(IN BRIEF) Barclays has appointed veteran banker Neel Laungani as Head of Financial Sponsors for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Reporting to Avinash Thakur and Christian Oberle, he will lead sponsor coverage, transaction origination, and execution, while collaborating with … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Abhay Kumar Sinha, advisory, APAC, Asia Pacific, Avinash Thakur, Barclays, Barclays APAC growth, Barclays appoints Neel Laungani to lead Financial Sponsors in Asia Pacific as part of growth strategy, Barclays enhances Asia Pacific Investment Banking with appointment of Neel Laungani to lead Financial Sponsors coverage, capital markets, Christian Oberle, Credit Suisse, Denise Wong, Deutsche Bank, ECM, financial sponsors, Hong Kong, Investment Banking, Jaideep Khanna, Joseph Lee, Lehman Brothers, Naohiko Baba, Neel Laungani, Paul Johnson, Praveen Kumar, Standard Chartered, TMT, Yoichi Takemura
(IN BRIEF) Henkel and DHL Global Forwarding are deepening their sustainability partnership by expanding the use of Sustainable Marine Fuel (SMF) for ocean freight under the GoGreen Plus program. Covering around 9,000 TEUs in 2025, the initiative builds on a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Amanda Rasmussen, Book & Claim, DHL Global Forwarding, DHL Global Forwarding and Henkel expand GoGreen Plus partnership to advance low-carbon ocean freight solutions, Europe, GoGreen Plus, greenhouse gas reduction, Henkel, Henkel and DHL strengthen logistics decarbonization with large-scale adoption of Sustainable Marine Fuel, logistics decarbonization, ocean freight, Ondrej Slezacek, Scope 3 emissions, SGS, shipping, SMF, supply chain sustainability, Sustainable Marine Fuel, transport emissions
(IN BRIEF) BASF is launching its new Keropur Gasoline Performance Additive Series to meet the revised U.S. TOP TIER+™ standard, EPA Lowest Additive Concentration (LAC) requirements, and anticipated CARB approval. The flagship product, Keropur AP 225-20, will be available commercially … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Marketing, Technology
Tagged BASF, BASF launches Keropur AP 225-20 to exceed TOP TIER+™ and EPA LAC requirements ahead of 2027 deadline, California Air Resources Board, CARB, Christian Forster, cleaner combustion, engine protection, EPA LAC, fuel additives, fuel economy, fuel technology, gasoline performance additive, GDI engines, injector deposit control, Keropur, Keropur AP 225-20, Keropur AP 225-20 from BASF to deliver cleaner combustion and advanced protection for GDI and multi-injection systems, regulatory compliance, stochastic pre ignition, sustainability, TOP TIER+ standard
(IN BRIEF) Schaeffler will officially become a technology partner of the German Ski Association (DSV) in September 2025, marking the start of a strategic collaboration to enhance performance in international winter sports. The partnership will concentrate on advanced materials development, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, News, Sports, Technology
Tagged alpine skiing, Biathlon, coatings, Cross-Country Skiing, DSV, German Ski Association, innovation partnership, Karlheinz Waibel, materials analysis, materials development, motion technology, PFAS free coatings, Schaeffler, Schaeffler and German Ski Association launch technology partnership to boost elite winter sports performance, Schaeffler develops innovative PFAS-free coatings and materials with DSV to advance sustainable performance in ski sports, Ski Jumping, surface modification, sustainability, Tim Hosenfeldt, tribology, Uwe Wagner, winter sports
(IN BRIEF) LANXESS has transitioned production of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, and sodium benzoate at its Botlek site in the Netherlands to operate fully on low-emission electricity, removing fossil fuels from the process. The move reduces the carbon footprint … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, Biomass, Botlek, carbon footprint reduction, Chemical Industry, Consumer Protection segment, Flavors & Fragrances, ISCC PLUS, Kalaguard SB, Kalama, Krefeld-Uerdingen, LANXESS, LANXESS expands Scopeblue portfolio with CO2-optimized benzoic acid and specialty chemicals, LANXESS strengthens sustainability with ISCC PLUS certified Flavors & Fragrances production sites, Michael Zobel, Nagda, Netherlands, Purox B, Purox S, renewable energy, scope 2 emissions, Scopeblue, sodium benzoate, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Prosus has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to Urban Company after the home services platform listed on NSE and BSE at a $3 billion valuation. Prosus, an investor since 2021, retains its ~7% stake as the company enters a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged Abhiraj Singh Bhal, AI collaboration, Ashutosh Sharma, BlueStone, BSE, digital transformation, ESG initiatives, gig economy, home services platform, India growth story, India technology ecosystem, IPO, NSE, profitability, Prosus, showcasing confidence in country’s digital economy, Swiggy, Urban Company, Urban Company IPO marks third Prosus-backed listing in India within 12 months
