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TOP STORIES
[EDIT: Eijsden, November 15]
Top stories in this issue are the visit of Karien van Gennip, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, to Limburg (NL) for an overview of activities in the Province’s Acceleration Agenda covering the research campus for high-tech systems,...[more]
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INNOVATION IN THE OR
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht November 14]
During the visit of State Secretary for Economic Affairs Karien van Gennip to Maastricht, a project was discussed in the context of an experimental hospital OR. Essentially this means using micro-electromechanical systems...[more]
BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS PROGRAM
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, November 14]
Plans are moving ahead for the Biomedical Materials Program (BMM). The program has a provisional budget EUR 120 m and will run for five years. The research program will focus on cardiovascular disease, problems of the...[more]
EUR 3.5M FOR CHEMELOT
[BIZ: Sittard-Geleen, November 14]
During a working visit to Limburg by the under minister of economic affairs Karien van Gennip a check was presented to the mayor of Sittard-Geleen for EUR 2.5 m for the development/opening-up of the research and business campus...[more]
PRYM’S IDEAS
[BIZ: Stolberg, November 14]
Prym goes back to the XVIth century. At that time, nobody imagined that one day the turnover of the William Prym company would amount to more than one billion German Marks in 2001. In the XIXth century, Prym had developed the first...[more]
LINDT INVESTS EUR 40M
[BIZ: Aachen, November 13]
Lindt & Sprüngli, the chocolate and confectionery manufacturers are going to invest EUR 40 m in Aachen through mid 2007. New production and warehouse facilities will be built and 100 new jobs will be added to the 1600 already provided...[more]
CAR OF THE YEAR
[BIZ: Genk, November 13]
The Ford S-Max made at Ford Genk in Meuse-Rhine is the car of the year for 2007. This sporty MPV managed to beat the Opel Corsa for the title. The is the first time since the 1990’s that Ford has won the title. The jury said that the...[more]
SHOPPING RANKINGS
[BIZ: Maastricht/Roermond/Heerlen, November 11]
Maastricht, Roermond and Heerlen have achieved first, third and sixth place in the national rankings of the strongest downtown area established by Elsevier’s weekly magazine. These Limburg cities owe their position...[more]
MEDAL FOR JAN MANS
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 11]
Jan Mans, who is, among other things, President of the South Limburg Chamber of Commerce, received the Pro Merito medal from the Council of Europe during the session of the council in Moscow. He received this because he has been...[more]
ACCO BRANDS TO BORN
[BIZ/LOG: Born, November 11]
The American Acco Brands Corporation is one of the world’s largest suppliers of branded office products, with annual revenues of nearly USD 2bn. Its products are marketed in over 100 countries worldwide, and now it is setting up...[more]
DOWNTOWN CHANGES
[BIZ: Aachen, November 11]
The city center on the corner of Franzstraße and Alexianer Graben is going to be upgraded, according to the developer Klaus Vossen. An Aldi supermarket will move in and takeover the Globus building, according to information from the...[more]
24 BELGIANS IN EUROPE’S TOP 500
[BIZ: Brussels, November 11]
Twenty-four Belgian companies are included in the annual ranking of Europe’s 500 fastest growing companies, which was published in October in Brussels. The most rapid growth this year is from IPTE in Genk, which is a market leader...[more]
CITE INTERNATIONALE
[BIZ: Liège, November 10]
A new international center available for meetings, courses and conferences is being set up at the old institute of anatomy in the Rue de Pitteurs 20 in Liège. The Walloon export and foreign investment agency, the University of Liège...[more]
LRM 240 HECTARES FROM RECTICEL
[BIZ: Lommel, November 10]
LRM NV, Limburg Investment Company, with the Flemish Region as sole shareholder, is buying a 240 hectare industrial site in Lommel from Balim NV, a subsidiary of the Recticel Group. It is one of the biggest property deals in surface...[more]
VODAFONE INVESTS EUR 240M
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 9]
