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[EDIT: Eijsden, July 15]
Today is St Swithin’s Day* and also the 79th birthday of Carl Woese [See below] . If it fails to rain, we’re in for 40 days of sunshine at the heart of Meuse-Rhine (Lanaye-Eijsden). The sun has already been shining on Meuse-Rhine business...[more]
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LRM AGAIN
[BIZ: Hasselt, July 12]
The minister of finance, the budget and spatial planning Dirk Van Mechelen sees a future for the Belgian Limburg development company LRM. This appeared during a session on the activities of LRM in the Flemish parliament on June 12. Van...[more]
MACINTOSH H1 REVENUES UP
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 12]
• Turnover up 4.1% to EUR 450m.
• Operating result for the first six months expected to show a moderate increase compared with 2006 (EUR 23.6m).
• Net profit for first six months expected to be substantially higher than...[more]
LIOF — BRANDING
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 12]
Research by Urban Unlimited recently showed that the Province of Limburg, the Limburg development company LIOF and a number of business people involved in South Limburg have a need for shared, integrated regional marketing plan for...[more]
ALBERTKNOOP: CROSSES BORDERS
[BIZ: Maastricht/Lanaken, July 11]
After years of negotiation and inventorization, a breakthrough has been achieved between the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg and municipalities of Maastricht and Lanaken. In future, the cross-border business park, the...[more]
OPTIFLUX: BEST FILTRATION
[BIZ: Delft, July 10]
DSM Food Specialties has extended its innovative range of enzymes with the launch of Rapidase® Optiflux. Specially developed to improve fruit juice flux rate during cross-flow filtration and reduce membrane plugging, Rapidase Optiflux has...[more]
AACHEN’S WELLNESS ADVISORS
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI, Aachen July 10]
The Aachen Chamber of Commerce has started up again with its successful course for wellness advisors. This is an in-service course that runs from November 7 to 15. It covers the idea of wellness, the body, mind and spirit (the...[more]
TECHSPACE KNOWHOW TO RUSSIA
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Milmort, July 10]
The division of Liège’s Techspace Aero, which is in charge of the development of open air test cells for aircraft engines, has just completed a test cell for Rybinsk in Russia, 350km north of Moscow. This is an open air test...[more]
TAXMAN’S MISTAKE ON RETURNS
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, July 10]
In the RSM Wehrens, Mennen & de Vries newsletter on Dutch tax matters, it is noted that the trend towards the digital submission of tax returns can lead to errors. It may be that a taxpayer has made a mistake calculating the mortgage...[more]
EAST BELGIUM 2006 REPORT
[BIZ: Eupen, July 9]
The East Belgium WFG development company is looking back on a successful year. In 2006, 296 potential start-ups were advised by the Xistence Team. Thus far, 25% of those advised have actually taken the step to set-up a business. There was...[more]
AACHEN-MAASTRICHT CHAMBERS
[BIZ: Maastricht/Aachen, July 9]
The Aachen-Maastricht chambers have worked closely together and have set-up a department to deal with international trade and the Euroregion at Avantis, the cross-border science and business park. There were regular meetings...[more]
LOOZEN CHAMBER PRESIDENT
[BIZ: Maastricht/Venlo, July 7]
Harry Loozen is to be the President of the new Chamber of Commerce for Limburg effective 2008. He is currently director of the Chamber of Commerce of North Limburg and deputy for South Limburg. The two Limburg chambers are to...[more]
UMICORE ZINC TO GO PUBLIC
[BIZ: Brussels, July 7]
Umicore, which has several plants in the Meuse-Rhine, is expected to go public with its zinc division and the Australian company Zinifex in October. The new company should produce EUR 2bn. Fortis and KBC banks will be handling the IPO....[more]
DSM COSMETIC INGREDIENTS
[BIZ: Heerlen, July 6]
Royal DSM N.V. announced that privately owned Pentapharm Holding Ltd and DSM Nutritional Products Ltd have signed an agreement on the sale and purchase of 100% of the Pentapharm's shares to DSM. Pentapharm, headquartered in Basel (Switzerland)...[more]
REAL ESTATE SYNERGY
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 6]
The Multi Vastgoed (Breda) and 3W (Maastricht) signed a cooperative agreement on June 12 for the upgrading of the city centers of Heerlen, including the De Plu, Schinkelkwadrant shopping centers, and Sittard, the Den Tempel shopping...[more]