(IN BRIEF) Mercedes-Benz Trucks will present 16 vehicles at the South German Historic Commercial Vehicle Meet in Sinsheim on 20–21 September 2025. The line-up includes 14 vintage models from the brand’s Classic division, such as the L 5000, Unimog, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Industrial, Marketing, Media, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bernd Hufendiek, Classic Partner Dreyer, Commercial Vehicles, eActros 600, Heritage and innovation take center stage as Mercedes-Benz Trucks presents classics and the eActros 600 in Sinsheim, historic buses, L 5000, L 6600 fire truck, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Trucks Classic, O 3500 bus, Sinsheim Technology Museum, South German Historic Commercial Vehicle Meet, sustainable mobility, Unimog, vintage trucks, Zero-Emission Transport
(IN BRIEF) ZEISS Medical Technology has been nominated for the German Future Prize 2025 for its development of SMILE® with VISUMAX®, a minimally invasive laser procedure for correcting refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. The technology has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Germany, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged astigmatism, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Deutscher Zukunftspreis, Dirk Mühlhoff, femtosecond laser, German Future Prize 2025, Gregor Stobrawa, hyperopia, Jena, Mark Bischoff, Maximilian Foerst, minimally invasive eye surgery, myopia, ophthalmology innovation, refractive surgery, SMILE, VisuMax, ZEISS, ZEISS innovation in minimally invasive laser vision correction shortlisted for German Future Prize 2025
How European companies shaped Latin America’s LoRaWAN landscape—from Everynet’s Brazil Foundations to Netmore’s Network Takeover—pioneering neutral-host networks, supplying carrier-grade infrastructure, scaling platforms, and culminating in Netmore’s assumption of American Tower’s operations in Brazil. (NEWS) BRUSSELS / SÃO PAULO, 17-Sep-2025 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, International Trade, Internet & Online, Investment, Netherlands, News, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged agriculture, American Tower, Argentina, ATC, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Buenos Aires, carrier grade IoT, cloud LoRaWAN, Colombia, digital transformation, European Firms Build Latin America’s IoT Backbone as Netmore Consolidates Brazil’s LoRaWAN Market, European Infrastructure, European LoRaWAN Pioneers: How Everynet/ Kerlink / LORIOT and Netmore Are Re-shaping Latin America’s IoT Landscape, Everynet, France, From Everynet’s Neutral-Host Model to Netmore’s Brazil Takeover: The European Playbook for Latin America’s LoRaWAN Growth, gas metering, IoT, IoT connectivity, IoT expansion, IoT networks, IoT platforms, Kerlink, Kerlink’s Gateways, Latin America, logistics, LoRaWAN, LoRa® Alliance, LORIOT, LORIOT’s Platforms and Netmore’s Takeover: Europe’s Expanding Grip on Latin America’s IoT Connectivity, Netmore, Netmore Group, network densification, neutral host networks, PERU, Puerto Rico, Rio de Janeiro, Rosario, São Paulo, sensor networks, Service Level Agreements, SLAs, Smart Cities, sustainability, Sweden, Switzerland, transportation, utilities, water metering, Why Latin America’s IoT Boom Is Becoming a European Story: From Everynet Foundations to Netmore’s Brazilian Network Control
(IN BRIEF) Adyen is advancing its partnership with LVMH by deploying unified payment solutions across nearly 50 Maisons worldwide, spanning fashion, hospitality, beauty, jewelry, and department stores. With more than 1,000 boutiques already rolled out, the collaboration is streamlining global … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Financial, France, Management, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged 000 boutiques, Adyen, Adyen and LVMH expand partnership to unify payments across 50 Maisons worldwide, Adyen supports LVMH’s digital transformation with unified payments in over 1, Arnaud Bodzon, Beauty, boutique rollout, department stores, Ethan Tandowsky, fashion, financial technology, Global Finance, Hospitality, jewelry, leather goods, luxury retail, LVMH, mobile terminals, payments unification, seamless customer experience, Tap to Pay, Unified Commerce, watches
