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LIEGE 2020
[EDIT: Liège, April 12]
Over a period of two years, a think-tank, including a sounding board group of 50 people from all over Liège, has been working on an analysis on the present and possible future of Liège and its economy with the Paris-based Futuribles Group...[more]
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ASPARAGUS SEASON OPENS
[BIZ/LEI: Scheveningen, April 14]
Although the location may seem somewhat eccentric, the Limburg asparagus season did actually open on April 14, at the Fortis Circustheater in Scheveningen. The asparagus ambassador for 2005 was appointed in the person of master...[more]
HST CONNECT MAASTRICHT-LIÈGE
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, April 14]
The launch of the HST Connect was held at the Government House in Maastricht where an agreement was signed, following a reception in Liège. The objective of the HST Connect Maastricht-Liège project is to establish a direct connection...[more]
IONIC AND EUROCONTROL
[BIZ: Liège, April 12]
IONIC, the Liège-based world leader in interoperable location-based services, web mapping, distributed geo-processing and imagery is to support Eurocontrol in its Aeronautical GeoSpatial Interoperability Project. Eurocontrol (European...[more]
MOND GROWS
[BIZ/LOG: Welkenraedt, April 11]
The Welkenraedt-based Mond & Cie specialist in the transport of chemical products is expecting to employ another 68 by the end of 2006. They currently employ 180. The full order book for this is the reason for this expansion....[more]
EU ORGANIC PRODUCTS
[BIZ: Eupen, April 9]
International representatives from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and other states came together in Eupen recently to discuss locally sourced, regional organic products. Under the heading 'Die Raupe' [the caterpillar] , groups...[more]
FIRST BLAST FURNACE CLOSES
[IND: Liège, April 8]
The first Liège blast furnace (HF6) will close on April 26 in the context of the closure of hot-rolled steel lines in Liège. Initially it was proposed to close on June 30, but economic conditions have determined otherwise....[more]
TUI AIRLINES NL
[BIZ/LOG: The Hague, April 8]
TUI Airlines Nederland has received its operating license. The business has developed from Holland-Exel, which received a healthy injection from TUI. TUI responded entirely differently to Holland-Exel’s problems than Thomas Cook,...[more]
POWER MARKET DUOPOLY
[BIZ: Brussels, April 8]
The Belgian power market is developing into a duopoly of Electrabel on the one side and SPE on the other, according to André Jurres, the CEO of Essent Belgium, in a talk with the Belgian newspaper ‘De Tijd’. Essent is trying to lure...[more]
LIEGE AIRPORT HOTEL
[BIZ: Liège, April 7]
Following a report in issue 104, it has now been made known that the new Liège airport hotel, to be called Liège Airport Hotel Park Inn, will be the first 3-star hotel in the Park-Inn Residoz SAS chain with the Belgian GL International...[more]
AIR EXEL BANKRUPT
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 7]
Following on the press release on a restart in our last issue (107), Air Exel has been declared bankrupt by the court in Maastricht. It was not possible to move to a suspension of payments before May 1 in order for the airline to continue...[more]
DSM Q1, 2005: POSITIVE TRADING
[BIZ: Heerlen, April 6]
DSM has confirmed the outlook statement, made in February, that its Q1 2005 operating profit would be substantially higher than in Q1 2004, but has revised its related indication upwards, from a previously expected level of 20% to a level...[more]
PRIZE FOR WILLY-PAUL CARLIER
[BIZ: St Trond, April 6]
The international Peace Price 2004 of the United Cultural Convention-USA goes to the man from St Trond, Willy-Paul Carlier, the driving force behind the Blauwe Vogel Travel agency. He gets the prize for his efforts locally; in promoting...[more]
CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS PARKS
[BIZ/INFRA: Düsseldorf, April 5]
On December 30, 2004, the supplementary protocol to the treaty on the avoidance of double taxation of June 16, 1959 came into effect. Germany and the Netherlands looked forward to the agreement on taxation on cross border business...[more]
SIG COMBIBLOC IN GOOD SHAPE
[BIZ: Linnich/Neuhausen, April 5]
