Expansions, infrastructure, mergers, policy, digitalisation, layoffs and closures — updated daily. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:feed-en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b8aaab14:en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z

Basel-based contract manufacturer Lonza has signed an agreement to acquire five US development and manufacturing sites from Merck KGaA, with around 1,100 employees transferring to Lonza. The sites cover bioconjugates such as antibody-drug conjugates and viral vectors; Lonza goes from four to nine US sites and to more than 6,000 employees there. The enterprise value is in the low to mid triple-digit millions of Swiss francs (Lonza, ad hoc announcement, 3 November 2026). — Source: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-11/70013589-adhoc-lonza-group-ag-lonza-signs-agreement-to-acquire-us-cdmo-network-from-merck-kgaa-darmstadt-germany-and-significantly-expands-its-us-presence-023.htm

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:96c4daa4:en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z

ACG Metals plans to acquire 100% of Blue Moon Norway from Blue Moon Metals, including its 94.52% stake in the Nussir copper mine under construction and other Norwegian development projects. The US$220m price is paid entirely in ACG shares; ACG describes the result as a high-growth European copper company (ACG Metals, announcement via Oslo Børs, 3 November 2026). — Source: https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/685434

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6bbac484:en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z

Alongside its third-quarter results Schaeffler announced a further savings programme: 3,460 jobs are to go in Europe, 2,660 of them in Germany, affecting 16 European sites. Five sites are to be given up, four of them in Germany, including Dortmund (430 employees), Morbach (160) and Berlin (about 270) as well as Schwalbach; annual savings of €300m are targeted from 2030, with one-off costs of about €480m. IG Metall and the group works council criticise the plans, and details are still to be negotiated (dpa-AFX via finanznachrichten.de, 3 November 2026; second source: WirtschaftsWoche, 3 November 2026). — Sources: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-11/70016459-roundup-2-schaeffler-streicht-tausende-jobs-und-schliesst-werke-aktie-im-minus-016.htm · https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/auto/autozulieferer-schaeffler-streicht-tausende-jobs-und-schliesst-werke/100266861.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4e972fe4:en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z

Restructuring proceedings without self-administration were opened at Wels regional court on 3 November 2026 against the plastering, screed and concrete company; 50 employees are affected and liabilities are about €3.8m according to KSV1870. A 20% payout is offered; the administrator is assessing whether and to what extent the business continues, so the figure is not in the job-cuts field (Tips, 3 November 2026). — Source: https://www.tips.at/nachrichten/voecklabruck/land-leute/740800-lachinger-gmbh-in-oberhofen-insolvenz-betrifft-50-mitarbeiter

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:e12979a7:en 2026-11-03T06:00:00Z

Bankruptcy proceedings were opened on 3 November 2026 at the Graz regional civil court against the concrete mixing plant maker in Deutschfeistritz; 44 employees are affected and liabilities are about €7.4m. According to KSV1870 no restructuring is sought and the business is to close; an investor entry had collapsed in October (5min.at, 3 November 2026). — Source: https://www.5min.at/steiermark/5202611031554/74-millionen-euro-passiva-steirisches-traditionsunternehmen-ist-pleite/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:726e3f2b:en 2026-11-02T06:00:00Z

IFCO is building a plant of more than 23,000 m² in the San Andrés industrial estate in Alcantarilla (Murcia region) to wash and prepare reusable crates for fruit and vegetables. Construction is due to start in December 2026; the first phase, with four washing lines and 70 million crates a year, is to open in May 2028 and the second, with eight lines and 140 million, in January 2029. The report gives no job figure (El Periódico, 2 November 2026). — Source: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20261102/multinacional-ifco-invertira-32-millones-136010983

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:7a4e9527:en 2026-11-02T06:00:00Z

