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TOP STORIES
[EDIT: Eijsden, July 30]
There’s a lot in this issue. Perhaps it will provide some holiday reading. The European Institute of Technology (EIT) has been a long time coming and it’s interesting to see an early role for Luc Soete in this. Cross-border commitment...[more]
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DSM MAKES RICE BETTER FOR CHINA
[BIZ: Shanghai/Heerlen, June 29]
DSM and Bühler have announced the opening of Wuxi NutriRice® Co. Ltd, a production facility operated in a joint venture between Bühler and DSM. This facility - the first commercial scale production of its kind in the world -...[more]
DSM: EUR 100M FOR NUTRITION
[BIZ: Heerlen, June 28]
• Launch of EUR 100m profit improvement program ‘Aspire to Win’
• Confirmation of 18% EBITDA margin target as set out in Vision 2010
• DSM well positioned to benefit from major nutrition and health trends Royal DSM N.V. (DSM)...[more]
UMICORE: SOLAR GRADE SILICON
[BIZ: Eijsden, June 28]
Umicore and Hydro embark on solar-grade silicon venture Umicore and Hydro have decided to join forces in the production of solar-grade silicon used in the production
of solar cells. The new company will be named HyCore and will have...[more]
MARKETINGCIRKEL: SME FOCUS
[BIZ: Venlo, June 27]
Middle- and small-sized companies with a clear strategy and market focus perform better. This mission became the initiator of MarketingCirkel Limburg to launch a fundamental research about how market focused middle- and small-sized companies...[more]
LIOF SELLS THERMAE 2000 STAKE
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 27]
The Limburg regional development company LIOF has sold its 15% stake in Thermae 2000 to European Hotel Management (EHM). LIOF’s stakeholding in Thermae, which has lasted for more than 20 years, was successfully terminated by the EHM...[more]
VISYS WINS SORTING PRIZE
[BIZ: Hasselt, June 27]
Visys NV is an optical sorting company and leading state-of-the-art provider of digital automated sorting solutions to the global food and non-food processing industry. It has just won the Tech-Art 2006 prize. Visys specializes in visual...[more]
CHINESE INVEST IN LIÈGE
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, June 27]
The Chinese textile company Touchroad is going to invest EUR 5 million in the construction of a distribution center in the Liège region over the next two years. This will be the first Chinese investment in the Walloon country. The Chinese...[more]
DOCMORRIS & PHARMACIES
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, June 26]
DocMorris, which has recently become stronger, is now putting pressure on the German market. The concern is part of a chain of franchise operations that are linked with DocMorris’ fixed locations and the legal situation can be a positive...[more]
WALLOON SPACE LOGISTICS
[BIZ: Liège, June 26]
The Walloon Space Logistics (WSL) extension was opened June 4th. This adds another 1,000m2 of office space, with Relais A and WSL2 accounting for 300 m2 and 500 m2 respectively, to the original 2000 m2. The new space will form a home for...[more]
AMOS SILICIUM CARBIDE MIRRORS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, June 26]
The Liège aerospace company Amos, has been chosen by EADS Astrium in Toulouse, France to manufacture three silicium carbide mirrors destined to operate at minus 180° C on board of Gaia, the next major satellite in the European...[more]
AACHEN-MAASTRICHT 2006
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 26]
The Meuse-Rhine Euroregion has a population of 3.88 million, around 250,000 businesses, a gross regional product of EUR 79.6 billion, and a working population of 1.70 million. The figures make cooperation across borders in the region...[more]
LIOF EUR 5M IN AGRO-FOOD
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 22]
A strong base in prime production linked to growth in easy and healthy food means that the Agro-Food sector has major chances of developing as the driving power for added value and employment in Limburg in particular. It’s not a surprise...[more]
RFIDEA SA GROWS
[BIZ: Liège, June 22]
RFIDEA, which is concerned with the development and commercialization of solutions in the area of traceability using RFID technology, has taken major steps forward in its development. This Liège SME has finalized a capital increase which...[more]
VALKENBURG’S WELL OF KNOWLEDGE
[BIZ: Valkenburg, June 21]
