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NE PAS SAVOIR QUELQUECHOSE
[EDIT: Eijsden, October 27]
Le Grand Liège bemoans the fact that insufficient attention was given to a performance of Molière’s ‘Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ at the Théâtre Arlequin in October and castigates the local television company in this connection. While not...[more]
GAZPROM IN TRIANEL?
[EDIT/BIZ: Berlin/Aachen, October 16]
The Russian gas giant Gazprom is apparently looking for ways of taking a share in energy businesses like RWE and RAG and also in city power utilities like the Meuse-Rhine combine, Trianel. ‘They want to get close to the...[more]
FRANCE 2 AND 3 DISAPPEAR
[EDIT: Eijsden, October 16]
The French television stations France 2 and 3 are no longer available at the @home digital TV program selection. TV5, the French international program that seems to be largely devoted to Africa, and one of the Belgian RTBF channels...[more]
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SAAKASHVILI AT MSM
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, October 29]
Sandra Roelofs, the First Lady of Georgia, wife of President Mikheil Saakashvili, presided over a unique wine tasting at the Maastricht School of Management, last Sunday. Georgia is the oldest wine-growing country in the world,...[more]
LEERS FAVORS LIEGE
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, October 28]
In an article by Peter Kamps about the future of Maastricht Aachen Airport on the front page of Dagblad de Limburger Mayor Gerd Leers of Maastricht is quoted as saying that he does not exclude Maastricht’s entering into an alliance...[more]
BIOCODE HYCEL TO GO PUBLIC
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège, October 27]
There are 80 companies that are interested in going public on the Brussels Euronext market, says Vincent Van Dessel, Euronext president. The next candidate is the biotech company Biocode Hycel, which is looking to find EUR 10m...[more]
TRILATERAL MARKET COUPLING
[BIZ: Brussels October 27]
The regulators of the electricity markets in Belgium, France and The Netherlands have approved the rules and the mechanism to implement market coupling between the three countries. The market coupling between the three markets together...[more]
INITIATIVES ON CLUSTERS
[BIZ: Liège, October 27]
The Initiatives Business Fair held in Liège at the end of October had a focus on the new clusters in the Walloon economy, which are being organized to improve the competitive nature of business in the region by grouping SMEs together...[more]
AIRPORT CAR SALES
[BIZ: Liège, October 27]
The auto market at Liège Airport is the largest second hand car market in the Walloon country. The car market offers a meeting place for peple to buy and sell their used vehicles privately. There are private buyers and sellers and also...[more]
RMONI WIRELESS
[BIZ: Hasselt, October 26]
RMONI Wireless provides wireless interconnectivity in the rapidly growing market for remote metering and monitoring. Solutions combine sensors, Zigbee wireless network technology and GPRS mobile Internet connectivity to offer web-based...[more]
LIOF’S STAKE IN PNA
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 26]
LIOF, the Limburg development company, recently took a stake in PNA TopTrainees BV in Heerlen. This is a unique trainee concept developed for those with higher levels of education who are looking for employment in IT. Recently the...[more]
HEERLEN’S BAZAAR
[BIZ: Heerlen, October 25]
The municipality of Heerlen has reached an agreement with a company to run the Bazaar. This is a collection of small shopping units for start-up businesses planned in the former De Klomp shopping center. The contract has been signed...[more]
Q-PARK 2ND IN EUROPE
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 25]
The Maastricht parking giant Q-Park is growing spectacularly following the takeover of the Scandinavian Carpark. It is now number two in Europe with 525,000 parking slots as we mentioned in our last issue. Q-Park is active is 10...[more]
ONE LIMBURG CHAMBER
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 25]
The merger of the Chambers of Commerce in Maastricht and Venlo was approved by the boards of both chambers, with the two boards voting unanimously to complete the merger by January 1, 2008. Jan Mans will be the president of the...[more]
OMC CLOSER TO SCHERING-PLOUGH
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège, October 24]