Vodafone Netherlands has announced the acquisition of The Network Factory (TNF). Vodafone and TNF will join forces to offer integrated broadband services for voice and data communication on mobile and fixed networks to the Enterprise...[more]
AMB GENERALI Q1-Q3
[BIZ: Aachen, November 9]
AMB Generali has announced a record of EUR 1.3m Riester policies sold and the group report shows the first to the third quarters with a result of EUR 9m, a premium growth of 5.2%, which is substantially above market level. Measures...[more]
WALLOON ECONOMY DOING WELL
[BIZ: Wavre, November 8]
The Walloon economy has produced its best results this year since the year 2000, according to research by the Walloon Employers Association (UWE). Unfortunately, the unemployment figures continue to rise as a result of the entry of a...[more]
INTERNED NEWS
[BIZ/GOV:Düsseldorf, November 8]
The business newsletter covering relations between The Netherlands and North-Rhine Westphalia covers the following issues in its most recent version. 1. Economic growth in Germany is surprising experts. According to them it ...[more]
CFO FORUM EUROPE
[BIZ: New York, November 7]
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu announced that it would host senior finance executives from corporations headquartered in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at the annual Deloitte CFO Forum held November 8-10 2006 at The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin....[more]
LIMBURG SCIENCE PARKS
[BIZ: Hasselt, November 6]
The Limburg (B) investment company LRM and the City Council of Genk decided on October 4 to take an important step in the development of the Waterschei mine site. LRM is selling the site to the City, which as the new owner will take...[more]
LRM INVESTS IN ZAPPWARE
[BIZ: Hasselt, November 6]
The Limburg (B) investment company LRM has invested EUR 750,000 in Zappware, a one-stop solution provider for interactive digital television. Zappware provides custom and readymade IDTV content in the form of applications for set-top...[more]
BORN WAKES UP
[BIZ/LOG: Born, November 4]
The Public Logistics Center (PLC) in Born on the Holtum North business park is on the move. Goods from this inland port travel not only on the inland waterways but all over the world, to China, the US and India. The secret behind...[more]
QBIC MAASTRICHT HOTEL CHAIN
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 4]
The first Maastricht hotel chain Qbic Hotels is opening hotels next year in Amsterdam and Antwerp. The concept will also be introduced at the end of 2007 in Maastricht. The people behind Qbic are Paul Rinkens, Rino Soeters and Marcel...[more]
ABP CEO DIES
[BIZ: Heerlen, November 4]
John Neervens (60), the CEO of the Dutch Civil Service Pension Fund ABP, died on November 2. Mr Neervens started with the ABP in 1994 as CEO and went through the transition of the ABP from being an extension of government to an independent...[more]
WELLNESS IN EUPEN
[BIZ: Eupen, November 4]
Dutch investor the Maastricht Vitruvius Group is planning to develop the Villa Bellmerin in Eupen into a wellness center with five apartment units on the 7,000m2 site in this German-speaking area of Belgium. The Maastricht group ‘Architecten...[more]
L1 WINS BKD PRIZE
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 3]
The Business Contacts Days Communication Award went this year to L1 Radio-TV for its shows held during the fair, where it presented new businesses on its TV program. TCC (The Computer Company) from Maastricht was awarded the prize...[more]
RWE & MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
[BIZ/INFRA: Essen, November 3]
For the first time RWE is affording its municipal customers the opportunity to participate in the construction of a new hard coal power station via a joint company. Twenty-six municipal utilities will have a total of 350 megawatts...[more]
ROTHSCHILD IN LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, November 3]
The private bank Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe is opening a branch in Liège. Its Luxembourg branch (BPER) opened an office in Belgium in 2003. The bank wants to take over a part of its Liège clientele who, with office holder Eric...[more]
HANSEN TRANSMISSIONS: 140M
[BIZ: Lommel, November 3]
