(IN BRIEF) Alstom has named Kees van der Snel as Country Managing Director Netherlands, effective 1 March 2026, bringing more than 30 years of industrial and rail-sector experience to the role. Having previously held leadership positions at Alstom and Bombardier, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, Alstom Europe, Andrew deLeone, Bombardier, Country Managing Director Netherlands, engineering and operations, European rail market, executive appointment, Kees van der Snel, Kees van der Snel Takes the Helm of Alstom Netherlands to Drive Project Delivery and Long Term Market Development, Mobility sector, Netherlands mobility, New Leadership Appointment Signals Alstom’s Commitment to Expanding Sustainable Transport Solutions in the Netherlands, project management, rail industry leadership, sustainable transport, transportation projects
(IN BRIEF) Mutares has divested WIJ Special Media B.V., a Netherlands-based data and media company focused on young families, to N2COM as part of a strategic move to streamline its Prénatal portfolio. The transaction allows Prénatal to focus on retail … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged Blokker Netherlands, Dutch media company, first party data platform, Johannes Laumann, Mutares Advances Value Creation Strategy Through Divestment of Data Driven Media Unit, Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, N2COM, parenting segment, portfolio divestment, Prénatal Netherlands, private equity transaction, retail strategy focus, WIJ Special Media, WSM, young families market
(IN BRIEF) Prosus Ventures has led a US$5 million Seed funding round in Qureos to support the expansion of its AI-driven hiring platform. The system unifies sourcing, screening and interviewing into a single solution powered by its Iris assistant, enabling … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged AI recruitment platform, digital recruitment transformation, Dubai Economy and Tourism, enterprise hiring solutions, GCC localization policies, hiring automation, HR technology, Iris AI assistant, Prosus Ventures, Prosus Ventures Leads $5 Million Investment to Accelerate Growth of AI Hiring Platform Qureos, Qatar Airways, Qureos, Salica Oryx Fund, seed funding, talent acquisition innovation, Union Properties
(IN BRIEF) Ferrovial has secured an approximately £80 million contract with Thames Water to upgrade the Slough Sewage Treatment Works through a joint venture with Cadagua. The project will expand treatment capacity, improve removal of ammonia and phosphorus, enhance storm-flow … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ammonia phosphorus reduction, Cadagua, Environment Agency standards, environmental infrastructure, Ferrovial, Ferrovial Construction, Ferrovial Strengthens UK Water Sector Presence with Advanced Treatment Facility Modernisation, resilient utilities, Slough Sewage Treatment Works, storm flow management, sustainable water management, Thames Tideway Tunnel, Thames Water, UK water infrastructure, wastewater treatment upgrade
(IN BRIEF) ABP and Vesteda have launched Affordable Living Venture, a €400 million joint initiative to develop more than 1,100 sustainable mid-rental homes in the Netherlands, targeting middle-income households in urban areas facing significant housing pressure. The programme will focus … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Real Estate
Tagged 100 Sustainable Homes for Middle Income Households, A&O Shearman, ABP, affordable housing, Affordable Living Venture, Affordable Living Venture Launched to Accelerate Energy Efficient Urban Housing in High Demand Dutch Cities, ALV, APG, Astrid Schlüter, BREEAM NL, CRREM alignment, Harmen van Wijnen, institutional investment, mid rental segment, middle income households, Netherlands housing, New ABP Vesteda Partnership Targets Development of Over 1, real estate investment, residential development, sustainable housing, urban development, Van Lanschot Kempen, VESTEDA, Vesteda Residential Fund