The Danish shoemaker is closing two of its own factories because of overcapacity, in Portugal with 650 staff and in Vietnam with 1,400; production will continue in Indonesia, Thailand and China. A further 400 jobs in global and regional functions go by the end of the year, 80 of them in Denmark, and the owning family is injecting €50m of fresh capital. The total of 2,450 jobs is the sum of the three figures (DR, 2 Nov 2026; second source: Børsen, 2 Nov 2026). — Sources: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/ecco-lukker-fabrikker-i-udlandet-flere-end-2-000-mister-jobbet · https://borsen.dk/nyheder/virksomheder/ecco-fyrer-over-2400-ansatte-og-lukker-fabrikker

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:740afd7c:en 2026-11-02T06:00:00Z

The Paris commercial court opened receivership proceedings (redressement judiciaire) on 2 November 2026 for SEGM BHV, which includes the historic department store at the Hôtel de Ville and BHV Parly 2. The company employs about 700 people (September figures); a six-month observation period, which can be renewed, will decide whether it is restructured, sold to a buyer or liquidated. The store had been resold at a loss in June (BFMTV/AFP, 2 November 2026). — Sources: https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/le-grand-magasin-bhv-de-paris-est-place-en-redressement-judiciaire_AD-202611020620.html · https://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/le-grand-magasin-bhv-officiellement-place-en-redressement-judiciaire-20261102

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:43afe224:en 2026-11-01T06:00:00Z

The new Brittenpassage at Amsterdam Zuid station is due to open on 1 November 2026, about 200 metres west of the existing station passage, with lifts, escalators, shops and a large bicycle parking area; changing between train, metro and tram (Parnassusweg stop) becomes easier. Straight afterwards the existing Minervapassage will be rebuilt to become taller and three times as wide so that it can handle more passengers; the Nieuw-Zuid consortium (Mobilis, Boskalis, Van Gelder) is carrying out the work within Zuidasdok, a joint project of ProRail, Rijkswaterstaat and the City of Amsterdam, and the report gives no costs. Announced on 5 June 2026; the date marks the opening of the Brittenpassage, and the article gives no date for the Minervapassage rebuild. (LOK Report, 5 Jun 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/niederlande/niederlande-die-neue-passagierpassage-am-bahnhof-amsterdam-zuid-wird-am-1-november-eroeffnet.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:44f209d1:en 2026-11-01T06:00:00Z

The line was originally due to enter service in December 2025 and was finished in mid-2026, with voltage tests already carried out; then a transformer had to be sent to Spain for repairs, returned on 23 or 24 Sep 2026 and was installed. Energy Minister Dorin Junghietu names the end of October to early November 2026 as the latest date given by the contractor; the start has thus been postponed for the sixth time. 1 Nov 2026 is a placeholder; announced on 16 Oct 2026 (Logos Press, 16 Oct 2026). — Source: https://logos-pres.md/noutati/punerea-in-functiune-a-liniei-vulcanesti-chisinau-este-amanata-din-nou/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4f002db9:en 2026-10-31T06:00:00Z

Repairs to the Thessaly rail lines damaged by the storms of autumn 2023 are running late: the Athens–Thessaloniki main line is now due to be finished at the end of October 2026 (announced on 26 August 2026) and until then allows only limited operation, while the branch lines Paleopharsalos–Kalambaka and Larissa–Volos, which are to be upgraded in parallel, have seen no traffic since 2023 and no current information is available. In January 2026 Minister Kyranakis told a parliamentary committee that a journey time of 3.5 hours between Athens and Thessaloniki could be reached by 2027, which besides the repairs requires ETCS Level 1 along the whole route and the new Hellenic Train trains. The newspaper Ethnos considers a case-by-case review of level crossings, the stalled four-track undergrounding of the line in Athens-Sepolia, the complete renovation of about 50 km between SKA and Inoi and a plan for Larissa to be necessary as well. The date is a placeholder: the article gives only the end of October 2026, and the last day of the month is used. (LOK Report, 19 Jan and 26 Aug 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/griechenland/griechenland-reparatur-der-bahnstrecken-in-thessalien-verzoegert-sich.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/griechenland/64484-griechenland-athen-thessaloniki-in-3-5h.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a667f4d1:en 2026-10-31T06:00:00Z

