London (ots/PRNewswire) - - New Products and Expansion to Drive Growth Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced plans to grow its light commercial vehicle (LCV) business in Europe by 2010 by introducing new products and expanding into new markets. "Nissan has a long tradition in the European LCV sector and plays a key role in important markets like Spain, Italy, France and the UK," said Brian Carolin, senior ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., has today revealed a highly innovative small van concept at Nissan Design Europe (NDE). Called NV200 and due to be given its worldwide debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in October, the concept turns conventional light commercial design inside out... literally. Its most striking feature is a storage pod which extends from the van's load area when the vehicle is parked. As the pod is deployed, the now empty load bay is ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced the official opening of a state-of-the-art field quality centre (FQC) at the Nissan Technical Centre Europe located in Cranfield, Bedfordshire in the UK. Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070711/264680 The new facility, which was built at a cost of 4.5 million euros (US$6.13 million(i)), will play a leading role for product ...
St. Petersburg, Russia (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the start of construction of its new US$200 million vehicle assembly plant in St. Petersburg, which is due to open in early 2009. Carlos Tavares, executive vice president of corporate strategy, product planning & design at Nissan, called the new plant "the next significant step ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - In line with the timetable given in its press release of 15 May 2007, Valeo (OTC: VLEEY) indicates that the process of examining the indications of interest received from investment funds has been completed without an acceptable offer being made within the defined timeframe. In line with the wishes of its shareholders, as widely ...
Thalwil (ots) - u-blox AG, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, today announced the free provision of AssistNow(r) A-GPS services. AssistNow is an off-the-shelf A-GPS service that boosts a GPS receiver's performance, allowing it to compute a position almost instantly, even in difficult signal environments. A-GPS benefits all GPS-enabled applications, especially those that require "always-on" ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Bryan Barr has been appointed by Nissan Europe as its new vice president of finance, replacing Peter Dickey who moves into the role of Director of business development. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070605/259777 ) In this senior role, Barr will oversee all areas of finance, including financial planning, ...
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - - Strong Business Performance in all Segments CEVA Group Plc, the leading global pure play contract logistics company, released its first quarterly statements today since achieving independence from TNT N.V. on November 4, 2006. These statements represent a further milestone in the company's history and include the following highlights: - Stable revenue ...
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - CEVA Group Plc, the leading global pure play contract logistics company released its first annual report today, following its acquisition by Apollo Management L.P. on November 4, 2006. These statements represent a major milestone in the company's history and include ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - Receives Record Points for Adult Occupant Protection Nissan Motor Co.'s popular new QASHQAI model has been awarded the maximum five-star rating for adult occupant protection from the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), with the highest ever recorded score for any vehicle. QASHQAI was awarded 36.83 points out of a maximum 37 points by the independent crash ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo's Annual General Shareholders' Meeting (AGM) was held today under the chairmanship of Thierry Morin, Valeo Chairman & CEO, and was followed by a Board meeting. 2006 results and outlook The AGM approved Valeo's 2006 accounts which were published on February 12th 2007. In 2006, the Valeo Group, compared with most of its competitors, was able to better weather the steep rise in ...
Sunderland, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan's Sunderland Plant has started exporting its second model to Japan in the space of just ten weeks. In March, QASHQAI became the first Sunderland-built model in over a decade to be exported back to Nissan's home market. Now, the plant's Micra C+C convertible will join it on dealer forecourts across the country. Although Japanese motorists have been driving the ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo states that it is continuing the process of examining the indications of interest received from investment funds, in particular with one fund, and that this process should be completed during the month of June. Should this process lead to an offer that the Board of Directors considers acceptable, or the process be terminated, Valeo will inform the market immediately. Valeo is an ...
Paris, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo announced today that two leading independent proxy voting advisors, ISS and Glass Lewis had recommended that Valeo shareholders vote against the resolutions proposed by Pardus for eight Valeo Board members at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 21 May 2007. They also ...
