CARDIFF, 18-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Global brand leader Invacare is once again raising the bar in the powerchair market, following on from the successful launch of the LiNX control system last year. Invacare has taken the smart technology a step … Read the full press release
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Posted in France, Germany, Healthcare, News, Society, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Bluetooth, disability, disabled, electric wheelchairs, Ilona Wiemann, INNOVATION, Invacare, Invacare LiNX powerchair, LINX, mobility, Mobility stores, NHS, Occupational therapist, Powerchair, powerchair controls, powerchair market, Powerchairs, REM400, REM500, Samantha Hatchett, technology, therapist, Wheelchairs
ATHENS, 11-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — OTE Group received certification according to ISO 37001:2016 international model and attestation under ISO 19600:2014 for its Compliance Management System by the independent third-party certification institution TUV HELLAS (TUV NORD) S.A. Certifications confirm that the Group complies in its day-to-day operations with … Read the full press release
DUBLIN, Ireland, 03-May-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Global Education Network Europe is launching the Global Education Innovation Award on 1 May, 2017 GENE – Global Education Network Europe – wishes to recognise the importance of innovation in Global Education through its Global … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Internet & Online, Ireland, News, Non Profit
Tagged Award, Europe, Global Education, INNOVATION, online application
BRUSSELS, 24-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — EBN Member Startup Madeira / BIC Madeira in its 20th anniversary opened a new incubator, on 12th of April at Ribeira Brava, (Madeira, Portugal), with the aim to overcome structural disadvantages in the region and increase capacity … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Internet & Online, Portugal, Technology
Tagged Eduardo Jesus, Entrepreneurship, Incubator, INNOVATION, Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, startup
The company has recently joined this organization’s top management, which supports R&D projects driven by the industry in the area of systems and services in which software plays a critical role Indra will bring its technological capabilities and experience with … Read the full press release
MUNICH, 29-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As 2016 comes to a close, BMW is able to look back on a highly successful year with well over 50 national and international awards and distinctions. As in the past, vehicles of the brand were … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Germany, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Awards, BMW, connectivity, design, INNOVATION, Over 50 quality, sustainability
Fourth fifths of world business leaders think Britain is ‘a good place to start a business’, despite Brexit Three quarters say ‘Made in Britain’ remains great selling point for British products Brits seen as ‘reliable’, ‘smart’ and ‘polite’ but could … Read the full press release
PARIS, 01-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Altran, the global leader in innovation and high‐tech engineering consulting, has announced today a number of key nominations within its “Technology & Innovation team”. Corinne Jouanny is appointed Group Innovation Officer and will manage, coordinate and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Management, Technology
Tagged Altran, Corinne Jouanny, Franco Bono, Frederic Arquier, INNOVATION, Mari Lymysalo, technology
BRUSSELS, 19-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — EIT Digital has granted its first doctorates to six students who have successfully completed a new PhD programme that trains world-class digital technology leaders with deep technical experience combined with a strong background in innovation, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Education, European Union, Internet & Online, Media, News, Technology
Tagged Anna VILJAKAINEN, Antonino FAMULARI, cognitive learning, digital industry, doctorates, Dr. Walter Weigel, EIT Digital doctorates, Entrepreneurship, INNOVATION, MENTEIA, PhD programme, Prof. Dr. Willem Jonker, Radu Tudoran, Roman Chirikov, Sorbet, Stefano IELLAMO, STEM, students, VTT Technical Research Centre, Wilfried Dron
Apply SDN to the entire backhaul, transport and core of an LTE network Approved ETSI NFV Proof of Concept Milestone in design and implementation of future mobile networks Espoo, Finland, 18-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks and Aalto University, Finland, together with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Management, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Aalto, Aalto University, Coriant, EXFO, FutureWorks, INNOVATION, Jose Costa-Requena, Lauri Oksanen, mobile backhaul, NFV, Nokia, Nokia Networks, PoC, SDN, software defined networking, virtualization
Coimbra, Portugal, 21-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — CRITICAL Software, which specialises in software engineering for critical information systems, introduces today a new corporate identity, based on its core values (Innovation, Excellence, Cooperation and Reliability), in order to meet the need to express CRITICAL … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 19-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On 21st November 2013, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, will meet Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang in Beijing for the 16th EU-China Summit. They … Read the full press release
