Category Archives: Netherlands

Press Releases & News from Netherlands distributed via EuropaWire

ING intends to compensate its Dutch revolving consumer loans customers following rulings by the Dutch Institute for Financial Disputes

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 20-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ING (AMS: INGA), a global financial institution of Dutch origin, has announced it will offer compensation to its Dutch retail customers with certain revolving consumer loans where the variable interest rate did not … Read the full press release

FrieslandCampina to use more environment-friendly packaging for the Friesche Vlag coffee creamers

(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, 7-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — FrieslandCampina, a Dutch multinational dairy cooperative, has announced that it will be using recycled PET bottle from now on for its Friesche Vlag coffee creamers. All single-use glass bottles of the entire coffee … Read the full press release

New 2GW standard by TenneT to accelerate offshore wind deployment

2GW standard essential to help Europe become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 TenneT starts tender of 2GW stations (Platform & HVDC system) for Dutch IJmuiden Ver projects First 2GW IJmuiden Ver project operational in 2028 (PRESS RELEASE) ARNHEM, … Read the full press release

Nutreco part of USD 7.5 million funding round in Norwegian salmon farming company AquaCon

(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, 4-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed, has announced it participated in a USD 7.5 million (~EUR 6.5 million) funding round in Norwegian land-based salmon farming company AquaCon. Other companies that … Read the full press release

ING initiates the repurchase of ordinary shares of ING Groep as part of €1.7 billion share buyback programme

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 1-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ING (AMS: INGA), a Dutch multinational banking and financial services group, has announced the start of a share buyback programme under which it plans to repurchase ordinary shares of ING Groep, with a … Read the full press release

Royal SMIT takes over DNV’s Transformer Oil Laboratory, its personnel and the ISO 17025 accreditation

(PRESS RELEASE) NIJMEGEN/ARNHEM, The Netherlands, 1-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has announced the completion of the acquisition of its Transformer Oil Laboratory along with its personnel and the ISO 17025 accreditation by Royal … Read the full press release

ENGIE Services delivers the new High Performance Computing Datacenter of the University of Groningen

(PRESS RELEASE) GRONINGEN, the Netherlands, 20-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Groningen, one of the most traditional and prestigious universities in the Netherlands, has announced that its new High Performance Computing Datacenter of the University of Groningen (UG) has been … Read the full press release

Paul Bestford to lead Nutreco’s procurement

(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, 13-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed, has announced the appointment of Paul Bestford as the company’s new Chief Procurement Officer (CPO). Paul is coming from Burberry where he led the … Read the full press release

University of Twente researcher awarded NWO grant for the research proposal MELODY (Modeling Lower Shoreface Seabed Dynamics for a Climate-Proof Coast)

(PRESS RELEASE) ENSCHEDE, 9-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Twente, a Enschede, NL based public technical university located, has announced that its researcher Jebbe van der Werf (Faculty of ET and working at knowledge institute Deltares) has been awarded a … Read the full press release

Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary Sarawak Shell Berhad takes final investment decision on the Timi gas development project, powered by a solar and wind hybrid power system

(PRESS RELEASE) THE HAGUE, 30-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal Dutch Shell plc (AMS: RDSA), a Dutch-British multinational oil and gas company, has announced that its subsidiary Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Timi … Read the full press release

SGS in the Netherlands expands capabilities to include trace gas analyses

(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 25-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, announces that its laboratory in Vlissingen (Flushing), Netherlands has expanded its capabilities and is now capable of conducting trace gas analyses to support … Read the full press release

Aegon repurchased 35,933,035 common shares, July 8 – August 20, 2021 as part of its share buyback program

(PRESS RELEASE) THE HAGUE, 23-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Aegon N.V. (AMS: AGN), Dutch multinational life insurance, pensions and asset management company, has announced it has completed the share buyback program to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2020 final dividend … Read the full press release

EU clearance for the acquisition of Aegon’s businesses in Central and Eastern Europe by Vienna Insurance Group AG

(PRESS RELEASE) THE HAGUE, 13-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Aegon N.V. (AMS: AGN), Dutch multinational life insurance, pensions and asset management company, has announced receival of the competition law clearance from the European Commission for the acquisition of Aegon’s businesses in … Read the full press release

Nutreco, Aqua-Spark and PFR Life Science invest EUR 21 million in Proteon Pharmaceuticals to accelerate the reduction of antibiotics used in aquaculture and livestock farming

(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, 10-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Nutreco, leading company in the field of animal nutrition and aquafeed, has announced it is leading a EUR 21 million financing round together with Aqua-Spark and PFR Life Science, a portfolio company of … Read the full press release

Siemens Mobility to buy NL based leading provider of cloud-based solutions aimed at public transport operators for EUR 550 million

Siemens Mobility acquires Sqills, a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) provider for inventory management, reservation, and ticketing software Acquisition advances Siemens’ strategy to increase the availability, capacity, and utilization of public transportation Sqills complements the Siemens Mobility software portfolio … Read the full press release

AkzoNobel repurchased 215,310 of its own common shares between July 26 and 30, 2021 as part of its share buyback program

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 3-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel (AKZA; AKZOY), a Dutch multinational company global leader in paints and coatings, has announced it repurchased 215,310 of its own common shares in the period from July 26, 2021, up to and … Read the full press release

Introducing Cap Expand Partners, Helping Business Leaders Break International Barriers

Sergio van Luijk, Managing Director at Cap Expand Partners

Cap Expand Partners assist international business leaders in acquiring companies in Europe (PRESS RELEASE) RIEMST, Belgium, 27-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Financial consulting company Cap Expand Partners are pleased to announce a fresh new approach to business acquisitions, financing, and exit strategies. … Read the full press release

Automotive Hall of Fame’s first-ever Mobility Innovator Award goes to TomTom Co-founder and CEO Harold Goddijn

(PRESS RELEASE) DEARBORN, MI, USA, 23-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom (TOM2), a Dutch multinational developer and creator of location technology and consumer electronics, has announced that its Co-founder and CEO Harold Goddijn has received the Automotive Hall of Fame’s first-ever … Read the full press release

Solidaridad part of three-year EU funded project to support local economic and social development initiatives in Modjo Leather City, Ethiopia

(PRESS RELEASE) UTRECHT, 22-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Solidaridad, an international civil society organization active in over 40 countries with 8 regional offices on 5 continents, has announced that it is part of a consortium with People in Need (PIN), the … Read the full press release

SHV acquires Kiwa a global player in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) industry

(PRESS RELEASE) UTRECHT, 9-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — One of the world’s largest private trading groups, SHV announces that it has reached an agreement on the acquisition of Kiwa, currently owned by NPM Capital and the Kiwa management and employees. Kiwa … Read the full press release