Category Archives: Poland

Press Releases & News from Poland distributed via EuropaWire

Gamesa sold a 24 MW wind farm in Poland to Windflower

Gamesa will provide the facility’s operation and maintenance services for a period of fifteen years. Zamudio, Spain, 8-1-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has sold a 24 MW wind farm in Poland, built under turnkey project … Read the full press release

EBU writes to Polish President Andrzej Duda to express its dismay at the controversial media bill introduced in Poland’s Parliament

GENEVA, Switzerland, 4-1-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has written to the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Andrzej Duda, and to Members of the Polish Senate expressing its dismay at the bill introduced yesterday (30 December) in … Read the full press release

Abolishing the existing safeguards for pluralism and independence of public service media governance in Poland

The undersigned press freedom and media organisations – European Broadcasting Union (EBU), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Association of European Journalists (AEJ),  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) – are outraged by the proposed bill, hastily … Read the full press release

United Internet AG receives anti-trust authorities approval for its acquisition of all shares in home.pl

Montabaur, Germany, 4-1-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — After receiving approval from the relevant anti-trust authorities, United Internet AG today closed its acquisition of all shares in home.pl via its subsidiary 1&1 Internet SE. United Internet had reached an agreement with the owners of … Read the full press release

Fleet management: Finder S.A. Poland acquired by TomTom Telematics

Amsterdam, 4-1-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today TomTom (TOM2) announced that it has acquired Finder S.A., the leading fleet management service provider in Poland, effective as of the end of December 2015. The acquisition strengthens the position of TomTom Telematics as the … Read the full press release

Leading historians will discuss Europe’s ‘forgotten union’ between Poland and Lithuania at a special event in Edinburgh

A panel of leading historians will discuss Europe’s ‘forgotten union’ at a special event to launch a new book by an Aberdeen academic. ABERDEEN, 25-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Robert Frost’s work, The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union 1385-1569, is the … Read the full press release

PKP CARGO to purchase 15 multi-system locomotives from Siemens Group

PKP CARGO shall purchase 15 multi-system locomotives from the Siemens Group. These locomotives are intended for PKP CARGO trains in Poland and six other states of the European Union. Siemens will supply the locomotives to PKP CARGO starting from January … Read the full press release

KGHM starts detailed geophysical surveys for potassium salts near the Bay of Puck in northern Poland

Nearly 600 million tonnes of raw material, containing from 7 to 13.7 percent of potassium oxide, used for the production of fertilizers. This, according to preliminary estimates, may be found in several adjacent deposits of potassium-magnesium salts and rock salts … Read the full press release

KGHM Polska Miedź: Hundreds attended the 3rd International Copper Ore Mining Congress in Lublin

Innovation, cutting edge technology and advanced mine dimension – this is the image of copper mining presented during the 3rd International Copper Ore Mining Congress in Lublin, which between 16 and 18 September attended more than four hundred of practitioners … Read the full press release

Polish Oil and Gas Company: Qatargas to supply liquefied natural gas for the purposes of Świnoujście LNG terminal cool-down and start-up operations

Liquefied natural gas for the purposes of Świnoujście LNG terminal cool-down and start-up operations will be supplied by the biggest producer of LNG in the world and operator of the greatest methane carrier fleet – Qatargas. Polish Oil and Gas … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio sign with Teledife (Italian Ministry of Defence) to supply COSMO-SkyMed ground segment to the Polish Ministry of Defense

Kielce, Poland, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have reached an agreement with Teledife (General Directorate of IT and Advanced Technologies, Italian Ministry of Defence) to supply the ground segment to the Polish Ministry of Defense for the … Read the full press release

MSPO exhibition in Poland: exclusive tactical unmanned aircraft system for the Polish Gryf requirement unveiled by WB Electronics and Thales

Polish industrial content will be led through WB Electronics The WB Electronics/Thales Unmanned Aircraft System for the Polish Gryf programme brings together surveillance and strike capability on a single platform FreeFall Lightweight Multirole Missile (FFLMM) delivers targeted, precision strike MSPO, … Read the full press release

The VELUX Group becomes Official Sponsor of the Men’s EHF EURO taking place in Poland from 15 to 31 January 2016

Zug, Switzerland,  20-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The VELUX Group, largest producer of roof windows in the world, headquartered in Denmark, has signed up as an Official Sponsor of the Men’s EHF EURO taking place in Poland from 15 to 31 January … Read the full press release

PGNiG Upstream International AS to repay some of its outstanding debt with new USD 400m credit facility agreement signed with Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, ING, HSBC, Citibank, CACIB, SEB and Natixis

WARSAW, 17-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — PGNiG Upstream International AS, a subsidiary of PGNiG SA, executed a USD 400m credit facility agreement with eight banks (Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, ING, HSBC, Citibank, CACIB, SEB and Natixis).  The primary use of proceeds … Read the full press release

PGNiG Group’s net profit in H1 2015 up 23% year on year

WARSAW, 17-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Despite declining oil prices, the PGNiG Group earned a net profit of nearly PLN 1.9bn in H1 2015, up 23% year on year. Such strong performance was attributable chiefly to the consistent pursuit of the … Read the full press release

ASELSAN participates in a conference entitled “Integrated Air & Missile Defence – Eastern Europe” in Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw, Poland, 13-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Defence Systems Technologies Business Sector participates in a conference entitled “Integrated Aİr & Missile Defence – Eastern Europe”, held in Warsaw/Poland, on July 28-30. Participants, composed of authorities from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) announce plans to construct a new production plant in Poland

DERBY, 10-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) have named their joint venture Aero Gearbox International and announced plans to construct a new production plant in Poland. The news follows the signing of a final agreement, on 24 October … Read the full press release

Netia S.A. to sell 100 percent of its holdings in TK Telekom sp. z o.o. to Polskie Koleje Państwowe spółka akcyjna for PLN 221,856,648

WARSAW, 22-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Management Board of Netia S.A. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Netia’ or the ‘Issuer’) informs that on July 21, 2015 the Issuer, as a buyer, concluded a significant contract with the company Polskie Koleje Państwowe … Read the full press release

United Internet’s subsidiary 1&1 Internet SE acquires Polish webhosting market leader home.pl S.A. for EUR 135 million in cash

Montabaur, 10-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — United Internet AG today reached an agreement with the owners of home.pl S.A. (Szczecin, Poland) – led by the private equity fund V4C Eastern Europe – regarding the acquisition of all shares in home.pl by … Read the full press release

Voith Industrial Services’ managing director Przemysław Pendrowski named “Manager of the Year 2015” by the Polish Chamber of the Automotive Industry PIM

11th Auto Event of the Polish Chamber of the Automotive Industry (PIM). First award for a service provider. Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany, 10-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Przemysław Pendrowski, Managing Director of Voith Industrial Services Sp.z.o.o. in Gliwice (Poland), was … Read the full press release