Iarnród Éireann is reinstating the 42 km Limerick–Foynes freight line at a cost of EUR 151.5 million: track laying has been finished since 2025, signalling, telecoms and the refurbishment of Foynes station are still under way, 13 level crossings get CCTV, and the connection to the network at Limerick is being built. According to the report of 12 May 2026, completion is planned for October 2026, followed by driver training, with the first freight trains expected in early 2027. In parallel, construction has begun on a temporary station at Adare (one platform and an outdoor hall, about six months of work) to serve Ryder Cup spectators in September 2027. The date is a placeholder: the article names only the month of October 2026, so 31 October 2026 is used. (LOK Report, 12 May 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/irland/irland-strecke-limerick-foynes-baustart-fuer-den-provisorischen-bahnhof-in-adare-zum-ryder-cup.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:987e8aa1:en 2026-10-31T06:00:00Z

Announced on 7 November 2025 at the signing of the tunnel agreement with Bulgaria: North Macedonia's deputy prime minister and transport minister Aleksandar Nikoloski gives October 2026 as the completion date of the second phase, Beljakovce–Kriva Palanka on Corridor 8, which is under construction; he is dissatisfied with the contractors and is looking for a solution together with the EBRD. The first phase, Kumanovo–Beljakovce, cost EUR 79 million and EUR 155 million is expected for the second; for the third phase, Kriva Palanka–border (about EUR 455 million), prequalification for contractors and construction supervision is to be published in December, plus EUR 110 million for signalling and electrification. The total budget from Kumanovo to the border is at least EUR 810 million, of which EUR 200 million is EU funding. The date is a placeholder: the article gives only the month of October 2026. (LOK Report, 11 Nov 2025) Update (7 Oct 2026): According to BTA, about 40% of the work on the 34 km section with 29 bridges had been completed by 18 Sep 2026, with 50% targeted by the end of 2026; the report gives no new completion date, so the earlier October 2026 date is outdated (BTA, 18 Sep 2026). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/nordmazedonien/62933-bulgarien-nordmazedonien-vereinbarung-ueber-bau-und-den-betrieb-des-grenzueberschreitenden-eisenbahntunnels-auf-dem-korridor-8-in-gjuesevo-unterzeichnet.html · https://www.bta.bg/en/news/balkans/1207449-around-40-progress-made-on-north-macedonia-s-rail-corridor-8-section-from-belja

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f0adfa06:en 2026-10-31T06:00:00Z

Single-source report: according to Sky News, as reported by Expansión, the UK telecoms group (owned equally by Telefónica and Liberty Global) is preparing to cut several thousand of its roughly 16,000 jobs; people close to the company said up to 4,000 could go, mostly in non-customer-facing roles. The backdrop is investor concern over £22bn of debt; a cost-saving target, but no headcount figure, is expected with the quarterly results. The company has not confirmed the report (Expansión, 31 October 2026). — Source: https://www.expansion.com/empresas/2026/10/31/vmo2-prepara-miles-despidos-ahorrar-costes.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:551f1edc:en 2026-10-31T06:00:00Z

The Aargau solar installer Go Smart Solution AG has gone bankrupt: its general meeting decided on 6 October 2026 to cease trading, and about 40 employees lose their jobs. The company cites margin pressure, higher procurement costs and sharply lower demand; the search for investors failed. According to former employees, staff learned of the closure only on the day bankruptcy was opened (cash.ch, Blick, 31 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.cash.ch/news/top-news/aargauer-solarfirma-pleite-40-angestellte-stehen-auf-der-strasse-980450

