(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 5-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Orkla announces the appointment of Jaan Ivar Semlitsch (47) as new president and CEO. He will take up his new position by 1 December at the latest. Orkla Board Chairman Stein Erik Hagen … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Management, News, Norway
Tagged bakery, Brav Norway, consumer goods, DNB, Jaan Ivar Semlitsch, Orkla, Peter A. Ruzicka, Stein Erik Hagen, Terje Andersen
The SEAT on Tour roadshow will visit Oslo, Liverpool, Frankfurt, Paris and Milan (PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 4-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SEAT will debut its first ever electric car, Mii electric, in Oslo as part of its inaugural ‘SEAT on Tour’ … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Germany, Italy, News, Norway, Spain, Sports, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Cristina Vall-Llosada, CUPRA, CUPRA Formentor, Daniel Martínez, electric mobility, electrification, EV, Frankfurt, Latin America, Liverpool, Luca de Meo, MEB platform, Mexico, Mii electric, Milan, Oslo, Roadshow, SEAT el-Born, SEAT eXS KickScooter, SEGWAY, Wayne Griffiths
New CEO will focus on plugging customers’ skills gap (PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 3-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Kenneth Vareide will lead DNV GL’s Digital Solutions business practice. DNV GL’s Digital Solutions offer solutions for managing risk and improving asset performance. DNV … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, News, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged cyber-security, digital advisory services, digital transformations, digitalization, DNV GL, DNV GL’s Digital Solutions, ENERGY, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Healthcare, Kenneth Vareide, maritime, Nauticus, quality assurance, Remi Eriksen, risk management, Sesam, Synergi, Veracity
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 22-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Albras has just announced that it decided to resume the normal aluminium production at the Albras aluminium plant in Brazil. Albras had to limit its production by 50% … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, International Trade, Law, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway
Tagged Albras, Albras aluminium plant, aluminium, aluminium plant, Alunorte, Belem, Brazil, Halvor Molland, Nippon Amazon Aluminium, Norsk Hydro, Stian Hasle
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 9-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Statkraft signs long-term power supply agreement with Alcoa Norway. For the period 2020 to 2026, the total delivery will be just above 3 TWh, with annual deliveries of approximately 440 GWh. The contract … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway
Tagged Alcoa Norway, aluminium production, ENERGY, Hallvard Granheim, hydropower, Kai-Rune Heggland, power, renewable energy
(PRESS RELEASE) MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, EUROPE, 23-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Adecco Group, Tata Communications and INSEAD have just released their annual benchmark report that looks into the ability of 125 countries around the world to compete for talent. According … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Education, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Management, Netherlands, News, Norway, Politics, Science, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Adecco Group, and adaptability, Asia-Pacific, attracting talent, Australia, Boston, BRICS, Bruno Lanvin, CHINA, competitiveness, Copenhagen, digitisation, diversity, entrepreneurial talent, entrepreneurs, Felipe Monteiro, GCTCI, gender equality, Global Talent Competitiveness Index, Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2019, globalisation, GTCI, GTCI 2019, GTCI 2020, GTCI report, Helsinki, Hong Kong, HR, Ian Lee, INDIA, INNOVATION, INSEAD, Japan, knowledge economy, Malaysia, Melbourne, mobility, New York, New Zealand, Osaka, Oslo, Paris, retaining talent, Seoul, Singapore, skilled professionals, South Korea, Sydney, Taipei, talent, Tata Communications, The Global Cities Talent Competitiveness Index, Tokyo, Vienna, Vinod Kumar, Washington DC, Zurich
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, Sweden / GOES, The Netherlands, 11-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Triton Fund III company Polygon Netherlands has taken over the Dutch specialist in restoring documents, artefacts and art VANWAARDE. The acquisition will be in retroactive effect as of … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Investment, Netherlands, News, Norway, Security & Safety, Sweden, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, Alvisa 24, art, art restoration, artefact restoration, artefacts, Beekbergen, damage restoration services, document restoration, documents, fire damage restoration, Helmond, Marcus Brans, Marlies van der Meulen, Polygon Netherlands, restoring art, restoring artefacts, restoring documents, Skadegruppen AS, Triton Fund III, VANWAARDE
(PRESS RELEASE) EDINBURGH, 3-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Equinor Energy AS, operator of production licence 885, containing the Presto prospect, has just finished the drilling of wildcat well 36/1-3. Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility was responsible for the drilling of the well … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, News, Norway, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged 36/1-3 well is dry, APA2016, Cairn, Capricorn Norge AS, Christian Goodbody, David Litterick, David Nisbet, drilling, Early Cretaceous Age, Equinor Energy AS, exploration, Linda Bain, North Sea, Patrick Handley, Presto prospect, production licence 870, production licence 885, Transocean Spitsbergen, wildcat well 25/6-6 S, wildcat well 36/1-3