Paris, France (ots/PRNewswire) - The Valeo Board of Directors examined today the draft resolutions presented by Pardus European Special Opportunities Master Fund L.P. requesting eight Board Members as well as the voting of a resolution on the procedure to adopt should the number of Board Members be higher than the maximum legal limit of eighteen. The Board noted ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - In the news release, "Valeo First Quarter 2007 Results" issued on 24 Apr 2007 18:19 GMT, by Valeo Management Services OTC:VLEEY over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the second paragraph, second sentence should have read "Excluding the impact of exchange rates (-2%) and perimeter changes (-0.5%), growth was 2% and reached 5% in the aftermarket" rather ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Following today's meeting of its Board of Directors, Valeo presented its consolidated accounts for the first quarter 2007. In millions of euros 1 January - 31 March (non audited) 2007 2006 change Total operating revenues 2,640 2,654 -0.5% Gross margin 396 415 -4.6% % of sales ...
Tokyo (ots/PRNewswire) - - Leading Company to Mass Produce Lithium-ion Batteries for the Global Automotive Community Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, and its subsidiary, NEC TOKIN Corporation, have signed an agreement to establish a joint-venture company - Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) - to focus on lithium-ion battery business for wide-scale automotive application by 2009. Nissan ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Appointment of Five New Independent Board Members The Valeo (OTC: VLEEY) Board of Directors, which met today has called the Combined Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) to be held on May 21, 2007 at 3 pm at the Palais des Congres, Paris 17th. The Board of Directors will propose to the AGM the appointment of three new Board Members, the ratification of the co-optation of ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Alfonso E. Albaisa has been appointed vice president of Nissan Design Europe (NDE) located in Paddington, London, effective April 1, 2007. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070330/251615 ) Albaisa replaces Satoru Tai, who will return to Japan. In his new role, the 42-year-old Cuban-American will head a team of more than 50 international designers, modelers and ...
Zurich (ots) - Starting March 25, 2007 SAS' customers can look forward to smoother, more efficient travel as well as a more enjoyable flight. The airline is making a number of improvements to its products and service throughout the travel chain. They range from a convenient and innovative check-in notification service via email or SMS (from June 2007) to free ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Europe reported total sales of 32,468 vehicles(x) in February 2007, a decrease of 4% compared to the same month last year. Year to date, Nissan sold 61,874 vehicles in Europe, a decrease of 5.3% compared to the same period last year. Total industry volume was down 2.8% this month in Western Europe, compared to last year, particularly in markets such as Spain, Portugal and ...
Zurich (ots) - SAS can now offer customers in the Group the possibility to offset carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by paying compensation. "We are delighted to be able to offer our customers this possibility. It is part of the SAS Group's environmental strategy and is a suitable complement to the primary mechanisms in the Kyoto Protocol," says ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo announced today that it has earned five awards from Toyota Motor Europe, including the Superior Performance Award in Quality. The awards, presented yesterday at Toyota's Annual Business Meeting in Brussels, are the following: - A Superior Performance Award, in the Quality category, given to the Valeo Group. This is the highest ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced it has established a dynamic performance facility in the town of Troisdorf near Bonn, its first such dedicated facility in the world. The 1,260-square-meter facility is responsible for the dynamic performance target setting of Nissan vehicles in Europe, including the Infiniti luxury brand which be launched across Europe in 2008. The facility ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo (OTC: VLEEY) today announced that the French Industrial Innovation Agency (Agence de l'Innovation Industrielle, AII) has agreed to provide 61 million euros in funding for its research program LOwCO2MOTION(TM), which aims to improve vehicle engine efficiency and contribute to ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced it has established a dynamic performance facility in the town of Troisdorf near Bonn, its first such dedicated facility in the world. The 1,260-square-meter facility is responsible for the dynamic performance target setting of Nissan vehicles in Europe, including the Infiniti luxury brand which be launched across Europe in 2008. The facility ...
Interlaken (ots) - We are pleased to be able to report once again on a very satisfactory business year. Our most important attraction, the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe, achieved its best result since 2000 (special offer). In winter sport, we enjoyed almost unchanged high demand in 2006. Last year we ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Jean-Paul Mari has been appointed by Nissan Europe as its new Vice President of Communications. In this senior role, Mari will oversee all areas of communications including corporate, product, design and technology and internal across Nissan's European operations in 31 countries and will report directly to Eric Nicolas, Senior ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - World Premiere of a New Model for Europe - Extensive Revisions to 350Z inclUding: - New Generation VQ Engine - Increase in Power and Torque - Redesigned Bonnet Profile - New Exterior and Interior Colours - New Tyres for Improved Refinement Nissan will be unveiling for the first time anywhere in the world a new model which will reinforce the company's ...