US-based packaging products manufacturer Crown Holdings has signed a deal to acquire Spanish food cans manufacturer Mivisa Envases for EUR1.2bn ($1.6bn) cash transaction. The acquisition, which is subject to approval of the European ...
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Crown, a US-based food packaging firm, is set to acquire Spanish food cans manufacturer Mivisa Envases from private equity firms Blackstone and N+1 Mercapital and management in a €1.2bn deal. Headquartered in Murcia, Spain, Mivisa ...
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Crane Co. reported third quarter 2013 earnings of $0.97 per diluted share, compared to $0.99 in the third quarter of 2012. Third quarter 2013 results included transaction-related costs of $4.1 million, or $0.07 per share, related to the ...
British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA's) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for additional indication for Synflorix, a pediatric pneumococcal ...
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Bosch and PSA Peugeot Citron, along with other partners, are cooperating on the OpEneR (Optimal Energy Consumption and Recovery) research programme, designed to improve the range of future hybrid and electric vehicles and optimise driver ...
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The European Union has started implementing a tough new safety regulation on biocides in coatings and other applications that is likely to result in the withdrawal from the European market of large numbers of coatings chemicals for dealing ...
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New data protection laws intended to protect citizens' privacy, which could see internet companies forced to pay out up to €100m (£85m) in fines if they fail to comply, have been given the go ahead by Members of the European ...
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Pfizer has secured European Commission approval to carry out updates to the summary of product characteristics (SmPC) for its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) Prevenar 13, regarding its use in certain high-risk populations. Now the ...
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The European Medicines Agency has launched a new version of the European clinical trials database, EudraCT V9. This new version marks the initial step of a process through which summary clinical trial results will be made publicly ...
EU local and regional authorities want the EU "to urgently introduce mandatory environmental impact assessments for all shale gas and oil projects," the EU Committee of the Regions said Thursday. The committee is the EU's assembly of ...
US-based Preventice has obtained CE Mark from the European Commission for its BodyGuardian remote monitoring system for use in detecting and monitoring non-lethal cardiac arrhythmias for ambulatory patients. Preventice has developed the ...
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Company enables original equipment manufacturers, commercial and industrial customers to improve cash flow, accelerate time to market and meet energy efficiency targets globally During a webinar hosted by Flextronics, the company ...
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In a round-robin test, Germany‘s Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules compared its results with three other leading international measurement labs for photovoltaic (PV) modules: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the USA, the ...
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PV production grows despite 'crisis-led' drop in investment 02 Oct 2013 Market report published by European Commission's Joint Research Centre. On the up: Cumulative PV installations from 2000 to 2013. Global production of photovoltaic ...
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The European Commission (EC) has announced that it is taking action against Italy in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of the Ilva steel plant in Taranto, Europe's largest iron and steel works. Following a number of complaints ...
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