The HAGUE, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Royal KPN N.V. (“KPN”) announces that it has completed the acquisition of QSight IT Holding B.V. (“QSight IT”), which was announced on 3 October 2017. This follows regulatory approval by the ACM on … Read the full press release
Gardabaer, Iceland, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the last three years, the Marel Poultry team has been working hard, together with representatives from Costco Wholesale and their newly formed poultry processing company, Lincoln Premium Poultry, on a state-of-the-art greenfield plant in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Management, Retail
Tagged Lincoln Premium Poultry's, Marel, Marel Poultry
Martin Weissburg, currently President of Volvo Construction Equipment, will become President of Mack Trucks effective June 1, 2018, in which capacity he will continue to be a member of the Executive Board for the Volvo Group. GOTHENBURG, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Management, Sweden
Tagged Dennis Slagle, Mack Trucks, Martin Weissburg, Volvo Group
UniCredit Bank Austria has been awarded the “Best Foreign Exchange Provider Award 2018” by US business magazine “Global Finance” VIENNA, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — UniCredit was named “Best Foreign Exchange Provider 2018” in Austria by the US business magazine “Global Finance” … Read the full press release
Saint-Ouen, France, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Since its creation in 2007, the Alstom Foundation has carried out more than 150 projects around the world, in order to support sustainability, social development, the access to water and energy, mobility and environmental protection … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In November 2017, Ahlstrom-Munksjö committed to the United Nations Global Compact’s ten principles for ethical business practices by joining the initiative. The company is now among nearly 8,000 companies worldwide that have affirmed their dedication to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Management, Sweden
Tagged Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Anders Hildeman, Jan Åström, plant-level sustainability, UN Global Compact
Regulated information Kortrijk, Belgium, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco, the global leader in cinema technology, announced today that it has reached an agreement with China Film Co., Ltd. (“CFG or China Film Group”) to change the ownership structure of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Entertainment, Management, Technology
Tagged Barco, BarcoCFG joint venture, China Film Co., Chinese cinema market, Jan De Witte, Ltd
Sven Ennerst to coordinate truck activities in China within the Divisional Board of Daimler Trucks Kelley Platt appointed President and CEO of Daimler’s Truck Joint Venture Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Strong 2017 performance by Daimler Trucks in China Stuttgart / … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Management
Tagged Daimler, Daimler Trucks in China, Kelley Platt, Sven Ennerst
New ARC report proclaims “ABB’s Grid Automation business is at the forefront of grid automation and digitalization” ZURICH, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB has been named as the global market leader in SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, ARC, Claudio Facchin, global market leader in SCADA systems, Steve Couther
Network-sharing joint venture between Three and EE extends network managed services contract for a further two years from June 2018 to May 2020 Ericsson remains responsible for central operations, network performance and optimization, field services and multi-vendor spare parts management … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Management, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Ericsson, MBNL, network managed services, Pat Coxen, Peter Laurin
STOCKHOLM, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a EUR 200M green multi-currency revolving credit facility. The facility carries a tenor of 2 years with an option for a 1-year extension. The facility is signed by Skanska Financial Services, with the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Management, Sweden
Tagged green multi-currency revolving credit facility, Green Projects, Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a contract with Duke University to build the Hollows West Campus Residence Hall in Durham, North Carolina, USA. The final phase of the contract is worth USD 61M, about SEK 520M, which will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Education, Management, Sweden
Tagged Duke University, Hollows West Campus Residence Hall, Skanska
PARIS, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — During its meeting held on November 27, 2017, Rexel’s Board of Directors took note of the nomination of Julien Bonnel as Director representing the employees, effective as of November 17, 2017. In accordance with the guidelines … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Management
Tagged Ian Meakins, Julien Bonnel, Rexel
Sundial Brands is the latest addition to Unilever’s portfolio of fast-growing, purpose-led companies as part of broader Company transformation. Agreement accelerates Unilever’s Personal Care category growth by addressing under-served needs of multicultural and millennial consumers. Purpose-driven partnership seeks to create … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, Alan Jope, haircare, Kees Kruythoff, Personal Care category, Richelieu Dennis, skincare, Sundial Brands, Unilever
Colombia is working with the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 to convene a multistakeholder platform of buyers, producers, international donors, NGOs and civil society organizations to protect the Amazon rainforest The platform will initially cover palm oil and is expected to … Read the full press release
ESPOO, 29-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In September 2017 it was announced that Neste has acquired Jacobs Engineering’s 40% shareholding in Neste Jacobs Oy. After this transaction, Neste Jacobs Oy is now 100% owned by Neste Corporation. As the result of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged Neste Corporation, Neste Engineering Solutions Oy, Neste Jacobs Oy
AMSTERDAM, 29-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vasyl Latsanych as … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Management, Netherlands, Russia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Kjell-Morten Johnsen, PJSC VimpelCom, Vasyl Latsanych, VEON, VEON Russian operations
Upgrades Enhance Ease-of-Use and Accelerated Functionality STOCKHOLM, 29-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Axiomatics, the leader in fine-grained dynamic authorization, today announced the availability of SmartGuard™ for Big Data 1.2, the only authorization solution that fully supports Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged ABAC, ABAC for Big Data, Apache Impala, Attribute Based Access Control, authorization solution, Axiomatics, Ayal Tirosh, Big Data, Derek Cnota, Dynamic Authorization, Gartner, HAWQ, Hive, information technology, Pablo Giambiagi, Roger Åström, securing Big Data, SmartGuard, SmartGuard for Big Data, SmartGuard™ for Big Data 1.2, SQL-on-Hadoop
LONDON, 28-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Karen Pierce, currently Director-General Political at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has been appointed as the new UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations Karen is the first woman appointed to this role, and is uniquely suited … Read the full press release
Rueil-Malmaison Cedex – France, 27-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Arcour, a VINCI Autoroutes subsidiary, finalized yesterday the refinancing of its credit facilities granted in 2008 by a pool of commercial banks. Arcour signed a concession contract with the French state on March … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Financial, France, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management
Tagged Arcour, Autoroutes, VINCI
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