Hansen Transmissions is going to invest EUR 140m in Lommel. The money comes from Suzlon Energy, an Indian manufacturer of wind turbines. The investment will mean an extra 300 units. Hansen produces sustainable drive systems that are...[more]
SPE REMOVES CITYPOWER
[BIZ: Liège, November 3]
SPE is taking its energy brand Citypower off the market. This company, with 150,000 customers, will receive a contract from Luminus,; it will cost EUR 6-8 more. SPE says that the Belgian market is too small for two such similar products....[more]
DSM AND CHEESE
[BIZ: Heerlen, November 2]
DSM is taking an interest in improving the taste of cheese and has been working on cheddar cheese, providing the confidence of reproducibility, which is important in the cheese-making world. Check the website for details....[more]
CHINA: PB GELATINS
[BIZ: Tessenderlo, November 2]
PB Gelatins, the gelatin activity of the Tessenderlo Group is setting up a joint venture to be known as PB Gelatins Pingyang Co Ltd near Wenzhou in South Eastern China together with the Chinese company Zhejiang Feipeng Gelatin...[more]
FORTIS IN WELLNESS
[BIZ: Brussels, November 2]
Fortis Private Equity has taken over all of the shares of Innovative Medical Solutions (IMS) with the Dutch management team. The company develops brand products for the medical and wellness sector and supplies physiotherapists and...[more]
DATA TRANSPARENCY
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, November 2]
FEBEG, the Federation of Belgian Electricity and Gas Companies, and Elia, the Belgian transmission system operator, start up an Internet platform for transparency of data on power generation in Belgium. This initiative will...[more]
AACHEN CALL FOR TENDERS
[BIZ: Aachen, November 2]
The city of Aachen is going to transmit information about calls for tenders in an e-mail newsletter. Companies will be able to request documentation by email and receive them by email. The cost for receiving the information, which is...[more]
EUR 160M FOR KAISERPLATZ
[BIZ: Aachen, November 2]
The project developer Professor Hans Kahlen is talking about a European model project. This is a new investment of EUR 160m in the city center of Aachen in the Kaiserplatz Gallery on the Adalbertstraße, which is being made by a German-Dutch...[more]
OWENS CORNING MICROMAX™
[BIZ: Toledo, Ohio, November 2]
The Owens Corning company, which has locations in Meuse-Rhine, recently announced at the Composites & Polycon 2006 exhibition the global launch of its latest reinforcement development, MicroMax™ fine diameter chopped strand. A...[more]
TELEWORKING TAX POSITIVE
[BIZ: The Hague, November 2]
Costs for the use of communications equipment such as telephones and Internet access will soon be tax-free. The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament has introduced changes into the tax laws. Because these changes reduce the administrative...[more]
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
[BIZ: The Hague, November 2]
Environmental legislation is going to be made simpler and more uniform for business. When the new legislation comes into effect in the first half of 2007, 37,000 businesses will no longer require environmental permits. The applications...[more]
STAFF ONLINE
[BIZ: The Hague, November 2]
When businesses in Germany and The Netherlands are looking for qualified staff from the neighboring country, the Dutch-Germany Chamber of Commerce (DANK) is one of the first points of call. But from now on the chamber of commerce...[more]
EUR 50,000 FOR FOOD
[BIZ/GOV: The Hague, November 2]
A EUR 50,000 subsidy will be available to SMEs within the Food & Nutrition Delta (FND) through to November 15 for a project that is within this area. An FND feasibility study will support a decision on an innovation trajectory...[more]
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SCHENKEN-TARGUS EMEA DEAL
[LOG: Tilburg, November 13]
Targus Europe Ltd. has decided to renew and extend the cooperation with Schenker in the Netherlands in a three year’s contract with an estimated annual turnover of 8 million Euro. Schenker will be responsible for the total supply...[more]
TNT SELLS LOGISTICS
[LOG: Amsterdam, November 4]
TNT N.V. announces that it has completed the sale of the logistics division to affiliates of Apollo Management LP, a leading private equity firm with offices in New York, London and Los Angeles. With the completion of this transaction,...[more]
LIEGE AIRPORT IN DUTCH
[LOG: Liège, November 2]
