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NEW COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
[EDIT: Eijsden, April 14]
Mary-Ann Boerboom is to be the Meuse-Rhine Journal’s commercial director. She will supervise MRJ’s new commercial options, which will include company presentations in the form of webcasts and various advertising options in addition...[more]
SOCIETE ST GERLACH
[EDIT: Maastricht, April 5]
On Thursday March 30, there was a major conference on Meuse-Rhine at the University of Maastricht, hosted by the Sociëté St Gerlach, which with the assistance of a distinguished panel, discussed key issues in cross-border cooperation....[more]
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PHARMACELL: EUR 1M EU GRANT
 Photo: Philip Yeo greeted by Jochum Haakma, NFIA's MD, with Steven Fang, Cygenics founder and CEO in the background.[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Chicago/Maastricht, April...[more]
EUR 9M MECC UPGRADE
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 14]
Maastricht's Exhibition and Congress Center, the MECC, is to undergo a EUR 9m modernization program: upgrading the entrances - lighting, sound and climate control - improving the halls and the Forum area. The program of improvements...[more]
LIEGE STARTS WITH LONDON
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, April 13]
Liège Airport’s new scheduled low cost services will start with the flight to London, Luton by Aer Arann...[more]
NEW LIOF BOSS
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 13]
The supervisory board of the Limburg Development Company LIOF intends to appoint Jérôme Verhagen managing director at the latest by September 1, 2006. He will succeed the current acting MD Bart Joosten. Mr Verhagen is the director...[more]
EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES
[BIZ: Aachen, April 12]
Emerson, whose brands include Copeland compressors and condensing units, relocated its European headquarters from its plant in Welkenraedt (B) to Aachen. In the current energy-focused economy, Emerson has noticed interesting fluctuations...[more]
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SOLLAND EXPANDS
[BIZ: Heerlen/Avantis, April 12]
Solland, the solar cell producer at Avantis, is to make a major increase in production. The solar cell market is growing strongly and increased by 44% last year. Solland launched its production plant at Avantis between Heerlen...[more]
IQ PARK DILSEN STOKKEM
[BIZ:Dilsen-Stokkem, April 13]
Investors from the metalworking company ALRO and Marmorith, a Houthalen-Helchteren producer of concrete,plaster and cement, are going to invest EUR 125m in a new state-of-the-art IQ business park for SMEs, logistics and business...[more]
MARIANNE CRYSTAL 2006
[BIZ: Liège, April 11]
The Marianne Crystal award for 2006 goes to Star Informatics, which produces GIS software in Liège. The Chamber of Commerce for Liège/Luxembourg makes the award to companies that are important in the trade with France. Star Informatics...[more]
BUSINESS CONTACT DAYS
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 11]
This year’s Business Contact Days, a fair at the MECC in Maastricht, will be held on October 10 and 11 for the 15th time. It is the opportunity for cross-border networking, meeting old friends and seeing what’s new. HumanCapitalCare,...[more]
LIEGE EXPORT CLUB
[BIZ: Liège, April 10]
The Liège Export Club invites its members to a meeting of the St. Gerlach Sociëté on April 25 at 18:00, where the welcome will be at the Philharmonic Hall, 25 Boulevard Piercot in Liège. There will be a meeting with the St. Gerlach club,...[more]
DOE GEWOON
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, April 9]
Doe Gewoon is the name of a new restaurant in Maastricht at Boschstraat 98. It is an attractive new restaurant, which has been established at the initiative of RADAR. This is a service provider for mentally handicapped adults and...[more]
TRIPARTITE VODAFONE
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 7]
Vodafone is setting up a new tripartite structure from May 1. The first part will be the European division, including Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK, headed by Bill Morrow. The second unit will be Central Europe, the Middle East,...[more]
BAVARIA WELCOMES WALLOON BIZ
[BIZ: Liège, April 7]
It is now possible to register your business free of charge in the automotive databank of Bavaria, known as BAIKA. The cluster wants to invite Walloon companies to meet their Bavarian partners this year. Germany has the third most powerful...[more]
ULYCES OPEN TELEMATICS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Angleur, April 7]
