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TRENDS
[EDIT: Eijsden, October 15]
It would be difficult to point specific top stories in this issue, but certain ongoing trends make themselves felt. One is the general ‘beefing up’ of the presence of the Port of Liège, with the advent of the explosion in the growth...[more]
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LIMBURG LOGISTICS IN LIEGE
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, October 13]
The Limburg European Logistics Center visited the Port of Liège to give themselves an update on this key logistical facility. The Port gave an overview of the logistical strength of the area, which not only includes the port itself,...[more]
NUON IN WALLOON ENERGY MARKET
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, October 12]
After noting that it wants to raise its market share to 20% in Flanders, the Dutch energy supply company Nuon has said it wants to overtake Luminus, the Limburg-based joint British (Centrica) operation. The Dutch company currently...[more]
FAURECIA Q3 STABLE
[BIZ: Sittard, October 12]
Faurecia, with a manufacturing facility in Sittard, increased sales 3.7% to EUR 2,589.1m in the Q3, 2006 and dipped 0.3% at constant exchange rates, excluding monoliths. Exchange rate fluctuations had a negative impact of 0.4%....[more]
Q-PARK EUR 200M SHARE ISSUE
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 12]
The Maastricht-based, international parking giant, Q-Park has issued shares to the value of EUR 200m as a bridging credit for the sale of the Scandinavian parking company Carpark. This means an expansion to the original share package:...[more]
DEXIA SELLING ARTESIA NL
[BIZ: Brussels, October 12]
Dexia is selling its Artesia Nederland Bank to GE Commercial Finance, the financial arm of the American General Electric conglomerate. The companies have announced the takeover. The Artesia bank provides credit to large- and medium-sized...[more]
FRANCORCHAMPS CONTRACT
[BIZ: Francorchamps, October 12]
In the coming year and through to 2010 at the latest, there will be Formula-1 races at the Francorchamps circuit and a Belgian Grand Prix again. An agreement has been signed for the purpose between the Walloon Minister for the...[more]
AACHEN AT EXPO REAL
[BIZ: Aachen, October 12]
Aachen will be present with its Meuse-Rhine allies at the ninth International Real Estate Fair, which takes place in the Neue Messe in Munich from October 23 to 25. Monday, October 23 is the regional day and Aachen will be at stand...[more]
SCHEUTEN TO AVANTIS
[BIZ: Heerlen, October 11]
Scheuten Solar in Venlo wants to build a EUR 150m sun cell plant at the Avantis Science and Business Park, if it receives a EUR 22.5m subsidy from central government in The Hague. MD Leon Giesen of Scheuten Solar has noted that the...[more]
SONIC DRILLING
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 11]
During the Business Contact Days in the MECC in Maastricht on October 10 and 11, Conex of Bunde demonstrated a new branch of its activities: Therm-X, a new environment-friendly approach known as sonic drilling. With this method...[more]
NEW ENERGY
[BIZ: Herleen, October 10]
Parkstad Limburg gave a major presentation at the business contact days in the MECC with a focus on ‘new energy’. [MRJ will be returning to this issue in a webcast in the coming months] ...[more]
FLORIADE TEAM
[BIZ: Venlo, October 9]
Floriade, the flower show organized once a decade in the Netherlands, is one of the biggest agricultural events in the world and has been officially styled a world agricultural event. The next one is in 2012 and the managing director...[more]
FIFTH DIFFERENT HOTEL
[BIZ: Lanaken, October 4]
The Limburg hotel group Different Hotels has announced, three months after its foundation, the purchase of a fifth hotel. Eurotel in Lanaken will be part of the group. The group started in July 2006 and was founded in cooperation with...[more]
PUNCH TO GO TO NANKNG
[BIZ: St. Trond, October 4]
The Punch technology group is planning to build a factory for automatic transmissions in China. The company is building on the technology of the ZF transmissions company in St. Trond. This company was taken over this year by Punch....[more]