Despite a period that saw a loss of 250 jobs at SIG Combibloc worldwide, including 70 in the Linnich area, the company has done well, raising its revenues up by 20% to EUR 1.075bn. SIG Combibloc is one of the world's leading...[more]
OLYMPIC BREAKFAST MEETING
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 5]
Hennie van der Most, a top business figure is holding a second breakfast session with the support of the South-limburg Chamber, organized by the Olympic Support Group. He will be talking about his business empire: De Bonte Wever, Preston...[more]
MEDIASTRA
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 2]
At a business breakfast with the press and public at the Grenslandhallen in Hasselt, Mediastra presented its proposal inviting Limburg (B) business to join a major integrated project for external communication called Visie 39. In week...[more]
LIMBURG TASK FORCE
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, April 2]
On Tuesday March 29, a task force was set up at the initiative of the Province of Limburg (NL), to invigorate and provide an innovative impulse for the Limburg economy. The task force includes representatives of the Limburg business...[more]
CONTI DOING WELL
[BIZ: Hanover/Aachen, April 1]
- Operating result exceeds the one billion mark for the first time
- Sales up significantly to EUR 12.6 bn
- Much higher dividends of EUR 0.80 proposed
- International automotive supplier intends to continue record-breaking...[more]
FEV/FORD CLEAN DIESEL
[IND/SCI-TECH: Aachen/Ann Arbor Mi, April 1]
FEV, the international Aachen-based leader in the design and development of internal combustion engines and a major supplier of advanced testing and instrumentation products and services, joined representatives from...[more]
NOVOVACS CMV VACCINE
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, April 1]
Rhein Biotech GmbH (Düsseldorf) and MUbio Products BV (Maastricht) have announced that they have concluded an agreement to combine their know-how and proprietary technologies to develop a prophylactic vaccine against human...[more]
CARGLASS MARKET SHARE
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 1]
Carglass, the Hasselt car windscreen repairer, is the property of D’Ieteren Group, and has strong recognition in Belgium among the 25-54 year-olds from 30 to 65%. It is believed that its market share is between 75 and 80%....[more]
GLOBAL BUSINESS CHALLENGE
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, April 1]
At the invitation of the University of Washington in Seattle, four students from the faculty of Economics and Business Studies from Maastricht took part in the Global Business Challenge from April 4 through April 10. This is the...[more]
GENUS INTEGRATION FIRST
[BIZ: Aachen, April 1]
A report by Ulrich Kölsch in the Aachener Zeitung notes that Aixtron chief Paul Hyland said that the company was pleased about its considerably improved results for 2004, with net sales up by 55% to EUR 140m. Net income was EUR 7.1m -...[more]
EVERY 2ND GLASS: JUPILER
[BIZ: Eupen, April 1]
The new Liège paper, Le Jour Liège, quoted by BRF, notes that every second glass of beer drunk in Belgium is a Jupiler. The brewery, between Maastricht and Liège, produces 4.5m hectoliters annually and has been in operation for 40 years...[more]
EUR 5M: MAASTRICHT HOUSING
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 1]
2,100 New houses are to be built in Maastricht. The city will receive a EUR 5m subsidy for this from the central government. Studies have revealed that there is a major shortage of housing in Maastricht...[more]
SPACE CENTER GROWS
[BIZ: Liège, April 1]
The Liège Space Center at the Sart Tilman campus is to grow. SPI+, the Liège development company, which manages the building, has received a subsidy of EUR 800,000 from the Walloon region for this purpose. Currently, there are 18 companies...[more]
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MAIDEN FLIGHT
[LOG: Maastricht, April 13]
On April 13, Easy Jet, the low cost carrier, will be running daily flights from Maastricht-Aachen to Berlin-Schönefeld. The flights are fast and cheap (ca.EUR 19 - EUR 25) and should be successful if the marketing is done well in...[more]
THIRD AACHEN-COLOGNE TRACK
[LOG: Eupen, April 11]
The East Belgian Euro MP Mathieu Grosch and his German EU parliamentary colleague, Armin Lachet from Aachen want to see a third track between Aachen and Cologne on German Rail to facilitate the development of the TGV network...[more]
