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A EUROPEAN PRESENCE?
[EDIT: Maastricht, April 30]
May 9 through 11, on the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and 15 anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, Maastricht University is organizing its 3rd Forum conference on European topics, in cooperation with Socires – a foundation...[more]
CAMILLE OOSTWEGEL
[EDIT: Château St. Gerlach, April 26]
A biography of the distinguished and highly successful Limburg businessman and hotel magnate Camille Oostwegel has been published. Written by Limburg novelist Rosalie Sprooten and the journalist John Hoenen, It is entitled...[more]
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EUROPEAN PATENTS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, April 27]
There was a meeting in Munich at the European Patent Office on April 18 and 19, where they discussed the issue of a European patent. In the context of the meeting, the Marchant Report, which is to be the basis of an improvement...[more]
SILVER ECONOMY PRESENTATION
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 27]
On Thursday, April 26 the Province of Limburg presented the results of the 2006 Silver Economy Conference and its continuation in Limburg projects. The Province wants to retain its leadership role in the area of the silver economy....[more]
A VAN FOR AVANTIS
[BIZ: Avantis, April 27]
Peter Kamps writes in ‘Dagblad de Limburger’ that the Lanaken-based, Dutch investor, Paul Hamm, a former DSM executive, and Peter Haane, the recently retired General Manager of the South Limburg Chamber of Commerce, are planning to set...[more]
DOCMORRIS SOLD TO CELESIO
[BIZ: London/Heerlen April 26]
European private equity companies 3i and HgCapital along with venture-capital investor Neuhaus Partners are selling their stakes in mail-order pharmacy DocMorris, domiciled in Heerlen in the Netherlands. The buyer is Celesio AG,...[more]
SHOPPING IN HEERLEN
[BIZ: Heerlen, April 25]
Two years ago Heerlen scored well as a shopping center in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion. The Woonboulevard in Heerlen was in second place as the most-often visited shopping center in the Euroregion, followed by the center of Heerlen, whose...[more]
CHAMBER MOVE
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 25]
Bernard Piëtte from Liège/Herstal, who has done indefatigable work in building relations between Walloon business and South Limburg at the Maastricht Chamber of Commerce, is moving on. From May 2 he will be Coordinator of Logistics...[more]
AN INVITATION TO HONG KONG
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, April 25]
Richard Ekkebus, the chef at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, is inviting his former masters to come and cook with him at his Hong Kong base. Among those invited to cook is Hans Snijders of the Château Neercanne...[more]
EXPAT INFO
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 25]
In the competition to attract foreign business, international centers like Maastricht, or like Bonn for example, have to think about the needs of leading expat executives. As Maastricht is within this market, it is perhaps interesting...[more]
SERVATIUS CAMPUS GETS OK
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 24]
The Minister of Public Housing Vogelaar has informed the Servatius housing association that the construction of the offices and the sports complex at its Maastricht university campus is to be approved. After an initial rejection by...[more]
E-AVANTIS ENERGY ACADEMY
[BIZ: Heerlen, April 24]
On the cross-border science and business park at Avantis, between Aachen and Heerlen, there is a foundation called E-Avantis. E-Avantis is running a center, coordinating and providing facilities in cooperation with the Euroregional educational...[more]
PRODUWEB TO PARTNER SKYPE
[BIZ: Liège, April 24]
Produweb is the first Belgian Web agency to sign a partnership contract with Skype, whose VOIP (Voice Over IP) system is already used by more than 33 million people throughout the world. Everyday 150,000 new users are signed up. Thanks ...[more]
RECORD YEAR FOR MACINTOSH
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 24]
