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Swarovski International Holding AG appoints additional Independent and Family Directors

End of January, Bystronic announced the completion of its acquisition of the Tools for Materials Processing division of the US company Coherent Corp. and is reviving the Rofin brand.

Continuity and growth in a single role Objective: Establishment of a global full-service network for publishers Berlin/Roermond – Since the beginning of the year, Britt Nollé has been the new managing director of X-CAGO B.V., the Dutch specialist for data and content conversion in the international publishing business. She takes over from Ingo Kästner, who held the position of X-CAGO managing director last year alongside his role as managing director of the parent company PMG Presse-Monitor in Berlin

WOR 9 summarizes the current state of knowledge about marine biodiversity. Available free of charge, it is the ideal starting point for anyone keen to understand marine life.

Redwitz a. d. Rodach, 28 januari 2026 – Den tyska WPC-specialisten (Wood-Polymer-Composite) Naturinform fortsätter att bygga sitt internationella säljteam: Mikael Gustafsson (45 år) arbetar fr.o.m. nu som Nordic Sales Manager för de skandinaviska och baltiska marknaderna, med särskilt fokus på Finland. I sin roll rapporterar han direkt till Edward Robinson, Director International Business Development. Den erfarna säljaren känner redan den regionala kundbasen mycket väl. Gustafsson har tidigare arbetat för en tysk tillverkare av golvbeläggningar i ovannämnda länder och har därför omfattande marknads- och branschkunskap. Mikael Gustafsson bor med sin familj i Vasa på Finlands västkust. Han talar finska, svenska och engelska och har därför idealiska förutsättningar att betjäna de nordiska marknaderna. Förutom sin säljkarriär kan Gustafsson se tillbaka på en karriär som professionell fotbollsspelare i Finland och Sverige, en erfarenhet som starkt har påverkat hans laganda och prestationsin

German Edge Cloud (GEC) and Cofinity-X are implementing one of the first showcases for interoperable data exchange between Catena-X and Factory-X. The goal is to enable continuous, sovereign data flows across company and industry boundaries. This marks an important step toward seamlessly networked Manufacturing-X architectures in Europe.

What people feel in a place is shaped not only by architecture, design, or service, but also by music. A new European pilot music study by HearDis! in collaboration with Motel One provides the first data-driven evidence of how local music influences the hotel experience. The results demonstrate clear positive effects on sense of place, guest satisfaction, and cultural curiosity.

Climate action as a competitive advantage: Sustainable management ensures the long-term future viability of business models Net zero target: All greenhouse gases produced along the entire value chain will be reduced to net zero by 2050 at the latest Scope 3 as a challenge: Joint transformation with suppliers as a decisive lever in climate action

Berlin / Germany, 01/22/2026 – McFIT, a cornerstone of the European fitness landscape since 1997, is entering a new chapter in its corporate development: for the first time, the successful gym concept will be offered as an international franchise. This move paves the way for McFIT’s global franchise growth in previously untapped markets without company-owned locations.

The EU-wide uniform CO2 price for the building and transport sectors planned from 2028 will change the heating costs of 100 million households. A study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung shows that in many countries, including Germany, the additional burdens are likely to be limited. In Scandinavia, households could even see some relief. But in some Central and Eastern European regions, heating costs would go up noticeably. The study also shows that if the money from CO2 pricing is used the right way, it is enough to ease the burden households facing the greatest burden.