OPPOSITION TO IRON RHINE
[LOG: Wegberg, April 9]
There is popular opposition to the reactivating of the Iron Rhine in Wegberg. Parties concerned met to voice their dissatisfaction recently....[more]
DEVELOPING INLAND PORTS
[LOG: Brussels, April 7]
The ports of Brussels and Antwerp in Belgium, the port of Lille in France and the autonomous port of Paris in France are to sign an agreement as part of the Interreg III Dipcity project on the development of inland ports as a suitable...[more]
EUR 600M FROM TOLL
[LOG: Berlin, April 6]
The truck toll levied on trucks traveling on German highways has produced a sum of EUR 600m in its first 100 days, according to the Minister of Transport Mr Stolpe on ZDF German TV. This was, according to Mr Stolpe, in accord with the...[more]
ANTRAGO IN THE HANDS OF SNEL
[LOG: Hasselt, April 5]
The transport and logistics group G. Snel from Deinze has taken over its Limburg competitor Antrago. The takeover price is not clear. Antrago has more than 100 tractors and transports goods, but also provides warehousing and value-added...[more]
EAST-EUROPEAN TRUCKS
[LOG: Brussels, April 5]
The number of Belgian logistics companies that are flying East-European flags has expanded considerably since expansion of the European Union. This enables business to escape from expensive diesel, high wage costs and social security...[more]
SNCF OUTSOURCES TO TNT
[LOG/BIZ: Amsterdam, April 4]
SNCF, state-owned French Railways, has awarded a 6-year contract for the management of spare parts for its high-speed trains (TGV), locomotives and railcars, to TNT Logistics France, the Dutch-based TPG NV’s business unit. The...[more]
BY DIABOLO TO ZAVENTEM
[LOG: Hasselt, April 1]
There are current plans to double the train traffic to Zaventem (Brussels) airport by 2030 in the context of the Diabolo project. The Diabolo project is designed to connect Zaventem airport with Brussels, Antwerp, Louvain and Liège by...[more]
DHL/KARSTADT LOGISTICS
[LOG: Hasselt, April 1]
KarstadtQuelle’s logistical activities have been sold to Deutsche Post for EUR 200m. Since April 1, the activities and the staff of Karstadt warehousing have been in the hands of DHL, the subsidiary of Deutsche Post. These include DCs...[more]
EXEL LOSES GROUND IN TONGRES
[LOG: Tongres, April 1]
The British logistical group Exel will have to reduce its activities at its Tongres distribution center, as one of its clients, a Canadian office furniture manufacturer, Lanier, has been taken over by its competitor Ricoh. This means...[more]
LOGISTICS UPDATE
[LOG/BIZ: Venlo/Born, April 1]
In its April newsletter, the European Logistics Center (ECL) Limburg looks at Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags attached to pallets, boxes or containers which enable identification, tracking and tracing and can provide...[more]
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LEON FRISSEN FOR GOVERNOR
[GOV: Maastricht, April 14]
Limburg’s Provincial Government has proposed Mr Leon Frissen as its candidate for the governorship to become vacant on July 1 when the current governor the Baron Van Voorst tot Voorst retires. The Ministerial council has also welcomed...[more]
CROSS BORDER TAX INFO
[GOV: Aachen, April 12]
There will be a tax information evening for migrant workers resident in Belgium on Tuesday April 19 at 20.00 hrs at REGIO Aachen e.V., Gartensaal im Haus Matthéy, Theaterstrasse 67 in Aachen. An additional meeting on the double taxation...[more]
RIVER AND WATERWAYS
[EDU: Liège, April 4]
A major conference on rivers and waterways is being held on April 19 at the University of Liège with scholars from the University of Liège, the University of Aachen and Dutch scholars. They will cover the waterways project and cross-border...[more]
EUROREGIONAL DRUGS MTE
[GOV: Eupen, April 1]
In mid-May, the border municipalities from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands will focus on drug-related crime. This was recently announced by Maastricht’s Mayor Gerd Leers. The objective is to achieve joint solutions in the face of differing...[more]
WORKING IN NL
[GOV/BIZ: Liège, April 1]
Working in the Netherlands is a project currently being organized by Liège-based Forem (Walloon Public Employment and Vocational Training Service) with special information days to prepare those seeking employment to the opportunities...[more]