2006 was a record year for the Macintosh Retail Group, with a rise in net profits from EUR 32.9m to EUR 46m (up 40%). There was also the acquisition of the shoe discounter Scapino (216 stores) on February 1 and additionally, the opening...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE TRIANGLE PRIZES
[BIZ: Aachen, April 24]
Top companies who have invested and set up in Meuse-Rhine were awarded prizes at Schloss Rahe in Aachen on April 24. The companies nominated were Sabic Europe in Sittard-Geleen) for Limburg (NL) and Sekisui Chemical, also in Sittard-Geleen....[more]
KRUISHEREN HOTEL WINS AGAIN
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 20]
The Kruisheren Hotel in Maastricht and the Huis de Wiers in Vreeswijk have won a national historic buildings’ prize in the categories of large-scale and small-scale listed historic buildings. This was made known during the Dutch Restoration...[more]
TRIANEL ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
[BIZ: Aachen/Lünen, April 20]
Investigations reveal that modern technology is producing a coal-fired power station in Lünen which greatly improves on current emission level norms. There will be 20% reduction of in carbon emissions. The plant is secure too. Tests...[more]
AACHEN TECH-REGION CLUSTERS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, April 20]
The Aachen technology region has decided to focus on particular industrial clusters. These include health, nutrition, logistics, new materials, nano technology, micro technology, biotechnology, automotive, engineering and structures,...[more]
PATENT ONE-STOP SHOP
[BIZ: Aachen, April 20]
AGIT is providing a one-stop shop for inventors with potential patents, as recently instanced by a macro-structural foil for wind turbine blades that lower the air resistance of the blades by 18% and improve efficiency. This project was...[more]
GERMAN BUSINESS IN NL ON CD
[BIZ: Aachen, April 20]
One thousand German subsidiaries in The Netherlands have now been included on a CD-ROM disc produced by the German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce (DNHK). The CD is called ‘Tochterunternehmen und Beteiligungen deutscher Unternehmen in den Niederlanden’...[more]
100.5 HIT RADIO TOPS IN NRW
[BIZ: Eupen, April 20]
In a media analysis, Media-Analyse 2007, it was noted that 100.5 (FM) Hit Radio is not only the number one private radio station in west North-Rhine Westphalia, but it also has a coverage of 273,000 listeners daily in North-Rhine Westphalia....[more]
EAST BELGIAN ECONOMY RECORD
[BIZ: Malmedy/St.Vith, April 20]
The east Belgian economy achieved record levels in 2006. Construction and trade led the race. Industry and production showed capacity levels in four out of five businesses of more than 75%, with 30% of businesses announcing 100%...[more]
CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY
[BIZ: Roermond, April 20]
There will be a workshop on ‘Construction in Germany’ on June 13 from 14:00 to 17:00 in the Theatre Hotel De Oranjerie in Roermond. There will be extensive information provided on the matters related to problem-free operation on the...[more]
FP7 AACHEN/NRW
[BIZ/HI-TECH: Aachen, April 20]
The Aachen region is going to play an exemplary role in the new FP7 EU funding program. A lot of money is involved; through 2013 this will amount to EUR 1.3bn in the EU for innovative, future-oriented structuring of economic development....[more]
NL PUBLIC HOUSING IN BELGIUM
[BIZ: Maastricht/The Hague, April 19]
Apparently the Ministry of Public Housing (VROM) regards the construction of public rental housing in Lanaken, just over the border from Maastricht, as just about OK, but does not approve of the same development in Liège....[more]
WALLOON FP6
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, April 19]
At the end of 2006 the FP6 research and development program of the European Union gave the Walloon Country with 26% of the funding for Belgium as a whole, as against 18% for the year before. Ninety-two companies took part, as...[more]
LIEGE BUSINESS STARS
[BIZ: Liège, April 19]
Business Stars or Gazelles in Liège are: Jean CORDA in Battice, specialists in the restoration of listed buildings; NOMACORC in Thimister, specialists in synthetic corks; and, TRENDY FOODS BELGIUM in Verviers. Rising stars are Ecodipar...[more]