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:ae24ab74:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast has opened its new recycling plant in Lommel, which processes plastic packaging from Belgium's PMD bag; the investment is €30m and capacity is up to 40,000 t a year. Headcount is to grow from 18 to 65 full-time staff, with no date given. The plant is the sixth and last new facility in the Fost Plus investment programme (VRT, 30 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/30/nieuwe-recyclagefabriek-in-lommel/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:05f42e17:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

A new 4,300 m² steel-frame logistics hall has gone into service at the Brescia-Montichiari cargo airport, mainly for Amazon, which has flown from there four times a day, six days a week, since September. The airport is run by Catullo, part of the SAVE group; the masterplan approved by shareholders foresees €100m of investment by 2030, of which €30m has already been spent. The hall was inaugurated on 30 October 2026 (Italiavola, 30 October 2026; Il Sole 24 Ore, 31 October 2026). — Sources: https://italiavola.com/2026/10/30/brescia-nuovo-magazzino-merci-per-i-voli-amazon/ · https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/a-montichiari-100-milioni-investimenti-potenziare-l-attivita-cargo-AJaEVczB

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a4694d26:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

Single-source report: according to the Italian newspaper Il Domani, Czech entrepreneur Michal Strnad, head of defence group CSG, offered in a letter dated 20 October 2026 to buy the Del Vecchio family's Delfin holding for €30bn. Delfin is a major shareholder in EssilorLuxottica; the eight heirs, who own the holding in equal parts, are increasingly divided. The offer has not been confirmed (Zonebourse citing Il Domani, 30 October 2026). — Source: https://www.tradingsat.com/essilorluxottica-FR0000121667/actualites/essilorluxottica-un-milliardaire-tcheque-proposerait-30-milliards-d-euros-pour-delfin-1172822.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:289f694f:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

STRATEC has signed a contract to sell its subsidiary Diatron MI, with its haematology and clinical chemistry products, to an Indian investor consortium. The fixed price is €10.0m, plus performance-related components. The unit is expected to generate about €20m in revenue and an adjusted EBIT of roughly minus €10m in 2026; STRATEC books impairments of €44.1m in the third quarter and lowers its outlook. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026 (STRATEC SE, ad hoc release, 30 October 2026). — Source: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-10/69994712-eqs-adhoc-stratec-se-stratec-verkauft-verlustbringenden-geschaeftsbereich-nimmt-wertminderungen-vor-und-passt-ausblick-an-022.htm

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:51530db0:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

edding AG has sold its Collaboration @ Work division to Callista Asset Management 38 GmbH in a share deal. The price is a symbolic €1, and edding adds a vendor loan and a restructuring contribution and takes over certain liabilities of the division. This ends the review of strategic options for its brand portfolio announced in March 2026; an update to the forecast is due by the end of November (edding AG, ad hoc release, 30 October 2026). — Source: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-10/69992390-eqs-adhoc-edding-aktiengesellschaft-edding-ag-veraeussert-geschaeftsbereich-collaboration-a-work-an-die-callista-asset-management-38-gmbh-022.htm

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:01711a66:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

BMO Entreprenør plans to acquire all shares in F15 Bergteknik and F15 Anläggning of Bålsta, Sweden, via BMO Fjell. The firms specialise in vibration-free rock splitting, rockfall protection and groundworks for Swedish contractors. Base enterprise value is SEK 38.5m (adjustable by +24/-20m to 2030), with expected 2026 revenue of about SEK 25m and EBIT of about SEK 7m. Closing is planned for Q4 2026 (Endúr ASA via Oslo Børs, 30 October 2026). — Source: https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/685168

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:246b5e1c:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

Estonia's largest agricultural group Agrone closed the purchase of 100% of Food Union Management on 30 October 2026. The holding controls majority stakes in Rīgas piena kombināts and Valmieras piens. The seller is Food Union Luxembourg Holdings II, both Estonian and Latvian competition authorities cleared the deal and SEB provided financing. The price was not disclosed, and operations and brands are initially unchanged (ERR News, 31 October 2026). — Source: https://news.err.ee/1610182228/estonian-raw-milk-producer-buys-latvia-s-largest-dairy-company