The Liège company OncoMethylome has announced today that it has entered into a new non-exclusive service agreement with Schering-Plough. Under the terms of the new agreement, OncoMethylome will receive processing fees for providing...[more]
EXPO REAL
[BIZ: Aachen/Munich, October 24]
From October 23 through 25 the major real estate fair being held in Munich, called Expo Real, had a major presence from Aachen under the heading of ‘1Aaachen’ led by Fritz Rötting, manager and organizer of this presence in Munich....[more]
COMMISSION APPROVES TNT SALE
[BIZ: Amsterdam, October 24]
TNT NV has announced that the European Commission has granted clearance under the EU merger regulations for the acquisition of the logistics division of TNT by Apollo Management LP. TNT currently anticipates that the acquisition...[more]
NEW BROCHURE FOR MICE
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 24]
The Maastricht Congress Bureau (MCB) has produced a new brochure ‘Meet Maastricht and Surroundings’. It’s intended for people arranging business meetings and should convince them that such events should be held in Maastricht and...[more]
DANES WANT WIND PARK
[BIZ: Schleiden-Schöneseiffen, October 23]
Danish investors want to buy the wind turbine park at Schleiden-Schöneseiffen. The Danes are offering EUR 17m for 12 wind turbines which are in the Schleiden GmbH park and many citizens from the Euskirchen district...[more]
I-ZONE INNOVATION
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, October 23]
The I-ZONe project, an initiative of the Limburg development company LIOF, the Brabant development company NV BOM, Syntens and NV Rede in Southeast Netherlands, has started, and it’s going to be an exception to the rule of talking...[more]
FAVINI DUTCH OPERATIONS
[BIZ: Meerssen, October 23]
Favini has appointed Rienk Jan van der Kooi to the new post of Director of Favini Netherlands. Mr. van der Kooi will be responsible for managing Favini’s Meerssen and Apeldoorn mills. Since acquiring its Dutch mills, Favini has ...[more]
ESSENT: 15% OF BELGIAN MARKET
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 21]
The Dutch energy group Essent wants 15% of the Belgian electricity market and wants to be number three there. This is what Erwin Van Laethem, their boss, says. In the merger between Suez and Gaz de France, a decision was made, under...[more]
HASSELTLOKAAL VIA PDA
[BIZ: Hasselt, October 21]
Since the date of publication, HasseltLockaal, a news website focusing on Hasselt, will be available via PDA with the same articles and photos that would be seen on a normal computer. Check the link below. This is part of the i-City...[more]
UMICORE WANTS STARCK
[BIZ: Eijsden, October 20]
The materials technology group Umicore, which has a base in Eijsden among other places, is now a candidate for the takeover of the German Bayer company subsidiary HC Starck. This was mentioned in the Financial Times Deutschland. Earlier,...[more]
MUNTERS EUROFORM AACHEN
[BIZ: Aachen, October 20]
Munters Euroform GmbH Aachen has been designated ‘Company of the Year’ by its Swedish mother company. The German subsidiary is a specialist in droplet separation in gas cleaning, humidification and climate control. Munters is the world...[more]
LE JOUR LIEGE STOPS
[BIZ: Liège, October 20]
‘Le Jour Liège’, a relatively new daily in Liège, is ceasing publication. It started publication January 20, 2005 and expected an average daily paid circulation of at least 4,200 copies in 2006, 5,000 in 2007 and 6,000 in 2008. Average...[more]
LIMBURG MINE GAS
[BIZ: Hasselt, October 20]
The Limburg (B) development company LRM has given a contract to the Flemish Institute for Technology Research to investigate how much mine gas remains underground in Limburg. The motivation is the increasing interest on the part of...[more]
ARCELOR, UWE AND AWEX
[BIZ: Liège, October 20]
The international marketing division of UWE, the Walloon Business Association, has with the assistance of AWEX, the Walloon Export Association, created a steel cluster, with the objective of providing assistance to Arcelor sub-contractors,...[more]
AMB IN COLOGNE FROM 2008
[BIZ: Aachen, October 19]
The insurance giant AMB Generali in Aachen has found a new home in Cologne, and from mid-2008 the management of the holding company will be housed in the Dominium building in the Cologne banking quarter.Top management and the strategic ...[more]
PHOTOVOLTECH EXPANDS