LIMBURG (B) BUSINESS STARS
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 19]
The H. Essers logistics company is the fastest growing business in Limburg. This emerged from a list of 200 business stars, known as Gazelles in Belgium, published by the Trends magazine. Limburg is also the province with the most family-run...[more]
FEV SPECTRUM
[BIZ: Aachen, April 18]
FEV, the Aachen-based automotive specialists, cover a number of interesting issues in the most recent edition. These include Global Powertrain Integration for Ford Pickups, Fleet Testing Worldwide, Electrical/Electronics Integration and...[more]
VAL SAINT LAMBERT DOES WELL
[BIZ: Liège, April 18]
The crystal factory Val Saint Lambert near Liège has produced positive results for 2006. Revenues went up by 10% over 2005 and prospects for 2007 are good. In the first quarter orders went up by 64% as against last year. Val Saint Lambert...[more]
PRIZES FOR LSB AND PAYDUTCH
[BIZ: Heerlen/Geleen, April 18]
The Limburg companies PayDutch and LSB achieved ninth and tenth places in the National Innovation Top 100 in the trade magazine Bizz. PayDutch from Heerlen was developed by the former lawyer Marc Hermans. The company holds goods...[more]
PARKSTAD CARE ECONOMY
[BIZ/GOV: Heerlen, April 18]
A strategic agreement was signed in Heerlen between Parkstad Limburg and the care providers in the region. These include the Atrium MC (hospital), the Mondriaan Care Group, the Sevagram care centers, Meander South Limburg, SLR, Koraalgroep/Op...[more]
AACHEN CHAMBER ANNUAL REPORT
[BIZ: Aachen, April 16]
2006 was a good year for business in Germany. Training opportunities in business went up 8.1%. This meant 4,182 new positions, the best result for 17 years. The state average went up 7.5%, this is for North-Rhine Westphalia, and improved...[more]
MEUSINVEST EUR 30M THRU 2007
[BIZ/GOV: Liège, April 16]
Meusinvest, the Liège-based development company has supported 66 development projects via its subsidiary Innodem. Through to the end of 2007, the level of these investments will have reached EUR 30m. Check the web site for company...[more]
HOTEL BEDFORD GOES IRISH
[BIZ: Liège, April 16]
Liège’s Hotel Bedford (4 stars and 149 rooms), downtown on the banks of the Meuse, has been acquired for around EUR 12m by the PREM Group, an Irish-based hotel and office management group. This was part of a EUR 32m acquisition by the...[more]
A-GRADE FRUIT AND VEG
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 16]
A group of agriculturalists are determined to establish an ‘A’ grade for fruit and vegetables that will form a guarantee for the quality of fruit and vegetables. This is one of the issues to have emerged at the Innovation Café on...[more]
VERMEULEN BRANDING PROJECTS
[BIZ: Heerlen, April 16]
Vermuelen, the branding department of the Total Identity Group, completed three major projects this spring. They provided an office for full point-of-sale communication for Campina and an introduction for Campina’s even healthier milk....[more]
LIMBURG (B) INDUSTRY UP 12%
[BIZ: Hasselt, April 16]
The sale of industrial buildings in Limburg (B) went up by 12% last year. Two hundred and ten buildings were involved. This is revealed by federal government figures. Foreign companies were the most interested in these industrial locations...[more]
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ESSERS TO WORK WITH RABEN
[LOG: Genk, April 19]
The Polish-Dutch Raben Group and the Belgian H Essers Group are going to cooperate more closely on daily transports to and within Eastern Europe, Germany and The Netherlands. Essers and Raben want to be exclusive partners of one another...[more]
EURLINGS ON IRON RHINE
[LOG: The Hague, April 19]
Despite requests from the Dutch Parliament and the Second Chamber, Camille Eurlings, the Minister of Transport, is not going to insist that the Belgians come up with alternatives to the historic Iron Rhine freight rail line, because...[more]
LIMBURG AS A LOGISTICAL PORT
[LOG: Hasselt, April 19]
POM Limburg, LRM (the Limburg development company), NV De Scheepvaart and the Port of Antwerp have commissioned a study on Limburg as a logistical port. The study will be carried out by the Flemish Institute for Logistics (VIL) and estimates...[more]
GERMAN TOLL FOR BENELUX?
