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CHEMELOT NOW: THE WEBCAST
[EDIT: Sittard-Geleen, February 28]
Chemelot business development manager, Frank Schaap says that he expects the Chemelot research and business campus in Sittard-Geleen, South Limburg to produce Nobel Prize winners. For the story click on the link to the webcast....[more]
TOP STORIES
[EDIT: Eijsden, February 27]
There are a lot of top stories in this issue - one of them clearly being our Chemelot webcast. However, there are other exciting stories too, including Flying-Cam, which takes us into the world of miniature helicopters. Cognesys...[more]
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PHARMACELL: GROWTH
BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, February 28]
PharmaCell, the Maastricht-based biotech company, is going to expand its production activities considerably this year. It has recently entered into a new contract with Bioheart Inc. (US). Further, PharmaCell has started...[more]
MISTERMAIL IN TOP TEN
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 27]
In Emerce 100, the annual ecommerce image assessment of company activities in e-business, Maastricht’s MisterMail achieved a prominent tenth place in the category ‘Knowledge and Know-How in Online Marketing’. Google and Yahoo!...[more]
SNOWWORLD TO GO PUBLIC
[BIZ: Landgraaf, February 27]
Snowworld, with a highly successful year behind it, wants to expand and is looking forward to raising between EUR 50m and EUR 75m with its IPO. The company which runs indoor ski and snowboarding slopes in Landgraaf and Zoetermeer...[more]
PAPI’ON FOR THE OVER 50S
[BIZ: Liège, February 27]
There is to be a major fair for the 50+ at the Halles des Foires in Liège on March 23 through 25. This follows 11 successive fairs of AccordAges and, now in the 12th year, Papi’on is going to provide a mine of information and amusement...[more]
AGIT IN 2006
[BIZ: Aachen, February 27]
In 2006 AGIT was able to help 23 technology-oriented businesses on the road to business success. This number is one quarter of those who sought advice last year. These start-ups have provided 49 jobs and represent an investment volume...[more]
COGNESYS ANSWERS E-MAILS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, February 27]
Co-Email from Cognesys (Cognitive Ergonomic Systems) improves existing e-mail Response Management Systems by processing the semantic content of your e-mails. It is not disturbed by bad grammar or by synonyms. Co-mail is able...[more]
WELLNESS IN VALKENBURG
[BIZ/HEALTH: Valkenburg, February 26]
In the development of the new global wellness Valkenburg program, many people have been involved including insurers, investors, project developers and the government. They’re working on the development of a wellness boulevard...[more]
FN HERSTAL GOOD RESULTS
[BIZ: Liège, February 26]
The small arms producer FN Herstal is doing well. Last year they recorded revenues of EUR 460m, and the company’s profit rose to EUR 20m. The US remains their most important market for the Liège company....[more]
FLYING-CAM: LIEGE’S HIGH-FLYER
[BIZ: Liège, February 26]
Flying-Cam Inc. is a Liège-based company (with crews in Liège, Santa Monica, CA and Hong Kong), which provides a Remote Control Micro Helicopter camera platform to the entertainment industry and to civil protection programs. These include:...[more]
ABP: EUR 92M UPGRADE
[BIZ: Heerlen, February 24]
ABP, the Dutch public service pension fund, is going to refurbish its office at the cost of some EUR 92m. The operation will last three years and provide employment for 120. The principal contractor is Laudy Bouw & Development from...[more]
EPORTFOLIO
[BIZ/GOV: February 23]
There will be an international three-day conference on employability to determine what role an ePortfolio can play in the employability issue. ePortfolio is a sort of electronic resume in which, in addition to the educational background...[more]
AWEX SIGNS WITH TEXAS A&M
[BIZ: Liège, February 23]
The Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency (AWEX) has signed an agreement with Texas A&M University relating to a range of business cooperation and research on investors for technology start-ups, specifically relating to analysis...[more]
