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[EDIT:Eijsden, April 30]
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TOP STORY
[EDIT: Maastricht, April 24]
Go to the Life-sciences section for this issue's 'top story': HILL COUNTRY CELL FARMING....[more]
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HANSEN TRANSMISSIONS PRIZE
[BIZ: Lommel/Antwerp, April 28]
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) has awarded its annual Export Lion to the Lommel and Antwerp based company, Hansen Transmissions. It was noted that the company’s performance had been particularly strong in the growth and spread...[more]
DSM, Q1: SALES & PROFITS UP
[BIZ:Heerlen, April 28]
DSM has recorded a solid increase in sales and profits in Q1, 2006. Sales were up 11% from Q1 2005; Operating profit from ongoing operations at 13% was higher than in Q1 2005; Net profit was up 23% to EUR 161 m; and there was strong autonomous...[more]
LOMMEL TO TEST NEW FORDS
[BIZ: Lommel, April 26]
The Lommel test track is not only the biggest but it’s also the best-equipped test center in the world. One hundred and thirty test drivers cover ten million kilometers there each year in order to improve Ford’s models. The durability,...[more]
STAR POLICE APPLICATIONS
[BIZ/GOV: Liège, April 26]
Only three months after the official launch in January of a new computer-aided solution, developed by STAR INFORMATIC to assist with the production of motor vehicle accident reports, several police departments in Belgium have already...[more]
EUPEN CABLE: EUR 4 M PROFIT
[BIZ: Eupen, April 24]
The Eupen Cable Works -the town’s major employer - closed in 2005 with a EUR 4m profit and an operating result of EUR 5m, after losing money from 2001 through 2003. The management of the Cable Works thinks this has to do with the large...[more]
LIEGE PORT EXPANDS BY RAIL
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, April 24]
The autonomous Port of Liège is pursuing an ongoing course of development as a tri-modal hub linked to Europe’s main ports by water (15 hours to Antwerp; 24 hours to Rotterdam, and to Germany via the Meuse and the Rhine). It has air,...[more]
SABIC: EUR 1.8 BN INVESTMENT
[BIZ: Sittard/Grathem, April 24]
Sabic Chemical Corporation in Geleen can now build its new catalytic cracker at the Chemelot complex in Sittard-Geleen. The Dutch cabinet has decided to make maximum allowances to secure the Sabic investment of EUR 1.8bn. Sabic...[more]
3W RETAIL DEVELOPMENT
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 21]
The Maastricht paper, ‘de Ster’, produced an interesting interview with Nico Eurlings, the director of 3W real estate in the city, in which he gives an overview of the major upcoming retail developments in Maastricht’s downtown area...[more]
AEROFLEET
[BIZ: Soumagne, April 21]
Aerofleet is a precision engineering company which specializes in composite materials and thermo-lacquering - a highly resistant surface treatment - currently based in Soumagne. It has produced the hulls of large ocean going catamarans...[more]
VAN DER VALK IN VERVIERS
[BIZ: Verviers, April 21]
The Dutch Van Der Valk hotel chain is going to convert the old customs warehouse in Verviers into a four-star hotel with 100 rooms and a conference center. The municipal authorities have agreed in principal, and they’re now waiting...[more]
GENERALI SPA OFFER
[BIZ: Aachen, April 21]
The Italian financial giant Generali SpA, Trieste, has not improved its offer for the takeover of the AMB Generali Holding AG (Aachen) insurance concern. The offer won’t be raised and expires on April 30 at 24:00. The shareholders have...[more]
DATA UNIT TAKES SWITCHLINK
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 21]
The Limburg network integrator Data Unit has taken over the activities of SwitchLink effective from January 1, 2006. In concrete terms, this means they take over a number of assets and liabilities, including all of the existing maintenance...[more]
LIEGE EXPORT CLUB
[BIZ: Liège, April 21]
The Liège Export Club will be visiting AWEX, the Walloon Export Agency, on May 15 to talk to about the latest developments in the new five target markets. On June 14 there will be a visit to the Port of Liège and the Trilogiport accompanied...[more]
FALLAIS FOUNDRY ISO CERTIFIED
[BIZ: Villers-le-Boulet, April 21]
The Fallais foundry in Villers-le-Boulet, which was established in 1948 and specializes in aluminum alloys — using three molding techniques of sand-casting, gravity die-, and high pressure die-casting at a single site — is...[more]
200 IT JOBS IN NRW
[BIZ: Kerpen, April 20]
