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DSM BUYS OWN SHARES
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 28]
Though there was no explicit admission of the fact, DSM's move to buy back EUR 750m of its own shares and its plans to reward loyal shareholders with higher dividends and to favor named shares rather than bearer shares is part of...[more]
OMS NEW PRODUCTS FOR US
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège, September 28]
The Liège–based biotech company OncoMethylome Sciences (OMS), which specializes in tests to detect cancer in its early stages, hopes to be able to launch three new products in the US next year. As the products will only be...[more]
HANSEN EUR 10M FOR LOMMEL
[BIZ: Lommel, September 28]
The Antwerp company Hansen Transmissions is investing EUR 10m in its new 13MW production line for the testing of cog wheel units that are primarily used in wind turbines. The new infrastructure will be ready for use next year and...[more]
DSM INVESTS IN VAN TECH
[BIZ: Geleen, September 28]
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announced that it has taken a minority share in Van Technologies Inc., a developer of an environmentally-compliant product-line of UV and water-based coatings. ...[more]
AACHEN INNOVATION PRIZE
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, September 28]
The Aachen region, the Aachen agglomeration and the districts of Heinsberg, Euskirchen and Düren are presenting the Innovation Prize for the region of Aachen together, in three categories: Start-ups, Growth and Skilled Trade....[more]
SABIC ACQUIRES HUNTSMAN
[BIZ: London/Sittard, September 28]
Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman and CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Peter Huntsman, President and CEO of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announced they have agreed terms under which SABIC will acquire...[more]
LIEGE LIGHT THERAPY
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Villers-le-Temple, September 28]
The Luminette is a lightweight apparatus rather like a pair of spectacles, but can be worn on top of normal glasses, to administer luminotherapy treatment. It is a product of the Liège University Spin-off Company...[more]
MARSHALL PLAN PROBLEMS
[BIZ/GOV: Brussels, September 25]
The establishment of business parks without an official zoning permit is against the law. The Arbitration Court took this decision going against aspects of the Walloon Marshall Plan. The Walloon Government had decided that industrial...[more]
PROMPERS FOR A2
[BIZ/INFRA: Maastricht, September 23]
Mr Louis Prompers is leaving the city council and effective October 1 he will be the new president of the A2 project in Maastricht. This project is to build a highway tunnel through Maastricht to avoid the present blockage...[more]
KOBELCO HEERLEN EXPANDS
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 22]
Kobelco Welding Europe BV, the Dutch subsidiary of the Japanese concern Kobe Steel, has decided to expand production in Heerlen and is going to invest EUR 10.9 m to produce fluxed-cored welding wire for carbon steel, beginning in...[more]
MAASTRICHT HOSTS 167 MTGS
[BIZ: Maastricht, September 22]
Maastricht has become a venue for international conferences and meetings lasting several days; and, in 2005, 167 companies found their way to The Netherlands’ oldest city on the Meuse for their meetings. Each year The Netherlands...[more]
RFIDEA TRACEABILITY
[BIZ: Liège, September 22]
RFIDEA SA is a Liège-based company that specializes in engineering and applications in electronic traceability. The company was launched in 2003 under the name of Neuro Engineering. The core business was focused on Traceability, Biotechnologies...[more]
SERVATIUS CAMPUS
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, September 22]
The Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning announced on September 22 that it didn’t want to allow Servatius, the Maastricht Housing Association, to build a sports hall and offices in the context of its campus plan for Maastricht....[more]
AMBIORIX PRIZE 2006
[BIZ: Houthalen, September 22]
The Belgian Limburg Employer’s Association has awarded its Ambiorix Prize for 2006 to Heraeus Electro-Nite from Houthalen. According to the Limburg Employer’s Association, this company excels in business and its concern for its...[more]
HIGH-TECH APPLES
[BIZ: Hasselt, September 22]
There has been cooperation among the University of Hasselt, the Xios, PHL, KHLim Quadri colleges and the Limburg Science Center at the university campus at Diepenbeek near Hasselt. This has focused on a project which calls itself...[more]
SOLAR POWER FOCUS
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, September 22]
