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Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana space Center

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 in orbit Kourou, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On May 6, 2013 at 11:06 pm local time in French Guiana, Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana space Center (CSG), orbiting the Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, France, Technology

Tagged Arianespace, ESTCube-1, French Guiana, Guiana space Center, Kourou, Proba-V, Vega rocket, VNREDSat-1

Rovio Entertainment announced its new mobile game publishing initiative, Rovio Stars

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Espoo, Finland, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Rovio Entertainment announced the launch of its new mobile game publishing initiative, Rovio Stars, which will feature the best new games from talented and innovative developers. This is the entertainment company’s first foray into including third … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Entertainment, Finland, Internet & Online, Technology, United Kingdom

Tagged 5 Ants, app stores, Espoo, games, Icebreaker, Jami Laes, Kalle Kaivola, Mat Annal, mobile game, mobile game publishing, Nitrome Ltd., Rovio, Rovio Entertainment, Rovio Stars, Tiny Thief

EBRD & government of Switzerland to fund water service company in Kant city, Kyrgyzstan

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

The city will introduce metering, and its water operator company – the first private one in Kyrgyzstan – will adopt an environmental and social action plan 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Kant, an industrial city of officially 22’000 inhabitants, is situated at … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Switzerland

Tagged Bishkek, EBRD, Kant city, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, reduce water losses, Soviet times, water infrastructure, water supply

The Long-Term Investors Club is looking at investment opportunities in Africa

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

“The time has come to start complementing “development finance” by “investment finance” , says EIB President Werner Hoyer 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Long-Term Investors Club organized its 5th international conference in Rabat on May 24, 2013 on the theme of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Investment

Tagged Africa, African SME, Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion, Dr. Ulrich Schröder, EIB, H.M. King Mohamed VI, infrastructure in Africa, investment, investment opportunities, Investors Club, KfW, Mr. Anass Houir Alami, Mr. Omar Kabbaj, Rabat, raw materials, The Long-Term Investors Club, Werner Hoyer

ISS Group reports Q1 2013 results

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Revenue for the first quarter of 2013 amounted to DKK 19.5 billion – driven by an organic growth of 2.7% Operating margin was 4.4% compared with 4.5% for the same period in 2012 Net profit was DKK 71 million compared … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Technology

Tagged global outsourcing company, ISS Group, Jeff Gravenhorst, Net profit, Ole Andersen, Operating profit, Outsourcing, outsourcing company, Q1 2013 Results, revenue

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München online linguistic game won award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Munich, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An online game designed to provide LMU researchers with data on the regional distribution of Italian dialect idioms has garnered an award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival. In the online game Metropolitalia, players are asked … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Germany, Internet & Online, Italy, Science, Technology

Tagged Christoph Wieser, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Dr. Stephan Lücke, Fabian Kneissl, idioms, Italian dialect idioms, Italian vernacular expressions, linguists, Linz, LMU linguists, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Metropolitalia, München, non-standard idioms, online linguistic game, phrase, Play4Science, Prix Ars Electronica Festival, Professor François Bry, Romance Philology, Thomas Krefeld, vernacular expressions

EC adopts proposal to strengthen EIB lending outside the EU over the next seven years

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today adopted a proposal on financing operations in support of investment projects outside the EU by the European Investment Bank (EIB), on the basis of an EU budgetary guarantee. The proposal streamlines the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment

Tagged EIB, EIB financing, EIB lending, EU budgetary guarantee, European Investment Bank, lending, Olli REHN, The European Commission

Bayer MaterialScience-led EcoCommercial Building program welcomes its newest partner Cemex Germany

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Over 80 specialists in Bayer-led EcoCommercial Building program Leverkusen, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A worldwide specialist network for sustainable building led by Bayer MaterialScience continues to grow: The newest member of the EcoCommercial Building program (ECB) is the German subsidiary of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Construction, Germany, Real Estate

Tagged architects, Bayer, Bayer MaterialScience, building materials, Cement, Cemex Germany, EcoCommercial Building program, geothermal energy, Leverkusen, material manufacturers, mineral raw materials, partnership, photovoltaics, property developers, ready-mixed concrete, renewable energies, sustainable building, Thomas Adenauer, Thorsten Arlt