Every month the Walloon Automotive Newsletter showcases a business, and this month it’s the turn of the ULYCES Open Telematics company based at the Liège Science Park in Angleur. The company markets the ULYCES platform, which...[more]
TRI-COUNTRY LOCATION
[BIZ/LEI: Aachen, April 7]
In cooperation with the Film Trust for North-Rhine Westphalia, the local film and media network FiMeA, the Aachen City region, Parkstad Limburg, and Belgium’s German-speaking community, the City of Aachen led a location tour to Aachen...[more]
NEW BOSS FOR NUCLEAR POWER
[BIZ/INFRA: Tihange, April 7]
The Tihange nuclear power station, 45 kilometers south of Maastricht, has a new boss. This is Mr Wim De Clerk. He will be running a power plant able to provide electricity for the whole Walloon country and more, at an interesting...[more]
MECOM: EUR 200M FOR MGL
[BIZ: Amsterdam, April 7]
The British investor Mecom has won the bidding against local (Concentra -Belgian Limburg) and Dutch national competition for the Limburg papers and other activities (MGL) of the Telegraaf Media Group (TMG). The private equity company,...[more]
ABP GETS EUR 16.4M
[BIZ: Heerlen, April 7]
Heerlen-based ABP, the Dutch civil service pension fund and the world’s biggest - with more than EUR 168bn in investments -. has reached a settlement in its dispute with Time Warner [See link] . ABP will receive USD 20m (EUR 16.4m). Its...[more]
STIPHOUT
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, April 6]
The Stiphout River Boat company is offering a number of interesting new products, including asparagus cruises. It is also holding a special party at its Slavante restaurant, which is now 160 years old. On April 5 and 6 it will...[more]
SCANA NOLIKO AND CEGEKA
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 6]
‘Trends Gazellen’ is a series about fast-growing businesses in the five Flemish provinces. On April 5, Trends magazine honored the fastest growing companies in the province of Limburg. The title went to two companies in which LRM holds...[more]
FAVINI’S MAJESTIC INDIA
BIZ: Meerssen, April 6]
Favini launches Majestic India, a campaign that showcases India to European designers through the fascinating range of Majestic, a distinctive range of metallic papers and boards. The campaign mainly targets key markets including the...[more]
TV 45 DIGITAL TV
[BIZ/MEDIA: Aachen, April 5]
Starting in the coming year, a regional TV program will be broadcast from the three-country triangle for the Aachen region and Belgium’s German speaking community. The project is headed by Gerd Pasch of TV 45....[more]
100 JOBS IN HUECKELHOVEN
[BIZ/LOG: Hückelhoven, April 5]
The tele-shopping business QVC in Düsseldorf is going to expand its distribution center at Hückelhoven-Baal this year. The Hermes Logistic Group is going to move into the Baal Business Park. The details of the cooperation will...[more]
NEW CARTONS AT SIG
[BIZ: Linnich, April 5]
SIG Combibloc, at its major location in Linnich (where it employs 1,500), is now going to provide cartons for vegetable preserves and other food as an alternative to glass and tin. Internationalization is moving ahead, so that the 2%...[more]
PEKET’S EUROPEAN RECOGNITION
[BIZ: Liège, April 5]
Peket, Liège’s famous gin product, will receive special protection for its name. No other products but Walloon gin will be able to carry this name in future....[more]
STEEL HOUSES
[BIZ: Liège, April 5]
New steel houses built by the Arcelor subsidiary AS Build are being constructed over an area of 22 hectares in Seraing. There are 25 houses and three apartment buildings catering for reduced-mobility occupants. Prices for apartments are...[more]
FINANCING PATENTS
[BIZ: Aachen, April 5]
There will be a meeting in May to discuss the issues of financing patents with AGIT at the AGIT Technology Center in the presence of the NRW Bank, PATEV GmbH from Munich, AG BDO from Frankfurt, and the Wind Company from Cologne. Turning...[more]
PLASTICS FOCUS ON CORE BIZ
[BIZ: Sittard, April 5]
At the end of 2005, an industry case study indicated that companies in the plastics industry have to make better strategic choices. Mainly for the SME’s in this industry it is important to focus on their core competences and to contract...[more]
MOVING TO CHEMELOT
[BIZ: Sittard-Geleen, April 5]
Basic Pharma is an independent pharmaceutical company in the Netherlands, with three business units: Basic Pharma Manufacturing BV, Basic Pharma Technologies BV and Interdos Pharma BV. It is considering a move to the DSM Research...[more]
Q-PARK SERVICES
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 4]
Q-Park, among the top five in Europe’s parking industry, is offering special services to its clients. These were unveiled at the ‘Intertraffic Amsterdam 2006’ international trade fair. The services provided include umbrellas, battery-charging...[more]
HYUNDAI AT NEDCAR?