A major presentation to the Dutch/Flemish media took place on October 31. All the presentations were in Dutch including one by Airport director Luc Partoune. There were around 24 members of the Dutch-speaking media at the conference....[more]
TNT TO SELL FREIGHT MANAGEMENT
[LOG: Amsterdam, November 2]
The Dutch postal group TNT wants to sell its freight management department. The group wants to concentrate on post and packages. According to TNT, other financial players are interested in this department. The division is concerned...[more]
BY TRAIN TO GERMANY
[LOG: Eindhoven, November 2]
Brabant, Limburg, and the German regions want more rapid train connections. Train connections from Eindhoven to Germany could be much better. A better connection to the German high-speed net is relatively simple to achieve. This...[more]
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DG DAY 2006
[GOV: Eupen, November 15]
Today is the day of Belgium’s German-speaking community. There will be a reception in Brussels and a celebration on Friday November the 17 a 18.30 h in Lontzen. ...[more]
FINLAND IN HASSELT
[EDU/GOV: Hasselt, November 14]
At the invitation of the Provincial Hogeschool in Hasselt there has been a conference among representatives of the Association of Universities and Colleges in Limburg and the university and colleges from Tampere in Finland. Twelve...[more]
LIMBURG SIGNS WITH RWTH & IHK
[EDU/GOV: Aachen, November 13]
The Dutch province of Limburg represented by Martin Eurlings, signed a cooperative agreement with Aachen’s RWTH University and the Aachen Chamber of Commerce. Dutch minister of education, Maria van der Hoeven, and North-Rhine Westfalia’s...[more]
HASSELT TOPS IN IT JOURNALISM
[EDU: Hasselt, November 11]
Belgian journalists specializing in IT received a number of awards during a concert at the Flagey building on Thursday, October 26. Four winners received the Baudouin Elleboudt Awards worth EUR 1,250. Among them Steven Maesen, who...[more]
VOTE ON THE BAUHAUS
[GOV: Aachen, November 11]
On November 14 the City of Aachen sent all the citizens, entitled to vote on December 10, information about the referendum on the Bauhaus Europa. They will be asked whether they are in favor of the new building. Those taking part must...[more]
SILVER ECONOMY CONFERENCE
[GOV: Maastricht, November 10]
At the initiative of the Province of Limburg, the International Silver Economy Conference 2006 will be held on November 28, 29 and 30 in Kerkrade (Parkstad Limburg), The Netherlands and a large number of internationally recognized...[more]
NEW DA FOR MAASTRICHT
[GOV: The Hague, November 8]
As of November 1 Annemarie Penn-te Strake has been appointed District Attorney at Maastricht. Mrs Penn-te-Strake has been the Coordinating Vice President and Chair of the Civil Section of the Court in Maastricht, and before that...[more]
A FACELIFT FOR HEERLEN
[GOV: Heerlen, November 4]
The municipality of Heerlen has set up an image quality plan for facades of buildings around the squares and the center, and the simple point of departure related to the choice of materials, color, advertising, lighting and the image...[more]
ACCELERATING TO BRUSSELS
[GOV: Maastricht, November 2]
Limburg is to present its Acceleration Agenda in Brussels. Representatives of business, the academic community and government will be in Brussels on December 6 to present the Acceleration Agenda to European institutions. The province...[more]
RUSSIANS REFORM AT MSM
[EDU: Maastricht, November 2]
On Friday, October 27, 137 Russian civil servants concluded a project in which they were trained in strategic planning and performance management at the Maastricht School of Management (MSM). The course was co-financed by the European...[more]
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HASSELT U AND BIOTECH
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt, November 11]
The Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED) of the University of Hasselt has concluded a cooperative agreement with the technology transfer service of the Flemish Inter University Institute for Biotechnology (VIB). VIB will support...[more]
PATIENT SAFETY AT HASSELT
[HEALTH: Hasselt, November 11]
In January 2007 the University of Hasselt starts the development of an expertise center on patient safety in association with the regional hospitals Virga Jesse (Hasselt) and ZOL (Genk). The emphasis is on critical management factors...[more]