Alstom welcomes IMF’s report calling for additional spending in UK transport infrastructure and energy

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) suggestion that there should be additional spending on major infrastructure to stimulate growth has been welcomed by international engineering firm Alstom. The company, which employs more than 6,000 people in its Grid, … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom

Tagged Alstom, Alstom UK, IMF, IMF report, International Monetary Fund, Terence Watson, UK economy

Henkel investiert 35 Millionen Euro am Standort Düsseldorf

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Grundsteinlegung für neues Zentrallager 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —Henkel legt heute den Grundstein für das neue Zentrallager für den Unternehmensbereich Laundry & Home Care. Auf einer Gesamtfläche von rund 16.000 Quadratmetern wird in den kommenden Monaten auf dem Werkgelände in Düsseldorf-Holthausen … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Investment, Real Estate

Tagged Bernhard Wenning, Bruno Piacenza, Düsseldorf, Henkel, Lagerzentrum, Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Zentrallager

Mercedes-Benz QR code system to make the rescue of accident victims safer and swifter

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Stuttgart, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — When every second counts: with a small yet effective innovation, Mercedes-Benz wants to make the rescue of accident victims safer and swifter. In future a QR code, which can be read by smartphones and tablets, placed … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Germany, Internet & Online, Security & Safety, Technology

Tagged accident victims, B-pillar, fuel tank flap, Mercedes-Benz, QR code system, QR-code, rescue, Stuttgart

EC launches campaign for coordinated public investments in micro- and nano-electronics aiming to mobilise €100 billion in new private investments

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission today launches a campaign for coordinated public investments in micro- and nano-electronics (such as semiconductors and computer chips), designed to expand Europe’s advanced manufacturing base. European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes says “Others are aggressively … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Politics, Science, Technology

Tagged 450mm-sized silicon wafers, Cambridge (UK), Carinthia (AT), computer chips, digital products, Dresden (DE), Dublin (IRL), Eindhoven (NL), electronics industry, Grenoble (FR), Key Enabling Technology, Leuven (BE), microelectronics, Milan (IT), More Moore, More than Moore, nano-electronics, Neelie Kroes, private investments, public investments, R&D&I, semiconductors, world-class electronics clusters

Air Canada, United and Lufthansa commit to address EC concerns over revenue-sharing joint venture

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Antitrust: Commission renders legally binding commitments from Star alliance members Air Canada, United and Lufthansa on transatlantic air transport passenger market. The European Commission has accepted commitments offered by Air Canada, United and Lufthansa to address the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Tagged Air Canada, ANTITRUST, Brussels, EU antitrust rules, Frankfurt-New York route, joint venture, Lufthansa, passenger market, passengers, revenue-sharing joint venture, Star alliance, transatlantic air transport, transatlantic air transport passenger market, United

Astrium SES-6 satellite built for satellite operator SES shipped to launch site

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Latest state-of-the-art broadcast satellite SES-6 is the sixth Eurostar spacecraft designed and manufactured by Astrium for SES SES-6 to provide next generation broadcast services including HD video distribution and mobile services to North and Latin America, Europe and the Atlantic … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, France, Technology

Tagged Astrium, Astrium SES-6 satellite, Baikonur, Eurostar E3000 platform, Eurostar spacecraft, Kazakhstan, Proton vehicle, SES, SES-6 satellite, space technology, Toulouse

Johannes Schubmehl appointed Bayer HealthCare AG Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Leverkusen, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Johannes Schubmehl (48) has been appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Bayer HealthCare AG effective May 1, 2013. He succeeded Matthias Moritz, who had left the company at the end of March. Johannes Schubmehl has held … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Healthcare, Management, Technology

Tagged Bayer, Bayer HealthCare, CIO, Johannes Schubmehl, Leverkusen, Matthias Moritz

University of Duisburg-Essen Chemists develop nanopaste for the repair of bone defects