GENK/LRM SCIENCE PARK
[BIZ: Genk, October 4]
The City of Genk and the Limburg (B) investment company LRM are going to set up a high quality science and business park on the former mining site of Waterschei in Genk. The first phase of equipping the site is scheduled for mid-2007....[more]
EUROREGIONAL BUSINESS FORUM
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 3]
On Wednesday, October 25 businesses in Meuse-Rhine will be able to get to know other internationally-oriented businesses during a special informative meeting in Geilenkirchen. The Euroregional Business Forum will be organized by...[more]
100 JOBS AT MOSA
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 3]
The Mosa tile factory in Maastricht will need 100 new workers soon because of the growth of the company. The number employed will be increased by a quarter to 500. Extra workers are needed for the development of wall tile production...[more]
ADAMS DRUMS WIN AWARD
[BIZ: Ittervoort, October 3]
The Adams drum factory, Adams Paukenfabriek BV, has won the Limburg Export Award. This family company from Ittervoort puts Noteborn from Wittem and Rena from Maasbre in second and third place behind it. Noteborn produces sliding...[more]
FORD GOES WITH BELPOWER
[BIZ: Brussels, October 3]
The Ford motor company is going to work with the Belgium Group Belpower. Belpower is going to provide sustainable energy in Europe’s Ford factories. Belpower, which is part of the exchange-quoted Reibel Group, has a contract with Ford...[more]
EUROGROUP IN LIEGE
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, October 2]
On September 14 the Eurogroup held a conference on how to add value to research innovation. The conference was attended by ministers Marie-Dominique Simonet and Jean-Claude Marcourt. The results of a study on adding value to...[more]
FORD GENK’S SUCCESS
[BIZ: Genk, October 2]
Ford will be producing 235,000 S-Max and Galaxy models this year. That’s not only 56,000 more than in 2005, but also 148,400 more cars than the original April plan had forecast when the announcement was made for the production of the two...[more]
MONDEO AT FORD GENK
[BIZ: Genk, October 2]
Ford Genk is going to start an exclusive version of the new Mondeo model, which will be produced next winter. The public will get a glimpse of the new car in the James Bond film ‘Casino Royale’. The part where James Bond gets behind the...[more]
LIEGE ENGINEERS AT US STEEL
[BIZ: Liège/Chicago, October 2]
The largest blast furnace in the US has been totally overhauled under the guidance of Seraing-based company, Pirson, in the Province of Liège. The dismantling and assembly work had to be carried out in record time, as the unit...[more]
DSM TAKES LIPID TECHNOLOGIES
[BIZ: Heerlen, October 2]
Royal DSM N.V. has announced the acquisition of Lipid Technologies Provider AB (LTP), a Swedish company with a technology platform based on formulated lipids. LTP develops lipid delivery systems for functional foods (including dietary...[more]
EUR 10M FOR CLN LIEGE
[BIZ: Jemeppe, October 2]
The Italian CLN Group is a key player in pressing in the European automotive market and it’s planning to create a new entity for the production of automotive sub-assemblies via its Magnetto Automotive division. For Arcelor, which has...[more]
WALLOON LOGISTICS IN ENGLAND
[BIZ/LOG: Brussels, October 2]
In June a delegation from the Walloon Foreign Trade and Investment Agency (AWEX) went to England and surprised their listeners with the advantages provided on the Walloon logistical trajectory, with reductions of tax levels from...[more]
NEXIA NEDERLAND IN TOP 10
[BIZ: Maastricht/Amsterdam/Enschede, October 2]
Accountant and consultancy firms Koenen and Co from Limburg, Horlings Brouwer & Horlings in Amsterdam, KroeseWevers in Enschede have formed an alliance. The three firms are going to collaborate under the name Nexia...[more]
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BOENEN WANTS MINE WATER
[INFRA: Heerlen, October 13]