There is to be a focus on solar power in Aachen with an image campaign and various options and various subsidies for the use of solar power. Check the website....[more]
DTZ MANAGEMENT BELGIUM
[BIZ: Brussels, September 22]
Global property adviser DTZ has appointed two new managing directors Frederic Van de Putte and Koen Donvil to lead the management of investment advisory, letting and sales and property management, respectively for its Belgium operation....[more]
CEGEKA: TOP BIZ
[BIZ: Hasselt, September 22]
The LRM stake-holding the software company, Cegeka, with its base in Hasselt, has been nominated for the prestigious Flemish distinction of ‘Business of the Year for 2006’. This competition has been organized for the twelfth time...[more]
BIOGAS NEARS COMPLETION
[BIZ/INFRA: Gangelt, September 21]
Construction on the biogas plant in Gangelt started after completion of the procedural trajectory in May and now it can be seen gradually getting bigger every day. The plant will be over 84m in height, which is a slight problem....[more]
AVANTIS FEST RESEARCH
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Avantis, September 21]
The Avantis European Science and Business park, at its location on the Dutch-German border between Heerlen (NL) and Aachen (D), is developing into a major research center. A great deal of business and public funding is going...[more]
INITIATIVES
[BIZ: Liège, September 20]
The annual business fair in Liège, known as Initiatives, has as its slogan this year ‘Let Us Dare’ and will run from October 26 to 27 at the Halle des Foires, Liège, from 10:00 to 18:30 on Wednesday and Friday and from 10:00 to 20:00...[more]
SCHEUTEN SOLAR GELSENKIRCHEN
[BIZ: Venlo, September 19]
The Venlo company Scheuten Solar, part of the Scheuten Group, has bought a German solar cell factory in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, from the German company SolarWorld. The Scheuten Group already has a factory in Gelsenkirchen where they...[more]
DSM AKULON PA6 CHINA PLANT
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 18]
Royal DSM N.V. announced that it has decided to invest in a new facility at its Jiangyin site, Jiangsu province, to produce high viscosity grades of Akulon® polyamide 6 (PA6). The new plant is expected to come on stream in Q2 2008....[more]
SCANIA REJECTS MAN
[BIZ: Opglabbeek, September 18]
The Swedish truck maker Scania has rejected the takeover bid by its German competitor MAN. Scania has their major European distribution center in Opglabbeek in Limburg. Whether this is the end of the story is not yet clear. Readers...[more]
MEETIN’POINT LIMBURG
[BIZ: Hasselt, September 17]
meetIn’Point Limburg is an association of 30 independent professionals and businesses from various sectors which intends to promote the products and services of its members. meetIn’Point Limburg has grown in a very short period of...[more]
DEHOTTAY TAKES OVER MULLER
[BIZ: Malmedy, September 16]
The Dehottay company from Malmedy took over the shares of the transport company Muller in Waimes, which specializes in tanker transport of feed products, on August 15. Both companies will continue to exist, according to Christian...[more]
TROYDO QUARRY IN OUFFET
[BIZ: Ouffet, September 16]
After a takeover by new stake-holders Messrs. Romain and Romeyer and with the assistance of Meusinvest, the Troydo Quarry is benefiting from a major relaunch plan. The program will mean investment of EUR 1m. The objective is to transport...[more]
AID TO BORDER REGIONS
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, September 16]
Frank Malis of Aachen’s Chamber of Commerce writes in the Dutch Kamerkrant (dated September 1) that the Interreg funding for the cross-border region, including the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, has created a strong relationship between...[more]
VOJACEK WINE DOMAINS
[BIZ: Maastricht, September 16]
Vojacek Wines, a major Maastricht wine merchant, have produced a booklet that details their suppliers and gives a portrait of them. The domains and businesses concerned are as follows: Domaine Larmandier Bernier Champagne (Vertus),...[more]
LIEGE REAL ESTATE PROJECTS
[BIZ: Liège, September 16]
Liège Online has listed the following projects as being ongoing in the province of Liège: Liège Airport, Park of Hermalle-sous-Huy, Haute Wegge at Waremme, Verviers West, Spintay quarter in Verviers, ‘Polygone de l’Eau’ in Verviers,...[more]
MEGA SHOPPING ROERMOND
[BIZ: Roermond, September 16]
The arrival of the new mega shopping center on the A73 at Roermond is closer. The Province has indicated that it has no objection to the retail park. Forty thousand square meters would have to be completed by the end of next year,...[more]
LIEGE HOT-ROLLED WILL CLOSE