[LOG: Eupen, April 18]
The German toll model would, in the view of the CSP (Christian Social Party) political party in Belgium, be an ideal solution for the entire Benelux area. In a press communiqué, the regional deputy Herbert Grommes and the European parliamentarian...[more]
LIEGE MAA LINK
[LOG: Maastricht, April 18]
A direct intercom link is to become operational in July between Maastricht-Aachen Airport and Liège Airport. This has been made necessary for air traffic control purposes, in view of the considerable increase in traffic in Liège....[more]
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LIMBURG REGIMENT IN WEERT
[GOV: Weert, April 24]
On May 5, the National Liberation Day, there will be a special event in Weert. In the market place there will be a direct satellite link with to Dutch troops in Uruzgan (Afghanistan). The famous Limburg regiment, the Limburgse Jagers will...[more]
NEWSROOM MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
[EDU: Maastricht, April 20]
There is to be a Newsroom Management Seminar at the European Journalism Center in Maastricht from June 6 through 8 2007. This is a three-day seminar run by Pers Andersson, the former editor of Swedish Channel 1 news. This is one of...[more]
DIVERSITY AT HASSELT U
[EDU: Hasselt, April 20]
The April issue of Hasselt University’s magazine is about diversity. Diversity and equal opportunities are not just an object of research but an issue of policy and education at this university. It’s important for the integration of...[more]
INNOVATION SEMINAR HEERLEN
[EDU: Heerlen, April 19]
On May 29 the Hoogeschool Zuyd, and its Technology Platform in Heerlen, will hold a seminar on ‘Innovation and Cooperation with Third Parties’. The old pattern of innovation behind closed doors is in the past for most businesses. The...[more]
ARDENNES OFFENSIVE MUSEUM
[EDU/LEI: Malmédy, April 19]
In Baugnez, near Malmédy, there is going to be a museum of the Ardennes Offensive. This is a private initiative by Fabien and Matthieu Steffens. The father and son team have been collecting memorabilia for decades, including uniforms,...[more]
HEALTH SUMMIT IN AACHEN
[GOV/LIFE-SCI: Aachen, April 19]
Twenty-seven health businesses from the European Union held a meeting in Aachen recently. They wanted to talk about cross-border healthcare and cooperation in medical research. Two hundred European experts took part in the conference...[more]
EQUESTRIAN MUSEUM
[EDU/LEI: Aachen, April 19]
On June 15, the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V. (ALRV) is going to open a CHIO Museum, an equestrian museum, at its location in Aachen. Check the website for details, opening hours, etc....[more]
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ONCOMETHYLOME GETS EUR 1.95M
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, April 27]
The Liège biotech company OncoMethylome has received a EUR 1.95m subsidy from the Walloon government, also within the context of the Walloon Marshall Plan. The money is to support innovative R&D programs and the subsidy is worth EUR...[more]
KEYMARKER SPIN-OFF
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, April 23]
The biopharmaceutical company KeyMarker will be the first spin-off within the Walloon Marshall Plan, which is a project to marshal industrial clusters and generate successful business. KeyMarker is the first bio pharmaceutical project...[more]
AZM HEALTH CONFERENCE
[HEALTH: Maastricht, April 20]
Maastricht University Hospital (AZM) is organizing a health conference on May 30 at the MECC on Integrated Health Management with ‘paying for healthcare as a central issue. The ageing population means smaller numbers in employment. ...[more]
NEW LABS AT LIEGE U
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, April 17]
The new laboratory complex at the Liège University Hospital opens on April 27. Construction has taken four years. In this complex the labs, which had previously been spread around the town, will now be brought together; this will...[more]
EYE CLINIC TOWER
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, April 16]
This year construction will most probably start on a new seven storey tower building for ophthalmology at Maastricht’s university hospital (AZM). The tower will cost several tens of millions of euros and will be built on a surface...[more]