A lot of progress has been made on the mine water project ongoing in Heerlen and elsewhere, and this has attracted the city council from Bönen (Germany) who want to participate in the project.Their participation will be analogous ...[more]
BIOGAS IN DUEREN
[INFRA: Huchem-Stammeln, October 12]
Energy from growing crops is a hot issue and the water company Verbandswasserwerk Aldenhoven GmbH wants to participate in this lucrative new market. It’s planning a EUR 7m investment through the end of 2007 in the construction...[more]
TRILOGIPORT GO-AHEAD
[LOG: Liège, October 10]
The Director General of Planning, Housing and Heritage of the Walloon ministry has granted a planning permit for the construction of the multi-modal Liège Trilogiport for the Liège region. This Walloon project involving an investment...[more]
LYRECO EDC IN VOTTEM
[LOG: Liège, October 9]
With headquarters in France, Lyreco, among the leading worldwide businesses focusing on office supplies, has stated its intention to centralize its logistical activities for the Benelux countries in an ultra modern distribution center...[more]
DIPCITY VISITS LIEGE
[LOG: Liège, October 9]
Within the context of the DIPCITY project supported by Europe’s Interreg III funding program, the Port of Liège invited its partners, the ports of Brussels, Lille and Paris, to participate in a round table on the issue of the decontamination...[more]
HYDRO POWER AT BORGHAREN
[INFRA: Maastricht, October 4]
11,000 households in Maastricht will in the future be powered by a new hydro power plant on the River Meuse at Borgharen, north of Maastricht. The Arbra BV company from Bemelen has been granted a permit to build this plant. According...[more]
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100TH LINEAR POTTERY FARM
[EDU: Elsloo, October 3]
In the Riviusstraat in Elsoo, excavations have revealed well-preserved remains of prehistoric farms. The farms are a part of a linear pottery culture settlement of four hectares, which is the largest found so far and they are approximately...[more]
AACHEN U IN PEKING
[EDU: Aachen, October 12]
Aachen’s RWTH University has strengthened its ties with China by opening an office in Peking. The Peking Office will focus on the exchange of staff and Students. University President Burkhard Rauhut opened the new office....[more]
CROSS-BORDERS AT HIMO
[GOV: Monschau, October 12]
There will be a seminar for businesses from the Euroregion which will focus on cross-border business opportunities. It will be held on Tuesday, November 14 at 18:30 at HIMO in Monschau — this is at Am Handwerkerzentrum 1.The seminar...[more]
COMBATING DISASTER
[GOV: Maastricht, October 12]
The Meuse-Rhine Group concerned with safety and combating disasters is to hold a three-day conference at the end of the month. The objective of the conference is to determine the structure and operation of a new plan for safety...[more]
CONFUCIUS IN LIEGE
[EDU: Liège, October 12]
The Confucius Institute of Belgium’s French-speaking Community will be inaugurated on Tuesday, October 17 at 16:00 at rue de Pitteurs 20 in Liège. The ceremony will be in the presence of her Excellency Madame Qi yue Zhang, Ambassador...[more]
HISTORY WEEK IN MAASTRICHT
[EDU: Maastricht, October 12]
From Saturday, October 14 through October 22 the Maastricht History Week will take place, with ‘Belief and Superstition’ as its theme. There are lectures each day, largely in the Regional Historical Center in Maastricht: on Sunday,...[more]
CROSS-BORDER SPEED TRAPS
[GOV: Eupen, October 10]
Police authorities in the Belgian-Dutch-German border area have taken part in a meeting relating to a Europe-wide campaign against speeding. In the context of ‘Operation Speed’ there will be a number of speed traps set up during the...[more]
BENELUX MIGRANT WORKER INFO
[GOV: Brussels, October 10]
Migrant workers are concerned with two countries, the country in which they work and the country where they live and it’s often complicated to determine which tax and social security legislation applies to them. So it’s useful for...[more]
CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION
[GOV: Doenrade/Selfkant, October 10]
