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As part of its Innovation Hub programme, to amplify its investment strategy, Groupe ADP has just invested in the White Star Capital fund. This subscription is done as part of a $180-million round of financing. Based in New York, Montreal, London and Paris, the fund has invested in more than 20 innovative companies since its inception in 2015. Groupe ADP's Innovation Hub: an effective investment model based on two complementary pillars This new venture is at the heart of an investment model based on two pillars: - an internal fund for direct minority holdings in start-ups ; - and...
Eurocontrol has awarded Thales two contracts to strengthen the cybersecurity of its information systems and, in partnership with Cegeka, a Belgian company specialising in advanced information technologies, to support its continuing digital transformation. See the press release  
Lyon, France: Joe Sultana, Director Network Manager at EUROCONTROL, presented to Éric Bruneau, Director of Operations at DSNA, and to Tanguy Bertolus, CEO of Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport, a certificate awarding the A-CDM airport label to Lyon airport, in the presence of all key operational actors. The Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) concept developed by EUROCONTROL for the major European airports makes it possible for all airport partners (air navigation services, airlines, ground handling companies and the airport operator) to take the most effective...
ENGIE Switzerland acquires Priora FM SA from Priora Group, further expanding its business for airports. Founded in 1970, Priora FM SA is based in Geneva, handles the management of buildings, infrastructures and performs all facility management tasks for its clients. Main Priora customer is the airport of Geneva and the company also provide services for the airport of Zurich. ENGIE expects a growing need for FM services, and especially in airports. Airports offer great potential with passengers’ volumes to double by 2036 (source : IATA 2017) and the associated expansion of the...
Groupe ADP wins a contract at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to design and supervise the expansion of the Sharjah International Airport. Groupe ADP, through ADP Ingénierie, wins a €15 million contract to design and supervise the expansion of the Sharjah international Airport, at Sharjah, one of the seven emirates of the UAE. See the press release
Conduent Incorporated (NYSE: CNDT) announced it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its off-street parking business, including the Conduent Multipark System in France and the U.K., along with its U.S. airport parking business, to Andera Partners, an investment firm in France. These businesses, which generate approximately $43 million in revenue are part of the announced Conduent plan to divest up to $500 million in revenue in 2018 associated with non-core assets across the company. “Our off-street parking business primarily provides highly...
Airport performance company, ADB SAFEGATE, will implement its most advanced Safedock A-VDGS (Advanced Visual Docking Guidance System) and SafeControl Apron Management (SAM) solution across all gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). The project will upgrade older A-VDGS already in operation with the Safedock T1 and install the docking guidance systems at more than 90 gates on Concourses A, B, C and D, the North and South Satellite gates and gates included with the new International Arrivals Facility (IAF) expected to open in late 2019. SAM integration software will connect...
VINCI Airports enlarges its network of airports in the United States, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica and Sweden VINCI Airports, a VINCI Concessions subsidiary, is acquiring 9 new airports (2 freehold property, 3 concession, 4 management contracts) and three partial management contracts in American airports following acquisition of the airport portfolio held by Airports Worldwide. This acquisition allows VINCI Airports to make a strategic move into the USA, the world's largest air transport market, and also bolsters its presence in Europe and Central America. The operation boosts VINCI...
Nicolas Notebaert, President of VINCI Airports, and Serbia's Prime Minister, Ana Brnabić, have today signed the 25-year concession agreement for Belgrade Nikola Tesla airport. VINCI Airports has today signed a 25-year concession agreement for the financing, development through construction and reconstruction, maintenance and management of infrastructure of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. With around 5.3 million passengers welcomed in 2017, Belgrade Nikola Tesla in the capital of the Republic of Serbia is the country’s main airport, serving as the hub of Serbian flag carrier Air...