LONDON, UK: OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in South-Eastern Europe, has obtained a license to commercialize liquefied natural gas (LNG), thus diversifying its activities on the gas market and related products, a news release said. Franck Neel, member of the OMV Petrom Executive Board, responsible for Downstream Gas: “OMV Petrom’s entry on this market is…
Airthings expands US retail footprint with CVS Health partnership
OSLO, NORWAY: Airthings ASA has teamed up with CVS Health, the largest pharmacy in America, to serve as an official retailer of the Airthings Wave Mini smart indoor air quality monitor in its stores, a news release said. By the end of July 2021, customers will be able to find the Wave Mini at more than 3 000…
TotalEnergies renews its global partnership with Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles and extends it to Opel and Vauxhall
PARIS, FRANCE: TotalEnergies and Stellantis announce the renewal of their partnership for the next five years for the Peugeot, Citroën and DS Automobiles brands. The two Groups are also opening a new chapter with its expansion to include Opel and Vauxhall. These global cooperation agreements now cover five core areas: Increased collaboration in Research & Development,…
Cloudberry Clean Energy ASA lists on Oslo Børs
OSLO, NORWAY: Cloudberry Clean Energy ASA uplists from Euronext Growth to Oslo Stock Exchange’s main list, Oslo Børs. Since Cloudberry was listed on Euronext Growth in April 2020, the company has raised NOK 1.8 billion in equity from Nordic and international investors, enabling substantial progress in developing the company’s portfolio of wind and hydropower energy…
Openpay Group to acquire Payment Assist for $28.5 million
MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA: Openpay Group Ltd (ASX: OPY) has entered into a highly material and transformational binding agreement to acquire 100% of Payment Assist Ltd for a total of $28.5 million, a news release said. Commenting on the proposed acquisition, Managing Director and CEO of Openpay, Michael Eidel said, “In Payment Assist, we saw a…
Lifecare AS prolongs and amplifies collaboration with Bath University
OSLO, NORWAY: Lifecare AS announced that the collaboration with the Chemistry Department of Bath University, UK, has been prolonged and further amplified. This will ensure mutual beneficiary progress on the development of proprietary specific chemistry solutions for detection of glucose and additional analytes of interest based on the Sencell technology. In addition, Lifecare has directly…
Inventum and Universität Marburg a collaborate to develop new therapeutic targets using high-quality genetic data
LONDON, UK: The project company of Xlife Sciences AG, Inventum Genetics GmbH has signed a collaboration agreement with the Philipps-University of Marburg. In this way, Inventum Genetics has the exclusive opportunity to develop new therapeutic targets using high-quality genetic data, a news release said. The cooperation between Inventum Genetics and the University of Marburg is…
ViiV Healthcare and Halozyme enter global collaboration and license agreement for HIV medicine
LONDON, UK: Halozyme‘s drug delivery technology provides the opportunity to administer large volume subcutaneous injections that may enable dosing intervals of every three months and up to six months or longer for ViiV‘s pipeline of HIV medicines London and San Diego, 22 June 2021 – ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline plc (“GSK”),…
Proton Motor and Electra to develop zero emission fuel cell truck market in the UK and Ireland
LONDON, UK: Proton Motor Power Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Electra Commercial Vehicles Limited to develop the zero emission fuel cell truck market in the UK and Ireland, a news release said. Electra was founded in 2017 by Sid Sadique to develop, test and manufacture all electric trucks. It is the…
National Express acquires Transportes Rober in Spain for €13 million
LONDON, UK: National Express Group has acquired Transportes Rober (Rober) in Spain for headline consideration of €13 million, which represents 2.6 times EBITDA, a news release said. The acquisition of Rober, which has operated the urban bus contract in Granada for more than 20 years, represents a further step in consolidating the regional and urban…
Grafton Group agrees to acquire Finland based IKH for €199.3 million
LONDON, UK: Grafton Group plc has signed an agreement with Mr. Ilkka Alakortes and his family to acquire Isojoen Konehalli Oy and Jokapaikka Oy (IKH), one of the largest workwear and personal protective equipment (PPE), tools, spare parts and accessories technical wholesalers and distributors in Finland, a news release said. The consideration payable for IKH…
BIO-UV Group with its American partner The Columbia Group win U.S. Navy contract
PARIS, FRANCE: BIO-UV Group with its American partner The Columbia Group Inc. have been selected by the U.S. Navy, following an international call for tenders, to develop a military version of its UV ballast water disinfection system to equip future ships of the United States Navy. Until now, military vessels have operated outside the scope…