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Balsam for the Bones 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Following accidents or cancer surgery surgeons often have to transplant healthy bone tissue or synthetic material to repair the resulting bone defects. Unfortunately, these procedures do not always have the desired effect. Now … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Germany, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science

Tagged accidents, bone defects, cancer surgery, Chemists, DNA, nanoparticle paste, nanopaste, Prof. Dr. Matthias Epple, repair bone defects, researchers, surgeons, synthetic calcium phosphate, transplant healthy bone tissue, University of Duisburg-Essen

EC asks Member States agreement on mandate to open negotiations for an investment agreement with China

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission decided today to ask the Member States for their agreement on a mandate to open negotiations on an investment agreement with China. This is the first ever proposal for a stand-alone investment agreement since … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, International Trade, Investment, Politics

Tagged Brussels, CHINA, China investment agreement, EU Trade Commissioner, EU-China investment agreement, EU-China investment negotiations, investment agreement, Karel De Gucht, Lisbon Treaty, Member States

Dassault Falcon presented full lineup of long-range large-cabin executive jets at EBACE May 21-23, 2013

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Falcon 2000S, 900LX, 7X to Highlight Dassault’s EBACE Display As Company Marks 50th Anniversary 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Dassault Falcon will present a full lineup of long-range large-cabin executive jets at this year’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, May … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Marketing, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Tagged Dassault Aviation, Dassault Falcon, EBACE, European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, executive jets, Falcon 2000S, Falcon 7X, Falcon 900LX, long-range large-cabin executive jets

COFCO, Mengniu, Danone form joint-venture to Accelerate the Development of Fresh Dairy Products in China

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Paris, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — COFCO, the State-owned largest food company in China, has signed an agreement with Danone, pursuant to which the two parties will form a joint-venture. COFCO has agreed to sell 148,014,022 shares in China Mengniu (a Hong-Kong … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Business, Food & Beverage, France

Tagged Arla Foods, Baby Nutrition, CHINA, China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited, COFCO, dairy, dairy products, Danone, Elaine Sun, Finn S. Hansen, food industry, Franck Riboud, Fresh Dairy Products, healthy food, ice cream, Medical Nutrition, MENGNIU, milk, milk beverages, Paris, UHT milk, Waters, yogurt

Arianespace turns 27 years in Japan

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Tokyo, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Since opening its Tokyo office in 1986, then launching the first Japanese commercial satellite, JCSAT-1, in 1989, Arianespace has become a major partner to Japanese manufacturers and operators. During its annual Japan Week conference in Tokyo, Arianespace … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Technology

Tagged Arianespace, Japan, Japanese commercial satellite, JCSAT-1, Tokyo

Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana space Center

Rovio Entertainment announced its new mobile game publishing initiative, Rovio Stars

EBRD & government of Switzerland to fund water service company in Kant city, Kyrgyzstan

The Long-Term Investors Club is looking at investment opportunities in Africa

ISS Group reports Q1 2013 results

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München online linguistic game won award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival

EC adopts proposal to strengthen EIB lending outside the EU over the next seven years

Bayer MaterialScience-led EcoCommercial Building program welcomes its newest partner Cemex Germany

Alstom welcomes IMF’s report calling for additional spending in UK transport infrastructure and energy

Henkel investiert 35 Millionen Euro am Standort Düsseldorf

Mercedes-Benz QR code system to make the rescue of accident victims safer and swifter

EC launches campaign for coordinated public investments in micro- and nano-electronics aiming to mobilise €100 billion in new private investments

Astrium SES-6 satellite built for satellite operator SES shipped to launch site

Johannes Schubmehl appointed Bayer HealthCare AG Chief Information Officer (CIO)

University of Duisburg-Essen Chemists develop nanopaste for the repair of bone defects

EC asks Member States agreement on mandate to open negotiations for an investment agreement with China

Dassault Falcon presented full lineup of long-range large-cabin executive jets at EBACE May 21-23, 2013

COFCO, Mengniu, Danone form joint-venture to Accelerate the Development of Fresh Dairy Products in China

Arianespace turns 27 years in Japan

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