Commitment to higher production rates Blagnac, France, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus is increasing its share in the Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), from 20 to 25 per cent. The agreement was signed by Günter Butschek, Airbus Chief Operating … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Management
Tagged A320 rudders, Airbus, Airbus China, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Geng Ruguang, Günter Butschek, Hafei Aviation Industry Company Limited, Harbin Aircraft Industry Group Corporation Limited, Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), Shareholding, Technology Company Limited
The European Space Agency has awarded the phase B contract for Neosat to Airbus Defence and Space and TAS Operational from 2019, the new platform will be optimised for electric propulsion Paris, France, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space, number … Read the full press release
Airbus plant in Spain spearheads the FUTURASSY project Blagnac, France, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Airbus Puerto Real plant in Cádiz, Spain is leading a project to expand the automation of its assembly processes with the use of two armed humanoid … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, France, Industrial, Spain, Technology
Tagged A380 rudder spar assembly station, aeronautical assembly processes, Airbus, Airbus Standard Robotic Cells, armed humanoid robots, automate the assembly processes, automation, Cadiz, FUTURASSY project, harmonized robotic solution, Kawada, Puerto Real plant, robotics, Spain, two-arm “humanoid” robots, ‘Collaborative Robots’
Order for ten A350 XWB and 15 A320neo Family aircraft Blagnac, France, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus confirms Kuwait Airways, the National airline of Kuwait, has ordered 25 aircraft including ten A350-900 and 15 A320neo Family aircraft as part of the … Read the full press release
SES-10 is the 10th Eurostar satellite ordered by SES, as well as the 10th Eurostar satellite from Airbus Defence and Space to use electrical propulsion Paris, France, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, … Read the full press release
Net profit for the six months doubled to €305m Equity investments worth €500m sold, yielding €150m gains CT1 ratio 11.9% Milan, Italy, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Interim financial statements as at 31/12/13 approved In the six months under review, with the economic … Read the full press release
Milan, Italy, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — At a general meeting held on 19 February 2014, with Angelo Casò in the chair, the parties to the Mediobanca shareholders’ agreement: approved a resolution to reduce the minimum percentage of the Bank’s share capital syndicated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management
Tagged Angelo Casò, Bolloré group, Dieter Rampl, Ennio Doris, Federico Ghizzoni, Financière du Perguet, Giampiero Pesenti, Gilberto Benetton, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Mediobanca, Mediobanca shareholders’ agreement, shareholders’ agreement, Tarak Ben Ammar, Vincent Bolloré
Evenes, Norway, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Lemminkäinen has won a contract for the re-surfacing of Harstad/Narvik Airport Evenes. The contract is a joint venture between Lemminkäinen and Nordasfalt. Work will start in June 2014 and be completed by August 2014. Lemminkäinen owns 50% … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Alma Media has acquired 35 per cent of the share capital of leading online travel service Rantapallo Oy. The shares were acquired from TukTuk Media Oy and Verkossa Media Oy. Alma Media also has the opportunity … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Alma Media is introducing a new marketing service, Meedio, which compiles all Finnish companies under one website and offers a self-service tool for companies’ marketing management. Alma Media’s Meedio service is a response to the new … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mikael Laine has been appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy as of 7 April 2014. He will be a member of the Executive Board and reports to President and CEO Mika Vehviläinen. Mikael Laine, M.Sc. Econ, (b. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged appointed, Cargotec, member of the Executive Board, Mikael Laine, Senior VP
Helsinki, Finland, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, introduces the new HIAB S-HiPro 130 crane. Designed for mounting on top of the vehicle, it frees up maximum space for stowing refuse. This makes collecting household waste in congested cities faster, … Read the full press release
Aarhus, Denmark, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, there is information in the market regarding Vestas being appointed preferred supplier for an offshore project. Vestas can confirm that the Danish company DONG Energy has appointed Vestas as preferred supplier for an offshore project … Read the full press release
Aarhus, Denmark, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Vestas has secured a seven-year service and maintenance renewal from TransAlta for 50 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines at the Kent Hills wind power plant in New Brunswick, Canada. “This contract extension demonstrates our strong relationship with … Read the full press release
Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Strong operational performance and underlying earnings growth while investing for the coming years Unless otherwise stated, comments in this announcement refer to full-year performance. Financial highlights Organic net revenue growth of 1% to DKK 66.6bn (Q4: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Food & Beverage, Investment
Tagged Ben Morton, BSP1, Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg Group financial statement, financial statement, Iben Steiness, Jens Bekke, Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, negative market impact in Russia, outlet restrictions, Peter Kondrup, strong operational performance, underlying earnings growth
London, UK, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — You might not associate budget air travel with excellent seating, but it seems the UK office could learn much from the mile-high world of limited leg space. Research by low cost airline Easyjet showed how passengers … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged David Cannon, Edwina O’Mahony, Maris Interiors, office, productivity, survey, Workplace designers
Redmond, WA, USA, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On Feb. 28, Microsoft Studios and Crytek invite you to return to the Colosseum of ancient Rome to take up arms in “Ryse: Son of Rome’s” most ambitious and robust add-on to date: “Mars’ Chosen … Read the full press release
Norwich, UK, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — New research has revealed that exposure to common family problems during childhood and early adolescence affects brain development, which could lead to mental health issues in later life. The study led by Dr Nicholas Walsh, lecturer in developmental … Read the full press release
Newcastle, UK, 18-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Although Britain is currently suffering from rain, thunderstorms and severe flooding, experts at Newcastle University are warning the Government that its current thinking on future energy generation risks locking the UK into a situation where water … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged cooling water, Dr Jaime Amezaga, Ed Byers, energy generation, energy security in danger, Newcastle University, power station shutdown, Professor Jim Hall, UK electricity sector, UK's future energy generation plans, University of Oxford, water availability, water shortages
Porsche Driver’s Selection – new bikes available from March 2014 Stuttgart, Germany, 18-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Porsche is synonymous with sportiness, performance and driving pleasure – attributes that apply on two wheels as well as four: Porsche is expanding its Driver’s Selection … Read the full press release
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