BRUSSELS: Gimv has acquired a majority shareholding in Verkley, which specialises in building and maintaining underground cable and pipeline networks for energy and water, a news release said. Gimv has acquired the shares from PMH Investments in Heerenveen.Verkley’s experienced management is also reinvesting. In cooperation with Gimv, Verkley is keen to anchor and expand its…
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IDEX selected as strategic technology partner for Goldpac’s hardware wallet initiative
OSLO: IDEX Biometrics ASA has been selected to be the strategic technology partner, by Goldpac Group Ltd on their Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DC/EP) hardware-based digital wallet initiative. IDEX has also received a new order for fingerprint sensors to support this initiative. DC/EP is the name given to the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) of China…
Kongsberg wins $40mn contract to equip US wind turbine installation vessel
OSLO: Kongsberg Maritime has won a US $40 million contract to supply a comprehensive integrated technology solution for a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV), to be built at Keppel AmFELS shipyard in the USA. The ship, which is being constructed for US energy company Dominion Energy, is expected to be delivered by the end of…
Korian acquires Spain based ITA Mental Health
PARIS: Korian, the European care services group for elderly and fragile people, has signed an agreement to acquire ITA Mental Health in Spain from Magnum Capital, a news release said. Pending usual regulatory authorisations the acquisition is expected to close in a few months. Following the acquisition of Inicea, a major player in France, in…
Adthink partners with Coinbase to accept Bitcoin payments
PARIS: Adthink, French digital marketing specialist, is teaming up with Coinbase to accept payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum and four other cryptocurrencies. Adthink implemented Coinbase Commerce which enables merchants around the world to accept crypto currency payments in a fully decentralized manner. As part of its B2C activities, Adthink is expanding its electronic payment capabilities, in…
Hexagon signs agreement with Certarus for CNG, RNG and hydrogen solutions
OSLO: Hexagon Agility and Hexagon Purus, both subsidiaries of Hexagon Composites, have signed a multi-year agreement with Certarus Ltd., the North American market leader of clean energy solutions. The agreement represents a total value of up to USD 85 million (approx. NOK 718 million) and includes the supply of distribution modules for CNG and hydrogen…
bpost removes Jean-Paul Van Avermaet from the office of CEO
BRUSSELS: The Board of Directors of bpost has decided to terminate with immediate effect the collaboration with Mr. Jean-Paul Van Avermaet in his function of CEO of bpost. The Board also decided to suspend until the General Assembly of Shareholders on 12 May 2021 Mr. Van Avermaet as board member of bpost in the interest…
New governance at Danone shuffles management team, removes CEO
PARIS: The Board of Danone has decided that Emmanuel Faber will step down as Chairman and CEO. As a consequence, it has appointed Gilles Schnepp as Chairman of the Board with immediate effect. The Board has decided to appoint Véronique Penchienati-Bosetta, currently Chief Executive Officer International, and Shane Grant, currently Chief Executive Officer North America,…
CEO of Crayon Group steps down
OSLO: Crayon Group ASA, the digital transformation experts, announced that Torgrim Takle will be stepping down as CEO as of March 15th. In his place, Melissa Mulholland, Crayon’s Chief Services & Solutions Officer will act as Interim CEO while the board evaluates internal and external candidates. Chairman of the Board Jens Rugseth stated, “We appreciate…
Total and Microsoft collaborate to further digital transformation and net zero goals
PARIS: Total and Microsoft announced that they have agreed to collaborate as strategic partners to further digital transformation and support progress toward net-zero emissions. The dynamic development of Microsoft and Total in their respective areas of expertise and their rich histories of innovation brings many concrete opportunities for collaboration over a multi-year timeframe: Total’s global…
Norwegian Air Shuttle launches reconstruction processes to exit from Irish examinership
OSLO: Following the Irish High Court’s decision on Friday 5 March 2021 in respect of the repudiation of certain contracts, Mr Kieran Wallace of KPMG Ireland as Examiner of Norwegian Air Shuttle and a number of Irish subsidiaries of the Group proposed schemes of arrangement for the financial restructuring the Company and the Examinership Companies,…
Rallye to sell Groupe Go Sport to Financière Immobilière Bordelaise EUR 1.0
PARIS: Rallye has entered into exclusive negotiations with Financière Immobilière Bordelaise for the sale of the entire share capital of Groupe Go Sport for a price of EUR 1 without any representation and warranties given by Rallye. Completion of the sale is notably subject to the consultation of Go Sport Group employee representative bodies (instances…