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PRIX NOTGER
[BIZ/GOV: Liège, March 29]
The Prix Notger is an award that forms one of the highlights of the ‘Semaine Allemande’ - German Week. This year it went to Bernard Serin of CMI (Cockerill Mechanical Industries). CMI, employing 1700 worldwide, is a diversified Belgian...[more]
AMB GENERALI STATEMENT
[BIZ: Aachen, March 29]
Pursuant to section 27 of the German Securities and Takeover Act (WpÜG), the Management Board of AMB Generali Holding AG, Aachen, has made a statement on the voluntary public offer by Generali Beteiligungs-GmbH, Aachen – a wholly owned...[more]
TGV: MAASTRICHT-PARIS DIRECT
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, March 28]
From March 28 it has been possible to purchase a TGV-Thalys high-speed train ticket direct from Maastricht to Paris at the cost of EUR 61 for the return fare. The Maastricht-Paris link, via Liège and Brussels has been operating...[more]
D/C STOPS SMART 4X4
[BIZ: Aachen March 27]
The DaimlerChrysler company is to stop production of stop production of its four-seater Smart forfour and is to integrate the Smart forTwo within the Mercedes operation. The company decided on a EUR 1.1bn cutback program in the spring...[more]
SAFE EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE
[BIZ: Liège, March 26]
There will be a Euroregional real estate conference on June 24 & 25 in Brussels, called: ’Practical tools and information to boost transactions’. The proposal is as follows:
DAY ONE
1. Introduction
The chairmen...[more]
NEW LRM TOP
[BIZ: Hasselt, March 25]
The Flemish government has reached a political agreement on the new structure and board of governors for the Limburg investment company LRM and its subsidiary LISOM. According to the Belang van Limburg, both boards will be expanded and...[more]
MD AMB GENERALI INFORMATIK
[BIZ: Aachen, March 24]
With effect from March 1, 2006 Arndt Bickhoff (37) has been appointed a managing director of AMB Generali Informatik
Services GmbH (AMB Informatik). He will initially be in charge of one of the two management divisions for application...[more]
HEIJMANS TO DEVELOP BAVIÈRE
[BIZ: Liège, March 24]
Himmos, part of Heijmans Belgium, has won the competition to redevelop the Bavière site in the Belgian city of Liège. It will involve the full development of part of an island in the river Meuse. The project is expected to generate a turnover...[more]
TEFAF CATALOG AWARD
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 24]
During the European fine arts fair TEFAF 2006 the Maastricht art expert and gallery owner Robert Noortman received a prestigious prize for his 100 Master Paintings catalog. Visitors and exhibitors to the world’s most important art...[more]
GERMAN AND BELGIAN START-UPS
[BIZ: Aachen, March 24]
Cross-border business is becoming increasingly important in Meuse-Rhine and so the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Aachen and the Trades Chamber, in cooperation with the East Belgian Development Company in Eupen, are holding a special...[more]
PGGM & DELA IN Q-PARK
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 24]
The insurers PGGM and DELA are new shareholders in Q-Park. This issue of shares means an expansion of the existing package. DELA has received 29,000 shares (5.1% of the total share portfolio) and PGGM 35,000 shares (6.1%). The amount...[more]
F&B TRADE MISSION
[BIZ: Aachen, March 23]
There is to be a Trade Mission (TM) to New York City. The TM will be principally for Dutch SMEs and some Belgian/German companies all from the Food & Beverage sectors (F&B processors, ingredient manufacturers, producers of culinary wares,...[more]
PHILIPS EUR 30M IN AACHEN
[BIZ: Aachen, March 23]
The Philips electronics company is going to invest in its production location in Aachen for the production of Xenon car headlamps, building a new production line at a cost of EUR 30m. The new Xenon lights are used in every sixth car now,...[more]
GOLTZIUS FOR CAMILLE OOSTWEGEL
[BIZ: Venlo, March 23]
During the annual meeting of the Friends of the Limburg Museum, the Goltzius Medallion for 2006 was awarded to Camille Oostwegel. This bronze medallion is an initiative of the Friends of the Museum, and was designed by the Maastricht artist...[more]
SHOPPING
[BIZ: Liège, March 22]
The shopping project undertaken by Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen, and Liège is continuing with shopping Sundays on special themes. Aachen on April 2
Liège: ‘Liège, the Comic Book City’ on June 3
Maastricht: ‘Jazz & Fashion’ ...[more]
EUR 33M FOR BOMBADIER
[BIZ: Berlin/Aachen, March 22]
An order worth EUR 33m has gone to the Bombardier train works in Aachen and Bautzen. Ten commuter trains will be built for the Hungarian railways. Bautzen in Saxony will be receiving an order for 24 trams for Krakow in Poland,...[more]
COMAN ENGINEERING IN LIMBURG
[BIZ: Elsloo, March 22]