The Municipality of Selfkant in Germany concluded an agreement on February 9, 1999 with the neighboring Municipality of Sittard for support and assistance in the case of disasters and it is working out very well. In the Dutch-German...[more]
NEW MC BOSS IN LIEGE
[GOV/HEALTH: Liège, October 6]
There is to be a new director of the Mutualité Chrétienne in Liège. This is a health insurance fund, one of a type of quasi-official bodies that plays an important role in Belgian society. The new man for Liège for the Catholic...[more]
INTER-NED NEWS
[GOV: Düsseldorf, October 6]
The North-Rhine Westphalia Dutch newsletter Inter-Ned raises a number of interesting points. These include the new German law on equal treatment, which came into effect on August 18, 2006. It means that there may be no discrimination...[more]
UNU AT GLOBELICS INDIA
[EDU: Maastricht, October 6]
Maastricht’s UNU Merit Institute has sent 20 researchers and alumni to this year’s GLOBELICS (Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems) Conference. This year's theme is on innovation...[more]
MAASTRICHT BIOGRAPHY
[EDU/LEI: Maastricht, October 6]
On the website link below there is a publication of Maastricht’s cultural biography. The program will inform the viewer as to how the project came into being and will, in fact, speak for itself....[more]
EUR 870,000 FOR EUREGIONALE
[GOV: Maastricht, October 5]
The Province of Limburg has awarded the sum of EUR 870,000 to the Green Metropolis and other projects falling under EuRegionale 2008 for the year 2007. The provincial parliament has agreed to discuss the EuRegionale 2008 in its next...[more]
GERMAN UNIVERSITY FUNDING
[EDU: Aachen, October 4]
The Aachen-Bonn-Cologne region received EUR 296m from the German research community between 2002 and 2004 — if one includes the Jülich Research Center, the sum comes to EUR 306m. Among the universities, the Ludwig-Maximilians University...[more]
NEW JUELICH CHAIRMAN
[EDU/SCI-TECH: Jülich, October 3]
Professor Achim Bachem, who was formerly on the board of the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) has been chairman of the board of the Jülich Research Center since the beginning of October. He has succeeded Dr Joachim Treusch, who...[more]
NEW MD MSM
[EDU: Maastricht, October 2]
The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) has appointed Klaas van Mierlo as its managing director. Mr van Mierlo will be concerned with business development, directing the internal organization and maintenance of MSM’s worldwide...[more]
EUROREGIONAL EXECUTIVE MBA
[EDU: Maastricht/Cologne, October 2]
The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and the Cologne Business School (CBS) are going to set up a Euroregional Executive MBA. Dean Ronald Tuninga of MSM and his colleague Aad van Mourik of the CBS decided to take this...[more]
EUREGIONALE 2008 MAGAZINE
[GOV: Aachen, October 2]
A new magazine covering cultural events is being produced by the EuRegionale organization....[more]
UNIVERSITIES TO COOPERATE
[EDU: Maastricht, October 2]
The boards of the University of Maastricht and the University of Hasselt have given the go-ahead to cooperation between Maastricht, Hasselt and Louvain on a new bachelor’s degree in law. This cooperative arrangement means that the...[more]
L’EMBARCADERE
[EDU: Liège, October 2]
The Aquarium-Museum, Science House and Metallurgy and Industry House are joining forces to create ‘L’Embarcadère’ (The Landing Stage), a museum and display complex at the heart of Liège. It is hoped that this scientific, technical and...[more]
NEW CHANCELLOR FOR AACHEN U
[EDU: Aachen, October 2]
The new administrative head of the RWTH University of Aachen’s [i.e.:‘Kanzler’ – but not the president! Ed] , Dr Manfred Nettekoven, took up his position at the beginning of October. He succeeds Michael Stückradt, who has moved on the...[more]
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E &Y SUPPORTS LIMBURG LIFE-SCI
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, October 10]