[IND: Liège, September 16]
Despite the promises of Lakshmi Mittal to review the hot-rolled steel issue in Liège, the blast furnaces will be closing their doors in 2009. According to Michel Wurth, of Arcelor Mittal management, in an interviews in La Libre Belgique,...[more]
LYNEN CABLES
[BIZ: Eschweiler, September 16]
The Lynen family in Eschweiler started their cable business in 1986. A change came about in the business in 2001, when the company was taken over by Klaus Faber. It now employs 284, is known as Facab Lynen GmbH & Co KG, and expects...[more]
EVS SUCCESS
[BIZ: Liège, September 16]
An interview by Vincent Joye, published in Cash.be (part of the Trends magazine) on September 15, looks at the success of EVS in an interview with Jacques Galloy, who has been Financial Director of the company since 2001. EVS is often...[more]
IT MATCHMAKING IN LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, September 16]
There will be a IT matchmaking day on Thursday, October 26 at the Initiatives 2006 fair at the Halles des Foires de Liège, Quai de Wallonie, 6, B-4000 Liège.Partnering and networking events are an ideal way for IT SMEs to initiate...[more]
FED BIZ FOR COMPUTERLAND
[BIZ: Liège, September 16]
The Liège IT company Computerland has signed a contract with the Federal Ministry of Finance for the supply of 25,000 Internet telephones to a value of around EUR 8m. Computerland is working on this with IBM. The units will be delivered...[more]
READY-TO-USE BUSINESS PARKS
[BIZ: Hasselt, September 16]
The Limburg real estate company Immopro, part of the Gijbels construction group, is going to offer Chinese investors ready-to-use start-up business parks. The company has already produced a brochure describing the proposal in Chinese....[more]
EUR 150M AT TESSENDERLO
[IND: Tessenderlo, September 16]
Tessenderlo Chemicals has a new electrolysis unit, which represents an investment of EUR 150m. Ely 3 electrolysis uses considerably less power. This also means that the CO2 emissions are reduced. The salt, which is split into...[more]
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TNT SIGNS WITH HAOU
[LOG: Amsterdam/Shanghai/Liège, September 29]
TNT today signed the Equity Transfer Agreement with the Hoau Group in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, to acquire its nationwide road transport and freight business. The signing of the agreement (comparable ...[more]
LIEGE AIRPORT
[LOG: Liège, September 25]
Liege Airport passenger traffic figures are up 30% as against last year's figures. This will mean an annual total of 300,000 passengers carried this year as against 239,389 last year. Italy is the top destination and 83% of the passengers...[more]
HASSELT-MAASTRICHT TRAM
[LOG: Maastricht, September 23]
The rail connection between Hasselt and Maastricht will open in 2012. This will be a high-speed tram and will cost EUR 55m, and is part of the Spartacus Plan for better public transport in Limburg. The trams will run every half...[more]
LIMBURG LOGISTICS DAY
[LOG: Stein, September 21]
Limburg Logistics Day allowed those interested to look at the Port of Stein, an efficient tri-modal port, to view the facilities, an important tri-modal base for Wessem Port Services, Meulenberg transport and Warehousing and L’Ortye...[more]
PENSKE GOES WITH ABX
[LOG/BIZ: Reading Pa./Brussels, September 18]
Penske Logistics and ABX Logistics have announced the formation of a strategic alliance focused on providing integrated, global supply chain solutions for multinational corporations. The alliance combines Penske...[more]
MAJOR LEAP FOR WATERWAYS
[LOG: Brussels, September 16]
The Belgian Federal Minister for Mobility has proposed a new system of regulations for Belgium’s inland waterways that is to come into effect in January. Currently the regulations governing inland waterways date from 1935. Now there...[more]
GROWTH AT BARGE TERMINAL BORN
[LOG: Born, September 16]
The transshipment of containers at the barge terminal in Born will grow rapidly in the near future because of the increasing flow of containers from the port of Antwerp, where the market share is growing annually by 6-10%. In order...[more]
MORE TRAINS TO HEERLEN
[LOG: Maastricht, September 16]
As the Veolia company takes over the Maastricht-Heerlen railway it will double the number of trains, using new faster trains and stopping at more stations. Although Dutch Rail (NS) is scrapping services where there are no passengers,...[more]
ELIA GRID H1
[INFRA: Brussels, September 16]
Elia Grid demonstrates its strength and reliability in its H1 figures.- Profit level for the first six months, according to the Belgian accounting principles, in line with the regulated profit forecast (EUR 37.2m) and on a...[more]
