen-based solutions for industrial and energy storage, and the Italian De Nora group, … Read the full press release

wpd AG closed all the supply contracts for the Nordergründe offshore wind farm project

BREMEN, 25-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — wpd AG has closed all the supply contracts for the Nordergründe project. In addition, the Bremen wind farm developer and operator commissions the KfW IPEX Bank with the financing of the project using borrowed funds, … Read the full press release

Holcim CEO Bernard Fontana: Holcim achieved solid like-for-like performance in the financial year 2014 with a strong fourth quarter

Holcim Leadership Journey contributes CHF 748 million to operating profit in 2014; significantly exceeds overall target with total benefits of CHF 1.85 billion Improvement in like-for-like net sales and operating profit and in net income Cement volumes increase thanks to … Read the full press release

Boyes Rees Architects specified Technal aluminium façade systems as part of major refurbishment of Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant Mail Centre in London

OSLO, 24-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Boyes Rees Architects specified aluminium façade systems from the Technal brand as part of the major refurbishment of Royal Mail’s flagship Mount Pleasant Mail Centre in London – one of the largest mail sorting offices … Read the full press release

Jotun Marine Coatings: Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will apply Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) on a number of existing and new vessels

Jotun Marine Coatings is pleased to announce that Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will apply Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) on a number of existing and new vessels. Sandefjord, Norway, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — With almost 500 vessels, MSC has one … Read the full press release

Tetra Pak receives FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for all of its converting plants and market companies

Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tetra Pak can now supply Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) labelled packages from anywhere in the world, having received FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for all of its converting plants and market companies. It represents … Read the full press release

CNH Industrial N.V. announced changes to its Group Executive Council to further increase the regional operating integration and brand focus of the organisation

LONDON, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announces key changes to its Group Executive Council (GEC), the Company’s highest executive decision-making body outside of its Board of Directors. Effective immediately, Derek Neilson is appointed … Read the full press release