(IN BRIEF) Garanti BBVA has launched Talent Week 2026, inviting university students and recent graduates to apply by February 19 for a comprehensive early-career development and recruitment program. The initiative offers participants hands-on exposure to careers in banking, data, audit … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged Assistant Inspector, audit careers, banking careers, Data and Tech Pathways, Data MT, data science, early career program, Ebru Taşcı Firuzbay, Garanti BBVA, Garanti BBVA Expands Early Career Opportunities with Talent Week 2026 Across Banking, Garanti BBVA Opens Talent Week 2026 Applications to Develop Future Leaders in Banking and Technology, INNOVATION, Management Trainee, professional development, recent graduates, sustainability, Talent Week 2026, tech talent, technology careers, university students, young talent recruitment
(IN BRIEF) Royal Philips, together with Erasmus MC and a broad consortium of industry, academic, and patient partners, has secured funding from the EU’s Innovative Health Initiative to coordinate the five-year SEISMIC research program aimed at transforming neurosurgery through the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, Science, Technology
Tagged academia, and More Accessible Using Advanced Imaging, and Patients to Modernize Neurosurgical Care through Innovation, Bert van Meurs, Boston Scientific, Bracco, brain tumors, Cancer Patients Europe, Caresyntax, cryoablation, DEMCON Curix, Erasmus MC, EU-Backed SEISMIC Initiative Aims to Make Brain Surgery Safer, Faster, Fundacio Ictus, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Innovative Health Initiative, intracerebral hemorrhage, medical imaging, minimally invasive neurosurgery, neurosurgical innovation, Oldelft Ultrasound, patient outcomes, Philips, Pieter Kruizinga, Public Private Partnership, Radboudumc, real-time navigation, Royal Philips, SEISMIC, SEISMIC Partnership Unites Industry, subdural hematoma, Surgical Science, ultrasound, UMC Utrecht, University of Ljubljana, us4us, Vall d’Hebron, VHIR, X-ray imaging, Yaskawa
(IN BRIEF) Euronext has launched a new professional segment on ETFplus that allows institutional investors in Italy to trade crypto-linked exchange-traded products within a transparent, competitive, and regulated framework building on its existing offering of over 100 crypto-linked instruments in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, International Trade, Internet & Online, Investment, Ireland, Italy, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Technology
Tagged Aurelien Narminio, crypto ETPs, digital assets, ETFplus, Euronext, Euronext Clearing, Euronext Introduces Dedicated Professional Trading Segment for Crypto ETPs on ETFplus, Euronext Securities Milan, European capital markets, institutional demand, post-trade services, professional investors, regulated market
(IN BRIEF) Wolters Kluwer’s CCH Tagetik has been named a Leader in the Nucleus Research CPM Technology Value Matrix for the sixth consecutive year, reflecting continued innovation in its Intelligent Platform and Expert AI capabilities that use a Finance Brain … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged California climate disclosure, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, CCH Tagetik Recognized Again as CPM Leader as Wolters Kluwer Advances Agentic AI and ESG Capabilities, CCH® Tagetik, consolidation, corporate performance management, CPM Technology Value Matrix, CSRD, disclosure management, ESG, EU taxonomy, Excel 365, Expert AI, Finance Brain™, generative AI, Google BigQuery, Madhur Aggarwal, Microsoft SharePoint, Nucleus Research, Operational Transfer Pricing, planning and analytics, Rebecca Kennedy, Snowflake, Wolters Kluwer
(IN BRIEF) Henkel has launched Loctite Stycast UV 7998, a new solvent-free conformal coating that combines strong electronics protection with UL 94 V-0 certification, sustainability benefits, and cost efficiency for mainstream applications such as home appliances, lighting, consumer electronics, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged automotive electronics, CO2 reduction, conformal coating, consumer electronics, electronics protection, Henkel, Henkel Adhesives, Henkel Expands Conformal Coatings Portfolio with Solvent-Free UL 94 V-0 Rated Loctite Stycast UV 7998, home appliances, Loctite Stycast UV 7998, moisture cure, Oliver Steinbach, PCB protection, REACH compliant, RoHS compliant, solvent-free, sustainability, UL 94 V-0, UV curing, VOC-free
