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Technology Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Capgemini supports HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series as the Official GLOBAL INNOVATION PARTNER

New multi-year partnership is the next chapter in Capgemini’s support for the sport PARIS, 25-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini has become the Official GLOBAL INNOVATION PARTNER of the Men’s and Women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. This new multi-year partnership is … Read the full press release

Thales and Vector to co-develop an integrated software platform for improved performance and cybersecurity for connected and autonomous cars

La Défense, France, 25-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Connected cars are a reality, most modern vehicles on the road nowadays have some form of connectivity to the open world. This raises important challenges on multiple software integration and cybersecurity. To address this … Read the full press release

Thales delivers SuperCam laser for NASA’s Mars 2020 exploration programme

 La Défense, France, 25-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — NASA has begun building the Mars 2020 rover and integrating the instruments it will carry. The Mars 2020 mission will follow in the footsteps of Curiosity, which has been exploring Gale Crater on the … Read the full press release

De Nora Water Technologies expands its sales force in the Americas

Recent new hires in the Americas reflect De Nora’s commitment to supporting existing sales channels and expanding into new markets. MILAN, 25-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — De Nora Water Technologies, a leading designer of safe, innovative, and sustainable water disinfection and filtration … Read the full press release

Government of Denmark and World Economic Forum partner to improve the state of the world through public-private cooperation

Denmark becomes the first European country to enter into a partnership with the World Economic Forum Agreement is a framework covering a number of areas, including green growth, technology and innovation, trade and investment, and education, gender and work The … Read the full press release

Changes to the global system of meat and protein production underway as new initiative launched at the World Economic Forum

Demand for meat and protein set to double by 2050 with 9 billion people and a growing middle class Widespread provision of safe, affordable and sustainable protein is critical to human nutrition and economic development New white paper Meat: The Future outlines … Read the full press release

SIX provides the latest payment solution to enable a complete cashless Eurosonic Noorderslag 2018

SIX Payment Services, official partner of Eurosonic Noorderslag, has enabled the music festival to be cashless for the second consecutive year. ZURICH, 24-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) is one of Europe’s key showcase events where fans and music industry … Read the full press release

SIX Payment Services enables TITLIS cableways to accept payments from Alipay users

Since 19 January 2018, TITLIS cableways, in collaboration with SIX Payment Services, have been able to offer a special service to their many Chinese guests that travel up Titlis every year: henceforth they can pay with Alipay at the cash … Read the full press release

Hiab names Mathen Thomas as Senior Vice President, Tail Lifts

Malmö, Sweden, 24-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, has appointed Mathen Thomas as Senior Vice President, Tail Lifts, as of 22 January 2018. Mathen will lead Hiab’s tail lifts business with the renowned brands ZEPRO, DEL, and WALTCO, continuing the … Read the full press release

Voith upgrades two hydropower plants in Sweden, making them more efficient and more environmentally compatible

New technology replaces 100-year-old turbines and power plant Graninge now generating double the amount of electricity Modernized Semla plant now more efficient and eco-friendly Fagersta/Sollefteå, Sweden, 24-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ —  There are a large number of hydropower plants in Europe … Read the full press release

Bertelsmann opens applications for its “Udacity Data Science Scholarship Program

15,000 scholarships for innovative Udacity online courses Top 1,500 students receive one of three Nanodegree programs with the online education platform Applications accepted until April 22, 2018 Joint initiative with Google and Udacity recognized by EU Commission Gütersloh, Germany, 24-Jan-2018 … Read the full press release

ANECON becomes Nagarro

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

Schneider Electric among the 104 companies included in the 2018 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Based on a self-disclosure survey, the index lists 104 companies that have made strong commitments to gender diversity Inclusion in index is a recognition of longstanding commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Rueil-Malmaison (France), 23-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Schneider Electric, the … Read the full press release

Safran Nacelles to provide unscheduled maintenance services coverage and asset management for thrust reversers on Kuwait Airways’ Airbus A330 jetliner fleet

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 23-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran Nacelles has been selected by Kuwait Airways to provide unscheduled maintenance services coverage and asset management for thrust reversers on the airline’s Airbus A330 jetliner fleet powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 … Read the full press release

Finnish five-time Paralympic gold medallist wheelchair racer Leo-Pekka Tähti the recipient of Finnish Philanthropy in Sports and Athlete of the Year 2016 awards

HELSINKI, 22-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä and the Finnish peace broker organisation Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) have granted the annual Philanthropy in Sports award to Finnish five-time Paralympic gold medallist wheelchair racer and Athlete of the Year 2016 Leo-Pekka Tähti. Tähti collaborates … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä and Schneider Electric to co-operate on hyperscale data center projects

HELSINKI, 22-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä and Schneider Electric have signed a global co-operation agreement to bring together their individual products and services, along with those of third parties, for the purpose of co-operating on data center projects. The co-operation focuses … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä expands its co-operation with the Argentinian energy company Pampa Energia S.A.

HELSINKI, 22-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The technology group Wärtsilä expands its co-operation with the Argentinian energy company Pampa Energia S.A. Under the recently signed operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement, Wärtsilä takes responsibility for the operation of Pampa Energia’s Smart Power Generation … Read the full press release

UK technology group Servelec now wholly and privately owned by Montagu

LONDON, 19-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”), a leading pan-European private equity firm, today announces that the scheme of arrangement to implement the acquisition of Servelec Group plc (“Servelec”) has become effective. Servelec, a UK-headquartered technology group that … Read the full press release

ESC: Latest advances in cardiovascular magnetic resonance will be showcased at CMR 2018, 31 January to 3 February in Barcelona, Spain

Topic(s): Non-invasive Imaging: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sophia Antipolis, France, 18-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — CMR 2018 will showcase the latest advances in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and how they are improving patient care and outcomes. CMR 2018 is a joint EuroCMR and SCMR … Read the full press release

EY named Keith Strier as EY Global and Americas Artificial Intelligence (AI) Leader, Advisory Services

LONDON, 18-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — EY announces the appointment of Keith Strier as EY Global and Americas Artificial Intelligence (AI) Leader, Advisory Services. Based in Irvine, California, in his new role Keith will assume responsibility for setting the strategy and direction … Read the full press release