Ernst & Young wants to give added impetus to life science business in this area. It has concluded an agreement covering accountancy and tax advice to support Life Sciences Limburg financially in its work to strengthen the position...[more]
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3D ELECTRON MICROCOPY
[SCI-TECH/BIZ: Maastricht, October 14]
The 3D Titan transmission electron microscope, from University of Maastricht and the TU Eindhoven, allows the observation of molecular structures in 3D at a magnification as high as 1M x (1million). The microscope costs...[more]
CLIMATE ALLIANCE CONFERENCE
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, October 4]
There is to be a Climate Alliance Conference in Aachen on October 26. It will take place in the Aachen Eurogress from 10:00 through 18:00 and the program can be found online at ...[more]
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JACK MILLION AT STEIN RADIO
[LEI: Elsloo, October 17]
Omroep Stein, the Stein Radio Station is organizing a concert by the Jack Million band at the Maasland Center in Elsloo/Stein and is offering listeners the opportunity to be present at the recording. This is unique because the band...[more]
SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP
[LEI: Landgraaf, October 13]
Winter sports have found their new home in South Limburg because of the creation of Snow World in Landgraaf. On October 13, the first World Cup for Snowboarding started the winter sports’ season at Snow World, Landgraaf, which has...[more]
MOTIVES FESTIVAL GENK
[LEI: Genk, October 12]
The Motives Festival will be held in Genk from November 15 through 18. It has become a unique forum for both contemporary and future jazz. There is full information about ticket sales points and the concerts at the link below....[more]
THE CAIRO CARAVAN 2
[LEI: Liège, October 12]
The Cairo Caravan, to which we have referred before, not only covers the history of Egyptology — which developed in the nineteenth century in Liège and continued with the establishment of a chair in Egyptology at the university — but...[more]
LEOPOLD-HOESCH MUSEUM
[LEI/EDU: Düren, October 10]
The Leopold-Hoesch Museum program for October includes a lecture by Arian Leka, an Albanian poet, an installation by the artist Henrik Olesen, and from October 22 another installation by Kurt Abel, where the automobile obtains the...[more]
THE TASTE OF RELAIS
[LEI: Wahlwiller, October 9]
On October 9, Limburg’s hospitality Guru, hotelier Camille Oostwegel presented the seventh issue of the mouthwateringly illustrated ‘De Smaak van Relais’ magazine, which gives news on restaurants belonging to the Relais du Centre,...[more]
VINOLOGIST-CHEF PREMIERE
[LEI: Bosch en Duin, October 4]
Martin Bruggeman, master chef and owner of the restaurant Hof van Herstal in Echt, received a diploma as a Vinologist (Vinoloog) at the Hoefslag restaurant in Bosch and Duin on October 4. He is the first master chef entitled to...[more]
TRACE GALLERY
[LEI: Maastricht, October 3]
There will be an exhibition of paintings by Raymond Bedaux and Jo Hendriks and ceramics and bronzes by Eddie Symkens at the Galerie Tracé, Alexander Battalaan 31 in Maastricht from October 22 through December 2. Check the website...[more]
THEATER IN LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, October 2]
The Nederlands Dans Theater program on October 17 in Maastricht will also be accessible (on reservation) by shuttle bus at 19.00hrs from the Théâtre de la Place in Liège. At Théâtre de la Place, October 18 through 28, there will be ...[more]
DANCE IN MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, October 2]
On Tuesday, October 17 there will be a performance of the Nederlands Dans Theater at the Theater on the Vrijthof. They will be performing two pieces by Jyrí Kylián. One is called ‘Wings of Wax’ based on the Icarus myth and the other...[more]
MUEHLNER MOTORSPORT 1-2
[LEI/BIZ: Spa Francorchamps, October 2]
The Spa Francorchamps Belgium-based Mühlner Motorsport Team brought their pair of Porsche 997s from the Porsche Supercup to the eighth round of the German Long-distance championship run at the Nürburgring recently. After...[more]
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