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:bbfbbb27:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

Ahold Delhaize is taking over Tesco's entire business in Czechia and Slovakia, with more than 360 own stores, over 100 franchise stores, about €3.5bn in sales and more than 14,000 employees. Enterprise value is about €1.2bn (around €1.7bn including lease liabilities); Ahold Delhaize is already present in Czechia with Albert, while Slovakia would be a new market. Closing is expected in Q4 2027, subject to regulatory approvals (VRT, 30 Oct 2026; second source: TASR, 30 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/30/ahold-delhaize-neemt-supermarktketen-in-tsjechie-en-slovakije-ov/ · https://www.teraz.sk/ekonomika/ahold-delhaize-sa-dohodla-na-akvizicii/1003879-clanok.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:07dcebd5:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

Existing co-owner RoosGruppen is raising its stake in JumpYard to about 90%, while Cinder Invest and Freewater Invest exit; the two founders stay on as minority owners and continue to run the company. JumpYard operates 29 wholly owned trampoline parks in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain and Portugal with around 1,000 staff and, after rapid expansion, now wants to prioritise profitability and lower debt. Completion is subject to competition clearance and approval from its banks and bondholders; no price was given (JY Holding, 30 Oct 2026). — Source: https://news.cision.com/se/jumpyard-concepts-ab/r/roosgruppen-blir-ny-majoritetsagare-i-jumpyard--grundarna-fortsatter-att-utveckla-bolaget,c4417890

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:dd32461a:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

The payment follows the opinion of the Council's Economic and Financial Committee and the Commission's payment decisions. It follows the positive assessment of France's final payment request on 29.09.2026 (European Commission, press release, 30 Oct 2026). — Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_2303

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3a07d2da:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

According to the joint statement the digital trade agreement will complement the CETA trade agreement, create legal certainty and ease cross-border data flows; the statement gives no signing date (EU-Canada joint statement, 30 Oct 2026). — Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_2313

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:7c09b148:en 2026-10-30T06:00:00Z

The basis is the Commission's positive assessment of the financing strategy that Ukraine submitted on 26.10.2026. The Council still has to adopt the implementing decision (European Commission, press release, 30 Oct 2026). — Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_2301

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a12e87d3:en 2026-10-29T06:00:00Z

Coolbet's Estonian company VG Estonia has notified the Unemployment Insurance Fund of more than 130 redundancies, 134 according to Äripäev; that would affect almost half of its 300-plus staff in Tallinn. The company cites weaker business-to-business results and growing regulatory and tax pressure; the final scope depends on the consultations (ERR, 29 October 2026). — Source: https://news.err.ee/1610180281/coolbet-estonia-to-shed-up-to-134-jobs-at-tallinn-hq

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:8e5ffdd4:en 2026-10-29T06:00:00Z

Estonian CRM software firm Pipedrive plans to downsize significantly at all locations, according to a letter from CEO Paulo Cunha to staff: fewer teams, management layers and offices. Most current roles are affected, and each employee will be informed individually over the next two days. The company gives no figure; the group employs almost 800 people, around half of them in Estonia. (ERR News, 29 Oct 2026) — Source: https://news.err.ee/1610180296/estonian-unicorn-pipedrive-announces-major-restructuring-office-closures

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f87cd26e:en 2026-10-29T06:00:00Z

Poundland's management filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators on 29 October 2026, giving the discount chain ten days to find a rescue deal. About 12,000 employees are affected; Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the government was ready to support staff and called for answers on why an offer for the business had been rejected. The headcount is not in the job-cuts field because it is still open whether stores will close (BBC, 31 October 2026). — Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck4g182xq90lo

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:cfe50b15:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

