Tag Archives: engineering

EDF to invest in GIBB Power an engineering specialist in the energy sector

LONDON, 10-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — EDF, world’s leading electricity company, and GIBB, a major engineering player in Africa signed agreements for EDF to invest in GIBB Power, a subsidiary company of GIBB Engineering and Architecture specialising in engineering in the … Read the full press release

New Department of Aerospace, Aeronautics and Geodesy established at the Technical University of Munich

MUNICH, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In response to epoch-making developments in aviation and space flight, the Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder announced the establishment of a new engineering department at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in his government statement … Read the full press release

The strategic alliance between Siemens and Bentley Systems further expanded; Siemens stake in Bentley Systems now exceeds 9%

Joint Press Release by Siemens and Bentley Systems Successful strategic alliance with Bentley Systems, which started in 2016, to be further expanded Joint investment initiative extended by an additional €50 million, totaling €100 million Ambition to further accelerate joint business … Read the full press release

Safran Helicopter Engines names Didier Nicoud as Executive Vice-President, Engineering

PARIS, 17-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran Helicopter Engines has appointed Didier Nicoud as Executive Vice-President, Engineering. Didier succeeds Eric Massé who has been appointed to another position within the Group. Didier Nicoud joined Safran Aircraft Engines in 1987 as an aerodynamics engineer … Read the full press release

Thales wins contract for the Laser Beam Transportation System in partnership with SEIV and Alsyom

Thales has won the €19.8 million contract for the Laser Beam Transportation System in partnership with SEIV and Alsyom, subsidiaries of the Alcen Group based in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region in France. Thales has been developing the world’s most powerful … Read the full press release

Triton successfully completes sale of Ovako AB to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

STOCKHOLM/ TOKYO, Japan, 04-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Funds advised by Triton (“Triton”) have successfully completed the sale of Ovako AB (“Ovako”), a leading European producer of engineering steel to, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (“NSSMC”), one of the world’s largest … Read the full press release

BMT Nigel Gee and Oceanco create new naval architecture and engineering company

LONDON, 04-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — UK-based BMT Nigel Gee and Dutch- based superyacht builder Oceanco have signed a strategic partnership for the formation of a new naval architecture and engineering company—Lateral Naval Architects Ltd. Lateral will provide high quality naval … Read the full press release

Pöyry provides engineering and technical consulting services to Assuruá Energia Solar power plant in Brazil

Vantaa, Finland, 22-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Assuruá Energia Solar PV power plant started to generate energy in the first quarter of 2018. Located in the city of Itaguaçu da Bahia (Bahia), the plant has an installed capacity of 30 Mwac. Pöyry … Read the full press release

Eni’s HPC4 supercomputer opens the path to a new era for reservoir engineering numerical modeling

This will further enhance Eni’s capability to accelerate the time-to-market of projects and deliver outstanding reservoir management strategies for all producing fields. MILAN, 03-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Eni’s industry-leading HPC4 supercomputer, recently deployed in Eni’s Green Data Center facility, performed … Read the full press release

TU Delft: Researcher Nima Tolou received the Prins Friso Engineering Award at the University of Groningen’s Engineering Center

Delft, Netherlands,  23-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Nima Tolou, researcher at the Department of Precision & Microsystems Engineering and co-founder of Flexous BV and Kinergizer BV, has been named the 2018 Engineer of the Year. He received the Prins Friso Engineering Award … Read the full press release

New integration between Vectorworks Cloud Services and Bluebeam Studio supports modern, online review and approval process for digital construction drawings and 3D models

Vectorworks is the first BIM software to integrate with Bluebeam Studio for real-time markups and review. Columbia, MD, USA, 23-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Global design software and BIM developer Vectorworks, Inc. and Bluebeam, Inc., a leading developer of innovative technology solutions for the architectural, … Read the full press release

schlaich bergermann partner awarded the German Bridge Design Prize Deutscher Brückenbaupreis 2018 in the category Street and Railway bridges

Schlaich bergermann partner are the winners in the “Street and Railway bridges” category Their winning project “Bleichinselbrücke” is designed using Allplan Engineering ALLPLAN sponsored the German Bridge Design Prize MUNICH, 23-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On March, 12th, the engineering office schlaich … Read the full press release

University of Leicester: British Science Week in Leicester, 9 to 18 March

British Science Week in Leicester from 9 March to 18 March offers galaxy of events for all the family LEICESTER, 01-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — For an out-of-this-world experience in Leicester – head over to the spectacular array of events being held … Read the full press release

Kirk Kristiansen family investment arm KIRKBI to acquire KKR’s 49.8% stake in Välinge

The partnership with KIRKBI aims to further strengthen Välinge’s position as a leading industrial R&D company and flooring producer. Viken, Sweden, 15-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — KIRKBI, the holding and investment company of the Kirk Kristiansen family, has signed an agreement … Read the full press release

Airbus signs MoU with the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC): technical innovation, engineering capabilities and supply chain expansion

Further enhancing the industrial cooperation in Tianjin Production ramp-up to six aircraft per month in Tianjin’s A320 Final Assembly Line TOULOUSE, 11-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In the presence of visiting French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Airbus … Read the full press release

Digital Transformation: Engineering acquires Infogroup from Intesa Sanpaolo

MILAN, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Engineering and Intesa Sanpaolo have executed the agreement for the sale of 100% of the share capital of Infogroup held by the banking group. The transaction, announced on 27 July 2017, was subject only to … Read the full press release