On Friday, March 10, Grontmij sold its subsidiary Grontmij Coman in a management buyout to Rick Ummels and Michel Bouts. This means that, after a number of years, the company is now back in Limburg hands. Coman Consultant Engineers...[more]
VERVIERS OUTLET MALL
[BIZ: Verviers, March 21]
‘Georges Rech’ and ‘Apostrophe’ stores are opening at the outlet center at the end of the month. ‘Trespass’ has enlarged its store with a really cool design and they’re opening a brasserie called ‘La Gare’....[more]
TNT DELISTS IN LONDON
[BIZ: Amsterdam, March 20]
TNT N.V. (TNT, TP) today announced, further to an earlier announcement, that the delisting from the London Stock Exchange will be effective 21 March 2006. The last trading day is 20 March 2006.TNT earlier announced its intention ...[more]
RWE: FURTHER STRIP MINING
[BIZ/INFRA: Erkelenz, March 20]
The RWE power company wants to move out the population of Erkelenz-Keyenberg in the beginning of 2008 through to 2014. They want to expand the lignite strip cast mining at Garzweiler, and this means the resettlement of the populations...[more]
MITHRA: ONE MILLION PILLS TO SA
[BIZ/LIFE-SCIENCES: Liège, March 20]
The Liège company Mithra Pharmaceuticals is going to deliver one million of its Daphne oral contraceptive brand pills to South Africa. This contract was won during the visit of a Belgian trade mission to South Africa. A similar...[more]
MONEY FOR NONOX
[BIZ: Heerlen, March 20]
The Province of Limburg (NL) is putting up a guarantee of EUR 350,000 for the development of an innovative gas valve for the combustion engine developed by the Hoensbroek company NONOX. The NONOX innovation is part of the Limburg Acceleration...[more]
ETALENTIS TAKES ON 24
[BIZ: Hasselt, March 20]
The Hasselt company Etalentis, specializing in engineering and project services for industry and IT services to business, is going to take on 24 extra staff this year. On the industrial side, Etalentis provides a full range of engineering...[more]
NEW LAWYERS IN VALKENBURG
[BIZ: Valkenburg, March 18]
The Valkenburgh law firm has just opened up at No. 6 Emmalaan in Valkenburg, employing four young lawyers: Manuela Delnoy-Garske, Simonne Engelen, Jacquemain Sondeijker, and Jean-Pierre van Dyck. The location in Valkenburg, between...[more]
ACCELERATION AGENDA ONLINE
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 17]
The new Acceleration Agenda relating to 16 major knowledge and innovation projects in the Dutch province of Limburg went online on March 17. The projects will be implemented with speed to ensure sustainable growth, employment, and...[more]
LIÈGE EXPORT CLUB
[BIZ: Liège, March 17]
There will be a preparatory mission to Iceland on May 8 by the Liège Export Club and this will precede a multi-sector visit in October 2006 [about which information will follow. ED.] From June 13 through 16 there will be an event on ‘International...[more]
EUR 40M JAPANESE INVESTMENT
[BIZ: Heinsberg, March 17]
The Japanese carbon fiber producer Toho Tenax Europe is investing EUR 40m in expanding its production. At present they have a capacity of 1,900 tons annually, but this is not sufficient, according to a spokesperson. At the Oberbuch...[more]
BIZIDEE AND LRM
[BIZ: Hasselt, March 17]
LRM, the Belgian Limburg development company, is working closely with Bizidee, an initiative taken by the Flemish government to encourage business in Flanders. There will be an annual business plan competition and LRM, as a venture capital...[more]
ENTREDEUX AWARD
[BIZ: Cannes/Gouda, March 16]
During the annual international property trade fair MIPIM in Cannes, Entre Deux, a city center development at the heart of Maastricht, received a special award in the Mipim Architectural Review Future Projects competition, at a...[more]
AIXTRON ANNUAL RESULT FOR 2006
[BIZ: Aachen, March 16]
Aixtron, following serious losses in 2005, is expecting to break even in 2006. Sales are expected to rise by 8% to EUR 150m, according to a company spokesperson at the presentation of the results for 2005. The company lost EUR 52m last...[more]
BIGGEST BELGIAN GARDEN CENTER
[BIZ: Lommel, March 16]
Edibo is building the biggest covered garden center in Belgium for Pelckmans in Lommel. The garden and pond center is expanding with a branch on the Ringlaan in the Maatheide Business Park in Lommel. Edibo, based in Lommel, was selected...[more]
SURFACE TREATMENT
[IND/BIZ: Kerkrade, March 16]
The second Annual Conference of EVIO (Ecologically Responsible Production with Innovative Surface Treatment) - an organization designed to support companies in the Dutch/Flemish border area in the research and implementation of...[more]
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100 NEW PILOTS FOR TNT
[LOG: Liège, March 20]
As we reported earlier, TNT is developing its activities at Liège Airport and is expected to take on 100 new pilots this year. Twenty were employed in January by the company, which decided to increase the number of destinations. The fleet...[more]
ELECTRIFICATION: MONTZEN
