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Arburg marks ten-year presence in Shanghai

 Exclusive anniversary celebration with over 500 invited guests  Managing Partner Juliane Hehl presents anniversary sculpture to subsidiary manager Zhao Tong Awards for selected customers and employee of the year Lossburg, Germany, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On 24 April 2014, the Arburg … Read the full press release

SSAB and Hexicon to develop far off shore platforms for renewable energy

Stockholm, Sweden, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — SSAB is entering into an agreement with Hexicon AB to develop far off shore platforms. The combined technology will offer advantages within the market for renewable energy. A first demonstration unit is planned for Swedish waters in 2017. … Read the full press release

Belgacom’s Dominique Leroy wins the Trends Business Women Award in the category of CEO

Brussels, Belgium, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On Thursday 8 May, Dominique Leroy won the Trends Business Women Award in the category of CEO. This event, assisted by Céline Fremault, the Brussels Economy Minister, rewards female executives who, through their work, professional qualities … Read the full press release

Belgacom reports commercially strong 2014 first quarter

Financial performance in line with company expectations, full-year guidance reiterated Mobile service revenue trend further improving Solid operational performance: Mobile Postpaid, TV & Fixed Internet customer base further growing Brussels, Belgium, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Solid operational results: Mobile Postpaid, TV & … Read the full press release

Bull to supply petaflops-scale supercomputer to German computing center for climate research DKRZ

In 2016, this ultra-fast, but extremely energy-efficient super-system will reach a peak performance of 3 Petaflops and a storage capacity of 45 Petabytes. This means it can perform 3 million billion operations per second, and store the equivalent of 10 … Read the full press release

Enea to deliver Bridged Services model to US medical technology company

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Enea® (NASDAQ OMX Nordic:ENEA) and a leading US medical technology company has signed a service agreement valued at 1.8 MUSD. The agreement is an extension covering 2014 with one of Enea’s long-term customers. Enea delivers … Read the full press release

Christoph Sieder named Group Corporate Communications head at ABB

Experienced and acknowledged global communications manager becomes head of Corporate Communications effective July 1, 2014 Zurich, Switzerland, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has appointed Christoph Sieder as head of Group Corporate Communications. Sieder, an … Read the full press release

Avia Solutions Group subsidiary Locatory.com launched artificial intelligence spare parts procurement assistant Amber A.I.

Vilnius, Lithuania, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Recently Locatory.com has launched Amber A.I., an artificial intelligence spare parts procurement assistant, capable of recognizing aircraft part numbers, conditions and quantities from any email. Today the company has presented a new plugin to complement the … Read the full press release

Solvay and AkzoNobel partner with EY to develop monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials

Brussels, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay and AkzoNobel have joined forces with EY (Ernst & Young) to jointly develop a monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials in paints, coatings and other applications. The partnership … Read the full press release

Atos cloud Canopy launches cloud platform supporting digital businesses

Empowering organisations to accelerate their move to digital business while enabling IT to become a Cloud Service Broker Las Vegas, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Canopy, the Atos cloud, powered by EMC² and VMware, announced at EMC World today its strategy and supporting … Read the full press release

Abertis reports 4% increase in revenues in Q1 2014

Revenues: €1,095Mn (+4%). EBITDA: €686Mn (+8.2%). Net profit: €125Mn (+6% recurrent). Traffic January-April 2014: +3.8% across whole Abertis network, +2.7% in Spain Barcelona, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Abertis outperformed market profit forecasts in the first quarter of 2014, with its main performance indicators … Read the full press release

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Schau rein, schlau raus – Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2014

Die 14. Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften wird am 10. Mai um 16 Uhr im Audimax der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, eröffnet. Von 17 bis 24 Uhr können Besucherinnen und Besucher in 215 Veranstaltungen an 21 HU-Gebäuden Forschung … Read the full press release

Royal Philips and Stockholm County Council partner to upgrade the medical imaging equipment for the new hospital site for Karolinska in Solna

New hospital site for Karolinska in Solna, Sweden will have access to state-of-the art imaging solutions and services for a 14-year term at predictable costs Agreement includes research and innovation collaboration that unites researchers from industry, hospital and academia Solna, … Read the full press release

Nokia launches Connected Car fund to invest in promising auto tech and local services companies

The fund will invest in promising auto tech and local services companies in collaboration with HERE, a Nokia company, to grow the ecosystem around HERE’s mapping and location products and services. Espoo, Finland, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia today announced the launch … Read the full press release

Accenture named Leader in Oracle Application Services Providers by analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc

NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in Oracle Application Services Providers by Forrester Research, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm. Accenture received the highest scores in numerous criteria, including Cloud deployment for Oracle, Experience … Read the full press release

Skanska marks tenth year of Skanska Global Safety Week

The Skanska Global Safety Week is now being arranged for the tenth consecutive year. This year will also see industry colleagues being invited to participate in the activities under the theme “Working together for everyone’s safety.” Stockholm, Sweden, 7-5-2014 — … Read the full press release

ETH Zurich researchers discovered and patented method to produce biofuel from wood

Biofuel can be produced from wood, too. The key to this is the suitable pretreatment of the plant parts in order to break up the wood structure. Researchers at the Transport Processes and Reactions Laboratory, ETH Zurich, have found and … Read the full press release

Professor Peter Higgs will be awarded honorary degree by University of St Andrews

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs, who predicted the existence of a sub-atomic particle which gives mass to all the matter in the universe, will be awarded an honorary degree by Scotland’s first University next month. Fife, Scotland, 7-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The … Read the full press release

Kuehne + Nagel opens new Container Freight Station in Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — With the opening of a new Container Freight Station in Cambodia, Kuehne + Nagel extends its network in the South Asia-Pacific region. As second largest facility in Phnom Penh’s special economic zone it offers … Read the full press release

Eric Haller appointed as EVP of Experian DataLabs

Experian DataLabs use breakthrough data experimentation, analytical science and technology to solve business problems Costa Mesa, Calif., 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Experian®, the leading global information services company, today announced that Eric Haller will be the executive vice president of Experian … Read the full press release