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LIEGE AEROSPACE
[SCI-TECH: Liège, April 20]
Ongoing projects in the Walloon Aerospace cluster: CMExpert: Enclosed moulds of composite parts for aviation projects supported by the Coexpair company based in Spy. The company was set up in 2006 in order to develop composite ...[more]
PROHITECH METING
[SCI-TECH: Liège, April 20]
PROHITECH is a research project designed to develop sustainable methodologies for the use of reversible mixed technologies in the seismic protection of existing construction, with particular emphasis on historical and listed buildings....[more]
PHYTOREMEDIATION
[SCI-TECH: Liège, April 18]
Phytoremediation means decontaminating soils, water or air with plants able to contain, degrade or eliminate metals, pesticides, solvents, explosives, crude oils and their derivatives, and various other contaminants from the soils...[more]
PACE COMPUTER NETWORK
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, April 17]
On April 17 in Berlin, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PACE) was created. The Jülich Research Center is taking part in the project, together with partners from the other German supercomputer centers in Stuttgart...[more]
WATER AND ENERGY
[SCI-TECH: Maastricht, April 17]
From November 25 through 29 there will be a conference in the MECC in Maastricht on the supply of water and energy. The First World Water Sustainability — Renewable Energy Congress and Exhibition will bring representatives from...[more]
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LIMBURGS SJOENSTE
[LEI: Sittard, April 28]
Jos Odekerken and the publishers of ‘Dagblad de Limburger’ have produced the perfect picture book souvenir of the Province of Limburg (NL), all the way along the Meuse from Eijsden – with its riverbank charms on the cover - to Mook in...[more]
PETER SCHOLS, HEADBUTT HERO
[MEDIA: Amsterdam, April 23]
Peter Schols (50), a photographer at the Limburg Media Group who works for Dagblad de Limburger and Limburgs Dagblad, has won the World Press Photo Prize in Amsterdam for his long since famous series of photographs of the head butt...[more]
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
[LEI: Liège, April 20]
From May 11 through 19 Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor is on at the Royal Walloon Opera in Liège. Lucia Di Lammermoor is based on Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel, The Bride of Lammermoor, and is one of the leading Bel Canto Operas....[more]
EAST BELGIUM TOURISM
[LEI: St.Vith/Malmedy, April 20]
The Tourist Journal, the holiday paper of the eastern cantons of Belgium, came out in 2007 with a new look for spring. For a number of years, the beginning of each tourist season has produced a journal like this with ideas for...[more]
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE
[LEI: Aubel, April 20]
In the vaulted cellars of the Abbey of Val Dieu in Aubel there is to be an exhibition of 250 works of art. The exhibition runs from April 28 through May 20. More information is available at the website....[more]
BRECHT IN LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, April 19]
There is to be a performance of Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera at the Théâtre Universitaire Royal in Liège on the Quai Roosevelt 1b on Sunday, May 26 at 21:00. Admission is free. This is a bilingual performance and it is to celebrate...[more]
PIERRE RICHARD IN AUBEL
[LEI: Aubel, April 19]
The celebrated French comic actor Pierre Richard will be in Aubel on May 4. He will be visiting the wine merchants Stassen and presenting some of his own wine. Many will remember him in Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (The Tall...[more]
THE MARTIN BUBER MEDAL
[LEI: Kerkrade, April 18]
In Kerkrade this year, the Martin Buber Medal for 2007 will be awarded to a woman for the first time, having previously been awarded to Helmut Schmidt and Richard von Weizsäcker, and the artists Karlheiz Böhm, Herman van Veen and Klaus...[more]
JOURNALISTS IN LIEGE
[MEDIA: Liège, April 16]
On March 29 and 30 there was an interesting conference of the Professional Association of Journalists in Liège which dealt with the position of freelance journalists in the world, with speakers from Canada, the UK and elsewhere. Check...[more]
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