Category Archives: Sweden

Press Releases & News from Sweden distributed via EuropaWire

Skanska sold the third office building of the Generation Park complex in Warsaw, Poland, its first office skyscraper in CEE

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska (STO: SKA-B), a world leading project development and construction group, has announced the sale of the third office building of the Generation Park complex in Warsaw, Poland. The value of the deal … Read the full press release

SEB unveils new carbon footprint calculator aimed at the Baltic market

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), a Swedish financial group leader on the Nordic market, has unveiled a new mobile app, available for everyone in all three Baltic countries, that will help … Read the full press release

Vattenfall sells 32 turbines in the largest Dutch onshore wind farm to a.s.r., a major Dutch insurance group

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 27-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, a Swedish Gov-owned multinational power company, has announced the sale of 32 turbines in the largest Dutch onshore wind farm Prinses Ariane in Wieringermeer to a.s.r., a Utrecht based insurance group. The … Read the full press release

Vattenfall to deliver fossil-free energy from its Nordic hydropower plants to Neste in Finland

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 22-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, a Swedish Gov-owned multinational power company, has announced it has signed a hydropower agreement for an annual volume of 800 GWh of electricity purchased with Guarantees of Origin (GOs) with Neste, the … Read the full press release

SEB and Planethon pilot a project for the visualization of the customers’ commercial transactions and payments sustainability

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 17-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), a Swedish financial group leader on the Nordic market, has announced its participation in an innovative co-creation project with Planethon, a data-driven, science-based platform and business … Read the full press release

Saab receives EUR 14 million order from the Swedish Defence Material Organisation as part of the Torpedo 62 life extension programme

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 16-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Saab AB (STO: SAAB-B), leading company in the military defence and civil security markets, has announced a new order worth of SEK 145 million (EUR 14 million) from the Swedish Defence Material Organisation … Read the full press release

Skanska sells its Two Drydock office building in Boston, USA to a global investment firm for EUR 207 million

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 14-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska (STO: SKA-B), a world leading project development and construction group, has announced the sale of its office building Two Drydock in Boston, USA to a global investment firm for EUR 207 million … Read the full press release

The new Scania P 250 PHEV with the new hybrid powertrain undergoes testing in Skellefteå, northern Sweden

(PRESS RELEASE) SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden, 13-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Scania, a leading Swedish supplier of sustainable transport solutions and services, engines for industrial and marine applications, and power generation, has announced that its new P 250 PHEV truck with the new … Read the full press release

HMB Construction, subsidiary of AF Gruppen, to build multi-storey car park in Gävle, Sweden for Gävle Parkeringsservice AB

(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 10-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — AF Gruppen (LON: 0DH7), a leading contracting and industrial group and the 3rd largest civil engineering and construction company in Norway, has announced that its subsidiary HMB Construction has been contracted to build … Read the full press release

Alfa Laval receives industry’s first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol from the American Bureau of Shipping

(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, 7-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has announced the receival of the first marine approval in principle (AIP) for operating boilers on methanol from the American … Read the full press release

Ericsson Mobility Report Nov 2021: massive increase in mobile data traffic and smartphone users since 2011

Special ten-year edition of Ericsson Mobility Report highlights 5.5 billion additional smartphone users since 2011 Mobile data traffic in Q3 2021 more than all mobile traffic generated up until the end of 2016 4.4 billion 5G subscriptions forecast for the … Read the full press release

SEB Investment Outlook: 2021 seen as a year of strong recovery however the outlook for 2022 is less clear

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), a Swedish financial group leader on the Nordic market, has announced the release of its Investment Outlook November 2021 which sees the end of a year … Read the full press release

58 Swedish Savings Banks renew their cooperation agreement with Swedbank banking group

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedbank (STO: SWED-A), a Nordic-Baltic banking group, has announced the extension of its cooperation agreement with Savings Banks. The 58 collaborating Savings Banks, operating some 190 branches and serving roughly 2 million retail … Read the full press release

Canada’s second largest wastewater treatment plant will use decanters from Alfa Laval

(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, 26-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has announced it will supply decanters to a wastewater treatment plant in a major city in Canada to be used … Read the full press release

Vattenfall to further minimize the carbon footprint of wind turbines

Operating and constructing onshore windfarms can pose certain challenges. In Vattenfall’s monthly project meeting all kinds of topics are discussed, some more challenging than others. (PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 24-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, a European energy company with a mission … Read the full press release

Skanska to acquire office property in Espoo, Finland for EUR 23M

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 24-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska (STO: SKA-B), a world leading project development and construction group, announces the acquisition of a commercial development property in Espoo, Finland from MSD Finland Oy and the investment amounts to EUR 23M, … Read the full press release

EQT further invests in the healthcare sector with the acquisition of Integrated Clinical Oncology Network

EQT Infrastructure has agreed to acquire Icon Group from a consortium including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, QIC and Pagoda. Goldman Sachs Asset Management will remain a minority shareholder as part of the transaction Icon Group is Australia’s largest vertically integrated cancer … Read the full press release

Ericsson to intelligently automate mobile networks with the launch of its Intelligent Automation Platform

Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform is an open service management and orchestration product that will help communications service providers optimize network performance, enable operational efficiency and deliver enhanced customer experience Delivers service management and orchestration functionalities in line with Open RAN … Read the full press release

Swedbank Robur: fee reduction on 10 funds will positively impact over half a million of our savers

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 12-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedbank Robur, an equity-based mutual fund and one of Scandinavia’s largest asset managers, has announced fee reduction on 10 of its funds that will have a positive impact on over half a million … Read the full press release

Sweco wins two contracts as part of Svenska kraftnät’s plan to strengthen the electricity grids in Stockholm and Uppsala regions

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 11-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweco (STO: SWEC-B), a European engineering consultancy company, has announced that the company has won two new contracts as part of the comprehensive work for the upgrade and future-proof of the electricity grids … Read the full press release