Henkel is celebrating its 150th anniversary under the motto “Future? Ready!”, highlighting its pioneering spirit, innovation, and commitment to responsibility Recognition and benefits for employees during the anniversary year, as well as initiatives and events worldwide

Strategic move strengthens market position in Central Europe, with over 500 locations in 12 countries and more than € 1 billion in sales

Regensburg. VORN Bioenergy today announces the appointment of Jörg Lennertz as Chief Executive Officer and Manuel Fernández Durán as Chief Financial Officer. Jörg and Manuel together with Michael Wallis Olausson form the new management team. Jörg Lennertz is an experienced leader in the bioenergy sector. Joining VORN Bioenergy from Uniper, he played a key role in building the company’s multi-gigawatt European renewable energy business. Jörg’s experience, from project development through to execution as well as in scaling up, will be valuable for implementing VORN Bioenergy’s ambitious growth strategy across Germany, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and Poland. Jörg Lennertz succeeds Thorsten Holl who over the past three years, restructured the company, repositioned it, and established its foundations for growth. Jörg Lennertz says: “VORN Bioenergy has decades of experience in realizing and commercially optimizing biomethane assets, and I’m delighted to join them as they enter a new phase o

Munich, 13. January 2026 - Vyoma, a Germany-based company providing Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities, has launched its pioneering surveillance satellite, Flamingo-1, on Sunday, January 11th, 2026 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA. It was launched aboard the Twilight rideshare mission with SpaceX via Germany-based launch integrator Exolaunch. The satellite was deployed to its operational Sun-synchronous orbit of approximately 500-km in altitude. This marks a significant achievement for the company, which patented the operational concept of an optimized SDA mission. Flamingo-1, equipped with an optical sensor for space-based space surveillance, is a gamechanger for Europe, strengthening SDA efforts directly from orbit. The advanced optical instrument will detect, track and characterize space objects, such as debris and other satellites. Crucially, it will allow Vyoma and its customers to follow up on manoeuvring objects and derive insights into adversary actions

Zoetermeer, Netherlands - 13 January 2026 - Acquisition adds over 200 healthcare customers and sector-specific workforce management expertise to ORTEC’s portfolio

Wiener Neustadt, Austria jan 12, 2026 - First comprehensive global study of very large hail in a changing climate reveals contrasting trends and different causes.

Tübingen, Germany, January 8, 2026 Acousia Therapeutics GmbH, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing treatments for acute and chronic inner ear hearing loss, announced the completion of patient enrollment in its Phase 2 PROHEAR clinical study. ACOU085 (INN: Bimokalner) is a proprietary, first-in-class small molecule that has demonstrated robust and reproducible efficacy across multiple preclinical hearing loss models, including drug-induced ototoxicity. The PROHEAR Study is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, split-body, multicenter Phase 2 trial. It enrolled young male patients with metastatic testicular cancer who are scheduled to receive cisplatin-based chemotherapy. While cisplatin is a highly effective chemotherapeutic agent, cumulative doses of ≥300 mg/m² lead to clinically meaningful, permanent hearing loss in the majority of patients. Fifteen leading university hospitals in Germany are participating in this interdisciplinary study. Patients are randomized

Dortmund, 06.01.2026 As of January 1, 2026, Dr. Stefanie Kesting has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Thyssengas GmbH. She succeeds Dr. Thomas Gößmann, who will retire at the end of February 2026 after nearly nine years at the helm of the company. The leadership transition was announced in autumn 2025.

To mark its 30th anniversary, the European Spas Association (ESPA) has released a special commemorative publication highlighting the strategic role of Europe’s medical spas and climate-health resorts in an era defined by prevention, longevity and sustainable wellbeing. The anniversary edition underlines how natural remedies, therapeutic landscapes and evidence-based spa medicine represent a distinctive European strength with growing relevance for public health systems. Across Europe, medical spas are increasingly recognised as complementary health infrastructures supporting prevention, rehabilitation and long-term quality of life. “Medical spas today are strategic health infrastructures supporting prevention, rehabilitation and long-term wellbeing,” says Dr Siyka Katsarova, President of ESPA and Advisor to the EU’s New Lifestyle Strategy. The publication showcases Europe’s exceptional therapeutic diversity — ranging from thermal and mineral waters, climate therapy and thalassotherapy t

Munich, 22 December 2025 – Entrepreneurs, top managers and leaders from United Europe e.V. and European Forum Alpbach (EFA) are founding the Sovereign Europe Forum i.G.