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...The firm already owns a life insurer in Germany called Heidelberger Leben which specialises in unit-linked policies, where customer returns rise and fall with the markets....
...Last year Cinven took its strategy to Germany, acquiring Heidelberger Leben from Lloyds Banking Group — although it stopped short of attempting a cross-border merger by uniting Guardian and Heidelberger...
...They are to look at further prospective deals in Germany and Austria through the platform, to be named Heidelberger Leben Group....
...The German regulator, BaFin is poring over the planned sale by Lloyds Banking Group – which discloses its annual results on Thursday – of insurer Heidelberger Leben, which people close to the transaction...
...Heidelberger Leben employs about 300 people and has about 600,000 insurance policies....
...The British bank is selling its German life assurance business, Heidelberger Leben, to private equity investor Cinven Partners and reinsurer Hannover Re for about £250m....
...Hannover Re, the German reinsurer, has teamed up with private equity groups to hold talks to buy Heidelberger Leben, people familiar with the matter said....
...As a result, more than 500 years after Gutenberg perfected moveable type, the three largest German printing press makers – Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Koenig & Bauer (KBA) and Manroland, which together...
...Heidelberger Druckmaschinen said it would cut up to 2,000 jobs in response to weaker demand for printing presses, delivering a further blow to an industry that has struggled to adapt as banks withhold financing...
...Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, the global market leader in printing machines, took a similar path last year....
...Engineering companies such as Trumpf, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen and Bosch Rexroth often have long-established production facilities in emerging markets such as China....
...… Take Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, world market leader in printing presses....
...Heidelberger Druckmaschinen is one example. A global market leader in printing machinery, it has the same brand prestige in its industry as Mercedes has in the premium car sector....
...Analysts urged Heidelberger Druck to step up its restructuring plans....
...The ministry, meanwhile, announced on Thursday it had given the go-ahead for Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, the printing press maker, to be granted KfW credit and guarantees – the biggest company so far to...
...German printing group Heidelberger Druckmaschinen was 2.8 per cent stronger at €4.07 on reports that it was close to agreeing a €1.4bn refinancing....
...And strong brands have survived within larger groups: Bass is still brewed (by AB-Inbev), London Bricks are still fired (by Heidelberger Cement)....
...Insolvency rumours also sent shares in Heidelberger Druckmaschinen down 10.3 per cent to €4.55....
...Leading industrial groups such as ThyssenKrupp, Continental and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen plan to slash investments in machinery, factories or R&D, as hopes fade for a rapid rebound in global economic...
...- Corporate: Intercontinental Hotels, Interserve, Adecco, Greggs, Thorntons, Jarvis, Vedanta Resources, Crucell, Douglas Holding, Heidelberger Druck....
...Elsewhere, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, the German printing press manufacturer, fell 0.9 per cent to €4.17 amid renewed rumours that the indebted company was preparing a rights issue....
...And Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, the loss-struck printing machinery maker, said: “Our capex…will go down this fiscal year but I can not say by how much”....
...The debt burden put at risk Merckle’s control of companies such as Heidelberger Cement and Ratio-pharm, a big generic drugmaker....
...Companies such as Opel, the German arm of General Motors, and Heidelberger Druck, an engineering company, are receiving state help; public sector banks could be pushed into helping others....
...They said that Mr Merckle at that stage would have to pledge as collateral some or all of his assets, which include 80 per cent of construction materials group Heidelberger Cement, all of pharmaceuticals...
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