(IN BRIEF) Logicor has leased the entirety of Building A at its new Příšovice logistics park to Wassa, a Czech packaging and logistics provider serving industries such as hygiene and automotive. The relocation from Liberec highlights the park’s strategic position … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Industrial, Management, News, Real Estate, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Alžběta Pastrnková, brownfield redevelopment, Czech Republic, D10 highway, industrial property, leasing entire Building A and reinforcing the park’s strategic role, leaving limited space available, Liberec relocation, Logicor, Logicor Příšovice, Logicor Příšovice attracts Wassa as full-building tenant, logistics hub, logistics park, Martina Vránová, multimodal transport, packaging systems, warehouse lease, Wassa, Wassa relocates to Logicor Příšovice
(IN BRIEF) The University of St. Gallen, in collaboration with WWF Switzerland and the Network for Business Sustainability, has launched the Sustainability in Academia (SiA) platform, offering 300 open-access teaching materials on sustainability. Covering areas such as economics, management, finance, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, News, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Anna Diaz, circular economy, climate change, Fabio Allegrini, higher education, HSG, HSG strengthens sustainability in higher education through collaboration with WWF and NBS, inequality, innovative teaching formats, Network for Business Sustainability, New Sustainability in Academia platform supports lecturers with innovative teaching tools and global network, Open Access, resource scarcity, SIA, Sustainability in Academia, sustainability teaching, UN Principles for Responsible Management Education, University of St. Gallen, WWF Switzerland
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN has signed a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate its adoption of artificial intelligence and digital technologies, reinforcing the Group’s 2035 strategy The Energy of Tomorrow Starts Today. The cooperation will establish a modern data platform, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Poland, Technology
Tagged AI Adoption, analytics, artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, data platform, data science, digital workforce, digitalisation, ENERGY, Google Cloud, INNOVATION, Magdalena Dziewguć, Michał Furman, New ORLEN–Google Cloud collaboration aims to speed innovation and strengthen customer-focused services, ORLEN, ORLEN and Google Cloud launch AI-focused partnership to drive digital growth and energy transition, Poland, retail, Robert Soszyński, ‘The Energy of Tomorrow Starts Today’
(NEWS) Stockholm / São Paulo, 17-Sep-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedish IoT network operator Netmore Group has officially assumed commercial operations of American Tower Corporation’s LoRaWAN network in Brazil, according to a press announcement made on EuropaWire yesterday. Under the agreement, … Read the full press release
Posted in Infrastructure & Utilities, International Trade, Internet & Online, Management, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged American Tower Corporation, and global trade, ATC, Brazil, Brazil expansion marks pivotal step in Netmore’s bid to unify IoT connectivity for utilities, digital transformation, Everynet, From ports to pipes to cities: Netmore’s Brazil move reflects broader ambition to deliver scalable / sustainable IoT infrastructure, gas metering, Gustavo Zarife, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT connectivity, IoT ecosystem, IoT Solutions, LoRaWAN, LoRaWAN connectivity, LoRaWAN network, Massive IoT, Netmore, Netmore accelerates global IoT strategy with Brazil LoRaWAN takeover / extending logistics and utility innovations to Latin America, Netmore Group, Netmore leverages Everynet acquisition and recent logistics and metering rollouts to anchor its IoT leadership in Latin America, Netmore seizes Brazil’s fast-growing IoT opportunity with LoRaWAN takeover from American Tower / building on Everynet acquisition to anchor its Latin American expansion, Netmore strengthens Latin American presence by integrating American Tower’s LoRaWAN in Brazil into its global IoT ecosystem, Netmore Way, network management, network operator, Ove Anebygd, Polar Structure, SLAs, Smart Cities, water metering, With Brazil LoRaWAN transition / Netmore advances a multi-sector IoT vision spanning utilities / logistics / and smart infrastructure
(IN BRIEF) Sener has appointed Sara Cristóbal as its new International Director of Defence, a role created to drive international growth in the global defence market. With more than 16 years of experience across defence, security, and aeronautics, she previously … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Industrial, Management, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged aeronautics, Amper Group, CESEDEN, defence industry, Defence sector expansion drives Sener’s creation of new leadership role filled by Sara Cristóbal, global defence market, IE Business School, international business development, International Director of Defence, MIT, NATO Industrial Advisory Group, NIAG, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Rafael Orbe, Sara Cristóbal, SECURITY, SENER, Sener appoints Sara Cristóbal as International Director of Defence to lead global growth strategy, Technology Partner