PIPELINE HALTED
[BIZ: Sittard, February 22]
The construction of a propylene pipeline to run from Rotterdam via Antwerp and South Limburg to the German Ruhr is being halted. This project, budgeted in the millions, has been under preparation since the year 2000. It involved a...[more]
EVS DOUBLES NET EARNINGS
[BIZ: Liège, February 22]
Liège–based EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. (the leader in Professional Digital Video applications for Live, Near-Live and Studio TV Production, today reports its fourth quarter ("4Q06") and full year 2006 ("FY06") financial results and...[more]
TESSENDERLO LEAVES TDC
[BIZ: Tessenderlo, February 22]
Tessenderlo Kerley, an American subsidiary of the Belgian chemical group, has sold its interest in the Tessenderlo Davison Companies (TDC) marketing joint venture to Davison Petroleum Products. The transaction is worth USD 80m...[more]
NEW BOSS AT RWE
[BIZ: Essen, February 21]
The supervisory board of RWE AG, a major power company in Meuse-Rhine, has decided on the future appointment of the company’s CEO. On the expiry of his contract on January 31, Harry Roels left the company and has retired. At the proposal...[more]
NANO POWDER PRODUCTION
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, February 21]
A new production line for the manufacturing of nano-powders by plasma has been installed at CRIF in Seraing (near Liège). The principle of this method is the following: a powder or liquid precursor is fed with a carrier gas...[more]
THIXOMOLDING
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, February 21]
Thixomolding is an innovative process to inject magnesium alloys. The process is similar to plastic injection but instead of plastic, metallic alloys in a semi-solid state are used. The presence of a globular solid fraction...[more]
MEGA ORDER FOR SOLLAND
[BIZ: Heerlen, February 20]
The Heerlen producer of solar panels Solland Solar has won an order worth EUR 800m. This comes from the major shareholder Solon from Germany and Econcern from Utrecht. The new order will take up half of Solland’s total production...[more]
HEC CONSULTING AT HASSELT
[BIZ/EDU: Liège/Hasselt, February 20]
The Liège business school HEC has set up a consulting business on the campus of the University of Hasselt. A similar activity has been active at the University of Liège for six years. The HEC Consulting Group specializes...[more]
DSM INVESTS IN HARLAND
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, February 19]
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM NV, has announced that it has made an equity investment in Harland Medical Systems, Inc., an emerging US company that is marketing technologies and solutions in medical...[more]
BETA-CAROTENE BEADLETS
[BIZ: Heerlen, February 16]
DSM Nutritional Products has launched a new high-potency natural Beta-Carotene beadlet. Named CaroCare® Nat. β-Carotene 20% V, the innovative product answers the growing demand for animal- and allergen-free ingredients. Aimed...[more]
FORD GENK MOST PRODUCTIVE
[BIZ: Genk, February 16]
Ford Genk is the most productive car plant in Europe as we’ve noted previously. The Flemish government has also decided to provide Ford Genk with EUR 6.2m in government support to further help it....[more]
BARRY CALLEBAUT & NESTLE
[BIZ: Eupen, February 16]
Barry Callebaut, which is the world’s biggest chocolate producer with bases in Belgium and in Belgium’s German-speaking community, is entering into an agreement with Nestlé to expand production capacity in Italy and France. The proposed...[more]
CATALYTIC CRACKER TURNAROUND
[IND: Sittard-Geleen, February 16]
Sabic Europe is going to run a Naphtha cracker turnaround on its NAK 4 unit in Geleen. This maintenance period, which will run from March 11 through April 12, is something that takes place every five to six years, where the...[more]
FORD GENK FASTEST IN EUROPE
[BIZ: Genk, February 16]
Genk’s Ford factory is the most productive automotive plant in Europe, according to Guy Martens, the general manager of Ford Genk. In his view, cars like the Ford Mondeo are not assembled nearly so quickly in other European plants. Martens...[more]