The IT specialist Computacenter, Kerpen, is going to create 200 new jobs for North-Rhine Westphalia because the market is expanding. The daughter of the British parent company, Computacenter, has 3,500 in service in Germany and produces...[more]
NEW ERP FOR MORA
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 20]
The snack producer Mora is implementing new ERP software via GAC in its plants in Maastricht and Mol in Belgium. The reason for this is that Mora has been taken over by the Ad van Geloven Company, which has been working with GAC software...[more]
ROYAL SELYS CROWNE PLAZA
[BIZ: Liège, April 18]
The EUR 25m, five-star luxury hotel to be built overlooking the Boulevard le Sauvenière in Liège will open in 2008. It will be part of the InterContinental Hotels Group and will be one of their Crowne Plaza brand — to be called the ‘Royal...[more]
NO CONCESSIONS FOR BRUSTEM
[BIZ/LOG: St. Truiden, April 18]
Concessions to run the airfield at Brustem, near St. Truiden, were scrapped on May 1. Investors who want to develop activities at the former military airfield will have a number of conditions imposed upon them by the municipality...[more]
DE LIJN SALE A SUCCESS
[BIZ/LOG: Hasselt, April 18]
The Belgian bus company De Lijn sells half of its tickets for tram or bus journeys in advance. This is 20% cheaper than buying a ticket on the tram or bus. Ticket selling on the vehicle always slows things down, while the driver...[more]
50 NEW JOBS AT SCANIA
[BIZ: Opglabbeek, April 18]
The Swedish truck maker Scania based in Opglabbeek is closing a center in Sweden and moving its activities to a distribution center in Belgium. This means extra 50 jobs, while 150 will disappear in Sweden. Scania’s head office is...[more]
GENK: BUSINESS TOWN FOR 2006
[BIZ: Genk, April 18]
The small business organization Unizo has declared Genk the ‘Business Municipality for 2006’. Unizo wants to reward strategies and projects that have stimulated the local economy. In Genk the city government, together with businesses, are...[more]
GENK TO PRODUCE 86,000
[BIZ: Genk, April 18]
Currently, the first examples of the S-Max and the Galaxy are coming off the assembly line - the target is 86,000. Next year the new Mondeo will be produced, which means that Limburg’s Ford factory is safe for the intermediate period. This...[more]
DSM DOUBLES PLASTICS IN CHINA
[BIZ: Heelen April 18]
Royal DSM N.V. announced the opening of its new compounding site for engineering plastics at Jiangyin in the Jiangsu province of China on April 26, 2006. This project will double the total capacity for the product lines Stanyl® PA46, Akulon®...[more]
CULTURAL TICKETING
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, April 17]
On Monday, May 29 there will be a major conference at Government House in Maastricht on how to market cultural activities in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion and how to achieve optimal cooperation.Adjiedj Bakas, a trend watcher...[more]
WALLOON ENERGY PROVIDERS
[BIZ/INFRA:Liège April 16]
The Liège-Verviers Chamber of Commerce Magazine, ‘Gagner & Réussir’, lists the eight principle energy providers in the Walloon region as follows:EDF Belgium
No. of employees 30
Revenue ...[more]
CROSS-BORDER ACCOUNTANCY
[BIZ: Lanaken, April 16]
Bert Salden writes: ‘The Meuse-Rhine and Rhine-Meuse North Euroregions encourage cross-border business; but, despite the EU, there is a great deal of difference between the legislative frameworks in the various countries. So the Euregio...[more]
FLUXYS: LIMBURG GAS STORAGE
[BIZ/INFRA: Hasselt, April 16]
Fluxys is examining underground gas storage in an area covering 13 municipalities in the north of Limburg. These are Bocholt, Bree, Dilsen-Stokkem, Hamont-Achel, Hechtel-Eksel, Houthalen-Helchteren, Kinrooi, Lommel, Maaseik, Meeuwen-Gruitrode,...[more]
NUON DISCUSSES MERGER
[BIZ: Amsterdam, April 16]
The Dutch energy company Nuon, which is also active in The Netherlands, is talking to foreign partners about a possible merger. The Amsterdam company is anticipating legislation on splitting up the energy companies, which is being...[more]
FORD STARTS GALAXY PRODUCTION
[BIZ: Genk, April 16]
Ford has started production of the new Ford Galaxy, and last month the S-Max was also started. Both models should produce a total of 510 units a day. In the early part of April there were 90 S-Max units with the new 2.5ltr turbo engine....[more]
APPLE JUICE FOR LIMBURG (B)
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 16]
In future a number of Belgian Limburg restaurant facilities will be serving local apple juice. They want to influence the consumer, who tends to associate fruit juice too closely with orange juice. The Limburg Hesbaye region is the center...[more]
CENTER PARCS EXPANSION?