MERIT MOVES
[EDU: Maastricht, April 1]
MERIT, the Maastricht Economic Research Institute for Innovation and Technology is moving into the premises of the United Nations’ Institute for New Technologies, UNU Intech, on April 7. This move is the first step in a proposed merger...[more]
DISABILITY LAW
[EDU: Maastricht, April 1]
A new development, interesting among other reasons because of Euroregional involvement, is disability law. Professor Lisa Waddington holds the Chair in European Disability Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. The Chair is...[more]
LIVING IN GERMANY
[GOV: Heerlen/Aachen: April 1]
Evening courses are being held for Dutch people in the border region about living in Germany. The Euroregional Academy in Heerlen is starting these courses, which it is running together with the Volkshochschule in Aachen, with...[more]
GROWING GRASS ABROAD
[GOV: Hasselt, April 1]
The illegal cultivation of cannabis is crossing borders in Meuse-Rhine. More Dutch growers - where attitudes to the weed have tended to be permissive - are renting isolated farms or barns in which to grow cannabis plants on the Belgian...[more]
EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTER
[GOV: Aachen, April 1]
Aachen’s European Cultural Center, which may cost up to EUR 30m not including annual running costs, is to be built in Aachen by Stawag, the city power utility, between the cathedral and the city hall within the context of Euregionale 2008....[more]
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MICROMECHANICAL CIRCULATION
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, April 13]
April 26, 2005 at 18.00hrs Dr. Ralf Käse, Chairman of the board of Impella CardioSystems AG, talks about ‘Impella CardioSystems AG Micromechanical Circulatory Support in Modern Cardiovascular Therapy’ in room 42A 032, Sammelbau Biologie,...[more]
1,000 KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, April 12]
Maastricht’s University hospital has now carried out 1,000 kidney transplants over a period of 20 years. This was marked by the unveiling of a piece of sculpture to mark the occasion on April 12. Professor Hans van Hooff pointed...[more]
BIORIVER SIGNS WITH MEUSE-RHINE
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, April 1]
On the occasion of the second BioRiver Congress on March 15 and 16 in Aachen, a cooperative declaration was signed by life-science representatives from the two bioregions: Meuse Rhine Triangle and Rhineland. The signatories were Dr...[more]
MEDITECH’S NEW HOME
[LIFE-SCI: Vaals, April 1]
Meditech Strategic Consultants BV (Meditech) is to move into its new building on Friday April 15 at 17:00 hrs. The building will be opened by Mrs Quint-Maagdenberg, the Mayor of Vaals. Meditech is a contract research organization,...[more]
PHDS IN MAASTRICHT
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, April 1]
Monique Mommers, Faculty of Medicine; topic: Childhood Respiratory Health in the Dutch-German borderland. Supervisor: Professor van Schayck; co-supervisor: Dr Swaen, Dr Weishoff-Houben, RWTH University of Aachen.Morten Thomsen, ...[more]
BRAIN TUMOR DIAGNOSIS
[LIFE-SCI: Jülich, April 1]
A team of scientists from Research Center Jülich and Düsseldorf University Hospital has succeeded in establishing a new procedure for the improved diagnosis of brain tumors. A short-lived radioactive amino acid used in imaging techniques...[more]
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HIGH-RESOLUTION NMR SPECTROSCOPY
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, April 6]
In cooperation with colleagues of the University of California in Berkeley, a team from the Aachen Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, headed by Professor Bernhard Blümich, has been the first to measure nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)...[more]
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RUGGER IN VISÉ
[LEI: Visé, April 15]
On Saturday April 16, a qualification match will be played between the Belgian and Dutch XVs in Visé at Rue de Mons. The kick-off is at 14:30 hrs and the match is for a place in the Rugby World cup to be held in France in 2007...[more]
LIONS’ EXPATRIATE MAY FAIR (2)
[LEI: Maastricht, April 15]
Lions Club Maastricht Mondial (LCMM) is holding its eighth annual May Fair on Sunday, May 29 from 13:00 - 18:00 hrs at Kasteel Vaeshartelt, Maastricht.