DUTCH PHARMACIES IN BELGIUM
[BIZ: Brussels, February 16]
OPG, a Dutch pharmacy chain, wants to start operating in Belgium. It’s active as a distributor and has a market share of 7%, and is the owner of the East Flemish wholesale Laboratoria Flandria in Zwijnaarde (Gent). OPG wants to look...[more]
INBEV AND ANHEUSER-BUSCH
[BIZ: Jupille, February 16]
The Brazilian daily Valor Economico was cited by Bloomberg as reporting that two brewers — InBev with its base in Jupille and Anheuser-Busch from the US — which have reached an agreement for US distribution for InBev’s European brands,...[more]
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LINKING PARKSTAD AND HEERLEN
[LOG/GOV: Heerlen, February 22]
This year Parkstad Limburg will have three new train stations, although in other parts of the country stations are under pressure. Heerlen and Parkstad Limburg are working together for better regional and border-crossing public...[more]
HASSELT-MAASTRICHT TRAM
[LOG: Hasselt, February 16]
Towards the end of 2010/the beginning of 2011, it will be possible to take a tram from Hasselt to Maastricht. Traveling time at the moment is one hour if you a take a bus that goes through a whole series of villages. With this express...[more]
MONEY FOR INLAND WATERWAYS
[LOG: Brussels, February 16]
According to Inland Navigation, the new Dutch Cabinet intends to support the inland waterways and innovation in that area. Funds will be made available. There will also be an additional EUR 500m to the road and waterway infrastructure...[more]
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ROBERT NOORTMAN CHAIR
[EDU: Maastricht, February 28]
On March 5 next, the University of Maastricht is inaugurating the Robert Noortman extraordinary chair in entrepreneurship at its faculty of Economics and Business Administration. Robert Noortman was a successful Maastricht business...[more]
EUREGIONALE 2008 SEEKS HELP
[GOV: Aachen, February 26]
As the closing deadline for projects for Euregionale gets closer, the organization is looking at the five proposals that Aachen would like to incorporate in this project, which is to receive considerable (NRW) government funding. The...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE STATISTICS
[GOV: Maastricht, February 26]
The Euroregional Information Service (EIS) represented by John Geelen and Ralf P. Meyer presented the product of 1.5 years work on the statistical front. These were two publications giving an overview of statistics in two Euroregions:...[more]
M-R E SCHOOLS LITERARY PRIZE
[EDU: Eupen, February 23]
The next public reading in the Meuse-Rhine Schools Literary Prize will take place on March 1 at 18:00 in the Europa Room of the ministry of Belgian’s German-speaking community. Those invited are Marek van der Jagt and Arnon Grünberg...[more]
PROCEDURE FOR THE REGIONS
[GOV: Brussels, February 22]
For various reasons, on the basis of Article 264(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty), the Committee of the Regions has adopted a new set of rules of procedure. The main changes include the increase in...[more]
D’ANSEMBOURG PASSES ON
[EDU: Amstenrade, February 22]
The Count Marchant et d’Ansembourg died recently at the age of 74 in Belgium and he will be interred in the family tomb at the parish church in Amstenrade. The Count Marchant et d’Ansembourg was a Dutch diplomat. His family’s roots...[more]
PENSION PROBLEMS
[GOV: Aachen, February 22]
On Thursday, March 1 from 14:00 to 17:00 there will be an information session on pensions for migrant workers who cross borders at the Eurode Business Center in Kerkrade/Herzogenrath. During this session Dutch and German experts will...[more]
BORDER PATROL
[GOV/LEI: Kreis Aachen, February 19]
Every five years a surveying team from the district of Aachen takes a walk along the German-Belgium border between Raeren and Wahlerscheid, taking with them spades, brushes and tins of white paint — their Belgium colleagues...[more]
COLOGNE BUSINESS SCHOOL
[EDU: Cologne, February 19]
The Cologne Business School in cooperation with the Maastricht School of Management is offering an executive MBA with modules in Germany, The Netherlands and China. The AMBA accredited program will be providing teaching in all of...[more]