[BIZ/LEI: Peer, April 16]
Center Parcs is investigating the possibility of expanding their Erperheide bungalow park in Peer. According to Mayor Theo Kelchtermans (CD&V), Center Parcs wants to start building bungalows next year, but the Province wants the program...[more]
MACINTOSH RETAIL: RECORD YEAR
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 16]
Macintosh Retail Group’s turnover increased by 1.5% to EUR 817.6m in 2005 thanks to an exceptionally good second half.The operating result rose by 53.2% from EUR 30.0 m to EUR 45.9 m, due to a higher percentage gross margin and lower...[more]
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MAYOR LINDEN FOR GERMANY
[GOV: Aachen, April 24]
The Mayor of Aachen, Dr. Jürgen Linden, represented the interests of German cities in the EU committee discussing the unnecessary complexity of the regulations governing tenders and the threshold level at which these tenders were to be...[more]
MIK’S THE BEST
[EDU: Maastricht, April 21]
Kiekeboe, the kindergarten/nursery school belonging to MIK in Maastricht, has been hailed as the best of the year, during a conference on kindergarten operators. The prize was awarded at the initiative of the trade magazine ‘Kinderopvang’....[more]
31 MARSHALL PLAN PROJECTS
[GOV/BIZ: Namur, April 21]
Thirty-one projects have been submitted for the Walloon Marshall Plan. Biodegradable materials and special materials for use in aircraft are among the projects submitted for support. A total sum of EUR 209m is to be available. The...[more]
TRUCK THIEVES CAUGHT
[GOV: Maastricht, April 18]
The supra-regional detection unit of the South Limburg (NL) police (BRZN), under the guidance of the Office for Euroregional Cooperation of the Justice Department in Limburg, and in cooperation with Limburg and Belgian police, have...[more]
MAASTRICHT EU BURSARIES
[EDU: Maastricht, April 16]
The University of Maastricht has acquired a subsidy of EUR 2.4m in bursaries for Masters candidates in Public Health and European Studies for students from other EU countries. This is a Matra program study (see below) being offered...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE GEO DATA
[GOV/INFRA: Maastricht, April 16]
The Limburg (NL) provincial government has awarded a grant of EUR 183,881 for a geographical information service. At the end of next year it, will be possible to obtain important economic information by using geographical information...[more]
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HILL COUNTRY CELL FARMING
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht April 24]
The hill country we are referring to here is that of the area enclosed by the cities of Maastricht Aachen and Liège. This is an oasis of rest in Europe's Rhine Scheldt Delta - the most productive part of the old continent with...[more]
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THE GOLDEN HORSE
[LEI: Fouron le Comte, April 27]
Astrid Krux writes: On April 10, Gabrielle Marchant celebrated her 70th birthday with 350 guests [see Issue 132. Ed.] Madame Marchant is the owner and Chef de Cuisine of the family business, ‘The Golden Horse’, in Belgium’s Fouron...[more]
SLAM DUNK CASE
[LEI: Liège, April 28]
There is to be an exhibition of work by Frédéric Platéus from April 28 through June 6 at the Espace Uhoda, 14, rue Léon Frédéricq in Liège. Espace Uhoda is a new gallery and the name of the exhibition comes from the language of baseball,...[more]
COSI FAN TUTTE
[LEI: Liège, April 26]
There will be performances of Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ often translated as "Women are like that”, from Friday, May 19 through Saturday, May 27 at the Royal Walloon Opera.Check the website for details. ...[more]
THE MOFFARTS TRUST
[LEI: Liège/Lummen, April 26]
The Moffarts Trust was established in 1997 at the Château Het Hamel in Lummen. The objective of the foundation is to protect the artistic and historical heritage entrusted to it by its founders, Baroness Marie-Louise de Moffarts...[more]
AACHEN ART PRIZE 2006
[LEI: Aachen, April 24]
The Swiss artist Roman Signer, born in 1938 in Appenzell, Switzerland, and who now lives and works in St. Gallen, Switzerland, will receive the EUR 10,000 art prize from the City of Aachen, which will be presented to him in the context...[more]
AFTER CAGE: 24 COLLECTIONS
[LEI: Aachen, April 24]
‘After Cage’ is a major cultural project in the borderland of the Euroregion and the borderland areas of Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands. It is a tri-national EU project called ‘After Care: 24 Collections in Movement’ run by four...[more]
MATTHIAS HOCH
[LEI: Aachen, April 23]
There is to be an exhibition at the Ludwig Forum for International Art between May 6 and June 7 of the photographic work of Matthias Hoch. The opening is on May 5 at 20:00 and an illustrated color catalog is available for EUR 39.90. Matthias...[more]
JAZZ IN LIÈGE
[LEI: Liège, April 19]
Those responsible for the Liège Jazz Festival have revealed their program. The top acts this year are the French artists Henri Texier and Richard Galliano, and the Americans Randy Brecker and Wallace Roney. Blues fans will see Lucky Peterson.The ...[more]
THE MEUSE MARATHON
[LEI: Visé, April 18]
The seventh Meuse Marathon (Maasmarathon de la Meuse) will be held on May 14 this year. The course runs between Maastricht and Visé, taking in Fouron, Oost-Maarland, and Lixhe. The link below provides information on registration, prize...[more]
AACHEN IN FLAMES
[LEI: Aachen, April 18]
On May 2, 1656 there was a serious fire in Aachen, where over a period of 23 hours 4,425 houses, 20 churches, monasteries, and hospitals were destroyed — millions went up in smoke. There will be an exhibition to commemorate this occasion...[more]
A 'JOYOUS ENTRY' IN LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, April 16]
On Sunday, June 4, the Province of Liège is going to do a rerun of the famous Prince Bishop Erard de la Marck’s ‘Joyous Entry’* into Liège in the XVIth century. The procession will pass through the streets in the center of Liège and there...[more]
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