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Schneider Electric SE to acquire Turkey’s second largest player in wiring device accessories Günsan Elektrik

Rueil-Malmaison, France, 13-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Schneider Electric SE announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Günsan Elektrik, the second largest player in wiring device accessories serving residential and commercial buildings markets in Turkey Based in Istanbul and employing … Read the full press release

Safran filed the French version of its 2014 Half- Year Financial Report with Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF

Paris, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran (NYSE Euronext Paris: SAF) has filed the French version of its 2014 Half- Year Financial Report (Rapport Financier Semestriel) with the French financial markets authority (Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF). The 2014 Half-Year Financial Report … Read the full press release

EE’s latest 4GEE Mobile Living Index reveals 4G improves Brits’ work life balance

Latest 4GEE Media Living Index shows 4G is improving work life balance – 13% of customers say they have one hour’s extra leisure time as a result of being more productive using superfast mobile internet Over three quarters (77%) of … Read the full press release

Wärtsilä lands second design contract for its new series of arctic platform supply vessels

Helsinki, Finland, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A second confirmed design contract for Wärtsilä’s new series of arctic platform supply vessels has been signed. This latest order is for a multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) being built by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey on … Read the full press release

IBERDROLA installs Spain’s first three million smart meters within the framework of the STAR project

Within the framework of the STAR project for implementing next generation power grids This initiative, underway in nine autonomous communities, will conclude in 2018 and have an overall investment of € 2,000 million By the end of the year, the … Read the full press release

HSH Nordbank AG to finance GP JOULE Group of Reussenkröge’s two solar park portfolios Aquitaine and Biscaya in southern France

Hamburg/Kiel, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank is providing finance to its long-standing client, GP JOULE Group of Reussenkröge, for the two solar park portfolios Aquitaine and Biscaya in the south of France. The portfolios, which were developed by the Schleswig-Holstein-based company … Read the full press release

Leica Geosystems announced NM Group selected its latest Leica RCD30 aerial medium format cameras to capture infrastructure assets with the highest quality

Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce that NM Group has selected three sets of its latest Leica RCD30 aerial medium format cameras as a multi-angle camera system to capture infrastructure assets with the highest quality. … Read the full press release

Kaspersky Lab and Mensa invite Internet users to take part in very special challenge with the help of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Formula One’s Scuderia Ferrari

MOSCOW, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Kaspersky Lab and Mensa are inviting Internet users to take part in a very special challenge over the summer with the help of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Formula One’s most successful racing team Scuderia Ferrari. The Global Think Test is made up of a … Read the full press release

Kaspersky Lab research reveals Epic operation is the initial stage of the Turla victim infection mechanism

MOSCOW, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The “Epic” operation serves as the first phase in a multi-stage infection of the Turla campaign Turla, also known as Snake or Uroburos is one of the most sophisticated ongoing cyber-espionage campaigns. When the first research on … Read the full press release

WPP’s wholly-owned company POSSIBLE acquired Double Encore, Inc. in the United States

LONDON, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — WPP announces that its wholly-owned company, POSSIBLE, the global creative digital agency, has acquired Double Encore, Inc. in the United States. Double Encore’s unaudited revenues for the period ended 31 December 2013 were US$8.0 million with … Read the full press release

Henkel to hold webinar on “Composite Surfacing and Lightning Strike Protection” on August 13th, 2014

Surfacing films are designed to improve the surface quality of honeycomb stiffened composite parts. They also provide a barrier for dissimilar materials, decrease surface preparation time and provide protection of structural fibers. But this is not all: Laminated films composed … Read the full press release

Netia SA announces changes to its management board

WARSAW, Poland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Netia SA (“Netia” or “Company”) (WSE: NET), Poland’s largest alternative provider of fixed-line telecommunications services, announced today that: 1.  Mr. Tomasz Szopa, Residential Market General Manager and member of the Management Board, resigned on July 31, … Read the full press release

Netia S.A. subsidiary company Telefonia Dialog purchased securities issued by Netia

WARSAW, Poland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Management Board of Netia S.A. (hereinafter referred to as “Netia”, the “Issuer”) informs that on 6th August 2014 its subsidiary company Telefonia Dialog Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością with its seat in Wrocław (hereinafter referred to … Read the full press release

Visa Europe: Contactless cards payments continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK

London, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The use of contactless cards to make payments has continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK, according to figures released by Visa Europe today. Consumers made almost 20 million (19.7 million) contactless transactions across the UK in … Read the full press release

Inmarsat plc announces interim results for the half year ended 30 June 2014

Inmarsat on track for 2014, sees start of Global Xpress, announces EU aviation services London, UK, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — 5 August 2014. Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today provided the following information … Read the full press release

Inmarsat opens its first office in Beijing, China

BEIJING, CHINA, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today marks another important milestone in China with the opening of its first office in the capital city of Beijing. Located at the Kong Gang Industrial … Read the full press release

Nokia Networks ranked leader in China Mobile’s quality assessment of its commercial TD-LTE network

Beijing, China, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks has recently been ranked a leader in China Mobile’s quality assessment of its commercial TD-LTE network. The operator has developed a rigorous evaluation program* of its vendor deployments in all the major cities and … Read the full press release

Nokia Networks and its public safety partner Harris Corporation launch a rapidly deployable LTE solution at APCO International

New public safety ‘solution on wheels’ enables 4G/LTE coverage and capacity in one hour or less for first responders in disaster areas or rural emergency situations New Orleans, Louisiana, 7-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today at APCO International, Nokia Networks and its public … Read the full press release

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