[BIZ: Tienen, October 19]
The sun cell producer Photovoltech from Tienen is going to build extra production facilities. The company wants to respond to the growing demand for solar panels. The market is growing, according to Photovoltech, by 30% a year. The...[more]
BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCERS
[BIZ: Brussels, October 19]
The Belgian federal government has made a list of companies licensed to market bio-ethanol and bio-diesel fuel on the Belgian market. Bio-ethanol includes Bio Wanze (Wanze), Alco Bio Fuel (Gent) and Tate & Lyle (Aalst). They will...[more]
DSM SCIENCE CHAIRMAN
[BIZ: Heerlen, October 18]
DSM has announced the appointment of Professor E.W. (Bert) Meijer, of the Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands, as chairman of its new Scientific Advisory Board. The Scientific Advisory Board will support DSM in the...[more]
PARKSTAD ENERGY
[BIZ: Heerlen, October 18]
Parkstad had a pavilion focusing on new energy at the Business Contact Days at the MECC. More than 8,500 people were attracted to the show and there were 47 participating companies, 100% more than in 2005. And it generated 500 business...[more]
AACHEN’S ENERGY EFFICIENCY
[BIZ: Aachen/Herzogenrath, October 18]
A campaign for energy-efficient business started on October 18 with an information meeting at Aixtron AG in Herzogenrath. The campaign will be organized by the City of Aachen, STAWAG (the power utility) together with the...[more]
SUPPORT FOR SCHEUTEN SOLAR
[BIZ/GOV: Heerlen, October 17]
The Tripole municipalities of Heerlen, Maastricht and Sittard-Geleen, businesses, institutions and knowledge centers in South Limburg are supporting the lobby for the establishment of a new solar cell factory of Scheuten Solar...[more]
PLANNING NEWSLETTER
[BIZ/INFRA: Arnhem, October 16]
This month in the Planning and Construction newsletter they are dealing with the status of the project and the working group. This cross-border project is available at the link below...[more]
ALE-BRUTELE TRIPLE PLAY
[BIZ: Liège, October 16]
The cable companies ALE-Teledis (Liège) and Brutélé in Brussels are going to offer a combination of telephony and Internet digital television under the VOO brand from October 23. The combination will be the first triple play operator...[more]
LIMBURG QUALITY DAY
[BIZ: Genk, October 16]
With the slogan ‘Ready for the Future’, on Thursday, November 16, there will be the first cross-border Quality Day. This is to be organized by the Limburg Quality Circle Foundation with Allanta, the center for quality care in southern...[more]
LABOR LAW ALTERNATIVE
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 16]
Since the change in legislation in July 2005, companies are no longer required to register with the Dutch arbodienst labor law organization. This change provides businesses with the opportunity to choose their own ‘business doctor’....[more]
NEW UWE PRESIDENT
[BIZ: Charleroi, October 16]
The General Assembly of the Walloon Business Association (UWE) held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi saw the accession of Eric Domb (45) to the office of President of the association for the coming three years. Mr Domb is...[more]
VOJACEK’S WINES WIN
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 16]
The Grand Final Tasting of the 18th Wine Competition was held at the NH Barbizon Palace Hotel on the Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam in early October. Two hundred wines were selected to take part. This was a test for the wines on...[more]
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GERMAN ENERGY CONFERENCE
[INFRA: Aachen, October 24]
Aachen’s Eurogress is hosting an energy conference where new aspects of energy-efficiency and saving will be discussed. There will also be an Aachen Energy prize awarded worth EUR 1,500....[more]
PORT OF LIEGE
[LOG: Liège, October 17]
The Lloyd Yearbook (in English and French) on the Port of Liège for 2006 covers major ongoing developments, in particular the Trilogiport, where EUR 8m will be spent on developments for the complex, including by-pass roads, green facilities,...[more]
TOPS IN LOGISTICS
[LOG: Brussels, October 16]
Flanders and the Walloon Country head the lists in logistics. The South Netherlands is ninth in the top ten. Limburg and Antwerp head the list, followed by Liège and Hainault. Düsseldorf, Alsace and Nord-Pas-de-Calais are also in...[more]
