OSLO, 27-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — AF Gruppen and OBOS are putting up 80 million to establish this joint venture initiative in building and construction – Construct Venture AS. The first investment for Construct Venture is being made in the company … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Norway
Tagged AF Gruppen, building, Construct Venture AS, construction, Håvard Haukeland, OBOS
OSLO, 27-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — AF Gruppen has signed a contract with Romerike Boligutvikling AS, a subsidiary of BORI BBL, to build the residential project Husebyhagen at Skedsmokorset in Akershus. Husebyhagen is a new residential project developed by Romerike Boligutvikling … Read the full press release
Arendal, Norway, 11-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Svein Buvik was elected Chair of the Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor) at the Cefor Annual General Meeting held in Oslo on Thursday, 5 April 2018. Svein, Chief External Affairs Officer in Gard, … Read the full press release
Posted in Insurance, Management, Norway
Tagged Bjørnar Andresen, Cefor, Gard, insurers, leadership, Management, marine, Nordic Association of Marine Insurers, Svein Buvik, Sven Henrik Svensen, underwriters
With the conclusion of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between the renewable energy specialist BayWa r.e. and the Norwegian energy group Statkraft, everything is now clear to progress with the swift construction of the Spanish Don Rodrigo solar plant. … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Norway, Spain
Tagged BayWa r.e., Benedikt Ortmann, ENERGY, Hallvard Granheim, power, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, renewable, renewable_energy, solar_power, solar_project, Spanish market, Statkraft
OSLO, 11-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Statkraft and Hydro Energi AS have signed a new long-term power contract for the period 2021-2038. The total volume is 15.5 TWh with annual supply of 0.75 TWh from 2021 to 2030 and 1 TWh from … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Metals and Minerals, Norway
Tagged aluminium, ENERGY, Hallvard Granheim, Hydro Energi AS, hydropower, power, renewable, Statkraft
Fornebu, Norway, 21-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Telenor has entered into an agreement to sell its assets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to PPF Group for EUR 2.8 billion (around NOK 27 bn) on an enterprise value basis. The Board of … Read the full press release
Posted in Bulgaria, Business, Hungary, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, assets, CEE, divestment, Jørgen C. Arentz Rostrup, Ladislav Bartoníček, Mobile, PPF Group, Sigve Brekke, TELECOM, Telenor
Hydro expands the scope of the ongoing independent review of Alunorte by Brazilian environmental consultancy SGW Services to include all interfaces with areas adjacent to the refinery operation. Hydro’s Internal Audit will conduct a full review of all licenses, complementing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Norway
Tagged Alunorte refinery, Audit, Environment, Hydro, ParáRiver, rain water, refinery, Svein Richard Brandtzæg
OSLO/ KRIENS, 19-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Glamox AS (“Glamox”), a Triton Fund IV company, has entered into an agreement to acquire all equity interest of O. Küttel AG (“Küttel”), a leading Swiss provider of lighting for the professional building market from … Read the full press release
NIB and the Norwegian dairy company Tine SA have signed a loan agreement of NOK 400 million (EUR 42 million), with a 12-year maturity, on financing the construction of Tine’s new dairy in Bergen, Norway. In order to save energy, waste … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Food & Beverage, Norway
Tagged Bergen, construction, dairy, loan, NIB, Norway, Tine SA
Conax and Canal Digital strengthen long-term partnership with “OnePlace”, a secure 4K/UHD, Android TV based service and first solution of its kind in Norway Launch also marks first Conax delivery of easy-to-integrate Conax Lynx separation technology to protect high-value content … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Media, Norway, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Android, Android TV-based entertainment service, Conax, DTH, entertainment, Henke Erichsen, Kudelski Group, Morten Solbakken, OnePlace, tv
‘Over the air’ updates of e-learning material to improve crews’ knowledge and qualifications HORTEN/OSLO/PARIS, 12-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Marlink and Seagull Maritime have entered into a partnership to introduce a step-change in onboard training this year, creating an online, satcom enabled … Read the full press release
GENEVA, 09-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Norway became the first market to implement the New Generation of IATA Settlement Systems (NewGen ISS). NewGen ISS was adopted by the Passenger Agency Conference (PAConf) in November … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Norway, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged airlines, Aleks Popovich, IATA, IATA Settlement Systems, Norway, settlement, Travel Agents
BARCELONA, 28-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Working Group Two, the ground-breaking cloud based core network, is ready for commercial launch. Swedish mobile virtual network operator Vimla is the first commercial customer of the platform, which enables faster and scalable service innovation … Read the full press release
Posted in Norway, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Cloud, Erlend Prestgard, JL Valente, Johan Littorin, Mobile, Mobile World Congress, MWC18, Sigve Brekke, telco, Telenor Group, telephony, WG2, Working Group Two
Telenor Group has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP). The global mobile operator will contribute to two TIP project groups focused on wireless networking: OpenCellular and mmWave. FORNEBU, 28-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — News that Telenor Group became a member of TIP … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Norway, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Axel Clauberg, Chris Daniels, MWC18, Networking, Ruza Sabanovic, TELECOM, Telecom Infra Project, Telenor Group, TIP project, Wireless, wireless networking
The HAGUE, 13-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Access Bank Plc announced that it has signed a Syndicated Loan Agreement totaling USD 100 million. The credit line has been arranged by FMO, together with Proparco, the French private sector development bank, Norfund (Norwegian … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Financial, Finland, France, Investment, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Access Bank Plc, agribusiness, agricultural, FMO, Herbert Wigwe, Jürgen Rigterink, loan
The new DNV GL centre will serve as an incubator and testbed for research and development of additive manufacturing technology for the oil & gas, offshore and marine (O&M) sector. SINGAPORE, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The new centre, which is … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, Norway
Tagged 3D printing, additive manufacturing, Brice Le Gallo, DNV GL, gas, Lim Kok Kiang, offshore, oil, Remi Eriksen, ships
Telemar service and maintenance contract added to existing satcom connectivity services to support operational continuity and efficiency OSLO/PARIS, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Marlink Group company Telemar has been chosen to provide bridge system repair and maintenance services to Carisbrooke Shipping. The … Read the full press release
On the company’s 20th anniversary, the owners of the Austrian IT service provider ANECON gave themselves a very special present. On January 8, they signed the contract to join Nagarro and secure their future VIENNA, 24-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Vienna, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Internet & Online, Management, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged acquisition, analytics, ANECON, ANECON GmbH, Application Development, Austrian IT service provider, Big Data, Cloud services, CRM, Damianos Soumelidis, DevOps, ERP, Hannes Färberböck, Hans Schmit, Johannes Adler, MERGER, Nagarro, Nagarro Austria, Paul Kurt Haberfellner, scalable IT services, Thomas Riedl
Orkla has entered into an agreement to increase its ownership to a 50% stake in the joint venture company Anza Verimex NV. At the same time, Orkla will take over 50% of the painting tool operations in PGZ International B.V. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Netherlands, Norway
Tagged acquisition, Anza Verimex NV, Bert van Veldhuizen, DIY, Johs Høeg, Orkla, painting, painting tools
Orkla is included in the Corporate Knights Global 100 index of the world’s most sustainable companies, which was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 23 January. OSLO, 23-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The index is a ranking of … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Food & Beverage, Management, Norway
Tagged carbon, Corporate Knights Global 100 index, diversity, Michael Yow, Orkla, Peter A. Ruzicka, sustainability, waste, wef18
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