[BIZ: Sittard, April 4]
With the halt in production of the Smart ForFour car and the proposed reduction of production of the Colt to one shift, there is extra capacity at NedCar. The unions are letting it be known that Hyundai and other companies are looking...[more]
PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY
[BIZ: Aachen, April 4]
There will be a meeting of the Dutch-German Business Club on Wednesday, April 26, starting at 17:00, which will be a visit to Aachen’s RWTH University, specialists in future and practice-oriented research and the visit will be at the Institute...[more]
ASPARAGUS QUEEN 2006
[BIZ/LEI: Texel, April 4]
Limburg is the home of white asparagus; but, each year, ceremonies are carried out in different parts of the country to mark the beginning of the new asparagus season. On Sunday, April 3, the Asparagus Queen was proclaimed during an...[more]
ING AND LRM INVEST IN BRUYNINX
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 4]
ING Private Equity and the Limburg development company LRM have come to an agreement with the family shareholders of the Bruyninx group in order to take over a majority stake in the group. Bruyninx was set up in 1957 and has grown to...[more]
GERMAN TAX DAY
[BIZ: Roermond, April 4]
The tax aspects of doing business in Germany are to be dealt with on a special day by the Chambers of Commerce in Limburg, the Dutch-German Chamber of Commerce, and Ernst & Young on Tuesday, April 25 from 13:00 to 17:00 hrs at the Theater...[more]
VAL SAINT LAMBERT IN PARIS
[BIZ: Seraing, April 4]
The Val Saint Lambert crystal works in Seraing, close to Liège, is expanding and expects to be opening an office in Paris soon. In December last, the crystal works made its initial public offer. Its business plan also involves openings...[more]
AMOS IN SPACE
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, April 3]
AMOS, at the cutting edge of Liège’s burgeoning aerospace/satellite industry, has succeeded in the first phase of the ATS (Auxiliary Telescope System) project for the European Observatory located in Chile. The delivery comprises...[more]
MEUSINVEST & SPACE SCIENCE
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, April 3]
The Meusinvest Group is a holding company that supports the economic development in the province of Liège, assuring long-term funding of business projects. This investment has had a specific role in the area of finance, based largely...[more]
PATENT INFORMATION
[BIZ: Aachen, April 3]
Research on patents and other intellectual property safeguards, including trademarks and logos, can be done every first Tuesday of the month at the Aachen Chamber of Commerce. The patent information center of the RWTH University has set...[more]
LIMBURG SHOP
[BIZ/LEI: Valkenburg, April 3]
On March 31 the new concept of the Limburg Shops was set up in South Limburg. This involves franchise locations where local products are for sale as well as tourist products from the Limburg tourist authority. Check the website...[more]
DSM INVESTS IN SCIONA
[BIZ: Heerlen/Boulder (USA), April 3]
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announced that it has participated in a follow-on financing round of USD 6.5m in the personalized nutrition company Sciona. Herewith DSM has become a major...[more]
TNT DC CHARLEROI
[BIZ/LOG: Charleroi, April 3]
TNT Logistics, with its European hub in Liège, is going to set up a new European DC for the American manufacturer of medical appliances, Johnson & Johnson. Both companies have signed a five-year contract for this purpose. The distribution...[more]
TGV STATION
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 3]
The Walloon Dutch Business Club will be visiting the new TGV station, which is nearing completion in Liège. On April 24 they will have a conference on the ‘Protection of Patents and Trademarks’. The group will be addressed by Michel...[more]
