(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has approved a €450 million loan to Thales to fund its aeronautics and radar research and development programme through 2027. This initiative aims to enhance civil and military flight safety, modernise radar equipment, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Defence, European Union, Financial, France, Investment, Luxembourg, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged aeronautics, aerospace, Ambroise Fayolle, civil aviation, Cybersecurity, Defence, EIB, EIB provides €450 million loan to Thales for R&D in aeronautics and radar under TechEU programme, EIB strengthens support for European defence innovation with €450 million loan to Thales, European Commission, European Defence Agency, European Investment Bank, European sovereignty, innovation financing, military aviation, NATO, Pascal Bouchiat, radar, research and development, SECURITY, Security and Defence Office, TechEU, Thales
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies has signed Production Sharing Contracts with the Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Agency for four offshore exploration blocks — LB-6, LB-11, LB-17, and LB-29 — covering 12,700 square kilometers in the Liberia Basin. The work program will begin with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Investment
Tagged 3D seismic survey, deepwater operations, exploration strategy, Kevin McLachlan, LB-11, LB-17, LB-29, LB-6, Liberia Basin, Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Agency, low emission developments, LPRA, offshore exploration, oil-prone basins, Production Sharing Contracts, PSC, TotalEnergies, TotalEnergies signs four offshore exploration contracts to restart activity in Liberia Basin, TotalEnergies strengthens exploration strategy with new offshore agreements in Liberia’s high-potential basin, West Africa
(IN BRIEF) Barclays has appointed veteran banker Neel Laungani as Head of Financial Sponsors for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Reporting to Avinash Thakur and Christian Oberle, he will lead sponsor coverage, transaction origination, and execution, while collaborating with … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Abhay Kumar Sinha, advisory, APAC, Asia Pacific, Avinash Thakur, Barclays, Barclays APAC growth, Barclays appoints Neel Laungani to lead Financial Sponsors in Asia Pacific as part of growth strategy, Barclays enhances Asia Pacific Investment Banking with appointment of Neel Laungani to lead Financial Sponsors coverage, capital markets, Christian Oberle, Credit Suisse, Denise Wong, Deutsche Bank, ECM, financial sponsors, Hong Kong, Investment Banking, Jaideep Khanna, Joseph Lee, Lehman Brothers, Naohiko Baba, Neel Laungani, Paul Johnson, Praveen Kumar, Standard Chartered, TMT, Yoichi Takemura
(IN BRIEF) LANXESS has transitioned production of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, and sodium benzoate at its Botlek site in the Netherlands to operate fully on low-emission electricity, removing fossil fuels from the process. The move reduces the carbon footprint … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, Biomass, Botlek, carbon footprint reduction, Chemical Industry, Consumer Protection segment, Flavors & Fragrances, ISCC PLUS, Kalaguard SB, Kalama, Krefeld-Uerdingen, LANXESS, LANXESS expands Scopeblue portfolio with CO2-optimized benzoic acid and specialty chemicals, LANXESS strengthens sustainability with ISCC PLUS certified Flavors & Fragrances production sites, Michael Zobel, Nagda, Netherlands, Purox B, Purox S, renewable energy, scope 2 emissions, Scopeblue, sodium benzoate, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Prosus has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to Urban Company after the home services platform listed on NSE and BSE at a $3 billion valuation. Prosus, an investor since 2021, retains its ~7% stake as the company enters a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged Abhiraj Singh Bhal, AI collaboration, Ashutosh Sharma, BlueStone, BSE, digital transformation, ESG initiatives, gig economy, home services platform, India growth story, India technology ecosystem, IPO, NSE, profitability, Prosus, showcasing confidence in country’s digital economy, Swiggy, Urban Company, Urban Company IPO marks third Prosus-backed listing in India within 12 months