National Grid: School children to learn about engineering, wildlife and safety as part of the Western Link project

Ysgol Golftyn school children take to the water to learn about the River Dee Quay Watermen’s Association teach valuable lessons in engineering, wildlife and safety Western Link project funds the day and provides life jackets for the river trip WARWICK, 16-Jun-2017 … Read the full press release

LINKS Foundation

An institution aimed at fostering the growth of the local ecosystem enhancing the skills of the Area TORINO, Italy, 15-Feb-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — LINKS Foundation is a non-profit Institution operating at a national and international level carrying out applied research … Read the full press release

LLW Repository Ltd and partner GRAHAM Construction sign the second half of their four year Engineering, Design and Construction Framework

  Contract for second half of four year framework. HILLSBOROUGH, 31-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — LLW Repository Ltd and partner GRAHAM Construction have signed the second half of their major four year Engineering, Design and Construction Framework contract. The contract was split … Read the full press release

Cambridge’s Department of Engineering: the issue of trust is becoming increasingly important as machine learning becomes more common

Computers that learn for themselves are with us now. As they become more common in ‘high-stakes’ applications like robotic surgery, terrorism detection and driverless cars, researchers ask what can be done to make sure we can  trust them. CAMBRIDGE, 21-Oct-2016 … Read the full press release

GRAHAM Construction and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd (LLWR) to show UTC students that engineering could be fun

Partnership joins forces with students. Workington, UK, 12-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Partners GRAHAM Construction and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd (LLWR) joined forces with students from the Energy Coast University Technical College (UTC) to show that engineering could be fun – … Read the full press release

Fincantieri and Rosneft form joint venture focused on design and engineering of a new type of vessel

TRIESTE, 21-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A joint venture has been signed for the design of a new type of vessel Fincantieri and Rosneft, during the 20th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, signed a Heads of Agreement for the formation of a … Read the full press release

Pöyry to provide engineering and site supervision services for the extension of Schönau wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Switzerland

Pöyry awarded engineering and site supervision services assignment for a wastewater treatment plant extension in Switzerland Vantaa, Finland, 15-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The wastewater association Gewässerschutzverband der Region Zugersee, Küssnachtersee, Aegerisee (GVRZ) has awarded Pöyry with the engineering and site supervision … Read the full press release

Telefónica, Orange, Engineering and Atos create FIWARE Open Source Community to support standards for Smart Cities

The companies commit to deliver commercial offerings and provide their support to the establishment of an open source community around FIWARE. Simple, Open, Free and standardized: enabling the new future for Smart Cities services. Barcelona, 5-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Telefónica, Orange, Engineering … Read the full press release

BAE Systems: British children pick science careers over fame and celebrity

LONDON, 8-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ —  New research commissioned by BAE Systems and the Royal Air Force reveals that British parents of children aged 5-18 years believe that a quarter of their children (24 per cent) find physics a difficult subject to … Read the full press release

VINCI subsidiaries awarded contract for four LNG storage tanks for Yamal LNG in Russia

Rueil-Malmaison, France, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Entrepose Contracting and VINCI Construction Grands Projets, both subsidiaries of VINCI, have been awarded a contract with JSC Yamal LNG, owned by NOVATEK (80 %) and TOTAL (20 %), to perform an engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning … Read the full press release

ThyssenKrupp merged Uhde, Polysius and Fördertechnik into ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions

Uhde, Polysius and Fördertechnik combined under the roof of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions – company is one of the world’s leading engineering and construction firms Essen, Germany, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its strategic way forward, ThyssenKrupp is strengthening its plant … Read the full press release

SAS UK research finds big data specialists in high demand

HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADUATES IN STEM SUBJECTS, WITH 69,000 BIG DATA SPECIALISTS NEEDED BY 2017 Buckinghamshire, UK, 04-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — As UK businesses look to exploit the proliferation of data to support evidence-based decisions in the information economy, it’s becoming ever … Read the full press release

Egis awarded contract by French Air Navigation Service Provider to assist with the evolution of the French ATM systems

26-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Egis has been contracted by the French Air Navigation Service Provider (DSNA) to provide support on major projects conducted by DSNA’s departmentsin charge of the definition of ATM system requirements & architecture (ESA) as well as their … Read the full press release

Egis was head engineer for the construction of the newly opened landing port at Carabane, Senegal

18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On Saturday 6 July 2013, Senegal inaugurated the new landing port at Carabane. Plansto relaunch the Dakar – Ziguinchor sea route started up after the September 2002 disaster of the sinking of MV Le Joola. The former … Read the full press release

Bayer Science & Education Foundation launches new round of funding – Applications now possible online till July 15, 2013

Bayer foundation scholarships – EUR 200,000 for work and study abroad Support for ambitious study projects in the fields of science, engineering, medicine and teacher training in scientific subjects / Hermann Strenger scholarships to sponsor career-training projects abroad  Leverkusen, 5-6-2013 … Read the full press release

Pascal Laffineur appointed CEO Altran Benelux

16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Pascal Laffineur (47) has been appointed CEO of Altran Benelux. He is member of the Group’s management committee and reports directly to Michael Blickle, Group Executive Vice-President for Northern Europe. After graduating from the Catholic University of … Read the full press release

European Commission supports global Girls in ICT Day

Brussels, 30-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — How can we encourage more young female tech talent into digital jobs? The European Commission, European Parliament and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are coming together on Girls in ICT Day (25 April) to find new ways of encouraging … Read the full press release