English forward Andy Carroll waves during the French Nationale 2 football match between Girondins de Bordeaux and Voltigeurs de Chateaubriant ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFPAndy Carroll (35) enjoyed a superb debut for Bordeaux in their 2-2 home draw with Voltigeurs de Chateaubriant.The Geordie scored both goals in his first appearance for the fallen French giants The former Liverpool and Newcastle striker dropped two divisions from L2 Amiens to sign for Bordeaux last week Babacar Leye had Voltigeurs 2-0 ahead at half-time before Carroll's intervention The former England international first struck a low volley on 72 minutes then he scored with a trademark header in the 88th minute to rescue a point for his new club Tetra Pak’s closures manufacturing plant in Chateaubriant will shift to production of tethered caps by 2024 Multi-national food packaging company Tetra Pak will expand its closures manufacturing plant in Chateaubriant The expansion will support the company’s plans to transition the plant to the production of tethered caps by 2024 The investment is in line with the European Commission’s (EC) directive on single-use plastics seeks to reduce plastic pollution from single-use plastic products The tethered caps to be produced at the plant will be supplied to the companies in the food and beverage industry The €100m ($119.26m) expansion plan was announced in June 2021 and will be implemented in two phases between 2021 and 2023 The project is expected to generate 30 new jobs at the plant Tetra Pak’s closures manufacturing plant is located in Chateaubriant a town in the north of Loire-Atlantique in France the plant has been manufacturing closures for decades It is a significant production facility for Tetra Pak in France The plant produced 4.6 billion closures in 2020 It is equipped with 19 production lines that are engaged in the production of six different types of closures Tetra Pak will invest approximately €50m ($59.67m) in the first phase to install ten new lines for the production of tethered caps. Expected to be completed by 2022, the phase one expansion will result in a 30% increase in the production capacity of the plant. Tetra Pak will also invest €9m ($10.74m) in the expansion of the site in 2021 The €40m ($47.73m) second phase will replace the ten existing production lines between 2022 and 2023 to expand the production of tethered caps the Regional Council and the local municipalities agreed to provide grants totalling €1.8m ($2.13m) to Tetra Pak for the plant’s expansion The government and the regional council will provide €0.8m ($0.94m) each to the company while the Community of Communes will provide the remaining €0.2m ($0.23m) Tetra Pak is a Swedish-Swiss company known for its food and beverage packaging solutions The company specialises in processing and packaging solutions for products such as dairy With a presence in more than 160 countries Tetra Pak is one of the world’s largest food packaging companies by sales The company produces a range of packaging solutions including Tetra Brik The packaging solutions come in a multitude of shapes and sizes ranging from 65ml to 2,000ml Tetra Birk, Tetra Rex, and Tetra Top solutions are mainly used for chilled products such as beverages. The Tetra Aseptic packaging solutions range incorporates aseptic processing technology to maintain the integrity of liquid food by retaining its colour and nutritional value for up to one year without the addition of preservatives or the need for refrigeration The Tetra Recart solution is mainly focused on food producers who want to keep their products fresher It is positioned as an alternative packaging option to jars Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network By 2014-02-17T09:00:00+00:00 FRANCE: Nantes Métropole has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 49 Citadis trams worth almost €200m These are intended to replace the 46 Alstom TFS1 vehicles dating from the opening of France’s first modern tramway in 1985 FRANCE: Operation of the Nantes – Châteaubriant tram-train route and regional rail services in western France is to be competitively tendered the Pays de la Loire regional government confirmed on July 17 Société d’Economie Mixte des Transports en commun de l’Agglomeration nantaise (Semitan) Site powered by Webvision Cloud The 64km single-track railway line between Nantes and Châteaubriant in France was reopened for tram-train service in February 2014 after 34 years The new electric tram line is operated by the French National Railways (SNCF) The initial line of the Dijon Tramway System The tram line forms part of the Nantes-Rennes railway route The Nantes to Châteaubriant section of the railway line was modernised and upgraded for tram train operation in order to facilitate the suburban and regional travel by