The Agrippa Ionescu emergency hospital has opened a new building of about 37,000 sqm at Balotești near Bucharest, funded with 961 million lei (about EUR 190 million) from the EU recovery fund (PNRR). From early 2027 all activity is to move there (ZF, 28.10.2026). — Source: https://www.zf.ro/profesii/cum-arata-o-investitie-de-aproape-1-mld-lei-intr-un-spital-de-stat-ca-afara-spitalul-agrippa-ionescu-si-a-deschis-portile-in-balotesti-langa-capitala-video-cu-interiorul-spitalului-23269941

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a6b0adf1:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

Shopping-centre owner NEPI Rockcastle inaugurated its second solar park at Ariceştii Rahtivani (Prahova county): 56.2 MW on 75.5 hectares, over 90,000 panels and about 73,000 MWh a year. It is part of a green-energy programme worth more than EUR 100 million (ZF and Economica, 28.10.2026). — Sources: https://www.zf.ro/companii/energie/nepi-rockcastle-inaugureaza-un-parc-fotovoltaic-la-aricestii-rahtivani-noul-parc-cu-o-capacitate-instalata-de-56-2-mw-este-al-doilea-din-portofoliul-nepi-rockcastle-23269731 · https://www.economica.net/cel-mai-mare-proprietar-de-mall-uri-a-inaugurat-un-parc-fotovoltaic-de-52-mw-in-prahova-al-doilea-pe-care-il-are-in-romania_989961.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b216adf8:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

Hochbahn is closing the U1 from 13 July to 14 October 2026 between Fuhlsbüttel Nord and Lattenkamp (replacement buses) and rebuilding the Ohlsdorf platform, which is over 100 years old, from scratch, together with the roughly 45 m U-Bahn bridge over Alsterdorfer Strasse; the bridge over the Alster is also being repaired and track and systems renewed. At the same time it is shifting the U1 tracks outward at Sengelmannstrasse so the future U5 can run in the centre, allowing a cross-platform interchange; the U5 is due to run there from 2029 to City Nord and to Bramfeld from 2033. After service resumes on 15 October, trains pass through Ohlsdorf without stopping until 28 October 2026. The date is a placeholder: it marks the end of these non-stop passes; no costs are given. Announced on 22 June 2026. (LOK Report, 28 Jul 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/hamburg-voraussetzung-fuer-bahnsteiggleichen-u1-u5-umstieg-sengelmannstrasse.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/hamburg-hochbahn-startet-zentrale-bauphase-beim-grossprojekt-ohlsdorf-2026.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/64697-hamburg-infrastrukturprojekte-der-hochbahn-fuer-zukunftsfaehige-mobilitaet.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/64514-hamburg-bauvorbereitungen-fuer-ohlsdorf-2026.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:03effd1a:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

GE Vernova is buying Trench Group, a Berlin-based maker of high-voltage components, from private equity firm Triton for US$9.0bn, funded half from cash and half from debt; Trench has more than 3,000 employees. Closing is expected at the end of 2027 (GE Vernova, 28 October 2026; second source: Börsen-Zeitung, 28 October 2026). — Sources: https://gevernova.com/news/press-releases/ge-vernova-acquire-trench-group · https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/unternehmen-branchen/triton-gibt-berliner-energietechnikfirma-trench-group-fuer-9-mrd-dollar-ab

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c3bd7008:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

Swedish shell company Hunter Capital RTO 1 is taking over Danish biotech ResoTher Pharma in exchange for new shares, valuing ResoTher at SEK 225 million before capital raises. Existing shareholders will hold roughly 18%, and a general meeting still has to approve (Hunter Capital RTO 1 press release, 28.10.2026). — Source: https://news.cision.com/se/hunter-capital-rto-1-ab--publ-/r/hunter-capital-rto-1-signs-transaction-agreement-for-reverse-acquisition-of-resother-pharma,c4416286

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:79ed3284:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