CHANGES AT BAARS INFRA
[BIZ: Landgraaf, April 3]
Highway costruction company, Baars Infra’s new approach to clients will include a one-stop shop and short lines of communication. Baars is appointing three local managers to make business more efficient, and they will be part of the...[more]
ABN AMRO PRIVATE BANKING
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 2]
ABN Private Banking in Maastricht held a major reception at the Beluga restaurant on Sunday afternoon April 2 to mark the departure of its chief Peter van der Schans and the accession of the new director of ABN Amro Private Banking...[more]
HSC EXITS ASPARTAME
[BIZ: Heerlen, April 2]
Holland Sweetener Company (HSC) has today announced its decision to withdraw from the aspartame business, including Twinsweet. The company will terminate its activities at the end of 2006 and as a consequence will discontinue the production...[more]
ENEL & BELGIAN NUCLEAR
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, April 2]
The Italian power company Enel is to take over 57% in Fluxys and the nuclear power stations at Doel and Tihange, 45km south of Maastricht. In return they will drop their bid for Suez (the French parent company of Electrabel). This...[more]
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E313 CLOSED
[LOG: Lummen, April 11]
The demolition of the bridge over the E313 highway for the cloverleaf intersection at Lummen means that the start will be made on April 21 on the first phase of the redevelopment of the highway intersection at Lummen. This has to be completed...[more]
FLOATING POWER STATION
[INFRA: Angleur, April 5]
A floating power station at the Grosses Battes, owned by SPE and called ‘Omega’, is now lighting up 750 households. SPE, the intercommunal power company, installed the Omega, the prototype floating hydroelectric power station, at the...[more]
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MSM-COLOGNE JOINT EXEC. MBA
[EDU: Maastricht, April 12]
Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and the Cologne Business School (CBS) have established a new cross-border cooperative program in the form of a jointly developed Executive MBA in International Business. It starts in October...[more]
TOP TOWN STATUS FOR PARKSTAD
[GOV/BIZ: Heerlen, April 13]
The Parkstad Limburg agglomeration is to be officially included as a Wgr-plus region, which gives it access to an extra range of funding options. See our earlier publications on this topic....[more]
AACHEN’S IMAGE
[GOV/LEI: Aachen, April 6]
A DVD called ‘Aachen Aixcellent’ is now available in two versions: a six-minute version and a twenty-nine-minute version. The six-minute version gives a view of the city in four languages. Both DVDs are available from the Information...[more]
VEDA & FH NIEDERRHEIN
[EDU: Alsdorf, April 5]
The Alsdorf company Veda GmbH, which provides business software and the Applied Science University of the Niederrhein (Lower Rhine) at Mönchengladbach are going to work together and a contract is to be signed...[more]
LIMBURG HIGHER EDUCATION
[EDU: Heerlen, April 5]
The two biggest Limburg institutions of higher education, KHLim from Flanders and Hogeschool Zuyd from The Netherlands, signed a cooperative agreement on April 5. This means that almost 20,000 students from these institutions will have...[more]
HASSELT UNIVERSITY
[EDU: Hasselt, April 4]
Hasselt University has produced the second issue of its quarterly magazine, which was first published this year, in January. This issue deals with the reform of higher education, progress towards self-study, chances of success in the...[more]
TRAFFIC FINES IN BELGIUM
[GOV: Brussels, April 3]