(IN BRIEF) ZEISS Medical Technology has been nominated for the German Future Prize 2025 for its development of SMILE® with VISUMAX®, a minimally invasive laser procedure for correcting refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. The technology has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Germany, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged astigmatism, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Deutscher Zukunftspreis, Dirk Mühlhoff, femtosecond laser, German Future Prize 2025, Gregor Stobrawa, hyperopia, Jena, Mark Bischoff, Maximilian Foerst, minimally invasive eye surgery, myopia, ophthalmology innovation, refractive surgery, SMILE, VisuMax, ZEISS, ZEISS innovation in minimally invasive laser vision correction shortlisted for German Future Prize 2025
How European companies shaped Latin America’s LoRaWAN landscape—from Everynet’s Brazil Foundations to Netmore’s Network Takeover—pioneering neutral-host networks, supplying carrier-grade infrastructure, scaling platforms, and culminating in Netmore’s assumption of American Tower’s operations in Brazil. (NEWS) BRUSSELS / SÃO PAULO, 17-Sep-2025 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, International Trade, Internet & Online, Investment, Netherlands, News, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged agriculture, American Tower, Argentina, ATC, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Buenos Aires, carrier grade IoT, cloud LoRaWAN, Colombia, digital transformation, European Firms Build Latin America’s IoT Backbone as Netmore Consolidates Brazil’s LoRaWAN Market, European Infrastructure, European LoRaWAN Pioneers: How Everynet/ Kerlink / LORIOT and Netmore Are Re-shaping Latin America’s IoT Landscape, Everynet, France, From Everynet’s Neutral-Host Model to Netmore’s Brazil Takeover: The European Playbook for Latin America’s LoRaWAN Growth, gas metering, IoT, IoT connectivity, IoT expansion, IoT networks, IoT platforms, Kerlink, Kerlink’s Gateways, Latin America, logistics, LoRaWAN, LoRa® Alliance, LORIOT, LORIOT’s Platforms and Netmore’s Takeover: Europe’s Expanding Grip on Latin America’s IoT Connectivity, Netmore, Netmore Group, network densification, neutral host networks, PERU, Puerto Rico, Rio de Janeiro, Rosario, São Paulo, sensor networks, Service Level Agreements, SLAs, Smart Cities, sustainability, Sweden, Switzerland, transportation, utilities, water metering, Why Latin America’s IoT Boom Is Becoming a European Story: From Everynet Foundations to Netmore’s Brazilian Network Control
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN has signed a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate its adoption of artificial intelligence and digital technologies, reinforcing the Group’s 2035 strategy The Energy of Tomorrow Starts Today. The cooperation will establish a modern data platform, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Poland, Technology
Tagged AI Adoption, analytics, artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, data platform, data science, digital workforce, digitalisation, ENERGY, Google Cloud, INNOVATION, Magdalena Dziewguć, Michał Furman, New ORLEN–Google Cloud collaboration aims to speed innovation and strengthen customer-focused services, ORLEN, ORLEN and Google Cloud launch AI-focused partnership to drive digital growth and energy transition, Poland, retail, Robert Soszyński, ‘The Energy of Tomorrow Starts Today’
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund has invested €30 million in the first closing of Sienna Hephaistos Private Investments, Europe’s first private credit fund dedicated to financing SMEs and midcaps in the defence sector. Launched under the InvestEU Defence Equity … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Defence, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Andrius Kubilius, DEF, defence financing, defence midcaps, defence SMEs, EIB Group, EIF, EIF anchors €30 million investment in Europe’s first private credit fund for defence SMEs and midcaps, European Commission, European defence industry, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, European Investment Fund supports €500 million defence credit vehicle to boost strategic autonomy and SME financing, https://www.eif.org/, InvestEU Defence Equity Facility, Marjut Falkstedt, Paul de Leusse, private credit fund, Sienna Hephaistos Private Investments, Sienna Investment Manager, strategic autonomy, supply chain financing
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has reduced its shareholding in Nova Ljubljanska banka by 1 per cent through the sale of 1 million GDRs on the London Stock Exchange, retaining a 5.125 per cent stake and remaining one of the bank’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Slovenia, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged banking sector, corporate sector, EBRD, EBRD reduces stake in Nova Ljubljanska banka but remains one of Slovenia’s largest banking shareholders, EBRD supports liquidity of NLB shares on London Stock Exchange with partial reduction of equity holding, energy sector, equity stake, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission, financial institutions, GDRs, infrastructure, investment, London Stock Exchange, NLB, Nova Ljubljanska banka, privatisation, Slovenia, South Eastern Europe