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AUTOMOTIVE CAMPUS SPA
[EDU: Spa, October 27]
The new specialist automotive training centre, the automobile campus, has opened in Spa. Training is offered in French, Dutch, German and English. The campus has received an EUR 8 m investment from the Walloon region....[more]
LIMBURG CLOSER TO RWTH
[EDU/GOV: Maastricht, October 25]
The Province of Limburg and school heads from Limburg high schools made a joint working visit to the RWTH University in Aachen. During the visit a working group was established to develop plans for cooperation exchange of knowledge...[more]
RWTH FUNDING 2ND PLACE
[EDU/BIZ: Wiesbaden/Aachen, October 24]
The RWTH University, Aachen, is second in Germany in the rankings relating to the acquisition of funding from third parties. The levels of funding for public and private institutions compared with the earlier period have...[more]
LIMBURG FOR EUROPEAN AWARD
[GOV: Maastricht, October 24]
The Netherlands province of Limburg is one of two Dutch nominees for the European Enterprise Awards 2006 for its project ‘There is chemistry in Limburg’. The other Dutch nominee is the Chamber of Commerce for West Brabant with its...[more]
EDUCATIONAL CONTACTS
[EDU: Aachen, October 23]
The cities of Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen and Liège (the MAHHL cities) will be holding a Colloquium on November 17 to discuss closer contacts between business and educational institutions in the five cities. The event will...[more]
MERIT’S LISBON SELECTION
[GOV: Brussels, October 20]
In the October–December 2006 issue of the ‘Newsletter of the Committee of the Regions’: cities and regions, the European Globalization Adjustment Fund, public-private partnerships, subsidiarity, and the Lisbon network are covered....[more]
MSM FUNDING
[EDU: Maastricht, October 20]
The Maastricht School of Management is the only educational institute to receive an MFS Study. The Dutch MFS Advisory Committee on Joint Financing, which advises the Ministry of the Overseas Development on grants worth EUR 2.2bn,...[more]
SOCIAL INCLUSION
[EDU: Maastricht, October 17]
The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and the World Bank are presenting a joint research project, EU8, on social inclusion policies. Since the beginning of the 1990s Central and Eastern Europe and the Republics of the Former...[more]
EUREGIONALE TOURING
[GOV: Heerlen, October 16]
The Euroregional Academy is organizing a conference on sustainable tourism in the Euroregion on Monday, November 6 in Heerlen, at the request of EuRegionale 2008. The Euroregional Academy is trying to develop a Euroregional identity...[more]
MEDICAL MERGER
[EDU: Maastricht, October 16]
On January 1, 2007, the faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Maastricht will merge into the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (HML). The merger is inspired by a new view of health and healthcare...[more]
ARCHITECTURE PRIZE
[EDU/LEI: Liège, October 16]
On November 4, 2006, the 16th Euroregional Prize for Architecture will be awarded in ISA Saint-Luc de Wallonie in Liège. The prize is awarded annually to the best final student project at one of the participating architectural institutes...[more]
SELFKANT IN BERLIN
[GOV: Gangelt/Selfkant/Waldfeucht, October 16]
The municipalities of Gangelt, Selfkant and Waldfeucht are going to be at the International Green Week in Berlin from January 19 through 28. They will be presenting rural North-Rhine Westphalia. In the 26 halls...[more]
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BIOMEDICA
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, October 27]
Life Sciences are booming in the Meuse-Rhine Triangle area of Aachen, Liège, and Maastricht and the neighboring regions in NRW (Cologne, Bonn), Belgium (Leuven, Hasselt) and The Netherlands (Eindhoven). More than 300 life sciences...[more]
AGRIFOOD AND PHARMA
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, October 25]
There is to be a seminar at the Château de Colonster, Sart Tilman, Liège on November 8 from 13:30 to 18:30. The Interface Enterprises University of Liège, coordinator of the Transcend project, and its Meuse-Rhine Euroregional partners...[more]
COMBATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
[LIFE-SCIENCES: St. Trond, October 16]
The regional hospital St. Trudo is going to work on the international development of a new medication against multiple sclerosis (MS). MS can presently only be controlled by injections, but there is a new possibility of...[more]