A new series of fine tariffs was introduced in Belgium from March 31, whereby traffic offenders will be fined in terms of four categories. The cheapest is where there is no danger to anyone else; truck traveling at 110km on a highway...[more]
SERVICES MANAGEMENT
[EDU: Maastricht, April 3]
A three-day intensive and advanced course teaches students about Services Management, Marketing, and Innovation. This program is a great blend of academic and practical information about the state of the art in real-world service settings....[more]
MRE SCHOOLS’ LITERARY PRIZE
[EDU/LEI: Landgraaf, April 3]
In the context of the ‘Euroregional School Children’s Literary Prize’, this year’s prize winner was selected at the Eijkhagen College in Landgraaf, where 225 students from the 27 schools involved looked at the work of the authors...[more]
DATA MINING COURSE
[EDU: Maastricht, April 3]
On July 3 to 7, 2006, an intensive 5-day Data Mining course will be organized by MICC-IKAT, Ts 6 in Maastricht. Data mining is a relatively new scientific field that enables finding interesting knowledge (patterns, models and relationships)...[more]
MAASLAND & HOGESCHOOL ZUYD
[EDU/HEALTH: Heerlen/Sittard, April 3]
On Monday, April 3, Cees Sterk, Director General of the Maasland Hospital / Orbis medical and care concern, and Marianne Dunnewijk-Budé, Chairman of the Board of the Hogeschool Zuyd (an institute of higher education), signed...[more]
EUR 10M FOR THE FROST
[GOV: Kaarst, April 3]
The State of North-Rhine Westphalia has introduced a program that goes into immediate effect, providing EUR 10m for repairing frost damage to the roads. As the Minister of Transport for the State, Oliver Wittke (CDU), announced in Kaarst,...[more]
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OMS DOUBLES LAB CAPACITY
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, April 6]
OncoMethylome Sciences (OMS), a molecular diagnostics company focused on early detection and individualized treatment of cancer, has announced the expansion and relocation of its Liège laboratories to the new GIGA facility located...[more]
BIOCLUB SPECIAL
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, April 6]
LifeTecAachen-Jülich e.V. and BioRiver-Life Science im Rheinland e.V. are holding a special meeting at the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Forckenbeckstr. 6, 52074 Aachen on May 2 at 17.00hrs.Program:
17:00...[more]
DIPLOMA IN HEALTHCARE
[HEALTH: Maastricht, April 3]
Wellfit is a project supported by the Dutch Province of Limburg, which is contributing EUR 100,000 to an Interreg subsidy of EUR 350,000. For the project, the Gilde Opleidingen in Roermond (NL) and the Vera Beckers College from...[more]
CROSS-BORDER CARE
[HEALTH: Eupen, April 3]
On March 1, 2006, the cross-border care project in Meuse-Rhine, an Interreg III project, was concluded. The participating insurers and hospitals had been active for three and a half years in the project, making access to healthcare across...[more]
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TRIO TRAD
[LEI: Liège, April 14]
There will be a concert by TRIO TRAD, on Saturday April 29 at 21.00 hrs.,on the Ex-Cale asbl barge, Quai G. Kurth (opposite the Electrabel parking lot) in Liège. Aurélie Dorzée, Luc Pilartz et Didier Laloy will perform music from the...[more]
SPRING CONCERTS
[LEI: Val-Dieu, April 11]
The spring concerts at the Cistercian Abbey of Val-Dieu, which is located at the very heart of Meuse-Rhine, equidistant between Aachen, Maastricht and Liège, will start their 40th season with a concert on May 26. One of the great charms...[more]
LIEGE PIANO CONCERTS
[LEI: Liège, April 10]
In the context of a Week of Culture, RCF Liège is running a number of concerts on April 21, 22, and 23 produced by Fabrice Renard, Professor of Music, in cooperation with RCF and PEMA-MUSIQUE in Liège. The concerts will take place at the...[more]