providing access to a multitude of destinations The new tram line is expected to have a daily ridership of about 11,200 passengers The railway line connecting Nantes to Chateaubriand was first opened in December 1877 The passenger services on the line were terminated in 1980 and subsequently the fright traffic on the line was also stopped in 2008 A revitalisation programme to upgrade the line was initiated by Region Pays de la Loire authority in June 2006 in association with partners including Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) The approval for infrastructure modernisation on the line was received in April 2009 and the funding for the renovation was secured in June 2009 The early ground investigations were commenced in September 2009 and the electrification works on the line were completed by June 2013 The infrastructure works relating to platforms and stations on the line were completed by Fall 2013. The test runs of tram-trains on the line and station openings were completed during the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 The Nantes-Châteaubriant tram line comprises of 11 stations featuring new platforms and 39 road intersections with signal installations The tram-train operation on the line is controlled by a centralised electronic interlocking system in Nantes along with decentralised control units in the individual rail stations The electricity for the tram operations is supplied by a 750V DC power supply system in the urban area and a 25 kVAC power supply system in the interurban area The line between Nantes and Châteaubriant uses Citadis Dualis tram trains manufactured by Alstom The trains run at a speed of 70kmph on the urban network and at a maximum speed of 100km/h towards Châteaubriant Each coach of the tram train is fitted with 98 seats along with luggage space and toilets The design is friendly for the accessibility of disabled persons Each tram-train can accommodate up to 250 passengers The Citadis Dualis vehicles were constructed with lightweight materials and consume lesser power when compared to bus and car. The vehicles have 98% recyclability and generate less noise level Alstom delivered 24 Citadis Dualis vehicles for the tram line in February 2014 as part of a €650m ($859.07m) contract awarded by SNCF in 2007 to supply 200 Citadis Dualis tram-train units The total investment for the Nantes to Châteaubriant tram-train line project was about €198.3m (approximately $264.48m) which was financed with contributions from a number of sources The Region Pays de la Loire Authority provided €62.5m ($82.60m) while the Loire Atlantique Department and the National Government provided €54m ($71.36m) and €35.3m ($46.65m) respectively The project also received €21m ($27.75m) of funding from the EU sources The Nantes Métropole also contributed €20.3m ($26.82m) and SNCF invested €5.2m ($6.87m) View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network With some of Sydney’s bigger harness racing stables notably absent the in-form team of Grant Forrest will be looking to strike at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Tuesday Forrest doesn’t mind clocking up a few kilometres in search of a win And his team of square-gaiters are making the travel well worth it at the moment and he’ll hit ‘the Big M’ this afternoon hoping to land a winning double Forrest’s six-year-old gelding Chateaubriant scored a stylish win at Goulburn on Sunday romping home by 5.4m from Oneoutofthesquare and Itsarapt with his other starter Critical Advantage in fourth place Both trotters are likely to back up today and have been installed early favourites in their respective events Critical Advantage will have the services of gun reinsman Cameron Hart and should fight our favouritism with Joe and Mary Rando’s handy square-gaiter Make Mine Muscle (Jack Callaghan) in the opening race Still Forrest also has Papela (Scotty Osmond) and Thebestbourbon He has also scratched Eratigena from the race Forrest will also take the reins behind outsider Orlando Storm ($34) in Race 2 hasn’t raced for two months but has been a consistent performer mainly around the Canberra and Goulburn tracks and may race well fresh Still his best chance of the day does look to be Chateaubriant in Race 3 Forrest will again take the drive and his main danger may come from another trotting stable making plenty of waves at the moment The South Windsor trainer has a big team competing at Menangle and makes a habit of booking the best drivers available to ensure his horses have every chance of success Robbie Morris is likely to drive outsider In The Valley ($41 in early markets) for Williams in Race 2 while Blake Fitzpatrick will be aboard Affaire De Cover ($7) in the same race Chris Geary gets a handy drive aboard Dream Inception ($5.50) in Race 3 while Robbie Morris has picked up