BIOCLUB ON PROGENOSIS
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, November 11]
There will be a meeting of the BioClub at the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Forckenbeckstr. 6 in Aachen on December 12 at 18:00, where Dr Fabrizio Giannotta, the CEO of ProGenosis Liège, will...[more]
GREEN BIOTECH
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, November 3]
Specialists from The Netherlands, Belgium and North-Rhine Westphalia will be able to find out about aspects and initiatives in green biotechnology in the Seventh Framework Research Program for the EU for 2007 through 2013 at Aachen’s...[more]
BAESWEILER BIOTECH
[LIFE-SCI: Baesweiler, November 2]
On November 24 the Seventh Baesweiler Biotech Meeting will be held at the International Technology and Service Center (ITS) in Baesweiler. The focus will be on biotechnology/life sciences. At the meeting representatives from...[more]
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CHAOS IN FUSION ETC
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, November 3]
Researchers from Jülich explain how turbulent flows can improve the characteristics of fusion plasma in their ‘News in Brief’. This is not all. They also look at research in the field of elementary particle and medium energy physics...[more]
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EUR 750M TEFAF 2007
[LEI: Maastricht, November 12]
In recent years the European Fine Arts Fair (TEFAF), which will be held in 2007 from March 9 through 18 at the MECC (the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Center), has developed from a relatively modest occasion to one of the...[more]
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE WINS
[LEI: Liège, November 12]
Meuse-Rhine’s Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Amélie Mauresmo 6-4 6-3 in the Tennis Masters Tournament at the Sony Ericsson WTA Championships 2006 in Madrid....[more]
MARTIN BUBER MEDAL
[LEI: Kerkrade, November 11]
This year’s Martin Buber medal, awarded within the framework of Euriade 2006, will be made on November 24 at 18.00 at Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade. The initiative for the medal came from the Euriade Foundation, based on the principles...[more]
EIFEL-ARDENNES EXPO 2006
[LEI: Malmedy, November 11]
There is to be an agriculture and trade fair, also covering tourism, in Malmedy from November 17 through 19. Twelve thousand visitors are expected and there are 120 exhibitors in the hall and around it.There’s a focus on tourism ...[more]
BAUHAUS EUROPA EXHIBITION
[LEI/GOV: Aachen, November 11]
There is to be a replay of the exhibition on the ‘Bauhaus Alpha’ at Aachen’s international newspaper museum from November 11 through 18. The exhibition gives an overview of seven proposals for interactive activity at the proposed...[more]
BLIND SPEED SKIER IN LANDGRAAF
[LEI: Landgraaf, November 10]
On November 15 the blind speed skier Kevin Alderton takes part in the Paradiski Indoor Speedski Event. A range of international speed skiers are attempting a new world record in indoor skiing at the event. The record includes a...[more]
ALPHONSE MUCHA
[LEI: Liège, November 10]
From November 29, 2006 to January 14, 2007 the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Liege (MAMAC) will host an exhibition dedicated to the leading art nouveau artist, Alphonse Mucha. This exhibition, which is organized by the...[more]
LES OLIVETTES
[LEI: Liège/Maastricht, November 2]
A documentary, ‘La vie en chantant’, by the director Patrick Bisschops has been awarded the prestigious Prix Europea at a festival in Berlin, which was held this year for the twentieth time. The documentary was made for L1,...[more]
LIEGE MUSEUMS
[LEI: Liège, November 2]
Liège museums are going to be looking at wood. There will be a program from November 25 at the Musée d'Ansembourg, the Musée d'Art religieux et d'Art mosan (MARAM) and the Musée de l'Art Wallon. At d’Ansembourg there will be a temporary...[more]
DUTCH FOR TOURISM
[LEI: Düren, November 2]
Every fifth overnight stay in the northern Eifel region is made by a Dutch speaker. This has caused the district authorities in cooperation with Eifel Tourism GmbH to run a course in Dutch for those employed by the hotels, the national...[more]
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