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Orange wins Young Enterprise Award [Times of Malta]

Orange, a student-company from St Aloysius College, has won the Excellence in IT Award at the Junior Achievement (JA) Europe 26th annual Company of the Year competition in Berlin.

Orange was one of 37 student teams from 36 countries competing for seven awards on the night. The company represented Malta after winning the JA-YE (Young Enterprise) Malta Sixth Form Company Programme in May earlier this year.

Deutschland gewinnt Europameisterschaft der Schülerfirmen [Onlinezeintung]

Über 250 Jungunternehmer aus 36 europäischen Ländern kämpften mit ihren Teams vom 28. bis 30. Juli 2015 in Berlin bei der 26th JA Europe Company of the Year Competition darum, Europas beste Schülerfirma zu werden. Am Ende konnte das deutsche Unternehmen RAUTECK sich über den Heimsieg freuen.

Renewable energy start-up seeks to restore balance in maritime sector with innovative business [EU Reporter]

University ‘Start Up Programme’ students from Denmark win top honours at the 2015 European Enterprise Challenge. Competing against 23 other companies from 16 European countries, Gas2Green won the overall award for best enterprise, additionally winning the ‘Hyundai Brilliant Young Entrepreneurs Award’. 

Start-up-ul VisionBot, fondat de Ionuț Budișteanu, reprezintă România la finala JA Europe Enterprise Challenge [Forbes Romania]

VisionBot este un start-up ce produce și comercializează un robot de tip „pick and place”, capabil să creeze în mod automat produse electronice plasând rapid și cu înaltă precizie componente într-o placă cu cablaj imprimat. Având cel mai competitiv preț de pe piață, robotul VisionBot este dedicat inginerilor, inventatorilor, pasionaților și IMM-urilor care doresc să-și transforme produsele prototip în produse de serie (computere, echipamente electronice sau orice alt produs cu circuite integrate), având un volum de producție de până la 75.000 de unități pe an.

POLITICO Pro’s Morning Tech | What's Next [Politico EU]

ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE: Over 90 “startup students” from 16 EU countries will compete in the annual European Enterprise Challenge from Wednesday to Friday. Organized by youth-training non-profit JA Europe, the Lisbon event will see the hopefuls pitch their startups to experts for awards.