Valkenburg is to have a knowledge center for the wellness business. This will be a small office which will help businesses to set up new wellness-orientated operations. The knowledge center will not in itself provide much employment....[more]
CHEMELOT COORDINATION
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 21]
A special inspection office has been set up at the Chemelot site in Sittard-Geleen; this makes it better to coordinate the various types of inspection that are carried out at this industrial/campus location. The Province of Limburg,...[more]
WTC AVANTIS
[BIZ: Heerlen/Aachen, June 21]
‘It’s a pity that the World Trade Center (WTC) wasn’t there when we set up our business because we’d have moved in right away,’ said Erik Joosten, the MD of Arion BV. And he knows why, because his company has been renting space...[more]
LIEGE AT LE BOURGET
[BIZ: Liège, June 20]
Memoranda of cooperation have also been signed by the Walloon minister for the economy Jean-Claude Marcourt with Aerospace Valley (France, Aero Montréal in Quebec and SIATI in India) among the Liège institutions present are Spacebel and...[more]
LIEGE’S MEDIA CITY
[BIZ: Liège, June 20]
Charles Ledent writes in La Meuse that the Liège media city in Longdoz scheduled to open in the fall of 2009, will include the RTBF broadcasting studios covering 17,000 m2 with a basement and six stories, representing an investment of EUR...[more]
AACHEN TOURIST STATISTICS
[BIZ/LEI: Aachen, June 20]
The tourist business is doing well in Aachen and it has a focus on wellness, culture, nature, etc. As far as the statistics for 2006 are concerned, around one million overnight stays in the Aachen region were recorded. The focus is...[more]
PARIS AIR SHOW
[BIZ: Paris, June 19]
The Minister of Research and External Relations for the Walloon region Marie-Dominique Simonet and the Minister of Economics and Foreign Trade Jean-Claude Marcourt were at the Paris Air Show. There were 37 Walloon enterprises present and...[more]
AVANTIS ON THE TAX FRONT
[BIZ: Aachen, June 19]
Avantis is the first cross-border business park in Europe to have achieved a special tax status as a result of a decision on May 20, 2007 (Bundesgesetzblatt II, S. 778). Avantis is explicitly mentioned as a cross-border business park in...[more]
MAINTENANCE MEMO FOR MAA
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, June 19]
On June 19 five Dutch MRO companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a ‘Maintenance Boulevard’ at Maastricht Aachen Airport.
Maintenance Boulevard is an initiative for Maintenance Repair and Overhaul...[more]
VERMEEND & EURLINGS AT LIOF
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 19]
Since March 14 Willem Vermeend, a former minister, has been a member of LIOF’s supervisory board. Martin Eurlings, former economics boss of the province, has been a member since May 25. Both were appointed at the proposal of the Province’s...[more]
PAPER PIONEERS IN S.LIMBURG
[BIZ: Kerkrade/Maastricht, June 19]
Recently Josy Stijns (CEO of Burrows’ European division) received the McDonald’s Golden Award on behalf of Burrows’ management. Burrows produces the lightweight paper in which tens of millions of hamburgers are wrapped every...[more]
PAYDUTCH IN DUTCH SME TOP 100
[BIZ: Heerlen/Maastricht, June 19]
Paydutch, with its LIOF stake holding, is ninth in the list of the Top 100 Dutch SMEs published yearly by Syntens in the magazine Bizz. An expert jury looked at the originality, impact and revenue potential of 100 innovative...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE: OUR HOME MARKET
[BIZ: Aachen, June 19]
Since December 1 Harry Loozen has been interim director of the Chamber of Commerce for South Limburg. The merger of both Limburg chambers scheduled for January 1, 2008 derives largely from the wish of the Dutch ministry of economic affairs...[more]
TRIANEL STATUS REPORT
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, June 18] SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
In future, Trianel is going to make more use of sustainable energy for the generation of power. For this purpose Trianel European Energy Trading GmbH, together with its partners, is going to start up a number ...[more]
AIXTRON Q1 2007 RECORD
[BIZ: Aachen, June 16]
Aixtron AG, the worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2007, ended March 31, 2007 Quarterly Revenues: EUR 63.8m, EBIT: 8.2m
Net ...[more]
500 NEW JOBS AT QUANTRA
[BIZ: Aachen, June 16]
The Taiwanese computer Notebook producer is going to require 500-700 new staff by the end of the year. Some will be on the permanent staff and some temporary. The location at the Charlottenburger Allee is too small, so they moved in March...[more]