[LOG: Montzen, March 16]
Infrabel, the network operator has announced that the rail link between Montzen and the German border will be electrified by 2008. Thus far the 8km stretch has only been open to diesel locomotives, but as a result of the introduction...[more]
MODERNIZATION OF MONTZEN
[LOG: Montzen, March 16]
The freight railway station in Montzen is to be modernized with trans-shipment warehouses. The old rails will be removed and the link between Montzen and Visé will be continued. The work should be completed by 2012. The future of the...[more]
EUROCARGO 2006
[LOG: Düsseldorf, March 16]
The Dutch Consulate General in Düsseldorf is once more organizing a matchmaking event this year for Dutch and North-Rhine Westphalian companies in the logistics sector. The matchmaking will take place on May 30 and 31, during the...[more]
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RUNNER UP IN SCIENCE CITY
[EDU/GOV: Aachen, March 28]
Aachen and Freiburg were the runners up this year in Germany’s science city competition for 2007. First place went to Brunswick, the jury was impressed by the broad and diverse range of support this city enjoyed, which gave it a slight...[more]
TECH U NETWORK
[EDU: Aachen, March 27]
IDEA, the Technical University Network in Europe now includes Paris, in the form of ParisTech, an association which includes ten of the most important French engineering institutions for research and education. Since 1999, the IDEA network...[more]
EU FUNDING CUTS?
[GOV: Hasselt, March 24]
The Province of Limburg (B) fears that disadvantaged regions will be receiving less European funding in future. The Limburg MPs of the various parties put forward this viewpoint in press interviews. The reason for this is that the Flemish...[more]
FLOOD PREVENTION
[GOV: Maastricht/Enniskillen, March 24]
‘FLAPP’, Flood Awareness and Prevention Policy in border areas, is a project co-financed by the EU in which local and regional experts throughout Europe exchange information and experience in the area of water control...[more]
WATER CLUSTER LOCATION
[EDU: Liège, March 23]
On the occasion of World Water Day, the Aquapole water cluster in Liège moved into its new accommodation. The institution, which was founded at the University of Liège in 2003, is concerned with research and development and in the area...[more]
EUR 1M FOR HOGE KEMPEN
[GOV: Hasselt, March 23]
‘De Hoge Kempen’ National Park is to receive EUR 1m annually from the Flemish government. The park reaches into the municipalities of Genk, Dilsen-Stokkem, Maasmechelen, Zutendaal, Lanaken, and As, and has a surface area of 5,700 hectares....[more]
CROSS-BORDER POLICING
[GOV: Luxembourg, March 22]
The foundation of a center for cross-border policing and customs cooperation for four states came closer in Luxembourg recently. As the Prime Minister of the Rhineland palatinate, Kurt Beck, said: Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, and...[more]
BEST PRACTICE ACROSS BORDERS
[GOV: Luxembourg, March 21]
Governor Michel Foret represented Meuse-Rhine at a colloquium in Luxembourg recently. This was organized by the Forum Europa Foundation and was held at the Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg. Jacques Santer and Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb...[more]
GERMAN VAALS COUNCIL MEMBER
[GOV: Vaals, March 20]
A German citizen, George Götz, has been appointed to the City Council of the Dutch border municipality of Vaals, near Aachen....[more]
THE EUROPEAN IDEA IN AACHEN
[GOV: Aachen, March 17]
On an official visit to Aachen, Michael Breuer, the North-Rhine Westphalian Minister for Federal and European Affairs, discussed cross-border issues and cooperation and talked about the European dimension of Aachen with Mayor Juergen...[more]
CONTEMPORARY ART HASSELT
[EDU/GOV: Hasselt, March 17]
The University of Hasselt is establishing a museum for contemporary art. A partner in this is the Artétude Association. The objects exhibited will be everyday articles and everyday art. The patrons of the collection are Minister...[more]
THE MODERNIZING OF SPINTAY
[GOV: Verviers, March 17]
The local chairman of the Francophone Liberals in Verviers, Pierre Moson, has advocated the modernization of the ‘Spintay’ city district. Moson had no objection to a planned partial covering of the Weser river in the area. The president...[more]
EUROPE DIRECT
[GOV: Eupen, March 17]
Belgium’s German-speaking region has opened its ‘Europe Direct’ information center. The bureau has been operating since the start of the year at the DG’s ministry in Eupen. The organization provides information about topics that are related...[more]
CROSS-BORDER LIBRARIES
[EDU/GOV: Eupen, March 17]
There is to be a cross-border project to link school media libraries and public libraries in Belgium’s German-speaking region and the German state of the Rhineland Palatinate. The major beneficiaries of the move will be the Bischöfliche...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE IN EUROPE
