”The agreement we have signed today reflects our desire to be a major stakeholder in renewable energies and services in Africa and to solve the huge energy supply problems found on the continent.”, Isabelle Kocher, ENGIE CEO. La Défense, France, … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Management
Tagged ANER, development of renewable energies in Senegal, ENGIE, Isabelle Kocher
Shankar Krishnamoorthy is appointed Executive Vice President in charge of the five Métiers of the Group, as well as the Tractebel Business Unit and the Strategy Division and will also supervise ENGIE Solar. He is joining the Group’s Executive Committee … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Management
Tagged appointments, Didier Holleaux, ENGIE, Executive Committee, Isabelle Kocher, Shankar Krishnamoorthy
The two companies will share best practices and experiences to achieve best-in-class performance in distribution networks, promote grid digitisation and improve energy efficiency at customers’ premises Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 13-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Enel S.p.A. and Saudi Arabian utility Saudi … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Italy, Management
Tagged Enel, Livio Gallo, power distribution, Saudi Electricity Company, Ziyad M. Al-Shiha
Enel, via renewables subsidiary EGPNA, has acquired a 100 percent stake in Demand Energy, an intelligent control software provider, project developer and operator specialising in battery storage optimisation Enel will work with Demand Energy to expand the use of the … Read the full press release
Sir Suma Chakrabarti has meetings in Washington and New York LONDON, 12-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, has concluded a visit to the United States to initiate high level discussions … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Management, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr. Jim Kim, EBRD, IFC, Naoko Ishii, philanthropic organisations, Philippe Le Houerou, Rachel Kyte, Sir Suma Chakrabarti
HELSINKI, 12-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu and Outotec have reached an agreement regarding innovations on ferroalloys technology and the related license fees to Outokumpu. The agreement follows the arbitral award of August 28, 2015 which confirmed that Outokumpu and Outotec are … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged ferroalloys technology, license fees, Outokumpu, Outotec, patent dispute
STOCKHOLM, 11-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Markus Friberg has been appointed Director of Media Relations and Editorial Nordic, Corporate and EU in Vattenfall. Besides working with traditional media, he will also be responsible for the editorial work in Vattenfall’s channels and social … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Marketing, Media, Sweden
Maroussi, Greece, 11-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Carrying away two top awards at the Health & Safety Awards 2016 ceremony event, organised by Boussias Communications, ALUMINIUM of GREECE (AoG), a MYTILINEOS Group subsidiary, proved that it rightfully ranks among Greece’s enterprises which are … Read the full press release
EDINBURGH, 11-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Cairn is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicoletta Giadrossi as an independent non-executive director with effect from 10 January 2017. Nicoletta will also become a member of the Company’s remuneration committee. Nicoletta Giadrossi Nicoletta Giadrossi … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, Cairn, Ian Tyler, Nicoletta Giadrossi
THE HAGUE, 10-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Koninklijke KPN N.V. (“KPN”) has agreed to acquire Dutch cyber security company DearBytes B.V. (“DearBytes”). By acquiring DearBytes, KPN strengthens its position as the leading security services provider in The Netherlands. KPN expects to complete … Read the full press release
Coventry, UK, 09-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — WMG at the University of Warwick is delighted to announce the appointment of cyberpsychologist Professor Monica Whitty, who joins the Cyber Security research team from the University of Leicester, as Professor of Human Factors in … Read the full press release
World Travel Awards for Sixt Car Rentals, Sixt Luxury Cars and the Sixt Limousine Service Regine Sixt sees honor as ‘validation of our consistent commitment to customer orientation’ Munich / Maldives, 06-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Award winning mobility solutions meet the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Germany, Management, Marketing, Travel
Tagged Regine Sixt, Sixt, Sixt Car Rentals, Sixt Limousine Service, Sixt Luxury Cars, World Travel Award
The University of York is to lead a new research project examining how food manufacturing systems can be improved to reduce waste. YORK, 06-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The project, which received £800,000 funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research … Read the full press release
MADRID, 06-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Deliveries of oil products from CLH Group facilities to the Spanish market during 2016 exceeded 39.2 million cubic metres, 3.6% more than the previous year. Analysed by product type, deliveries of gasolines increased by 2.7% and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Spain
Tagged CLH Group, Deliveries of oil products, diesel fuels, kerosenes, Spanish market
Service users triple at India’s busiest container terminal Mumbai, India, 05-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — APM Terminals Mumbai, India’s busiest container terminal, has embraced ‘Direct Port Delivery’ service initiated by the Indian government as part of its “Ease of Doing Business … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 05-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom has completed the sale of its German subsidiary with operations in Osnabrück to Kämmerer Paper Holding GmbH. The transaction was announced on November 7, 2016. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Germany, Industrial, Management
Tagged Ahlstrom, Kämmerer Paper Holding GmbH, Osnabrück PLANT
New Wi-Fi solutions – Evolved Wi-Fi Networks (EWN) – combine industry-leading wireless technologies from the two companies EWN includes pre-integrated and verified solutions based on Ericsson and Cisco products New solutions are complemented with Ericsson’s customer support, design and deployment … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Management, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Cisco, Ericsson, Evolved Wi-Fi Networks, Rima Qureshi, Wi-Fi solution, Yvette Kanouff
RIGA, 05-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — On 29 December 2016, during the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders of ABLV Bank, AS a decision was made to increase the bank’s share capital with a special purpose by issuing 300 000 employee shares. Following the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Latvia, Management
Tagged ABLV Bank, employee shares, share capital
Sir Paul Nurse, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former President of the Royal Society, will today [1 January] begin his term as Chancellor of the University of Bristol. BRISTOL, 04-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — He takes over as Chancellor of the global … Read the full press release
MARIBOR, 04-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (3. january 2017), the District Court of Maribor issued a decision on entering into the court register the merger by acquisition of KBS banka by Nova KBM. Consequently, KBS banka ceased to exist as an independent … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Management, Slovenia
Tagged Andrej Fatur, Gvido Jemenšek, John Denhof, Jon Locke, Josef Gröblacher, KBS banka, Merger by acquisition, Nova KBM, Robert Senica, Sabina Župec Kranjc
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