(IN BRIEF) GSK announced a $30 billion investment plan across the United States over the next five years, expanding its research, development, and supply chain infrastructure while creating hundreds of skilled jobs. The plan includes a $1.2 billion investment unveiled … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI technologies, asthma, biologics flex factory, biopharma manufacturing, cancer medicines, clinical trials, COPD, digital technologies, drug discovery, Emma Walmsley, GSK, GSK strengthens U.S. presence with next-generation biopharma factories and expanded clinical trial network, life sciences, Marietta Pennsylvania, New $1.2 billion Pennsylvania flex factory part of GSK’s five-year plan to expand American life sciences footprint, oncology, supply chain investment, United Kingdom, United States, Upper Merion Pennsylvania, vaccines, workforce expansion
(NEWS) BUCHAREST, Romania, 16-Sep-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. has responded to recent media speculation suggesting a potential initial public offering (IPO) of its Spanish subsidiary, Digi Spain S.L.U., and a possible divestment of its stake. The company has … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Digi Communications Clarifies Position on Digi Spain as Speculation Mounts, Digi Communications Clarifies Position on Strategic Options While Maintaining Control of Key Subsidiaries, Digi Communications Confirms No Plans to Divest Stake in Digi Spain Despite Market Rumors, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., Digi Communications Reaffirms Commitment to Digi Spain Amid IPO and Divestment Speculation, Digi Communications Reassures Investors on Ownership of Digi Spain After Media Reports, Digi Communications Rules Out Loss of Control in Digi Spain Amid IPO Speculation, Digi Communications Stresses Focus on Long-Term Value / Not IPO of Digi Spain, DIGI Group, DIGI Group’s shareholding in Digi Spain, Digi Spain, Digi Spain S.L.U., initial public offering, media speculation, provider of telecommunication services, telecommunication solutions
(IN BRIEF) Digi Communications N.V. issued a clarification in response to recent media reports about a potential IPO of its Spanish subsidiary, Digi Spain S.L.U., and speculation over a possible divestment of its stake. The company stated that while it … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Digi Communications Clarifies Position on Strategic Options While Maintaining Control of Key Subsidiaries, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., Digi Communications Reaffirms Commitment to Digi Spain Amid IPO and Divestment Speculation, DIGI Group, DIGI Group’s shareholding in Digi Spain, Digi Spain, Digi Spain S.L.U., initial public offering, provider of telecommunication services, telecommunication solutions
(IN BRIEF) Unilever PLC has named Srinivas Phatak as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately, following his interim role since February 2025. The appointment was unanimously approved by the Board after a full global search process, recognizing his strong … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, Board of Directors, CFO appointment, Chief Financial Officer, Coats Group plc, corporate governance, European Market Abuse Regulation, Fernando Fernandez, Fernando Fernandez welcomes Srinivas Phatak as permanent CFO to strengthen Unilever’s growth strategy, Financial Leadership, leadership, remuneration policy, Srinivas Phatak, Srinivas Phatak confirmed as Unilever CFO with focus on driving growth and financial discipline, UK Listing Rule, Unilever, Unilever Board unanimously approves appointment of Srinivas Phatak as Chief Financial Officer, Unilever Leadership Executive, Unilever PLC
(IN BRIEF) Henkel Adhesive Technologies has released the compact Bonderite M-CR 1132 M AERO Pen, designed to make aircraft surface repairs in confined areas such as small fastener holes more efficient and precise. As a smaller version of the original … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged aircraft maintenance, Aircraft maintenance boosted by Henkel’s Bonderite M-CR 1132 M AERO Pen designed for precision repairs, aircraft OEM, aluminum substrates, Bonderite M-CR 1132 AERO Touch N Prep Pen, Bonderite M-CR 1132 M AERO Pen, chromate conversion coating, compact repair pen, corrosion protection, fastener holes, Henkel, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Henkel introduces compact Bonderite M-CR 1132 M AERO Pen for precision aircraft touchups, Henkel’s compact conversion coating pen streamlines surface treatments in small fastener holes, MRO industries, no-rinse formula, precision repair, surface treatments