CARDINAL STAYS IN BAESWEILER
[BIZ: Baesweiler, June 16]
A rental property is being prepared for Cardinal Health Germany by the Economic Development Company for the Aachen district on a site made available by the town of Baesweiler. Cardinal Health, which used to be called Alaris, employs...[more]
TESSENDERLO SELLS FLAVORS
[BIZ: Tessenderlo, June 16]
Tessenderlo Group has just sold its flavoring and food ingredients activity to the French company Nactis, which specializes in flavorings and food ingredients. The sale is in line with Tessenderlo Group's new strategy focusing on...[more]
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BY BOAT TO VISÉ AND MAASBRACHT
[LOG: Maasbracht, June 27]
The Stiphout shipping line, now under new ownership, is going to start a passenger service between Maastricht and Maasbracht, in December this year. The boats, which have a 250 passenger capacity, will just travel on Saturdays and...[more]
MAASTRICHT LANAKEN BY RAIL
[LOG/GOV: Maastricht, June 27]
Pro-Rail had let it be known, a week ago, that they would not be signing the document relating to the restart of the Dutch Belgian rail link between Lanaken and Maastricht, because they considered the financial risk too great....[more]
GARSOU-ANGENOT+PALLETWAYS
[LOG: Chaineux, June 23]
The Garsou-Angenot company in Chaineux has been a member of the Palletways network since the beginning of June. It specializes in lots of one to six pallets and is active in the UK, France, Germany, the Benelux countries, Denmark, Switzerland...[more]
EWALS+ CROSSRAIL INTERMODAL
[LOG: Genk, June 20]
Recently Ewals Cargo Care has taken over the intermodal activities between Duisburg and Domodossola from the Crossrail Group. In future Crossrail will entirely focus on railway operations, while Ewals Cargo Care will operate the intermodal...[more]
LIEGE + ANTWERP + ZEEBRUGGE
[LOG: Liège, June 19]
Emile-Louis Bertrand, the director general of the Port of Liège has had a first meeting with the authorities of the Port of Zeebrugge to explore the options of cooperation between the Port of Liège, the first Belgian inland port, and Zeebrugge...[more]
TRILOGIPORT: CALL FOR PROJECTS
[LOG: Liège, June 18]
In cooperation with the Port of Antwerp and SPI+, the Liège development company, the Port of Liège recently launched a call for projects for concessions at the tri-model container terminal, with an area of 15 hectares, and also concessions...[more]
NYK LOGISTICS RETAINS MONDIA
[LOG: Eupen, June 16]
On the takeover of a number of companies belonging to the Mondia group by NYK Logistics in May 2005, two companies were left: Mondia Mosane and Heinen Cargo. These two were merged on January 11 to Mondia Eupen AG and they presented their...[more]
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EIT
[EDU/GOV: Maastricht, June 28]
The Meuse-Rhine Euroregion is going to make every effort to ensure that the European Institute of Technology (EIT, by analogy with MIT) comes to the Aachen region. At a meeting in Chateau Neercanne this past week, the governors...[more]
HASSELT: STANDARD OF LIVING
[GOV: Hasselt, June 27]
Hasselt has been named by Testaankoop, the Belgian consumer magazine and a member of Euroconsumers, as the city with the highest standard of living. Twenty cities were compared - nine Flemish, ten Walloon and Brussels. The result was...[more]
EUR 300,000 FOR HEALTHY LIFE
[GOV: Maastricht, June 27]
The Limburg provisional government has decided to make EUR 300,000 available to develop from three to five centers for Healthy Living in Limburg. Together with Limburg parties involved in preventative care for the elderly, the knowledge...[more]
REGIONS AND CITIES OF EUROPE
[GOV: Brussels, June 25]
This summer’s issue of Regions & Cities of Europe, the Committee of the Region’s magazine on Energy Policy includes: Regions and Cities on the front line; View from Commissioner Piebalgs; Success stories in Lyon, Stockholm; How do Regions...[more]
NAI MAASTRICHT
[EDU: Maastricht, June 22]
The NAi offers promising talents a workshop from the Vitra Design Museum at the Academy for Visual Arts in Maastricht. The NAi M and the academy are going to offer a student the opportunity of a summer workshop. The selected student...[more]
ACTUARIAL SCI. AT UM
[EDU: Heerlen/Maastricht, June 20]
The University of Maastricht is going to start a program in actuarial science in the Fall this year. Pension organizations AZL and ABP will each pay EUR 375,000 towards the new program, and within five years the program should...[more]
MAASTRICHT GURU IN TOP 10