The listed serial acquirer Auroora Yhtiöt is buying a majority of roof paint importer Coating Source, which recently posted EUR 6.1 million in revenue and EUR 1.0 million in operating profit. Founder Timo Bygdén stays on as shareholder and managing director. The day before, Auroora had already announced the purchase of the Labko business (wastewater separator systems, about EUR 10.5 million in revenue) from Wavin Finland (Kauppalehti, 28.10.2026). — Source: https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/a/06aea0eb-5eb0-432f-84cb-a70dcb01b0f9

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a0524fdc:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

Contship Italia, in which Eurokai holds about 66.6%, is buying the logistics group Tarros through Sogemar. Tarros has 751 employees, 2,700 customers and 31 ports in 16 countries. The price is in the mid double-digit million euro range, with closing expected in Q4 2026 after regulatory approval (Eurokai ad hoc release, 28.10.2026). — Sources: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-10/69958152-eqs-adhoc-eurokai-gmbh-co-kgaa-erwerb-der-tarros-gruppe-022.htm · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/industrie/contship-unterzeichnung-einer-vereinbarung-ueber-die-uebernahme-der-tarros-gruppe.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:20239c12:en 2026-10-28T06:00:00Z

Danish insurer Alm. Brand announces a round of dismissals alongside its quarterly results: 55 employees lose their jobs and a further 30 positions are removed. Its insurance technical result reached DKK 755m in Q3 (prior year DKK 535m). (Børsen, 28.10.2026) — Source: https://borsen.dk/nyheder/finans/alm-brand-topchef-fyrer-trods-rekordregnskab-vi-har-haft-en-rimelig-heldig-hand

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:1f04a749:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

Infineon plans to invest about €1.1bn in Villach by 2034 to build high-volume production of gallium nitride power semiconductors on 300 mm wafers, with output due to start at the end of 2027. Austria supports the project with €319m of state aid (see policy entry f8ce6c0f); the company gives no figure for new jobs (Dolomitenstadt, 27 October 2026; second source: electrive, 28 October 2026). — Sources: https://www.dolomitenstadt.at/2026/10/27/infineon-investiert-11-mrd-euro-in-villach/ · https://electrive.com/2026/10/28/infineon-to-invest-e1-1-billion-in-villach

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:36f7c3c3:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

The frozen bakery maker Europastry is building a cold store of about 8,900 m² at Barcelona City Hub, the former Nissan plant in the Zona Franca; Europastry and the landowner Goodman share the €20m investment. Operations are due to start in 2027 (in March per El Periódico); no figures on new jobs are given (El Periódico, Expansión, 27 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20261027/europastry-macrocentro-logistico-terrenos-nissan-zona-franca-135781292 · https://www.expansion.com/catalunya/2026/10/27/europastry-abrira-centro-logistico-antigua-planta-nissan-barcelona.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:ecda4d0f:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

E.ON network operator Delgaz Grid finished upgrading a substation in Suceava county, including 17 km of the 110 kV Vicov-Rădăuți line. About 18,000 customers benefit; total cost is EUR 4.7 million (Economica, 27.10.2026). — Source: https://www.economica.net/delgaz-grid-companie-din-grupul-e-on-romania-a-finalizat-modernizarea-unei-statii-de-transformare-din-judetul-suceava_989624.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:811181d5:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

Valmet has agreed to buy Tieto's manufacturing execution system business, whose TIPS MES software runs in about 300 pulp and paper mills and generates roughly EUR 32 million in annual revenue. Closing is expected in the second quarter of 2027, and no price is given (Valmet press release, 27.10.2026). — Source: https://news.cision.com/fi/valmet-oyj/r/valmet-ostaa-tiedolta-tuotannonohjausjarjestelmaliiketoiminnan-vauhdittaakseen-teollisuuden-siirtyma,c4415664

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f8ce6c0f:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

The Commission cleared a €319m direct grant that Infineon Technologies Austria will use for its Villach 'Empowering Fab' project, moving power GaN devices from 200 mm to 300 mm wafers, a first in the EU. Conditions include cooperation with start-ups and research bodies and sharing unexpectedly high profits with Austria (European Commission, Daily News 27.10.2026). — Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_2270

