PARIS: Rexel Group has acquired the Canadian Utility business of WESCO International, a news release said. WESCO International had sought to sell the business in connection with its Consent Agreement with the Competition Bureau of Canada regarding its merger with Anixter International, which closed in June 2020. The acquisition of WESCO Canada Utility will provide…
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Eutelsat and TelOne to bring broadband connectivity to Zimbabwe
PARIS: Eutelsat Communications and TelOne (Pvt) Limited, one of Zimbabwe’s leading Internet Service Providers, have signed a master service agreement to bring high quality satellite broadband connectivity to Zimbabwe. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement with Eutelsat’s broadband division, Konnect Africa, beginning in March 2021, TelOne (Pvt) Limited will leverage the operational flexibility and…
Albioma wins 4.8 MWp of solar projects in mainland France
PARIS: Albioma has announced today that it has won an aggregate capacity of 4.8 MWp in the government’s call for tenders (CRE4) for “solar power plants on buildings with a capacity between 100 kWp and 8 MWp” in September 2020. This capacity is spread over 20 projects, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur regions,…
Canadian and Taiwanese authorities grant Lleida.net three new patents
PARIS: The Canadian and Taiwanese authorities have granted the technology services company Lleida.net three new patents, bringing its intellectual property portfolio to 200. In Canada, the company has received a patent for its “METHOD FOR CERTIFYING DELIVERY OF SMS/MMS DATA MESSAGES TO MOBILE TERMINALS” and for its “METHOD FOR CERTIFYING THE SENDING OF ELECTRONIC MAIL”….
UK orders another 40 million doses of Valneva COVID-19 vaccine for 2022
SAINT-HERBLAIN: Valneva SE reported the UK Government has exercised its option to order 40 million doses of its inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate for supply in 2022. This brings the total volume of the Valneva vaccine ordered by UK Government to 100 million doses and the UK Government retains options over a further 90 million…
Dassault Aviation receives order for 12 Rafales for French Air and Space Force
SAINT-CLOUD: Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, today signed a contract for the sale of 12 Rafale aircraft with Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces. These aircraft will replace the 12 Rafales of the French Air and Space Force (FASF) sold to the Hellenic Air Force. The contract was signed during…
Heijmans and Staedion strengthen cooperation in The Hague
AMSTERDAM: Housing corporation Staedion has chosen Heijmans as its partner to work with The Hague city council on the transformation and renewal of the city’s Dreven, Gaarden and Zichten neighbourhoods. In a follow-up to a letter of intent signed in late 2018, Heijmans and Staedion this week signed a continuation agreement for the plans in…
2CRSi to design European sovereign high performance computing solution
STRASBOURG: 2CRSi, a designer and manufacturer of energy-efficient computer servers, has been selected by the European Commission to contribute to designing and building a European sovereign High Performance Computing solution, a news release said. 2CRSi announced it is among the members of the consortium selected by the European Commission to design and manufacture sovereign 100%-European…
CO2 GRO announces first commercial feasibility in EU
PARIS: Toronto based CO2 GRO Inc. announced its first commercial feasibility in the EU with France based Plant Advanced Technologies PAT. It is also the first partnership with its UK based Marketing Partner Rika Biotech that is exclusively representing CO2 Delivery Solutions in the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium greenhouse markets. The commercial feasibility is…
Europcar creates Nordic Regional Cluster
PARIS: Europcar Mobility Group announced the creation of a Nordic Cluster across Europcar Mobility Group businesses in Denmark, Finland and Norway, which will be led by Stéphane Soille, appointed as its Managing Director. Stéphane Soille will be supported by a Country Head for each of the three markets, with a strong commercial focus: Christian Øien…
Air Liquide inaugurates low-carbon hydrogen membrane-based production unit in Canada
PARIS: Air Liquide has completed the construction of the world’s largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer, a news release said. Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is now producing up to 8.2 tonnes per day of low-carbon hydrogen in Bécancour, Québec. With this large-scale investment, the Group confirms its long-term commitment to the hydrogen energy…
GeNeuro gets French state grant for COVID-19 research action
PARIS: GeNeuro has received an award from the French national research agency, ANR (Agence Nationale de Recherche), for its COVERI project focused on understanding the role of human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) proteins in the abnormal immune-inflammation or the neurological damages suffered by important subsets of COVID-19 patients. In June 2020, GeNeuro signed a research agreement…