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Tagged agriculture, Beijing, CHINA, climate change, ENERGY, Environment, EU, EU-China Summit, good governance, Günther OETTINGER, Herman Van Rompuy, human rights, INNOVATION, investment, Johannes Hahn, José Manuel Barroso, Karel De Gucht, Li Keqiang, Market Access, people-to-people exchanges, rule of law, Siim Kallas, SUMMIT, trade, urbanisation, Xi Jinping
After negotiating through the night, Parliament and Council struck a deal on the EU budget for 2014, which also provides for remedying payments shortfalls in in the current fiscal year. MEPs ensured that victims of catastrophic flooding and drought in … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Politics
Tagged Alain Lamassoure, asylum support, Border management, Council, Education, EU budget 2014, humanitarian aid, INNOVATION, MEPs, Ms Anne Jensen, Parliament, refugees, RESEARCH, Ron KORVER
Prestigious biennial honour recognises world’s best thought leadership in management and innovation Fontainebleau (France), Singapore and Abu Dhabi, 6-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Seven faculty members from INSEAD, the leading international business school, have been shortlisted for the 2013 Thinkers50 Awards. The biennial … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, France, Management, Science
Tagged Abu Dhabi, Awards, business school, faculty members, Fontainebleau, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Hal Gregersen, Herminia Ibarra, Ilian Mihov, INNOVATION, INSEAD, Laurence Capron, leadership, Management, Morten Hansen, Renee Mauborgne, Singapore, Thinkers50, Thinkers50 Awards, W Chan Kim
Kortrijk, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Voith convinced the jury with its innovative Secondary Water Retarder (SWR) at Busworld in Kortrijk, Belgium, and won the ECW Innovation Label Award 2013. The award-winning product brakes with the cooling agent of the engine and … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Belgium, Germany, Industrial
Tagged Award, Belgium, Busworld, cooling agent of the engine, eco-friendly, ECW Award, ECW Innovation Label Award 2013, European Coach and Bus Week, heavy commercial vehicles, hydrodynamic continuous braking system, INNOVATION, Kortrijk, outstanding innovations, Secondary Water Retarder, SWR, Voith, wear-free braking
Following commissioning of Santo Estevo II, in operation since February The Company will invest €52 million in the construction of the new plant During the next three years of construction, IBERDROLA will generate up to 190 direct jobs 8-7-2013 — … Read the full press release
European Parliament/Brussels, 5-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — We share a saying in most European languages that necessity is the mother of invention. For agriculture, such a moment of necessity has come in the search for new approaches to farming. Solving the future … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics, Science
Tagged & innovation in agriculture, agriculture, INNOVATION, Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, RESEARCH, science
Madrid, 17-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting Repsol S.A.’s research, development and innovation (RDI) programme with a EUR 200 million loan. EIB Vice-President Magdalena Álvarez Arza and Repsol’s CEO Antonio Brufau signed the finance contract in Madrid … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Spain
Tagged Antonio Brufau, biofuel transport solutions, CO2 storage, development, energy efficiency, INNOVATION, loan, Madrid, Magdalena Álvarez Arza, natural gas transport, oil refining process, petrochemical derivatives, RDI programme, Repsol, RESEARCH
Brussels, 9-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — More than eight in ten people involved in an EU-funded initiative aimed at encouraging innovative teaching methods and improved learning materials for children say the scheme had a positive and lasting impact on them. The same proportion … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Financial, Government, Society
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, arts practitioners, basic science, CHILDREN, classroom, DICE project, drama education, educational theatre, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Erasmus for All, eTwinning school network, EU's Comenius scheme, improved learning materials, INNOVATION, innovation in classroom, innovative teaching, innovative teaching methods, lessons, Lifelong Learning programme, Naturbild project, NGOs, psychologists, RESEARCH, school partnerships, SCHOOLS, sociologists, study, teacher training, teacher training institutions, teaching methods, train teachers, universities, workshops
We are supporting research and development into innovative drug treatments in Hungary 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — For well over 100 years, Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter has been working to improve their clients’ health and quality of life. It has stepped … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Hungary, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged Anton Rop, biosimilars, biotechnology, EIB, equity investment, Gedeon Richter, guarantees, immunology, INNOVATION, loans, pharmaceutical company, R&D operation, Risk Sharing Finance Facility, treat cancer, Zsolt Szombathelyi
Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has informed Motorola Mobility of its preliminary view that the company’s seeking and enforcing of an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (“SEPs”) amounts to an abuse … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Germany, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Technology, Telecom
Tagged ANTITRUST, Apple, Competition, court, dominant position, ETSI, EU antitrust rules, FRAND, FRAND royalties, GPRS, GSM, GSM standard, INNOVATION, intellectual property, intellectual property rights, Joaquin Almunia, licence, licensee, Motorola Mobility, patent infringements, patent licensees, Patents, SEPs, wireless communications