LIFE SCIENCE FINANCIALS
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, October 16]
In September, a major presentation was sponsored by Ernst & Young in Maastricht on the life sciences front and we list below some of the areas that were covered, starting with intellectual property. The headings are largely...[more]
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LESSER EMPEROR ON THE MEUSE
[SCI-TECH: Maastricht, October 23]
The Lesser Emperor dragonfly has been observed on the Meuse in the southern Netherlands and is apparently using the river as a highway. This is apparently part of an ongoing stream of new plants and animals that are moving...[more]
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AÏDA AT LIÈGE
[LEI: Liège, October 30]
There is to be a series of performances of Verdi’s Aïda at the Royal Walloon Oprah from November 3 through November 12. The production comes from the Erfourt Theatre and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. The title role will be sung by Adina...[more]
INDOOR SKIING IN SPA
[LEI: Spa, October 27]
There is to be an indoor ski slope and bowling alley near the airfield at Spa. This is reported in the Liège Chamber of Commerce Magazine Gagnier & Réussir. The entrepreneur is Victor Bosquin of the Game and Casino Business of the same...[more]
TRENCHERMAN SUMS UP
[LEI: Aldeneik, October 25]
We are getting used to trencherman’s absences, but this does not mean that he has become inactive. He has, in fact, been pushed from our pages by other matters of business. In fact, his reminiscences here in late October go back...[more]
FOIRE DE LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, October 20]
An article by Franz Stoks in Dagblad de Limburger reminds us that October is the month for the Liège fair, which is familiar to all those who love the city. A visit to the fair in Liège, one of the oldest in Europe, is an ongoing process...[more]
ORCHIDS AT ALDEN BIESEN
[LEI: Alden Biesen, October 20]
From November 3 to 5 there will be an international exhibition of orchids. The exhibition will show the most beautiful flowers from the Rain Forests in Asia, America and Africa. It will be held at Alden Biesen in Belgian Limburg...[more]
TOP EQUESTRIAN BOOK
[LEI: Aachen, October 20]
A book on the World Equestrian Championship held in Aachen in 2006 has been published, entitled ‘FEI World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006’. It has 144 pages in A4 format with hundreds of photos and a lot of stories. The championship attracted...[more]
NEW AACHEN TOURIST BROCHURE
[LEI: Aachen, October 18]
There is a new Aachen tourist brochure, of which 50,000 copies have been printed. It’s available in German and English at no charge from the information center, at the Elisenbrunnen in Aachen....[more]
GASTRONOMY IN LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, October 18]
The ‘young talent with vision’ prize went to the owner and chef of the restaurant ‘Li Cwerneu’ in Huy , awarded by the Knack/Le Vif restaurant guide. Another award for the Best Foreign Restaurant of the Year went to Liège for Le Shanghai.(Source: ...[more]
MECC WINTER CIRCUS
[LEI: Maastricht, October 18]
There will be a circus at the MECC from December 13 through 17, where the ‘Ahoy Christmas Circus’ will put on the show. This follows the success of the performance in 2005. Check the website for details....[more]
ROMAN WEEKEND
[LEI: Heerlen, October 18]
In the Thermen Museum in Heerlen the remains of a unique Roman Bathhouse are presented and a Roman Weekend is being organized for November 18 and 19. There’ll even be a Roman hairdresser to plait your hair and provide various other...[more]
BAS COENEGRACHT
[LEI: Maastricht, October 18]
Bas Coenegracht will be exhibiting his work at the Wolfs Gallery in Maastricht from October 28 until November 25. The exhibition will be opening on Saturday, October 28 in the presence of the artist. ...[more]
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]
COMTE DE BUFFON EXHIBITION
[LEI: Maastricht, October 16]
There is an exhibition of the work of the Comte de Buffon at the University of Maastricht, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, through April 9, 2007. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, was one of the most important naturalists in the ...[more]
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