LCMM is devoted to the interests of expatriates in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion...[more]
DREILÄNDER FREIZEITKOMPASS
[LEI: Aachen, April 13]
The new issue, number 27, of the Freizeitkompass, a guide to what’s on, markets and parties, trips, festivals, eating and drinking and shopping in Meuse-Rhine through June 30 has been published. The publishers draw our attention to a...[more]
HAIR IN HASSELT
[LEI: Hasselt, April 12]
There will be performances of the rock musical ‘Hair’ at the Grenslandhallen in Hasselt on May 13, 14 and 15. Tickets can be reserved at the link below....[more]
TOON HERMANS EXHIBITION
[LEI: Sittard, April 11]
Toon Hermans, the celebrated Dutch ‘cabaretier’ and artist, died five years ago. To mark the occasion, the Media Group Limburg is holding an exhibition of his life and work from April 26 through May 8 at their head office, Mercator 3...[more]
JAZZ À LIEGE
[LEI: Maastricht, April 11]
Joep van Leeuwen has been invited to play at the 15th International Jazz Festival in Liège and on April 29, the Maastricht guitarist will be playing at the Palais des Congrès, as member of the Robert Jeanne quartet. Robert Jeanne...[more]
WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES
[LEI: Aachen, April 7]
200,000 tickets have already been sold for the World Equestrian Games to be held in Aachen in 2006. A lot of the orders come from abroad, including Latin America and Asia. The Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein is expecting half a million...[more]
THEATER IN MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, April 5]
The Theater aan het Vrijthof (see link) has a varied program in April: On April 22, you can hear the Liszt Concours winners from Utrecht, a piano recital competition held every three years and on April 23, there is Bosa Estufa 2005....[more]
WAXWEILER GEO-MUSEUM
[LEI: Waxweiler, April 5]
In the autumn of this year, a new geo-museum will open in Waxweiler in the Eifel. It will house a collection of fossils from the Köppen quarry, which have been put together by amateur paleontologists. The building, next to the guesthouse,...[more]
BELGIAN GLASS IN ROERMOND
[LEI: Roermond, April 5]
Gallery Mariska Dirkx in Roermond will be holding an exhibition of Belgian glass sculpture from April 16 through June 5. Various technologies are used. The artists displaying their works are: Myriam Somers, Joke Demeyere, Jan Willem...[more]
CONCERT FOR TODDLERS
[LEI: Maastricht, April 3]
On Friday April 15, the Limburg Symphony Orchestra will be giving a concert from 19:00 to 19:30 hrs at the Theater aan het Vrijthof for infants, toddlers and their families, which will include Jeux d’enfants by George Bizet and an...[more]
SPRING SHOW
[LEI: Landgraaf, April 2]
The Spring Show of Kasteel Strijthagen will include a colorful flower show and everything to do with gardens. Around the castle and the manor farm there will be a market with antiques and curiosities of all sorts and live music too....[more]
MARKET IN KORNELIMÜNSTER
[LEI: Kornelimünster, April 1]
The historic heart of Aachen’s neighbor Kornelimünster will again be holding its annual market from May 25 through May 29. Craftsmen will be showing their wares from homemade mustard from the Eifel to artistic carving or bread...[more]
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