INLAND WATERWAYS PRIORITY
[LOG: Brussels, September 16]
The European Parliament has called for a greater investment in the inland waterways. The parliamentarians feel that this sector should receive greater priority. A proposal by the Dutch member Corien Wortmann (member of the Christian...[more]
WILLY CLAES BACK IN SHIPPING
[LOG: Hasselt, September 16]
Belgian Minister of State and a leading citizen of Hasselt, Willy Claes, has been officially appointed the new chairman of the board of the NV De Scheepvaart company. He succeeds Paul Kumpen, who will henceforth be the vice chairman....[more]
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EUR 63M FOR NUTRITION
[GOV: Maastricht, September 20]
The Dutch Junior Minister for Economic Affairs, van Gennip, has launched an innovation program called the ‘Food and Nutrition Delta’. Under this program EUR 12.7m will be made available between 2007 and in 2010 and a further EUR...[more]
FIVE-FOLD BUDGET FOCUS
[GOV: Maastricht, September 20]
Following the Dutch budget it became clear that EUR 150bn would be available for a major project in the area of medical technology for Limburg (NL). This is to be the center for translational molecular medicine - a project that...[more]
BAUHAUS EUROPA REFERENDUM
[GOV: Aachen, September 18]
There is to be a reassessment of the Bauhaus project on October 18 in Aachen because of a petition against it, bearing 7,386 signatures....[more]
EUR 20M FOR RESTORATION
[GOV: Brussels, September 17]
The Flemish minister Dirk Van Mechelen envisages EUR 20m extra for restoration premiums in 2007. This is an increase of 50%. This is part of the program to restore the heritage buildings to good heath. Check the website....[more]
SAUDI MED STUDENTS
[EDU: Maastricht, September 16]
The Maastricht Faculty of Medicine has been given permission by the Ministry of Education to take on 40 Saudi medical students. They will receive a Dutch diploma but will have to return to work at home. Saudi Arabia sends students...[more]
FOREIGN STUDENTS IN MAASTRICHT
[EDU: Maastricht, September 16]
Among the international student community at Maastricht University the majority are still Dutch, but numbers have decreased from 64% last year to 61%. The number of German nationals in the student body is growing and has risen...[more]
LANAKEN WITHOUT BORDERS
[GOV: Lanaken, September 16]
The Belgian Limburg municipality of Lanaken, which adjoins the Dutch city of Maastricht, has a large Dutch expatriate population who are eligible to vote but have not done so in the past. In view of the forthcoming Belgium elections,...[more]
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KNOW-HOW 2 CONNECT NANOTECHNOLOGIES
[LIFE-SCI/SCI-TECH: Liège, September 30]
The Interreg IIIA project is organizing a workshop ‘Know-How 2 Connect Nanotechnologies’ on October 5 at the Fraunhofer Institute in Aachen from 13:30 to 18:30.The Interface Enterprises University of Liège, coordinator ...[more]
EUROPEAN BIOTECHNICA AWARD
[LIFE-SCI: Hanover, September 16]
After a successful premiere in 2003, Deutsche Messe AG has announced the European Biotechnica Award for the fourth year in succession. This year’s award ceremony will take place at a special evening event in Zurich on Thursday,...[more]
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LE SABOTAGE AMOUREUX
[LEI: Liège, September 29]
"Le Sabotage Amoureux" an opera in 5 Acts with Music by Daniel Schell and Libretto by Amélie Nothomb starts October at the Royal Walloon Opera. Check the web site for details....[more]
AFRICA IN EUPEN
[LEI: Eupen, September 28]
Africa in Eupen is a major festival for people from Europe and Africa. The people from the Euroregion will be able to enjoy African music, eat African food and buy African souvenirs. It’s on Friday, October 7 in the Capitol at Neustrasse...[more]
8TH EUROREGIONAL GRAPHICS
[LEI: Brunssum, September 28]
The Ilse Frankenthal Foundation (IFS) is organizing the eighth Euroregional graphics show at the D’r Brikke-Oave in Brunssum from October 8 through November 5. Graphics here means reproducible art in the form of prints. The show...[more]
LIMBURG CERAMICS PRIZE
[LEI: Hasselt, September 27]
The Limburg designer Piet Stockmans won a prize at the European Ceramic Context 2006 show in Denmark for a service that he developed for the Louis XV restaurant in Monaco. Twenty-eight countries took part in the competition.Stockmans ...[more]
TOO MANY COOKS
[LEI: Vaals, September 26]
Organized by Artifex from Monschau, the great and good of Meuse-Rhine assembled recently in Vaals, at the famous Bloemendal Hotel, once a boarding school for young ladies and a temporary home to Rose Kennedy, JFK’s mother. They cooked...[more]
EUREGIONALE 2008 TOURISM
[LEI: Aachen/Schleiden, September 26]