a terrific outside drive for Williams in Race 5 with $3.50 favourite Manly Mach Blake Fitzpatrick partners outsider Richmond Tiger ($67) for Williams in that race as well To view the fields for Menangle on Tuesday click here By Michael Court for HRNSW Harnesslink.com is the only harness racing website dedicated to covering news and events in the Standardbred Industry world-wide © 2024 Harnesslink | All Rights Reserved | NV © 2024 Harnesslink | All Rights Reserved | NV Young Frenchman moved into GC lead ahead of Marijn van den Berg Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) led the large chase group of 34 riders for second place eight seconds back while Emilien Jeannière (TotalEnergies) took third Bonus seconds at the line put Costiou in the race leader’s jersey now seven seconds behind stage 1 winner Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) who was in the main chase group and crossed the line in 27th Kristian Sbaragli (Team Corratec-Vini Fantini) moved into third overall with bonus points from the breakaway bumping Jon Aberasturi (Euskatel-Euskadi) down to fourth by one second The 190.9km stage between Ezpeleta and Altsasu saw three riders at the front of the race on the first half of the second day of racing - Sbaraglia Matisse Julien (CIC U Nantes Atlantique) and Joes Oosterlinck (Bingoal WB Devo Team).  The trio scooped up the intermediate sprint and mountain classification points but were not a threat to Van den Berg’s overall lead so had a long leash Route du Chemin de l’étang de Cunault the peloton began to pull back the long leash the riders began the first of four finishing circuits in Saumur and the leading trio’s gap faded to under one minute Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale doing the majority of work at the front of the chase and Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) attacked with eight other riders surging to his back wheel Cosnefroy attacked a second time on the short climb of Haut rue Chèvre (average 12.2%) This time a smaller group formed with Van den Berg Alexandre Delettre (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93) and Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) More riders joined the fray once over the final climb of Haut rue Chèvre and it looked like a large bunch sprint would follow.  The 21-year-old Costiou launched his winning move just beyond the red kite for 1km to go and left no doubt for his first win of the season Results powered by FirstCycling a sports marketing and public relations agency which managed projects for Tour de Georgia a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast) Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden The twinning arrangement between Athlone and the French town of Châteaubriant has been renewed Mayor of the Athlone-Moate Municipal District Cllr Vinny McCormack met with the Mayor of Châteaubriant and President of the Community of Communes of Châteaubriant-Derval Mr Alain Hunault to renew the twinning The Mayor was accompanied by Deputy Mayor Cllr Frankie Keena Chairperson of the Athlone Town Twinning Committee Niamh Dalby and a delegation from the Town Twinning Committee The town twinning visit coincided with the Foire De Béré Festival in Châteaubriant The fair is considered to be one of the oldest in France with its origins dating back officially to 1050 It runs over four days and attracts 40 to 50,000 visitors to the agricultural and commercial exhibits within the 10 hectares site The fair was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions and the 2022 Fair was highly anticipated after the two-year break The Athlone contingent was welcomed by the Mayor of Châteaubriant to a reception to celebrate 27 years of twinning between Athlone and Châteaubriant The event also celebrated 40 years of twinning between Radevormwald in Germany and Châteaubriant and all three delegations reflected on the importance of building links between the communities Mayor McCormack and the Athlone delegation attended the inauguration of the Foire De Béré where the Préfet of the region Didier Martin cut the inaugural ribbon in the company of the Sub-Préfet Pierre Chauleur the Mayor of Châteaubriant and president of the Community of communes of Châteaubriant-Derval Alain Hunault and other official dignitaries Following the official opening the traditional tour of the stands took place where there was an opportunity to visit the exhibits and talk to the exhibitors and producers The Foire de Béré also provided the occasion for where the Châteaubriant twinning agreements were renewed and signed Mayor Vinny McCormack stated that he was honoured to represent Athlone and expressed appreciation to Mayour Hunault and to all of his officials for the wonderful hospitality shown to him and his colleagues on this historic cultural event