(IN BRIEF) Schaatsbaan Rotterdam has installed a 1MW on-site battery, managed by Eneco, to make its energy use more sustainable and to optimise its existing high-capacity grid connection throughout the year. The system allows surplus renewable electricity to be stored … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged 1MW battery, battery storage system, cost-neutral energy, Eneco, energy efficiency, energy storage, grid balancing, grid congestion, regional energy grid, renewable energy, Rotterdam, Schaatsbaan Rotterdam, Schaatsbaan Rotterdam Advances Sustainable Energy Strategy with Smart 1MW Battery and Grid Balancing System, skating rink, smart energy management, sustainable infrastructure
(IN BRIEF) ABN AMRO has launched a new multi-year Sport Scholarship for wheelchair tennis players at the ABN AMRO Open, based on research showing that ambitious wheelchair athletes face significantly higher annual sports-related costs of €16,000 to €26,500 compared to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Marketing, Netherlands, Sports
Tagged ABN Amro, ABN AMRO Introduces Development Programme for Wheelchair Tennis Athletes Following Research on Unequal Sports Costs, ABN AMRO Open, athlete funding, athlete support, Diede de Groot, disability sport, elite sport development, Equal opportunities, Esther Vergeer, Esther Vergeer Foundation, Gerarda Westerhuis, inclusive sport, Netherlands sport, Paralympic sport, personal assistance, Sander Bestevaar, Sport Scholarship, sports equity, talent development, transport costs, wheelchair tennis
(IN BRIEF) dsm-firmenich has agreed to sell its Animal Nutrition & Health business to CVC for an enterprise value of about €2.2 billion including a potential €0.5 billion earnout while retaining a 20 percent stake in the newly created Solutions … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ANH, Animal Nutrition & Health, Bovaer®, ChemicaInvest, circular divestment, CVC, Dimitri de Vreeze, discontinued operations, dividend policy, dsm-firmenich, dsm-firmenich Completes Strategic Transformation with Divestment of Animal Nutrition & Health to CVC, Essential Products Company, feed additives, feed enzymes, Kaiseraugst, Novonesis, premixes, private markets, share buyback, Solutions Company, Steven Buyse, Veramaris, vitamins
(IN BRIEF) Indra is coordinating the European REACT II programme, a major multinational R&D initiative focused on developing future Airborne Electronic Attack capabilities, following the signing of a co-funding and management agreement by OCCAR on behalf of seven participating nations. … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, Netherlands, Poland, Security & Safety, Spain, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AEA, AESA, Airborne Electronic Attack, defence R&D, digital beamforming, DRFM, electromagnetic spectrum, electronic warfare, Escort Jamming, European Commission, EWC2, France, Germany, Indra, Italy, modular architecture, Netherlands, Next-Generation Airborne Electronic Attack Pod, NGEAP, OCCAR, OCCAR Signs Co-Funding Contract for Indra-Coordinated REACT II Electronic Warfare Project, Poland, RAT-ECS, REACT I, REACT II, SEAD, Seven European Nations Back Indra-Led REACT II Programme to Develop Next-Generation AEA Systems, Spain, Stand-In Jamming, Stand-Off Jamming, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) The Port of Rotterdam Authority and VOTOB have renewed and expanded their cooperation to strengthen a multi-stakeholder task force dedicated to combating storage spoofing, a form of digital fraud in which criminals sell non-existent tank storage capacity and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged blacklist of fraudulent websites, commodity trading, cyber resilience, Cybercrime, digital fraud, Ferm Seaports, fraud prevention, JNPA, Marijn van Schoote, Maritime Security, New Cooperation Framework Reinforces Rotterdam’s Fight Against Tank Storage Cyber Fraud, port cybersecurity, Port of Rotterdam and VOTOB Intensify Cross-Industry Effort Against Storage Spoofing Networks, Port of Rotterdam Authority, Ronald Backers, Rotterdam port, Seaport Police, SIDN, storage spoofing, supply chain integrity, tank storage fraud, The Commodity Traders, VOTOB, Willem-Henk Streekstra, www storagespoofing nl