EuRegionale 2008 and the Aachen region have presented a cross-border tourist brochure for group trips in the regions of Aachen, Liège and Maastricht. The tri-lingual brochure addresses itself to organizers in Belgium, Germany...[more]
WORLD SPEED SKI RECORD
[LEI: Landgraaf, September 25]
The French ski resort Paradiski, Les Arcs and Dutch indoor ski facility SnowWorld are organizing the indoor speed ski event in Landgraaf the Netherlands November 15, 2006. Dutch speed skier Merijn Vunderink (243, km/h) and a number...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE OCTOBERFEST
[LEI: Ubach-Palenberg/Landgraaf, September 23]
Mayer Schmitz-Kröll of Ubach-Palenberg and Mayor Janssen of Landgraaf have opened the first Friday Octoberfest, an attractive event with live music and a Bavarian atmosphere. The proceeds paid on entry will go to...[more]
JAZZ MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, September 23]
New names and talent and a great deal of jazz will be brought to the city by Jazz Maastricht. There will be concerts in the theatre, the Groote Societeit on the Vrijthof and a range of cafés throughout the city. Among the performers...[more]
ABORIGINAL ART
[LEI: Maastricht, September 22]
‘Dreamings of the Desert’, an exhibition, will be held from October 18 to November 18 at the Gallery Myrèse, St Pieterstraat 21 in Maastricht. The exhibition reveals Aboriginal paintings depicting stories of the Dream Era painted...[more]
JOHAN MUYLE
[LEI: Liège, September 22]
Liège artist Johan Muyle’s exhibition ‘More Opium for the People’ (Plus d’Opium pour le Peuple) will open on November 5 in Hainaut. See the link below for details. It runs Wednesdays through Sundays from 12:00 to 18:00 at the Université...[more]
DAVID TENIERS EXHIBITION
[LEI: London, September 22]
There is to be an exhibition of David Teniers (court artist to the Governor of the Southern Netherlands) entitled ‘Theatre of Painting’ at the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, Somerset House, The Strand, London from October 19...[more]
PORTRAIT BY NIVEAU
[LEI: Maastricht, September 21]
Jules de Limbourg, an old friend interviewed your editor in Niveau Euregiomagazine’s Fall number and Guy van Grinsven, the publisher and star international photographer shot a portrait of the office dog, Jasper, and his master...[more]
PRIZE FOR MARTINA SAUTER
[LEI: Aachen, September 20]
The Düsseldorf artist Martina Sauter has received the Euroregional Development Prize in the context of the Aachen Art Route event. This was announced recently. From September 23 through November 5 the work of this 32-year-old artist...[more]
TELLING TALES
[LEI: Aachen, September 20]
The tenth international storytelling festival called ‘Zwischen-Zeiten’ will take place in Aachen from November 3 to 5 under the patronage of the minister Armin Laschet. This year nine storytellers from Europe and overseas will take...[more]
DESIGN BIENNIAL
[LEI: Liège, September 20]
Further activities in the Liège Design festival, running for the third time from September 29 to October 22, will include special attention to design objects from Meuse-Rhine. The principal exhibition focuses on color and is being...[more]
MOTIONS: ALAIN BERTEAU
[LEI: Liège, September 20]
As part of the Design festival in Liège there will be an exhibition of the work of Alain Berteau from September 29 to November 4 at Rue Paradis 62 (about 500m from the Guillemins station). Berteau is an architect and concerned with...[more]
DUESSELDORF QUADRIENNALE 06
[LEI: Düsseldorf, September 19]
The ‘Year of the Arts’ 2006 is eagerly awaiting an exciting debut: the Quadriennale 06 in Düsseldorf which is about to take place and will move the city into the focus of the international art scene for a whole year. This is an...[more]
WINTERLAND MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, September 17]
Winterland, the Christmas and New Year fair, will run in Maastricht from November 25 through January 7. There will be opportunities for skating and enjoying the après ski scene, there will be a house of history, Christmas decorations...[more]
EUROREGIONAL SCIENCE DAYS
[LEI/EDU: Kerkrade, September 17]
On September 30 and October 1 the Industrion Museum in Kerkrade, in cooperation with the Exploregio.net association, will be holding Euroregional Science days. The objective of this event is to get people enthusiastic about...[more]
GUSTAV ERNST: 1,000 ROSES
[LEI: Heerlen, September 16]
There will be a performance of the Austrian dramatist Gustav Ernst’s ‘Thousand Roses’ in Dutch at the TechnoHouse, Heerlen on September 23, 24, 30 and October 1. The price of admission is EUR 8 and performances start at 20.30. The...[more]
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