Environment
CE launches the infringement procedure against seven states in Volkswagen scandal
The European Committee started legal action on Thursday against seven countries including Germany and Britain for failing to police emissions…
Elsaco Electronic and Itron will collaborate for water smart metering
Itron and Electronic Elsaco signed, in November, a contract under which Elsaco Electronic will provide, based on Itron specifications, the…
Bosch’s Volkmar Denner: “The car as we know it will soon be history”
A business trip to London in the not-too-distant future: just as the freeway exit for the airport comes into view,…
EC proposes new rules for consumer centred clean energy transition
The European Commission presented Wednesday a package of measures to keep the European Union competitive as the clean energy transition…
ArcelorMittal Galați: New 6.5 million euro investment
ArcelorMittal Galați started the operations for installing a major overhead crane which will serve for transporting the liquid steel to…
Volkswagen CEO says sees case for building own battery factory
Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen sees building its own factory to make electronic vehicle batteries as a logical move as it…
Legal obligations – decisive factor in companies’ strategies for HS&E (Nov 16, EBC)
Concerns about work safety are determined mostly by legal obligations imposed on companies through normative acts and regulations. Although Romania…
EU and Canada have signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – CETA
The European Union and Canada have signed a long-delayed landmark trade deal, which removes 99% of tariffs – and officials…
Ionut Dumitru: Environment car tax cut will significantly impact the budget
The law that eliminates more than 100 taxes will have a double budgetary impact that presented by the initiators and…
ArcelorMittal: No negotiation on renewable subsidies yet, cogeneration raises concerns
While Chinese steel producers are threatening Europe with dumping prices, ArcelorMittal Galati, that exports two thirds of its local production,…
Green House budget, supplemented 20 mln. lei following high interest
Ministry of Environment decided to supplement with 20 million lei the budget allocated for individuals in the program “Casa Verde”,…
Recolamp: Romania does not collect enough lighting waste
Recolamp collected 647 tons of lighting waste in 2015, representing 80% of the collection performance of Romania, said Roxana Sunica,…
Electric car, digitization, telematics are the trends of the moment (Frederic Banco, ALD Automotive)
Present for 11 years on the operational leasing market in Romania, ALD Automotive is one of the pioneers and main…
A foundation sues the Romanian state for lack of involvement in Volkswagen emissions scandal
The Foundation for Defense of the Citizens Against State Abuses (FACIAS) will sue the Romanian state, namely the Ministry of…
NVIDIA: from video interfaces to world’s leading driverless car provider
NVIDIA was mostly involved into big projects behind the scenes. It’s first foray into the tech world was as a…
Switzerland becomes first donor to an IMF fund for natural resources
Switzerland becomes the first partner to contribute to the new six-year phase (2016–22) of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) fund…