(IN BRIEF) LG Energy Solution, Stellantis, and NextStar Energy confirmed a major ownership restructuring in which LG Energy Solution will acquire Stellantis’ 49 per cent stake in NextStar Energy, becoming the facility’s sole owner in a mutually agreed strategic move … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged $5 billion CAD investment, advanced manufacturing, Antonio Filosa, battery manufacturing, Canada EV industry, carbon neutrality 2050, clean energy, Danies Lee, David Kim, electric vehicles, Energy Storage Systems ESS, joint venture, LG Energy Solution, LG Energy Solution Arizona, LG Energy Solution Becomes Sole Owner of NextStar Energy as Stellantis Exits Joint Venture Stake, LG Energy Solution Consolidates Leadership of NextStar Energy to Accelerate Canada’s Battery Manufacturing Future, LG Energy Solution Michigan Holland, LG Energy Solution Michigan Lansing, LG Energy Solution Strengthens North American Battery Strategy with Full Ownership of NextStar Energy in Windsor, lithium-ion batteries, NextStar Energy, NextStar Energy Enters New Phase of Growth as LG Energy Solution Assumes Full Ownership and Expands Market Focus, North American battery supply chain, Stellantis, Windsor Ontario
Pricing in Europe has moved from an operational task to a core strategic function RGM reframed growth from “selling more” to “earning more profitably” Specialist consultancies, especially Simon-Kucher, were foundational in shaping the field Data and analytics accelerated the professionalization … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Germany, Management, Netherlands, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI in pricing, B2B manufacturing, commercial excellence, consumer packaged goods, data analytics, Diana Coelho, dynamic pricing, EPP Pricing Platform BV, EuropaWire, Europe, European Pricing Platform, governance in pricing, growth and profitability, Management Consulting, Pedro Fernandes, Pol Vanaerde, Pricing, pricing software, professional communities, retail, revenue growth management, RGM, SaaS pricing, Simon-Kucher & Partners, trade promotion optimization, value-based pricing
(IN BRIEF) Prosus has signed a three-year Global Partnership Agreement with Amazon Web Services to accelerate AI adoption across its portfolio companies in Latin America, Europe, and India, enabling businesses such as iFood, OLX, PayU, Despegar, eMag, and Just Eat … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged agentic AI, AI Transformation, Amazon Web Services, aws, cloud infrastructure, Despegar, ecommerce innovation, eMag, Europe, FinOps, generative AI, Greg Pearson, iFood, Igor Cardoso, INDIA, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Large Commerce Model, Latin America, LCM, OLX, PayU, Prosus, Prosus and AWS Sign Three-Year Global Partnership to Scale AI Across Multiple Markets, Toqan
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has joined a consortium of twelve major European banks to create Qivalis, a joint venture based in Amsterdam that aims to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. The initiative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, Spain, Technology
Tagged Alicia Pertusa, Amsterdam, Banca Sella, BBVA, BBVA Joins European Banking Consortium Qivalis to Launch a Regulated Euro-Pegged Stablecoin, BIS Agorá, blockchain payments, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, cross-border payments, Danske Bank, DekaBank, digital assets, DZ BANK, Electronic Money Institution, euro stablecoin, ING, Jan-Oliver Sell, KBC, MiCA, Qivalis, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, SWIFT, tokenized assets, UNICREDIT
(IN BRIEF) Henkel has agreed to acquire the Dutch-based specialty coatings company Stahl Group for 2.1 billion euros in a strategic move to expand its Adhesive Technologies business into the adjacent and fast-growing specialty coatings market. Stahl, which serves customers … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged acquisition, automotive coatings, Carsten Knobel, fashion and lifestyle, flexible materials, Henkel, Henkel Accelerates Growth Strategy by Agreeing to Acquire Stahl and Broaden Its Coatings and Materials Portfolio, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, High performance coatings, leather finishing coatings, M&A, Mark Dorn, packaging industry, paper packaging coatings, performance coatings, R&D capabilities, specialty coatings, Stahl, Stahl Group, sustainable coatings, water-based solutions, Wendel SE
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