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Technology Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Interxion Holding NV announces its results for the three months ended 30 June 2014

Revenue growth increases; bookings momentum continues AMSTERDAM, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Interxion Holding NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced its results for the three months ended 30 June 2014. Financial Highlights Revenue … Read the full press release

Interxion to purchase the SFR Netcenter data centre facilities in Marseille, France

AMSTERDAM, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the SFR Netcenter data centre facilities in Marseille, France. When … Read the full press release

Clean indoor air to get excited about at Berlin’s IFA 2014 gadget show

LONDON, 6-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Berlin’s annual IFA tech expo opens to the public on September 5 and this year global indoor air cleaning technology company Blueair unveils new ultra high performance technologies to clean the air of practically all … Read the full press release

Company from Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Parks partners with Wessex Water to trial innovative way of how sewerage services could be measured

Leicestershire, UK, 5-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — An innovative way of revolutionising how sewerage services could be measured is being trialled by Wessex Water, following a collaboration with Dynamic Flow Technologies Limited, from Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Parks. The project sees the installation of … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce welcomes International Airlines Group decision to convert eight Airbus A350-900 options into firm orders, powered by Trent XWB engines

London, UK, 5-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce has welcomed a decision by International Airlines Group (IAG) to convert eight Airbus A350-900 options into firm orders, powered by Trent XWB engines. The engines will have long-term TotalCare® service support. The A350-900 aircraft will go … Read the full press release

Vodafone and the Belgacom Group renewed their Partner Market agreement in Belgium and Luxembourg for further three years

Berkshire, UK, 5-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone and the Belgacom Group have renewed their Partner Market agreement in Belgium and Luxembourg for a further three years.* The renewed non-equity Partner Market agreement builds on the strong co-operation that has existed between Vodafone … Read the full press release

Enel Green Power, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory to explore the potential of EGP’s innovative Stillwater hybrid power plant

The renewable specialist starts its collaboration with two US National Laboratories NREL and INL to use empirical data from the Stillwater Geothermal/Solar Project The parties will jointly explore and quantify the benefits of integrating renewable energy technologies at the same … Read the full press release

The University of Leeds to have its 19th century medical book collections digitised and added to the UK Medical Heritage Library (UK MHL)

LEEDS, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Leeds is joining forces with one of the world’s major resources for the study of medical history as part of a project to create a comprehensive online resource. Leeds is one of nine … Read the full press release

Swisscom connected over one million homes and businesses to ultra-fast broadband with mixture of fibre-optic technologies

BERNE, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Swisscom has connected over a million homes and businesses to ultra-fast broadband. Thanks to a mixture of fibre-optic technologies, customers are benefiting from more bandwidth – even outside the major conurbations. Since the start of 2014, … Read the full press release

EURid will launch its new registration platform on 15 September 2014

Brussels, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On 15 September 2014, EURid will launch its new registration platform. Thereafter, newly registered .eu domain names will no longer expire at the end of the month but rather at the end of their registration term, … Read the full press release

Portuguese pulp producer Altri Celbi achieves world record following successful modernization of the pulp drying line by ANDRITZ Group

Graz, Austria, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Following successful modernization of the pulp drying line by international technology Group ANDRITZ, Altri Celbi increased its production capacity from an average of 2,000 tons per day (air dry metric tons) to a peak value of … Read the full press release

The Linde Group reports EUR 8.212 bn revenue and EUR 1.896 bn operating profit in the first half of 2014

Group revenue: EUR 8.212 bn (2013: EUR 8.207 bn); up 5.6 percent after adjusting for exchange rate effects. Group operating profit: EUR 1.896 bn (2013: EUR 1.966 bn); up 1.7 percent after adjusting for exchange rate effects. 2014 Group outlook … Read the full press release

American water heaters manufacturer PVI Industries LLC selects Outokumpu’s proprietary lean duplex grade LDX 2101® to replace carbon steel in its water heaters

Espoo, Finland, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — PVI Industries LLC, an American water heaters manufacturer has chosen Outokumpu’s proprietary lean duplex grade LDX 2101® to replace carbon steel in its water heaters. Using lean duplex has significantly reduced PVI Industries’ waste stream and increased … Read the full press release

Germany’s Ministry of Education and Research grants €1.9m to astroparticle physics projects by Tübingen scientists

Tübingen, Germany, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Germany’s Ministry of Education and Research has awarded grants totaling €1.9m over three years to astroparticle physics projects by Tübingen scientists. The GERDA project aims to find a particular form of radioactive decay linked with an … Read the full press release

STMicroelectronics announced its STi5197 SD and STiH273 HD cable chipsets selected by Indian Cable multi-system operator GTPL

GENEVA, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a top supplier of System-on-Chip (SoC) ICs for set-top boxes and home gateways, today announced that its STi5197 SD and STiH273 … Read the full press release

Airbus Defence and Space: European space transporter ATV “Georges Lemaître” successfully launched with Ariane 5 on Tuesday evening

60th consecutive successful Ariane 5 launch. 5th ATV another record payload for Ariane. ATV technology to be used in new space projects. Paris, France, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The 60th consecutive successful launch of the European launcher Ariane 5 sees European space … Read the full press release

Swiss defence procurement authority accepted Airbus Defence and Space’s IMESS (Integrated and Modular Engagement System for the Swiss Soldier)

Paris, France, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — IMESS (Integrated and Modular Engagement System for the Swiss Soldier) accepted by the Swiss defence procurement authority. Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the development of the integrated modular engagement system (IMESS) to the level … Read the full press release

DCNS: The completion of the last raft-mounted gearbox for the Indian anti-submarine corvettes marks the successful culmination of the transfer of technology process

The completion of the last raft-mounted gearbox for the Indian anti-submarine corvettes marks the successful culmination of the transfer of technology process. Paris, France, 30-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — At the end of May 2014, the teams of DCNS and its Indian industrial partner … Read the full press release

Zetes implements its ZetesAthena in-store management solution to UK toy retailer The Entertainer

Brussels/ London, 28-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Zetes (Euronext Brussels: ZTS) has recently implemented its latest generation ZetesAthena In-Store Management solution to The Entertainer, one of the UK’s largest toy retailers. The Entertainer selected ZetesAthena to help improve stock auditing across its growing … Read the full press release

Royal KPN N.V. to appoint Mr Jan Kees de Jager as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer

The Hague, Netherlands, 28-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Supervisory Board of Royal KPN N.V. announces its intention to appoint Mr Jan Kees de Jager to KPN’s Board of Management as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr de Jager’s contract will start per … Read the full press release