[EDU: Maastricht, June 20]
Maastricht guru Professor Luc Soete, professor at FEBA and director of the UNU-Merit, was ranked number four in the ScienceGuide Top 10 of key figures in the European knowledge sector. This result was officially announced last May...[more]
BRAMMERTZ LEAVES THE HAGUE
[GOV: Eupen, June 20]
The Eupen lawyer Brammertz is resigning as the Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Mr Brammertz wants to continue his work as the leader of the UN investigation into the murder of the former Lebanese...[more]
AACHEN U OPEN FOR LIMBURG
[EDU: Aachen, June 19]
With the Acceleration Agenda close, the Province of Limburg entered into a cooperative agreement with Aachen’s RWTH University and the Aachen Chamber of Commerce at the end of 2006. One of the pillars of this edifice was the strengthening...[more]
LIMBURG NL GOVERNMENT
[GOV: Maastricht, June 16]
The Limburg provincial government is made up of Governor Léon Frissen, Herman Vrehen of the CDA, responsible for Innovation in Limburg, Odile Wolfs (PvdA) Investing in Medicine, Ger Driessen (CDA) Investing in Space, Bert Kersten (PvdA)...[more]
U HASSELT AND LOUVAIN
[EDU: Hasselt, June 16]
The University of Hasselt and Louvain are intending to conclude an agreement before the summer vacation on strategic cooperation. This will involve a link between Bachelor’s programs in Hasselt and Masters at Louvain. The science park...[more]
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BIOMETRICS SYMPOSIUM
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 29]
The training program in biometrics is holding a symposium on July 3 in which third and fourth year students will be giving presentations on their company attachment experience/graduating projects. One of the most important objectives...[more]
MARGRATEN ANTI FIREBLIGHT
[LIFE-SCI: Margraten, June 26]
On Tuesday, June 26 Mr Opreij of the municipality of Margraten started an official campaign against Fireblight. This is a destructive bacterial disease of apples and pears that kills blossoms, shoots and sometimes entire trees....[more]
9.4 RESEARCH CENTER JUELICH
[LIFE-SCI: Jülich, June 25]
Through 2009, the Jülich Research Center will have a 9.4 Tesla Nuclear Resonance Tomography combined with a PET Tomography (A 9.4-T-MR-PET). This will be a world first and will allow anatomical and metabolic processes in the brain...[more]
DUTCH-GERMAN PATIENTS
[LIFE-SCI/HEALTH: Aachen, June 22]
For the first time a cross-border patient organization has been established. It was set up in Aachen. The EPCS wants to talk about the choice of doctors, treatment standards and the charges. The founding members are German...[more]
U. HASSELT IN REHAB. MED.
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt, June 22]
The University of Hasselt, the Provincial Hogeschool Limburg and the Rehabilitation and MS Center of Overpelt have signed a unique Limburg cooperative agreement at the Huis de Corswarem in Hasselt. There is a long tradition in research...[more]
BRAIN SIMULATION
[LIFE-SCI/ SCI-TECH: Jülich, June 20]
In the specialist journal "Brain Structure and Function", Joachim Lübke und Dirk Feldmeyer, neuroscientists at the Jülich Research Centre have summarized the knowledge gaps that need to be filled in order to realize a usable...[more]
BURNOUT IN EPEN
[LIFE-SCI: Epen, June 20]
Epen is to have a special hotel for people with ‘burnout syndrome’. The current NH Hotel on the Julianastraat will be transformed into this facility and the new owner will be Hilltops Clinic Nederland BV from Hilversum. The idea is...[more]
SME LIMBURG LIKES CTMM
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 19]
Care-Pro, the medical technology knowledge cluster, held a meeting of its members with the Acceleration Agenda team. In this, special attention went to one of the most important pillars of the Health, Care & Cure cluster in the...[more]
ELECTRONIC DATA EXCHANGE
[LIFE-SCI/HEALTH: Sittard-Geleen, June 19]
Orbis, the medical and care organization in Sittard-Geleen, will receive a subsidy of EUR 645,000 from the Province of Limburg for the development and start-up cost of a project called ‘Chain Communication in Care’....[more]
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
[LIFE-SCI/SCI-TECH, Maastricht, June 19]
Over the next four years Maastricht University will be investing in the development of new lab technology which will make safety tests for the pharmaceutical industry and the chemical and cosmetic sectors faster and cheaper....[more]
ATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER
[LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, June 16]
Architect Hans Liscaljet and Atrium Santé project leader Jan Valkenborgh presented a provisional design for the new building Building N (treatment) and Building O (dialysis labs and rehabilitation) for the Atrium Medical Center in...[more]
ONCOMETHYLOME GOES EXACT
[LIFE-SCI: Liège/Marlborough (MA), June 16]
Liège-based, OncoMethylome Sciences and EXACT Sciences Corporation have announced that they have entered into agreements to advance the commercialization of stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening technologies...[more]
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BLUE GENE AT JUELICH
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, June 25]
The Jülich Research Center has arrived at the top in the supercomputer stakes. By Fall there will be a new supercomputer in Jülich, which will be the fastest computer in Europe and among the top three in the world. IBM is supplying...[more]
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DE KRUX IN HERVE
[LEI/NUTRI: Herve, June 30]
The rolling hills of the Pays de Herve formed the backdrop to an unusual scene
recently. A gleaming black truck, reminiscent of a space module, was drawn up in the yard of the Colyn farm in Herve. De Krux,
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PARKSTAD FILM FESTIVAL
[LEI: Heerlen, June 27]
There will be the first edition of an International Film Festival for Parkstad Limburg from August 30 to September 9, with Heerlen as the center and six other Parkstad municipalities — Voerendaal, Kerkrade, Simpelveld, Brunssum, Landgraaf...[more]
WHAT’S ON IN MAHL
[LEI: Maastricht, June 27]
The MAHL “Eutropolis” city guide, which tells you what’s on in Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen and Liège, now has a website which is linked below. Its target is to give an up to date and broadly based overview of what’s on in...[more]
CHARITY AUCTION
[LEI: Aachen, June 26]
The Royal Horse Charity is based in Aachen and was founded in 2005. It helps children with a variety of physical and psychological illnesses, particularly in the border region of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The RHC helps when...[more]
ANTIQUE TOYS
[LEI: Hoensbroek, June 22]
From July 1 there will be a marvelous collection of antique toys and dolls — the dolls from the 1850-1920 period — on exhibition at Hoensbroek Castle. The exhibition is in cooperation with VEOS (the Association for the Exhibition of...[more]
GALLIC VILLAGE
[LEI: Liège, June 20]
There is to be a Gallic Village this year celebrating July 14. It opens on June 29 at 11:00 and is open to July 15 every day from 11:00 to 24:30 or later on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and 22:30 on the other days.. The Gallic Village with...[more]
SUERMONDT RESTORATION
[LEI: Aachen, June 20]
The cultural committee for the state collections in the Rhineland has decided to pay for the restoration of paintings at the Suermondt Ludwig Museum in Aachen. The project will involve 100 masterworks over a period of six years and the...[more]
ANGELA MERKEL & ZARA PHILLIPS
[LEI: Aachen, June 20]
Angela Merkel, the German premier, and Zara Phillips, the world eventing champion and granddaughter of the Queen of England, will be among the stars to participate in the Aachen equestrian event from July 3 through 8. There will also be...[more]
EIJSDEN AND LANAYE
[LEI: Eijsden/Lanaye, June 18]
The little ferry, the ‘Cramignon’, which runs between Eijsden and Lanaye — part of the municipality of Visé in Belgium— is doing very well. In the month of April it made 8,000 crossings of the River Meuse between Eijsden in The...[more]
BEER AND CHEESE IN LIMBURG (B)
[LEI: Hasselt, June 18]
The Belgian Province of Limburg has developed three special beer and cheese routes with overnight stay arrangements focusing on beer and cheese. The Limburg Deputy Responsible for Tourism Sylvain Sleypen wants to emphasize the ‘Burgundian...[more]
ROMAN ROADS
[LEI/EDU: Aachen, June 18]
Two Roman roads cross the Meuse-Rhine area; the Via Belgica goes from Cologne via Jülich, Baesweiler, Übach-Palenberg, Landgraaf and Tongres to Boulogne-sur-Mer in France, and the one from Cologne to Trier runs from the Rhine metropolis...[more]
PARKSTAD MAGAZINE
[LEI: Heerlen, June 16]
A new issue of Parkstad Magazine has come out. This is number two for May, and this time it looks at real estate in Parkstad, sports, business park management and it looks at Snowworld, which is doing extremely well....[more]
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