[GOV: Eupen, March 17]
It begins to look as if the offices of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion Authority will be moving from Maastricht to Eupen. This emerged from a meeting of a group of experts around the minister responsible, Mr Niessen. Mr Niessen’s taskforce,...[more]
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT UMBS
[EDU: Maastricht, March 16]
The Maastricht University Business School is starting a new Dutch course on Project Management and Project Control.Universiteit Maastricht Business School and FaGro Consultancy B.V (www.fagro.nl) are responsible for the organization ...[more]
INBETWEEN ARCHITECTURE
[EDU: Heerlen, March 16]
The Vitruvianum in Heerlen is organizing a series of lectures called ‘Inbetween Architecture’, which reveal the complexity and the variety of disciplines involved in architecture. The lectures will be given from April 19 through May...[more]
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MONTEFIORE PRIZE
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, March 21]
The Montefiore Prize for 2005, worth EUR 15,000, was awarded at the Montefiore Institute (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) in Liège to Professor Cees Dekker of the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands....[more]
THE GIGA TOWER
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, March 16]
At the Liège University campus science park, the GIGA Tower, set up by the interdisciplinary cluster for Applied Genoproteomics — an ambitious project, ongoing from 2002, with funding from the Walloon Region and EFRD Objective 2 —...[more]
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AUTOMOTIVE WORKSHOP
[SCI-TECH/IND: Aachen, March 16]
There will be a second International Automotive Workshop on on June 22 and 23 at the Abbaye de Stavelot in Spa in Belgium. Design for Calibration – from Concept to SOP.The automotive development process is characterized by...[more]
THE LASER INDUSTRY
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, March 16]
There will be a laser industry event in Aachen from May 3 to 5 (AKL’06). It will feature 30 lectures by producers and more than 60 examples from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, and a further 30 stands demonstrating...[more]
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TRILOGIE EXPOSITION
[LEI: Seraing, March 29]
The cultural center at Seraing is holding an exhibition of the work of 30 women artists from March 30 through April 15. Tuesdays through Fridays to 09.00 to 18.00 hours. The Show will go on from April 21 through May 20 at the Stedelijke...[more]
ROYAL WALLOON OPERA
[LEI: Liège, March 27]
The director of the Royal Walloon Opera, Jean-Louis Grinda, has presented his last program for the 2006-2007 season. Mr Grinda has been a highly successful director of the Opera and, now in his 10th year, he has decided to leave to return...[more]
PETER COX
[LEI: Maastricht, March 25]
There is to be an exhibition of the landscape paintings of Peter Cox (Swalmen 1951) from Sunday April 9 through May 13. Check the web site for details....[more]
LOCAL NEWS FROM HASSELT
[MEDIA: Hasselt, March 24]
Twelve people from Hasselt operating a company called ‘Stadsreporter’ will be providing local news from March 25 at the link below. They will report on what’s going on in the ‘Capital of Taste’. The project is an associative agreement...[more]
XIITH CENTURY LIEGE
[LEI/EDU: Liège, March 24]
The Principality of Liège in the XIIth century, had a reputation as the Athens of the North. Evidence for this distinction is also presented by the great works of art and science dating from that period. The baptismal font of the church...[more]
ART AT THE CROWNE PLAZA
[LEI: Maastricht, March 21]
Hotel Maastricht (Crowne Plaza) provides guided walks through an exhibition of the work of Bert Volkers and Ronald van Laar, through May 21. The exhibition has been arranged by FranZenFranSsen and encourages the visitor to stroll...[more]
BORDER CROSSER
[LEI: Gulpen, March 21]
An exhibition and a presentation of a book by Rob Brouwers called Rob Brouwers: Grensganger (Rob Brouwers: Border Crosser) is to be held to mark his 65th birthday. There will also be a retrospective exhibition of his work. He is a painter...[more]
LES BRASSEURS AT THE MAMAC
[LEI: Liège, March 20]
There is to be a collective exhibition of the works of: Damien Hustinx, Bouli Lanners, Sandra Ancelot, Jérôme Mayer, Pol Pierart, Capitaine Lonchamps, Yann Toma, Jeanne Susplugas, Alain De Clerck, Christophe Gilot, Alain Declercq, Michel...[more]
THREE OF A KIND
[LEI: Liège, March 18]
“Three of a kind” is the name of a show put on by Antoine Degive (guitar, vocals), Christian Sternon (guitar, vocals) and Jean-Loup (vocals and harmonica) at the taverne Saint-Paul in Liège recently.This was a rendition of popular music, ...[more]
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