that the Foire De Béré festival promises to be Mayor Vinny McCormack said: “It is a great honour for me to represent the people of Athlone on this visit to you our friends in Châteaubriant and to share in the wonderful event that is Foire De Bere” “The similarities between Châteaubriant and Athlone run through many strands of society and history and I believe it is these similarities which allow us to learn so much from each other and to reap the benefits of our strong and lasting relationship for the people of our respective towns.” “I would like to pay a special tribute to the members of the Twinning Committees in both of our respective towns These volunteers work diligently behind the scenes to nurture and grow our special relationship and to apply our mutual learnings in a positive way we are extremely thankful for the work of these committees over the past 27 years and we hope that their positive impact will continue for many years to come.” a town-twinning relationship was established between Athlone and the French town of Châteaubriant the mayor of the Athlone Moate Municipal District met the mayor of Châteaubriant and the president of the Community of Communes of Châteaubriant-Derval Alain Hunault to renew the twinning between the two towns Cllr McCormack was accompanied by deputy mayor the chairperson of the Athlone Town Twinning Committee and a delegation from the town twinning committee a historic fair that has been taking place annually since 1050 Cllr McCormack and members of the Athlone Twinning Committee were welcomed by the mayor of Châteaubriant on Friday September 9 to a reception to celebrate 27 years of twinning between Athlone and Châteaubriant Cllr McCormack and the Athlone delegation attended the inauguration of the Foire De Béré The fair is considered to be one of the oldest in France and its origins officially date to 1050 It runs over four days and attracts 40 to 50,000 visitors to the agricultural and commercial exhibits on a 10-hectare site Cllr McCormack stated that he was honoured to represent Athlone and expressed appreciation to Mayour Hunault and to all of his officials The €100m project will be carried out in two phases over a three-year period European food packaging company Tetra Pak is investing €100m in its production plant in Châteaubriant to support its transition to tethered caps The Châteaubriant facility specialises in manufacturing caps for the food and beverage sectors The switch to producing tethered caps is due to take place by 2024 The investment is intended to fund the development of more sustainable packaging solutions in Europe that comply with the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive beginning later this year and ending in 2023 Tetra Pak will expand the plant’s industrial site to allow its manufacturing capacity to increase by 30% The company will install ten lines that support the production of tethered caps the company will replace around 50% of the plant’s existing production lines so that more food and beverage companies can have tethered caps Tethered caps are designed to reduce litter by staying intact with the package Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis Tetra Pak Europe and Central Asia president Charles Brand said: “We are particularly proud of this investment project which demonstrates how we consistently strive to provide customers with sustainable innovations and meet the rapidly changing demands of regulators and society “High-performance food packaging plays a critical role in feeding the world but it must do so sustainably so that food availability does not come at the cost of the planet.” The 30,000m² Châteaubriant plant features 19 lines that manufacture six types of caps the plant produced around five billion caps The latest investment follows Tetra Pak’s commitment to investing around €100m ($118m) a year over the next five to ten years Last June, the company pledged to achieve net-zero emissions across its value chain by 2050 it is focusing on developing a low-carbon circular packaging and equipment portfolio as well as sustainable recycling value chains on his way to win the Prix de Choisel at Chateaubriant racetrack France: Al Wakrah (FR) (Al Wukair x Al Thakhira) a 2-year-old filly who represents the Al Shaqab Racing silk opened her scorecard on her second racecourse start by winning the Prix de Choisel a maiden over 1.100 metres for 2-year-olds at Chateaubriant the Simone Brogi-trained filly broke well from the starting gate at Chateaubriant and was in a mid-position she got closer to the three runners in the front She improved more at the final bend and accelerated well at the beginning of the home straight she kicked clear to take the lead and win by a length Al Wakrah is now the second winner for her sire has won a Gr2 and has already produced a winner