(IN BRIEF) AFRY and BAE Systems Hägglunds have entered a six-year strategic partnership to co-develop innovative technologies and business opportunities in the defence industry. Expanding on an earlier five-year engineering services framework, the agreement underscores both companies’ commitment to long-term … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AFRY, AFRY and BAE Systems Hägglunds expand cooperation with strategic six-year deal focused on defence technology innovation, AFRY and BAE Systems Hägglunds strengthen collaboration with six-year agreement to drive defence innovation, BAE Systems Hägglunds, defence industry, Defence Technology, engineering services, INNOVATION, long-term cooperation, Martin Öman, partnership, resilience, SECURITY, strategic partnership, technological development, Tommy Gustafsson-Rask
(IN BRIEF) Carmeuse Group has acquired a 97.1% controlling interest in Chilean company Cementos Bío Bío S.A. through a public tender finalized on 11 September 2025. The acquisition strengthens Carmeuse’s operations in South America, adding to its businesses in Brazil … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Argentina, Brazil, Carmeuse, Carmeuse strengthens regional footprint by acquiring controlling interest in Chilean industrial leader Cementos Bío Bío, CBB, Cement, Cementos Bío Bío, Chile, Colombia, concrete, construction industry, copper mining, diversification, LIME, lithium mining, mineral-based products, partnership, PERU, public tender offer, regional growth, Santiago Stock Exchange, South America, Strategic acquisition of Cementos Bío Bío enhances Carmeuse’s presence in construction and mining sectors across South America
(IN BRIEF) Nokia and Deutsche Bahn have launched the world’s first commercial 1900 MHz 5G radio network with a 5G Standalone core on live outdoor railway test tracks in Germany. The deployment marks a milestone in the transition from GSM-R … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1900 MHz n101, 3700 MHz n78, 5G SA core, AirScale, DB, Deutsche Bahn, digital railway, Europe rail networks, FP2-MORANE-2, FRMCS, GSM-R migration, intelligent infrastructure, mission-critical communications, Nokia, Nokia and DB achieve breakthrough in FRMCS transition with live deployment of 5G Standalone network on test tracks, Ore Mountains test field, partnership, rail automation, railway communications, Rainer Fachinger, Rolf Werner, smart maintenance, World’s first 1900 MHz 5G railway solution deployed by Nokia and Deutsche Bahn to drive digital rail transformation
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has appointed Maya Hennerkes as Managing Director of its Environment and Sustainability Department, effective 15 September 2025. Hennerkes, who succeeds Henrik Linders, has been instrumental in shaping the EBRD’s sustainable finance … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, biodiversity, climate resilience, EBRD, EBRD names Maya Hennerkes as new Managing Director to lead Environment and Sustainability Department, EBRD strengthens sustainability leadership with appointment of Maya Hennerkes as new Managing Director, Environment and Sustainability Department, environmental and social policy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, green capital markets, Green Economy Transition, Henrik Linders, inclusive transition, leadership, Maya Hennerkes, Paris alignment, sustainability, Sustainable Finance, sustainable growth
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD, in collaboration with Egypt’s Ministry of Finance and supported by the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, has launched the €10 million Egypt Project Preparation Facility to accelerate the development of bankable public-private partnership … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Ahmed Kouchouk, Aida Sitdikova, Climate Action, EBRD, EBRD-backed facility to prepare bankable PPP projects and mobilise private capital for Egypt’s sustainable development, EGYPT, Egypt partners with EBRD to boost private-sector investment in green and climate-resilient infrastructure, Egypt Project Preparation Facility, ENERGY, EPPF, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, High-Impact Partnership on Climate Action, HIPCA, Mark Davis, Mostafa Madbouly, Netherlands, partnership, PPP, private sector investment, Public-Private Partnerships, Rania Al Mashat, Republic of Korea, Spain, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, TRANSPORT, UN Sustainable Development Goals, utilities
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