Saudi Aramco awards Spanish Técnicas Reunidas projects worth €700 million
Saudi Aramco selected TR for the execution of two lump sum turnkey contracts for its upcoming Jazan refinery and marine terminal project.
Companies
Newsweek Green Ranking names Repsol world energy leader
The company has been recognised as the energy company with the best environmental performance in 2012. For the second consecutive year, Repsol leads the Green Ranking of the energy sector that evaluates environmental practices of the world’s top 500 major listed companies.
Broadcasting Banco Sabadell
Moving away from traditional web pages. “Companies can resolve their queries easily and in real time,” Banco Sabadell affirms, “and for the bank it represents an excellent tool for communication.”
Ferrovial reports 488.5 million euro profit
MADRID | Ferrovial reinforced its international footprint. Sales outside Spain accounted for 63% and international projects accounted for 63% of the combined Construction and Services backlog, which totalled 22.460 billion euro.
Marks & Spencer back to Spain, Germany via online retail trade
British retailer marks & Spencer advances plans to rebuild its presence in continental Europe using online shopping, from core euro zone’s Germany to peripheral Spain.
Supermarket chain DIA improves turnover in Spain, Brazil, Argentina
MADRID | DIA registers a turnover of €8.733 billion in the first nine months of the year, a 6.9% increase. Turnover in Spain climbed by 5.7%.
Ferrovial inaugurates $1.4 billion-investment State Highway 130 in Texas
Ferrovial, through Cintra, its toll road subsidiary, will operate segments 5 and 6 of State Highway 130 (SH130) between Austin and San Antonio, Texas, for the next 50 years. This project represents a managed investment of 1.389 billion dollars.
Ford saves Spanish plant in Almussafes over Belgian Genk
By Joaquim Clemente, in Valencia | Ford’s plant in Spain has survived against the latest US company’s restructuring programme in Europe. There is no coincidence here: Ford Almussafes is more cost efficient, more flexible and consistently more successful.
Spanish Indra awarded four highway IT management contracts in India
With these contracts, Indra is able to make progress in the objective of increasing its presence in the Asian continent’s emerging markets, where it has subsidiaries in India, China, the Philippines and Sydney.
Almirall-AB Biotics deal promises use of pharmacogenetics can reduce public healthcare system costs
Almirall said pharmacogenetics testing helps doctors to improve treatment efficacy, reduce side effects, and could lead to a cut down in healthcare system costs. Patient response to medicines is conditioned by genetics.