(IN BRIEF) Continental has unveiled the Conti Urban HA 5 NXT, its most advanced city bus tire, at Busworld Europe 2025 in Brussels. Made with up to 60 percent renewable, recycled, and ISCC PLUS mass-balance-certified materials, the tire reduces rolling … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged and smart fleet integration, bus tires, Busworld Europe, city buses, Conti Urban HA 5 NXT, ContiConnect, Continental, Continental launches Conti Urban HA 5 NXT with up to 60 percent sustainable materials and extended e-bus range, e-mobility, EU climate targets, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, Hinnerk Kaiser, ISCC PLUS, Leo Kolodziej, lower emissions, New Conti Urban HA 5 NXT city bus tire delivers higher mileage, predictive maintenance, public transport, recycled materials, renewable materials, sustainable mobility, tire sensors, urban mobility
(IN BRIEF) Hempel has updated its Scope 3 emissions target, which has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, confirming its alignment with the 1.5°C climate pathway while supporting business growth. The company has shifted from a 50% absolute … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Denmark, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged acquisitions, climate science, divestments, Emilie Barriau, GEVA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Value Added, Hempel, Hempel strengthens climate ambition by adopting intensity-based Scope 3 emissions goal tied to value creation, Hempel updates Scope 3 emissions target with SBTi validation to link sustainable growth with profitability, New York Climate Week, Partnerships for the Future Summit, profitability and sustainability, SBTi, Science Based Targets initiative, Scope 3 emissions, sustainability, value chain emissions
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has launched a new instant payments service that allows banks outside Europe to send funds to Spain in seconds, operating 24/7/365 with real-time settlement via Iberpay’s One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer scheme. Through its BBVA Directa platform, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Spain, Technology
Tagged AI in banking, BBVA, BBVA Directa, BBVA launches cross-border instant payments service enabling banks worldwide to send funds to Spain within seconds, BBVA strengthens global transaction banking with real-time cross-border payment solution for institutional clients, corporate treasury, cross-border payments, financial institutions, Global Transaction Banking, Iberpay, Instant Payments, OCT Inst, One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer, payment innovation, retail customers, SMEs, Spain, SWIFT GPI Tracker
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund has invested €30 million in the first closing of Sienna Hephaistos Private Investments, Europe’s first private credit fund dedicated to financing SMEs and midcaps in the defence sector. Launched under the InvestEU Defence Equity … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Defence, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Andrius Kubilius, DEF, defence financing, defence midcaps, defence SMEs, EIB Group, EIF, EIF anchors €30 million investment in Europe’s first private credit fund for defence SMEs and midcaps, European Commission, European defence industry, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, European Investment Fund supports €500 million defence credit vehicle to boost strategic autonomy and SME financing, https://www.eif.org/, InvestEU Defence Equity Facility, Marjut Falkstedt, Paul de Leusse, private credit fund, Sienna Hephaistos Private Investments, Sienna Investment Manager, strategic autonomy, supply chain financing
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has reduced its shareholding in Nova Ljubljanska banka by 1 per cent through the sale of 1 million GDRs on the London Stock Exchange, retaining a 5.125 per cent stake and remaining one of the bank’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Slovenia, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged banking sector, corporate sector, EBRD, EBRD reduces stake in Nova Ljubljanska banka but remains one of Slovenia’s largest banking shareholders, EBRD supports liquidity of NLB shares on London Stock Exchange with partial reduction of equity holding, energy sector, equity stake, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission, financial institutions, GDRs, infrastructure, investment, London Stock Exchange, NLB, Nova Ljubljanska banka, privatisation, Slovenia, South Eastern Europe
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