THE GOLDEN HORSE AT 70
[LEI: Fourons, April 10]
Gabriëlle Marchant-Ernon, the presiding genius of the Golden Horse restaurant in Fourons le Comte ( Rue Haute, 242, 3798 's Gravenvoeren), celebrated her 70th birthday by inviting 350 guests from the Euroregion to celebrate with her....[more]
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
[LEI: Aubel, April 7]
The well-known Liège photographer Alain Boos launched an exhibition of large-scale portraits (28 at 90x170) in the main square of Aubel, complemented by an exhibition at the cultural center. The object of the exercise is to familiarize...[more]
PUBLIC IMAGES — LIÈGE
[LEI: Liège, April 6]
From May 18 through September 17, Liège will be presenting a new image of public art called ‘Images Publiques’ [Public Images] . International artists and new aspects of city life, with a focus on logistics, communications, new technology,...[more]
THE LIONS MAY FAIR
[LEI: Maastricht, April 6]
The Maastricht-Mondial Lions Club is holding its annual May Fair for the expatriate community and others on Sunday, May 14, at Kasteel Rijckholt from 13:00 to 18:00 hours. The cross-border expatriate community is welcome, and the theme...[more]
GOUNOD’S FAUST
[LEI: Liège, April 5]
There will be a performance of Faust, an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod, starting on Friday April 24 and running through Sunday April 30. Consult the website for details of times and prices. This is a co-production with the Théâtre...[more]
SAINT LAMBERT EXHIBITION
[LEI: Liège, April 4]
The Archeoforum, which is an archeological museum under the Place Lambert, has opened an exhibition dedicated to the Bishop Saint Lambert. This is in association with the Museum of Religious Art and Mosan Art and the diocese in order to...[more]
CROSS-BORDER CULTURE
[LEI/GOV: Luxembourg, April 4]
On May 1, in the Saar-Lor-Lux Euroregion, a cross-border culture portal will be opened. Those involved in 'plurio.net' are the Rhineland palatinate, the Saarland, the Walloon region, Luxembourg, Lorraine, and Belgium’s German-speaking...[more]
KURT ABEL
[LEI: Maastricht, April 3]
There are presentations of Kurt Abel’s work in the ‘Baroque Expressionism’ exhibition and also an ongoing presentation in the private museum of Wim Reiff at Rechtsstraat 43 in Maastricht. Check the website....[more]
GUIDES TO LIMBURG (B)
[LEI: Hasselt, April 3]
The Belgian Province of Limburg has brought out two new tourist guides. One covers the Hesbaye region and has 122 pages of information about castles, orchards and accommodation in this beautiful rural area. The other guide, 110 pages...[more]
FRANZ GERTSCH RETROSPECTIVE
[LEI: Aachen, April 3]
The Swiss artist Franz Gertsch (1930) counts among the most influential protagonists of a contemporary realism that meticulously explores the appearance of our visual reality and condenses the results in a conceptual approach to realism....[more]
MOZART AT ALDEN BIESEN
[LEI: Alden Biesen, April 3]
‘Trazom Sredna? Mozart anders!’ (‘Mozart differently’, spelled backwards) is the theme for Musica’s 23rd Day of Early Music (in Mozart’s anniversary year). Musica will be working with one of Belgium’s top orchestras, Anima Eterna....[more]
THE CAIRO CARAVAN
[LEI: Liège, April 3]
As a lead up to the exhibition called ‘La Caravane du Caire’ (‘The Cairo Caravan’), which will be held in the Salle Saint Georges at the Museum of Walloon Art from September 15 through December 24, the sarcophagi and other objects related...[more]
AUSTRIAN ART
[LEI: Eupen, April 2]
There is an exhibition of Austrian art at IKOB in Eupen from April 2 through June 18, 2006. The exhibition is called ‘Austrian Art at the edge of the cup’ and includes the following artists: Hermann Nitsch, Franz West, Günter Brus, Arnulf...[more]
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