Category Archives: Italy

Press Releases & News from Italy distributed via EuropaWire

UniCredit announced Standard & Poor’s has aligned UniCredit SpA’s ratings with that of the sovereign Italy

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

Milan, 17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Rating Agency Standard & Poor’s has today aligned UniCredit SpA’s ratings with that of the recently downgraded sovereign Italy (‘BBB’ long- and ‘A2’ short-term Issuer Default Rating). It is capped at the sovereign level due to … Read the full press release →

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UniCredit SpA announced Moody’s affirmed its debt and deposit ratings

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

Milan,  17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The rating agency Moody’s affirmed UniCredit SpA’s Baa2 long-term debt and deposit ratings and its Prime-2 short term ratings. At the same time, Moody’s lowered the “baseline credit assessment” to baa3 from baa2, which resulted in a … Read the full press release →

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Pirelli to hold Board of Directors meeting over H1-2013 results on August 5th, 2013

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

2013-2017 INDUSTRIAL PLAN TO BE PRESENTED ON 6 NOVEMBER IN LONDON 17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Pirelli’s Board of Directors will meet to review results for the six months ended June 30th, 2013, on August 5th, 2013, and no longer on July … Read the full press release →

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Pirelli to test the new specification of P Zero tyre at Silverstone 2013 young driver test

Posted on 17, July 2013 by

Milan, 17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The teams will take to the track at Silverstone for three days from Wednesday to Friday this week for the official young driver test. This is an opportunity to run young drivers, develop cars for the … Read the full press release →

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Selex ES’s Eurotech Aurora Tigon supercomputer ranked second in Green500 top list

Posted on 15, July 2013 by

15-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has secured second place in the Green500 list thanks to its use of the Eurotech Aurora Tigon supercomputer. The supercomputer is used by Selex ES to accelerate the execution algorithms and complex … Read the full press release →

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Selex ES proved itself able to work with the secure signal radiated by Galileo satellites

Posted on 15, July 2013 by

15-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has successfully proved itself able to work with the secure signal radiated by Galileo satellites. Just days after the European Space Agency (ESA) made available the keys to “open” the encrypted Galileo … Read the full press release →

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Rosneft and its project partner Eni started field seismic operations at Fedynsky and Central Barents license areas

Posted on 11, July 2013 by

11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Rosneft started field seismic operations at Fedynsky and Central Barents license areas, explored by Rosneft jointly with the project partner Eni, the major Italian oil company. 2D seismic survey is now scheduled along with the on-board gravity … Read the full press release →

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Alitalia reveled its new industrial plan 2013-2016

Posted on 11, July 2013 by

ALITALIA’S NEW INDUSTRIAL PLAN WILL FOCUS ON 3 PRINCIPAL BUSINESSES: ALITALIA, AIR ONE AND ALITALIA LOYALTY 4 STRATEGIES : 1.REDEFINITION OF THE ROLES OF ALITALIA AND AIR ONE WITH REGARD TO SHORT AND MEDIUM HAUL ROUTES AIR ONE WILL HAVE … Read the full press release →

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Fiat S.p.A. announced pricing of its € 850M in guaranteed 6.75% Senior Notes due October 2019

Posted on 10, July 2013 by

Turin, 10-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Following Fiat S.p.A.’s announcement earlier today of its launch of a benchmark note issuance denominated in Euro, Fiat S.p.A. confirms that the offering will be of € 850 million in principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due October … Read the full press release →

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Fiat and PSA-Peugeot Citroën to invest €700 million in the Sevel plant in Atessa

Posted on 10, July 2013 by

Atessa, 10-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today (9 July 2013), Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne presented plans for future activities at the Sevel plant in Atessa (Chieti), where the Ducato Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) is currently produced. Approximately €700 million is to be … Read the full press release →

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CNH Industrial introduces its new logo for new identity

Posted on 10, July 2013 by

Turin, 10-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Black, denoting industrial strength and solidity, with an accent of red are the colors of the new logo for CNH Industrial, the company to be created through the merger of Fiat Industrial – which designs, produces and … Read the full press release →

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CNH Industrial N.V created from the merger of Fiat Industrial S.p.A and CNH Global N.V.

Posted on 10, July 2013 by

Turin, 10-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today (July 9, 2013) the Shareholders of Fiat Industrial S.p.A. met at an Extraordinary General meeting and approved the merger between Fiat Industrial S.p.A. and CNH Global N.V. with and into a newly established company to be … Read the full press release →

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Eni, Rosneft started seismic operations in ice-free part of Russian offshore Barents sea

Posted on 9, July 2013 by

9-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The project is part of the wider cooperation between Eni and Rosneft sanctioned under the Strategic Cooperation Agreement entered into by the parties on 25th April 2012. San Donato Milanese (Milan), 8 July 2013 – Eni and Rosneft … Read the full press release →

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Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni met with Togo President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe’to discuss Eni activities in the country

Posted on 9, July 2013 by

During the meeting, which was cordial and constructive, Paolo Scaroni and FaureEssozimna Gnassingbé assess jointly the progress of ongoing projects. Lomé, 9-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The President of Togo Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni met today  in Lomé to discuss about Eni activities … Read the full press release →

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Vestas signed 10-year advanced service contract renewals with GDF SUEZ Energia Italia

Posted on 8, July 2013 by

8-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Vestas has secured 10-year advanced service contract renewals with GDF SUEZ Energia Italia, which heads the Italian-based energy business of the GDF SUEZ Group, for six wind power plants in Italy with a total capacity of 130 … Read the full press release →

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EIB provides EUR 570 million loan to power grid management company Terna Italy

Posted on 8, July 2013 by

Rome, 8-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EUR 570 million finance contract signed today in Rome between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Terna, Italy’s power grid management company, is focused on investment in southern Italy. The EIB was represented at the signing … Read the full press release →

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Eni acquitted in the investigation into the “Measure gas” proceedings by the Court of the Third Instance

Posted on 5, July 2013 by

The Court confirms that an offence was not committed San Donato Milanese, 5-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  Eni informs that the Court of the Third Instance definitively confirmed the judgment of “no case to answer”, issued on 28 June 2012 by … Read the full press release →

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UniCredit Italy to procure automated teller machines and cash recycling systems from Wincor Nixdorf’s new CINEO line

Posted on 3, July 2013 by

3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — UniCredit, the biggest bank in Italy, will be gradually procuring automated teller machines and cash recycling systems from Wincor Nixdorf’s new CINEO generation over the next three years, in a replacement project addressing almost 50 percent of … Read the full press release →

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Da BEI 70 milioni ad Ascopiave per la rete gas nel Nordest

Posted on 2, July 2013 by

Pieve di Soligo,  2-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — La Banca europea per gli investimenti (BEI) ed Ascopiave hanno perfezionato un finanziamento di 70 milioni di euro finalizzato al sostegno degli investimenti per il miglioramento e l’espansione delle reti di distribuzione del gas … Read the full press release →

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European Entrepreneurial Regions 2014 Award goes to Flanders (BE), Marche (IT) and Noord-Brabant (NL)

Posted on 2, July 2013 by

2-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At the 102nd plenary session of Committee of the Regions, Flanders (BE), Marche (IT) and Noord-Brabant (NL) will be awarded the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) 2014 label by the President of the CoR, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso. The jury felt a strong … Read the full press release →

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