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Hans-Peter Keitel Elected to Voith Shareholders’ Committee

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Hans-Peter Keitel (*1947), former President of the Federation of German Industries e. V. (BDI), has been elected to the Shareholders’ Committee and the Supervisory Board of Voith GmbH at the Voith Shareholders’ Meeting on February … Read the full press release

CESVIMAP presta un coche eléctrico al IES Adaja (Ávila) para que sus alumnos estudien este tipo de vehículos

12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — El Centro de Experimentación y Seguridad Vial de MAPFRE (CESVIMAP) ha puesto a disposición del Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria (IES) Adaja, en Arévalo (Ávila), el vehículo eléctrico Mitsubishi i-MiEV, para que sus alumnos de Formación Profesional (FP) … Read the full press release

New Head of TeliaSonera Investor Relations

12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Jesper Wilgodt has been appointed Head of Investor Relations. He succeeds Andreas Ekström, who has taken up the position as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions. Jesper Wilgodt, aged 41, is currently working at Springtime as Investor Relations … Read the full press release

ETNO disappointed by reduction of the Connecting Europe Facility [Telecoms] budget

12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The CEF budget for telecoms has been reduced from EUR 9.2  billion to EUR 1 billion under the new budget deal agreed by the European Council. “ETNO is disappointed that budget cuts have been made which affect … Read the full press release

Voith develops pulp drying machine with energy-saving dryer section

Voith now offers complete pulp drying machines A patented vertical dryer section guarantees more effective and more resource-conserving production Customers can use the only complete pilot machine worldwide for their own tests at Voith 11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Voith now offers … Read the full press release

MAPFRE lanza una aplicación móvil para los asegurados de su Póliza Ecológica

Los clientes pueden acceder a información sobre sus trayectos, estadísticas y datos de conducción o gasto de combustible 11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — MAPFRE ha desarrollado una aplicación para iPhone, iPad y dispositivos Android específicamente diseñada para los asegurados que tengan contratada … Read the full press release

MACH and payvia Partner to Offer Seamless Worldwide Mobile Payments Platforms

MACH and payvia Partner to Offer Seamless Worldwide Mobile Payments Platforms MACH to launch its direct carrier billing service in the US Los Angeles/Luxembourg, 5 February, 2013 – MACH, the world leader in direct operator billing, and mobile payments leader payvia, today announced … Read the full press release

EC proposal for a Directive on Network and Information Security: An important step towards a truly level playing field between all players

ETNO welcomes the proposal for an EU Directive on Network and Information Security adopted today as a major contribution to enhanced consumer trust and confidence in the digital era. The proposed Directive is part of a comprehensive EU Cybersecurity Strategy … Read the full press release

Voith secures contracts in the small hydro segment in South America

HEIDENHEIM, 11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Just at the end of the year, Voith has again been successful in securing contracts in its small hydro business in South America: There, the company has been awarded to contracts for the erection of hydro … Read the full press release

ETNO and GSMA Reiterate Commitment to High Standards of Protection of Personal Data

Brussels, 11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ETNO and the GSMA call on the European Parliament and Council to work towards the timely adoption of the EU Data Protection Regulation and to ensure that the final text reaches the proper balance between protecting consumers … Read the full press release

U.S. Coast Guard awards contract option for one additional Airbus Military CN 235

Option aircraft is 18th of 36 Ocean Sentries Coast Guard plans to acquire Madrid,  11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option to purchase the service’s 18th HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The HC-144A is … Read the full press release

Morten Tengs – new CEO at Telenor Satellite Broadcasting

11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Morten Tengs (51) has been appointed as the new CEO at Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc). Mr. Tengs comes from the position as Senior Vice President at Telenor Group’s regional office for Asia, in Bangkok. He succeeds Cato … Read the full press release

EU Data Protection Reform: Major Telecoms Operators Support Push for Level-Playing Field

Brussels, 11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, Vice-President Viviane Reding is meeting Luigi Gambardella, chairman of ETNO, who represents the leading telecommunications network operators in Europe to discuss the EU Data Protection rules proposed by the European Commission in January 2012 (see IP/12/46 and IP/13/57). Vice-President … Read the full press release

Skype Goes Live With MACH Direct Operator Billing

MACH enables new mobile payment option for Skype Credit in three markets U.S. rollout connects with mobile operators through partnership with payvia Luxembourg, 11-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — MACH, the world leader in direct operator billing, today announced that Skype now supports … Read the full press release

El Grupo HUNOSA participa en un plan pionero en Europa para aprovechar el biogás que se desprende en los vertederos

La tecnología, que podría ofrecerse a otras empresas de gestión de residuos, permite controlar, en tiempo real y vía satélite, el gas que emana de la basura en cada zona del vertedero 8-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — El vertedero de residuos no … Read the full press release

Sky expands its home service and supply team with over 700 new engineers

8-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Sky, the UK’s leading home entertainment and communications company, is expanding its workforce with over 700 engineers, key management and support staff set to join its Home Service and Supply team.  Sky has reached an agreement* to … Read the full press release

Instrumentengriff mit integrierter Elektronik erleichtert Operationen

Chirurgen müssen mit absoluter Präzision operieren, das Führen der Instrumente erfordert viel Feingefühl. Ein neuartiger Instrumentengriff unterstützt Mediziner künftig bei OPs. Einen ersten Prototypen stellen Fraunhofer-Forscher vom 26. bis 28. Februar auf der Messe Medtec 2013 in Stuttgart vor. 8-2-2013 … Read the full press release

BT Tower of Love

Tweet #BTTowerofLove to enter the Valentine’s message competition 8-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Hopeless romantics will be given the chance to shout their Valentine’s message of love in front of millions of Londoners, from the roof top screen at the BT Tower. … Read the full press release

Financing for wpd’s Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm Secured

8-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The implementation and realization of the Butendiek offshore wind farm is proceeding. Today, wpd group is announcing that the financing of the project has been secured by signing the agreements for both equity and debt project financing. … Read the full press release

Baltic NPP: 2012 milestones accomplished

8-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On the 22nd of January, 2013, the construction control panel for construction of Units 1 and 2 of Baltic NPP (Neman District, Kaliningrad Region) had its meeting. The meeting was chaired by Valery Limarenko, the President of … Read the full press release