Paris, France, 20-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wengo, the leader in specialist counseling over the telephone, has rounded out its offering with the acquisition of Bordas.com, the site for at-home tutoring given exclusively by French National Education teachers. Nearly 10,000 parents have opted to … Read the full press release
Bremen, Germany, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — wpd europe GmbH buys the wind farm project Tohkoja, situated on Finland’s west coast, from Finnish energy provider Fortum. wpd is planning the project with up to 26 wind turbines and an overall capacity of up … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Germany, Investment
Tagged acquisition, Fortum, Helge Rau, Jokela, Kalajoki, Mäkikangas, Tohkoja, wind farm, wind farm project, wpd europe GmbH
Gütersloh, Germany, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Arvato Financial Solutions is taking over the Dutch payment services provider “AfterPay.” The company, which the Arvato subsidiary has cooperated with for the past two years, is a provider of “pay after delivery” payment solutions … Read the full press release
Paderborn, Germany, 9-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wincor Nixdorf has reached an agreement with DATEC Retail Systems a.s., which is headquartered in Zlín in the Czech Republic, to take over its business effective January 2014. Through this step, Wincor Nixdorf will be adding … Read the full press release
Baar, Switzerland, 7-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Sika has acquired the remaining 24.5% of Dyflex HD Co., Ltd. as of January 7, 2014 and achieves 100% ownership. The complete takeover further strengthens Sika’s position in the Japanese construction market. Sika has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Construction, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, Business, chemicals, concrete admixtures, construction, Dominik Slappnig, Dyflex HD Co. Ltd., Financial, Industrial, investment, Jan Jenisch, Japanese construction market, liquid waterproofing, sealing & bonding solutions, Sika, Switzerland, Takeover
London, UK, 7-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today confirmed that it had completed regulatory and other approvals in relation to its US$45 million purchase of Globe Wireless, the Florida-based leading provider of value-added … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Investment, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, aerospace, Aviation, Business, Chris McLaughlin, Globe Wireless, Inmarsat, maritime communications services, mobile satellite communications, shipping market, technology, TELECOM, TRANSPORT, United Kingdom
Orange Business Services today announced the acquisition of Atheos, becoming the largest European cyberdefense company and strengthening its position as a leading global player in advanced security services. Paris, France, 6-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Founded in 2002, Atheos is a pioneer of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Internet & Online, Investment, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged "low-noise" attack signals, acquire, acquisition, advanced identification of security breaches, advanced security services, Atheos, cyberdefense, Cybersecurity, data-loss prevention policies, Elizabeth Mayeri, IT identity, Michel Van Den Berghe, on-site crisis management, Orange Business Services, Orange CyberDefense, proactive cyberdefens, SECURITY, security pioneer, stronger access control, Thierry Bonhomme
Warsaw, Poland, 27-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Carrefour announces the acquisition of the RAST supermarket chain, which operates 10 stores in Olsztyn. At heart of the daily life of Polish consumers, RAST supermarkets propose a broad range of fresh produce, notably meat, cold cuts, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Poland, Retail
Tagged acquisition, Carrefour, Carrefour Poland, Maria Cieślikowska, Olsztyn, Poland, RAST supermarket chain, supermarkets
Moscow, Russia, 26-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On December 20, 2013 a Russian 100% subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company and Morgan Stanley signed a binding agreement to purchase the Global Oil Merchanting unit of Morgan Stanley Commodities division. Financial terms of the … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of most of Nokia Corporation’s devices & services business (the “D&S business”) by Microsoft Corporation. The D&S business mainly produces and sells smartphones … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Law, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, Antoine Colombani, Competition, competitors, EU Merger Regulation, European Commission, Marisa Gonzalez Iglesias, Microsoft, mobile apps, mobile device business, mobile operating systems, Nokia, smart mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, Windows OSs
Brussels, Belgium, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Invensys of the UK by Schneider Electric of France. Both companies supply, in particular, automation and control systems. The Commission concluded that … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 26-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Life Technologies Corp. by rival Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., both US-based companies active in life science markets. Their activities overlap in the supply … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged acquisition, Competition, divestments, EU Merger Regulation, European Economic Area, gene silencing products, Joaquin Almunia, laboratory instruments, Life Science, Life Technologies Corp., media and sera for cell culture, Mergers, polymer-based magnetic beads, The European Commission, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Enhanced ability to provide innovative pan-European cross-border telecommunication services for business customers Acquisition complements Deutsche Telekom’s mobile centric infrastructure in key European markets Strengthened position in the market for multinational customers Bonn, Germany, 11-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom is strengthening its … Read the full press release
Sabadell, Spain, 4-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Having received the corresponding authorization from the European Union regulatory authorities, Banco Sabadell will from today take over the management of the Banco Gallego team, branch network and business, which, from now on, will operate in … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Telenor Sweden (Telenor) is continuing its commitment in broadband and television services and buys Tele2 Sweden AB (Tele2) fibre and cable business serving the consumer market for a cash sum of SEK 775 million. In 2012, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Media, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, Andreas Hamrin, broadband, cable, cable television, consumer market, digital TV, fibre, fixed broadband, Glenn Mandelid, Lars-Åke Norling, Tele2, Tele2 Sweden AB, Telenor, Telenor Sweden, television
London, United Kingdom, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca today announced that on 4 October MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, completed its acquisition of Amplimmune, a privately-held, US-based biologics company focused on developing novel therapeutics in cancer immunology. As previously announced, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, Amplimmune, Anthony Brown, anti-PD-L1 mAb, AstraZeneca, autoimmune disease, Ayesha Bharmal, biologics, Cancer, cancer cells, cancer immunology, co-inhibitory molecules, co-stimulatory molecules, Colleen Proctor, Ed Seage, Esra Erkal-Paler, Gaithersburg, immune system, immune-mediated cancer therapy, IMT-C, infectious disease, Jacob Lund, Jens Lindberg, Karl Hård, MEDI-4736, MedImmune, mOX40 mAb, therapeutics, Tracy Rossin, transplantation, tremelimumab
Stockholm, Sweden, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB), a provider of airborne laser survey systems for hydrographic and topographic surveys. Founded in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology
Tagged above-water topographic maps, acquired, acquisition, AHAB, airborne bathymetric LiDAR technology, Airborne Hydrography AB, airborne laser survey systems, geospatial technologies, Hexagon, hydrographic software, hydrographic surveys, hydrographic systems, Jönköping, Kristin Christensen, map coastal zones, map land, map seafloors, Mattias Stenberg, Ola Rollén, Sweden, topographic software, topographic surveys, topographic systems
Stockholm, Sweden, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Devex, a leading player in the field of automation solutions for mining operations. Devex is a Brazilian company with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D environments, acquire, acquisition, Brazil, Devex, Hexagon, Kristin Christensen, Mattias Stenberg, measurement technologies, mine activities real-time control, mine activities remote monitoring, mine-management software solutions, mining, Ola Rollén, open-pit mines, optimising mine performance, software, underground mines, visualisation technologies
Almere, Netherlands, 02-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the announcement made on 2 July 2013, LeasePlan Corporation N.V., the world’s leading fleet and vehicle management company, today confirms that LeasePlan Austria has completed the acquisition of BAWAG P.S.K. Fuhrparkleasing GmbH, based in Vienna, Austria. … Read the full press release
Funds managed by CapMan have signed an agreement to sell Curato AS, a leading provider of medical imaging services in Norway, to Altor Fund III. 25-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Curato provides medical imaging (radiology) services in Norway and its main customers … Read the full press release
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