Paris, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Safran is building solid foundations for the future, based on its proven ability to innovate and develop products that offer higher and higher performance. As part of this continuous improvement approach, Safran organizes an annual competition allowing … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Awards, Business, Defence, Electronics & Machinery, France, Science, Technology
Tagged Aircelle, creativity, dynamism, FADEC, initiative, INNOVATION, Innovation Awards, INPI, inventions, L’Usine Nouvelle, O-duct thrust reverser demonstrator, Panache, Paris, Patents, Safran Aerospace Museum, Safran Innovation Awards, Safran Innovation Awards 2013, Turbomeca, Villaroche
2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank approved today a loan of up to EUR 100 million for key investments in Cyprus. The loan will be used for investments in priority areas identified in the National Strategic Reference Framework, which … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 1-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Millennium bcp signed an agreement of EUR 200 million to finance small and medium-sized projects promoted essentially by SMEs and Mid-Cap companies. Millennium bcp is also committed to providing its own resources to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Luxembourg, Portugal, Small Business
Tagged economic development, EIB, ENERGY, environmental protection, finance, funding, industry, INNOVATION, loan, Mid-Cap companies, Millennium bcp, Portuguese SMEs, RESEARCH, services, SMEs, TOURISM
Zurich, Switzerland, 29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been recognized by MIT Technology Review for its hybrid high-voltage direct current (HVDC) breaker, placing it among the ten most important technology milestones of the past year. … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, alternating current networks, breakthrough technologies, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) breaker, high-voltage direct current circuit breakers, HVDC technology, hybrid HVDC breaker, INNOVATION, interconnected HVDC transmission grids, Jason Pontin, MIT Technology Review, power grid, Zurich
Janez Potočnik – European Commissioner for Environment Green Economy Forum (Dublin Chamber of Commerce) Dublin, 25-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and Gentlemen, People in Europe are looking for ways to recover from the devastation of the economic and financial crisis. Governments are searching … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Ireland, Politics, Science, Society
Tagged climate change, Dublin, Dublin Chamber of Commerce, eco-industries, Eco-innovation, ENERGY, Environment, financial crisis, Green Economy Forum, Green Growth, GROWTH, Horizon 2020, INNOVATION, inventors, Janez Potočnik, JOBS, Máire Geogheghan-Quinn, material costs, natural capital, RESEARCH, researchers, resource efficiency, resource efficient economy, resource prices, resource-intensive growth, resources, sustainability, WATER
Raiffeisen Informatik (www.raiffeiseninformatik.at) wurde für seine nachhaltige Unternehmensführung zertifiziert Raiffeisen Informatik punktet mit Nachhaltigkeit, Innovation und gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung 17-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Raiffeisen Informatik (www.raiffeiseninformatik.at) wurde für seine nachhaltige Unternehmensführung zertifiziert. Mit der begehrten Auszeichnung des Wirtschaftsnetzwerks „Leitbetriebe Austria“ reiht sich … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Awards, Business, Environment, Internet & Online, Management, Technology
Tagged gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung, INNOVATION, IT-Anbieter, nachhaltige Unternehmensführung, Nachhaltigkeit, Outsourcing, professionelle IT-Dienstleistungen, Raiffeisen Informatik, Security Services, Software Consulting, Umfeld
Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN – European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Hannover Messe Trade Fair / Hannover Hannover, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted and honoured to have the opportunity to talk to you about Horizon 2020, the European … Read the full press release
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Tagged Horizon 2020, INNOVATION, Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, mobility, RESEARCH, science, TRANSPORT, transport sector
A thought-provoking new white paper, ‘The Future of Work’, suggests it could be 8-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Commissioned by Esselte Corporation to mark its100-year anniversary, the paper looks at the current and future world of work highlighting the key changes both … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Internet & Online, Management, Marketing, News, Society, Technology
Tagged Ageing workforces:, Andrew Crosthwaite, BLAC, careers, collaboration, Employees, Esselte Corporation, Futures House Europe, Gen Y, Gender, INNOVATION, Millennials, mobile semi-structured workforce, Mobile working, multi cultural, multi-generational, resource coordinators, Richard Watson, talents, teamwork based management groups, The generation gap, workforce
László ANDOR — European Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Conference on social innovation and social policy experimentation Brussels, 28-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and gentlemen, This conference comes at a critical juncture. The challenges already created by the profound … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics, Society
Tagged ANDOR, COMDOC, ESAI, INNOVATION, SOCMEAS