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| August 2025 | Alstom secured a contract with Virgin Trains to supply 12 new high-speed Avelia Stream tilting trains, part of a £700 million service across northern Europe that will include routes through the Channel Tunnel. |
| 2025 | Teleperformance shortened its name to TP. |
| August 2025 | A hack of the Dutch Clinical Diagnostics NMDL lab in Rijswijk was reported, with sensitive personal data of 485,000 national early cervical cancer screening program participants stolen. The laboratory reportedly paid the hacker group Nova after personal details of 53,000 people were published on the dark web. |
| July 2025 | Sold Irish whiskey brands Clontarf and Knappogue Castle to Cobblestone Brands, and Indian whisky Imperial Blue to Tilaknagar Industries. |
| July 2025 | Announced plans to seek ECB approval to increase stake in Banco BPM beyond 20%. |
| July 2025 | ArcelorMittal announced the closure of a wire mill in Hamilton, Ontario, affecting 153 jobs. |
| 2025 | As of Spring 2025, only 14 of the 28 contracted Amtrak high-speed train sets have been built and remain in the testing phase. |
| July 2025 | Acquired WNS in a $3.3 billion cash deal. |
| July 2025 | BNP Paribas acquired Axa Investment Managers, an investment subsidiary of AXA insurance and reinsurance company. |
| June 2025 | Renault, Geely Auto, and Geely Holding announced a joint venture to manufacture electric vehicles in Brazil, with Renault holding 73.57% ownership, to produce and distribute vehicles under Renault and Geely brands. |
| June 2025 | TP purchased Vancouver-based AI crowdsourcing platform Agents Only and launched TP.ai FAB, an AI orchestration platform. |
| June 25 2025 | A network of international press researchers named 'Dirty Payments' accused Worldline of handling billions of euros in fraudulent payments, causing the company's share price to fall by 21%. |
| June 2025 | Justice for Myanmar reported that Airbus had completed its divestment from AviChina, AVIC's publicly listed subsidiary, by April 1, 2025. |
| 2025 | The company was discovered to operate content moderation for Meta in Accra, Ghana, facing criticism for poor working conditions and low pay. |
| June 2025 | Luca de Meo was appointed as the new chief executive, set to begin on September 15, 2025, succeeding François-Henri Pinault. |
| June 2025 | Luca de Meo resigned as Renault's CEO. |
| June 2025 | Publicis Groupe acquired the advertising mandate for Mars Inc., estimated to be worth $1.7 billion. |
| June 2025 | L'Oréal signed an agreement to acquire haircare brand Color Wow to tap into rapid growth in premium hair products. |
| May 28 2025 | The board unanimously selected Antonio Filosa as the next CEO, with powers to start on June 23, 2025. Filosa is a 25-year veteran of the company with experience leading operations in North and South America. |
| May 2025 | Crédit Agricole announced the acquisition of a 9.9% minority stake in Crelan. |
| May 2025 | Announced the appointment of Olivier Gavalda as new CEO, succeeding Philippe Brassac during the annual shareholder meeting. |
| May 2025 | The Financial Times reported a significant financial and strategic crisis in LVMH's Moët Hennessy wines and spirits division, revealing a dramatic shift from €1 billion cash flow in 2019 to a €1.5 billion cash burn in 2024, attributed to aggressive pricing, multiple acquisitions, and internal cultural tensions. |
| May 2025 | Sanofi announced the buyout of Vigil Neuroscience for $470 million. |
| May 2025 | Danone announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Kate Farms, an American medical nutrition company. |
| 2025 | Stellantis was ranked 61st on the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest public companies. |
| May 2025 | Italy planned to appoint Marcello Sala to STMicroelectronics' supervisory board, seeking more oversight as the company planned a $300 million cost-cutting program potentially leading to job cuts. |
| 2025 | Purwakarta Plant in Indonesia was planned for opening through an Indomobil joint venture, preparing to produce the Citroën ë-C3 electric vehicle. |
| April 30 2025 | Opella was established as an independent company headquartered in France, following Sanofi's sale of a 50.0% controlling stake to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). Sanofi retained a 48.2% minority shareholding, and Bpifrance acquired a 1.8% stake in the company. |
| April 2025 | Hermès announced plans to increase product prices in the United States, reporting €4.1 billion in Q1 revenue and surpassing LVMH to become the world's most valuable luxury group. |
| 2025 | Planned closure of Luton Plant in United Kingdom |
| April 2025 | Crédit Agricole (through Indosuez Wealth Management) signed an agreement to purchase Swiss private bank Banque Thaler. |
| 2025 | Renault 5 E-Tech is awarded the European Car of the Year, further demonstrating Renault's leadership in electric vehicle design. |
| April 10 2025 | Société Générale named William Connelly as its next Chairman, set to take over in May 2026. |
| April 2025 | PETA launched investigations into LVMH's supply chain, revealing severe animal welfare violations in slaughterhouses supplying the company. The investigations exposed disturbing practices including cruel treatment of snakes, minks, and foxes during their slaughter process. |
| March 31 2025 | Renault is set to acquire Nissan's 51% stake in its Indian manufacturing unit. |
| March 2025 | At the Airbus Summit, the company provided updates on the development of its ZEROe hydrogen-powered aircraft concept. |
| March 2025 | Alexis Kohler, President Emmanuel Macron's chief of staff, was appointed as executive vice president of Société Générale, effective June 2025, to oversee M&A and assist CEO Slawomir Krupa. |
| 2025 | LVMH to re-enter Formula One with a $150 million annual multi-year investment. TAG Heuer will return as Formula One timekeeper, and Louis Vuitton will sponsor the Australian Grand Prix starting this year. |
| March 2025 | TP and Carnegie Mellon University announced a partnership to accelerate AI applied research. |
| March 2025 | A judicial investigation was opened in France against TotalEnergies for involuntary manslaughter in connection with its operations in Mozambique. |
| 2025 | Hedmos, a new automotive brand for the Chinese market, was established by Stellantis with Bi Gao Cheng as its brand CEO. |
| 2025 | The company's South Africa division ended production of long steel products due to high logistic and energy costs. |
| March 2025 | Matthew Ponsonby resigned as BNP Paribas' UK head of global banking, having joined in 2017 and expanded the bank's investment banking activities in Europe. |
| March 2025 | ArcelorMittal was indicted for endangering lives, forgery, and environmental damages related to industrial pollution in Fos-sur-Mer. The company was placed under judicial supervision, required to provide a 250,000 euro deposit and a 1.75 million euro bank guarantee. |
| March 2025 | L'Oréal sold hair care brand Carol's Daughter to an unnamed entrepreneur. |
| March 1 2025 | Pierre-Antoine Vacheron was appointed CEO, succeeding Marc-Henri Desportes. |
| February 2025 | Acquired the South African gin Inverroche. |
| February 2025 | BNP Paribas increased its stake in Ageas to 15.07%. |
| February 2025 | Teleperformance announced a partnership with Sanas, an AI accent adjustment software provider, and made an equity investment of approximately $13 million in the company. |
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