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THE BIOLECTOR TECHNOLOGY
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, February 27]
On March 13 at 18:00 there will be a meeting of the BioClub at which Frank Kensy of m2p-labs GmbH, Aachen will talk about ‘BioLector technology: High-throughput microbial and cell culture development’. Prior to the lecture ...[more]
VIRTUAL LAB
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, February 21]
The alma-grid project started in April 2005 and is now becoming reality with the IT infrastructure implementation that will create the virtual lab by linking the four geno-centers. A software package, LIMS (Laboratory Information...[more]
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FRANS KEULS & BARBARA BROUWERS
[LEI: Maastricht, February 26]
From March 4 through April 29 there will be an exhibition of the work of Hans Keuls and Barbara Brouwer at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Maastricht. This has been organized by FranZenFranSsen. The opening will take place on Sunday,...[more]
ROCOCO SPRING SHOW
[LEI: Gulpen, February 26]
Rococo is holding a spring show in 2007 at the Gulpen Pyramid from March 7 through 18, daily from 11:00 to 19:00. It will be showing Dutch Masters from the 19th and 20th century, including Philip van den Bossche, De Glazen Kast, Sculpture...[more]
ORPHEO CONCERT SERIES
[LEI: Kerkrade/Herzogenrath, February 26]
There will be a series of concerts at Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade in the Euriade series for young artists. On Sunday, March 4 Norie Takahashi will present a program of Chopin and Beethoven; on Sunday, April 1 Jing Shao...[more]
ALAIN BORNAIN
[LEI: Liège, February 24]
There will be an exhibition of the work of Alain Bornain with the title of ‘2,500,000,000’, which is the life expectancy of a European expressed in seconds. Alain Bornain is a Belgian artist, one of a group of ten Belgian and foreign...[more]
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
[LEI: Liège, February 22]
On Wednesday, March 14 at 20:00 in the Salle Philharmonique on Boulevard Piercot 25 in Liège the Director of Music of the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra will talk about his profession and reply to your questions. This has been organized...[more]
LUIS SALAZAR
[LEI: Liège, February 21]
There will be an exhibition of recent work by Luis Salazar from March 2 through 24, on Wednesdays through Fridays from 13.30 till 18.00 at the Galerie Espace 62 in Liège. For more information send an email to: jpkpl@skynet.be. ...[more]
THE EDIBLE CITY
[LEI: Maastricht, February 21]
There is to be an exhibition in The Netherlands Architecture Institute in Maastricht from March 3 through June 22. It’s part of a design activity in which two cities in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion play a leading role. As part of...[more]
JEAN DEL COUR EXHIBITION
[LEI: Liège, February 21]
There will be an exhibition of the work of the great Liège sculptor Jean Del Cour (1631-1707) from September 7, 2007 to January 13, 2008. One hundred of this seminal artist’s work will be exhibited in the collegiate church of Saint...[more]
CHESS OPEN
[LEI: Maastricht, February 19]
The Limburg Chess Association is proud to present the Limburg Open held over the Whitsunday weekend from May 25 through 28. The tournament will be held in Maastricht. It will be a seven-round FIDE rated event and a number of celebrated...[more]
WILLEM KALF ONLINE
[LEI: Aachen, February 17]
There is a retrospective exhibition of the still-life painter Willem Kalf at the Suermondt-Ludwig Museum from February 17. It’s also available online. The exhibition is called ‘Painted Life — The Still Life Portraits of Willem Kalf...[more]
ANDREA DEL SARTO
[LEI: Liège, February 16]
There will be performances of Alfred de Musset’s ‘Andréa Del Sarto’ directed by Nathalie Mauger from February 28 through March 10 and starting at 20:15 — except on Tuesday, March 4 when the performance will start at 15:00, and Wednesday,...[more]
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