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3fae4c46:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

CoreWeave has put most of a planned 22.5 MW of IT capacity live at atNorth's DEN01 data centre near Copenhagen, its first site in Denmark. Surplus heat is to go into the district heating network; investment and lease value are undisclosed (CoreWeave, 27.10.2026; Baxtel, 27.10.2026). — Sources: https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-expands-global-ai-cloud-platform-with-new-capacity-in-denmark-and-first-ai-network-backbone · https://baxtel.com/news/coreweave-brings-22-5mw-online-at-atnorth-s-copenhagen-data-center

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:cd2d45a9:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

The Catalan educational publisher Vicens Vives, owned by the Sanoma group for six months, has announced a collective redundancy procedure (ERE) for 122 of its 250 employees and plans to close its printing arm Gráficas Instar. Industry sources expect a second ERE for Instar's 21 employees, who are not included in the figure; talks with employee representatives begin in the coming days (La Vanguardia, 27 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.lavanguardia.com/dinero/20261027/11669106/vicens-vives-ere-empleo-despidos-graficas-instar-cierre.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:e03bb4eb:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

Norwegian is going ahead with 123 redundancies at its Copenhagen base after concluding talks with the union Flyvebranchens Personale Union (FPU), affecting 53 pilots and 70 cabin crew. Most will leave at the end of January 2027, the rest ten months later. The background is a cut in the summer base fleet from 16 to 14 aircraft, with only ten needed in winter; some summer routes will in future be flown by aircraft based in Spain. The union calls it an attempt to undermine Danish working conditions (DR, 27 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/norwegian-fyrer-123-ansatte-i-koebenhavns-lufthavn

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:cf644751:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

Dutch shipbuilder Damen plans to cut around 225 of roughly 4,000 jobs (5.5%) in the Netherlands, according to the unions De Unie and CNV; the company confirmed the restructuring, which it says will make the organisation simpler and more efficient. The cuts are spread over 12 to 18 months and affect all divisions; Damen intends to rely on natural attrition but has not ruled out compulsory redundancies. Damen says the move is unrelated to the lost German navy frigate contract. The unions want talks on a support package (NL Times, 27 Oct 2026). — Source: https://nltimes.nl/2026/10/27/dutch-shipbuilder-damen-slash-55-its-workforce-cutting-225-jobs

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d401e477:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

The engineering and consulting firm Rambøll announces 400 redundancies at management level to simplify the organisation and speed up decisions; they are due to be completed by the end of November, with an undisclosed number of voluntary departures on top. Rambøll employs about 18,000 people, around 4,000 of them in Denmark; how many of the layoffs affect Denmark is unclear. Further streamlining that could also affect staff below management level is not ruled out (Copenhagen Post, 27 Oct 2026). — Source: https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-27/news/round-up/ramboll-will-lay-off-400-employees/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:68d65463:en 2026-10-27T06:00:00Z

Swedbank is laying off around 500 staff across the group; in Estonia and the other Baltic states the figure is about 100 of more than 6,000 employees there, according to Baltic head Olavi Lepp. The bank points to a reorganisation of work and normalised profitability after heavy development investment in earlier years, and offers retraining. Lepp does not rule out further cuts as AI is rolled out (ERR News, 27 Oct 2026). — Source: https://news.err.ee/1610178361/swedbank-lays-off-100-in-baltic-states-warns-ai-could-mean-more-cuts

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:abeb0c7b:en 2026-10-26T06:00:00Z

Telefónica España has acquired a 10% stake in OGA, a Seville-based deep-tech company with more than 75 employees that applies AI and mathematical optimisation to logistics, energy, health and defence. The stake comes with a technical and commercial alliance; Telefónica gets no board seat and the price is not disclosed (Expansión, 26 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.expansion.com/empresas/telecomunicaciones/2026/10/26/6adf3c7d468aeb641d8b4588.html