(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, 12-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 will be used by Bulkship Management AS for compliance in ballast water treatment. The fleet agreement includes 30 PureBallast 3 Compact Flex systems, as well as commissioning and training. … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HOUSTON, Texas, United States, 28-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — New DNV GL failure analysis facility will open in Houston, Texas with the aim to prevent and learn from failures and continue to improve safety, reliability and up-time. The new … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Norway, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged chemical analysis, compressors, David Norfleet, DNV GL, failure investigations, failure labs, fractography, Frank Ketelaars, mechanical testing, metallography, Non-Destructive Testing, offshore machinery, offshore pipelines, offshore structure, onshore pipeline infrastructure, onshore pipelines, root cause analyses, subsea equipment, visual inspection, wind turbines
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 22-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The City of Stockholm has signed an agreement with the construction company Skanska to have the Stockholm House of Culture & City Theatre in central Stockholm, Sweden renovated. The renovation will cost the City of Stockholm around SEK 550 M … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Construction, Finland, News, Norway, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged BREEAM, building construction, building's environmental performance, City of Stockholm, civil engineering, construction, Kulturhuset, renovation, Skanska, Stockholm House of Culture and City Theatre, sustainability requirements
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 8-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Shipping company Hagland Shipping AS to order hybrid retrofit installation from Wärtsilä for its general cargo vessel ‘Hagland Captain’. The agreement between the two companies has been signed in December 2018 and the project will be first of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Finland, News, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged battery hybrid propulsion solution, Bellona, cargo, cargo vessel, fuel consumption, Hagland Shipping AS, hybrid propulsion solution, hybrid retrofit installation, marine hybrid propulsion, nitrogen oxide, NOAH, Oivind Wendelboe Aanensen, Paul Kohle, reduce emissions, reduce noise, shipping, ships, short sea shipping, vessel, Wärtsilä
Confidence in the outlook for the oil and gas sector more than doubles in two years – up from 32% to 76%. 70% of senior industry professionals expect to increase or maintain capital expenditure in 2019 A third (34%) expect … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, News, Norway
Tagged A test of resilience, cloud-based applications, data sharing, decarbonization, decarbonize, digitalization in the oil and gas industry, DNV GL, energy transition, gas, gas-focused projects, hydrogen, integration, less carbon-intensive energy mix, Liv A. Hovem, long-term lower oil and gas prices, market instability, oil, oil and gas industry, oil and gas projects, oil price volatility, Outlook, renewable energy, resilience, skills shortages, supply chain inflation
(PRESS RELEASE) VIENNA, 16-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis and SYSTEMIQ, together with their partners from the Government of Norway, NOVA Chemicals, Borouge and Veolia, are pleased to welcome Nestlé as new strategic partner of Project STOP (Stop Ocean Plastics), a frontline initiative to … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Environment, Food & Beverage, Government, Norway, Technology
Tagged Alfred Stern, Borealis, Borouge, circular economy, Environment, Indonesia, initiative, Magdi Batato, Marine Debris Action Plan, Martin R. Stuchtey, Muncar, Nestlé, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NOVA Chemicals, plastic waste, plastics, Project STOP, Sustainable Waste Indonesia, SYSTEMIQ, Veolia
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 16-Jan-2019— /EuropaWire/ — A study carried out by professors from the Federal University of Campina Grande, recognized as a specialist in the field of chemical engineering in Brazil, also concludes that Alunorte, from the point of view of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) FORNEBU, 08-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Telenor Group is working closely with Google to make it easier for Telenor’s subscribers to manage their mobile data usage and price plans. Through the new Mobile Data Plan functionality in Android, Telenor subscribers … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Norway, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Android, Google, mobile data, mobile data usage, Svein Henning Kirkeng, Telenor
A newly signed framework agreement for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Region South, has strengthened NIRAS’ role as a significant player in the infrastructure market in Norway. The goal of becoming a recognized Scandinavian consultant for infrastructure has therefore moved … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Denmark, Infrastructure & Utilities, Norway
Tagged bridges, Carsten Heine Lund, Dr. techn. Olav Olsen AS, infrastructure, NIRAS, Norway, Railways, roads, Theis Tarp Rasmussen
STOCKHOLM, 18-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and the Norwegian industrial group Elkem have signed a long-term electricity supply agreement for the period 2020 – 2026. The deal is the first major supply agreement with Elkem and includes supply of 260 GWh … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Bjørn Bruvik, electricity, electricity supply, Elkem, ENERGY, ferrous silicon, foundry, Morten Viga, Norway, silicon, Vattenfall
Equinor has been declared the provisional winner of one of the three leases offered in the US government’s wind lease sale for an area offshore the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Stavanger, Norway, 17-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Equinor submitted a winning bid of … Read the full press release
Stavanger, Norway, 17-Dec-2018 — On 16 December Equinor and its partners started production from the Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea. Today, 17 December gas from the Aasta Hansteen field is available to the market for the first … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Norway
Tagged Aasta Hansteen, Anders Opedal, Arne Sigve Nylund, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, gas, gas export, OMV, Sandnessjøen, Wintershall
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