MITSUBISHI EDC
[BIZ: Born, July 6]
The Mitsubishi European Distribution Center (EDC) at the IPS business park in Born which started operations in September 2006 has been officially opened. It was built by the transport company Langen. The EDC covers an area of 55,000m2 (a...[more]
DSM MOVES
[BIZ: Geleen, July 6]
Jan Zuidam, an executive with DSM in Geleen, has been appointed Chairman of the Dutch Association for the Chemical Industry (VNCI). He succeeds Rein Willems of Shell Netherlands. Zuidam was vice president of VNCI. He is number 2 on the...[more]
HEERLEN LEADS, BUSH FOLLOWS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Avantis, July 6]
Interestingly, at Avantis, the cross-border business park between Heerlen in The Netherlands and Aachen in Germany, there was a press conference to announce the developments on the solar power front where, as you can read below,...[more]
FRENCH STARS IN EYNEBURG
[BIZ: Hergenrath, July 6]
At the end of August Eyneburg Castle in Hergenrath will be the scene of a French-Belgian-Luxembourg film production with major French stars Gerard Depardieu and Carole Bouquet. Preparations will start at the end of August through to...[more]
10 HECTARES OF SOLAR PANELS
[BIZ: Eupen, July 6]
Fields of solar cells are to line the highways in the Walloon country and additional mobile cell phone masts and windmills are to be erected. These investments will reach profitability within a period of seven years. In total, there are...[more]
VERVIERS SHOPS IN MAASTRICHT
[BIZ: Eupen, July 6]
The inhabitants of Verviers, according to a questionnaire, find themselves doing their shopping in Maastricht increasingly often. The Belgian newspaper Vers l'Avenir included a questionnaire for people in Verviers, asking them which their...[more]
HEIJMANS CLEANS UP OLYMPICS
[BIZ: London, July 6]
Heijmans Blackwell Remediation Ltd. (HBR) has been contracted to carry out a major soil decontamination project to prepare for the construction work for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. On the north side of the future Olympic site in Stratford...[more]
SCANIA INVESTS IN OPGLABBEEK
[BIZ: Opglabbeek, July 5]
The Swedish truck manufacturer Scania is investing EUR 12m in its Opglabbeek distribution center in Belgian Limburg. The surface area of the buildings in Opglabbeek is to be doubled to 64,500m2. The number of orders to be processed...[more]
HELVOET EUR 22M IN ALKEN
[IND: Alken, July 5]
Helvoet Pharma is starting the construction of a completely new production unit in Alken. The new 6,000m2 plant will focus on a new line of high quality rubber packaging components. The new production line and the plant represent an investment...[more]
XDC AT CANNES
[BIZ: Liège/Cannes, July 5]
On May 19, as the Official Partner of the Cannes Film Festival, Liège-based, XDC supported the 3D projection of the U2 concert into the famous Louis Lumière auditorium. After a short and incredible show of the U2 on the red carpet, ...[more]
THERMAE 2000 TAKEOVER
[BIZ: Valkenburg, July 5]
The Valkenburg thermal spa, Thermae 2000, has been taken over by European Hotel Management. The takeover represents an investment of around EUR 20m. European Hotel Management took over the management of Thermae 2000 last April in an...[more]
ALE TELEDIS TO CHANGE ITS NAME
[BIZ: Liège, July 4]
The Liège electricity company ALE (Association Liégeoise d'Electricité) is going to be called the Tecteo Group. The change has been initiated because of the change in the activities of the organization since 1923....[more]
HASSELT KEY TO IT
[BIZ: Hasselt, July 4]
Recent studies confirm that Hasselt is a good place to live and work in and if you are thinking about setting up a new business, it should be looked into....[more]
MEGA SUBSIDY FOR BELVEDERE
[BIZ: Maastricht July 4]
The Maastricht Belvedere project, a major city development project for the north of the city, is a candidate for a major subsidy from the spatial planning budget. Through 2014 the cabinet is making EUR 1bn available for area development...[more]
WMV TAKES OVER SMETS
[BIZ: Venlo, July 4]
In 2006 RSM Wehrens, Mennen & de Vries took over the chartered accountants Smets in Venlo. This has enabled the creation of an RSM office network throughout the whole of the province of Limburg (NL)....[more]
FORD GENK: 1,000 CONTRACTS
[BIZ: Genk, July 3]
The management at Ford Genk has decided to extend the contracts of around 1,000 employees. This will take the strain off the business due to the increase in production deriving from unexpectedly high sales figures.Originally it was planned...[more]
CYCOS WINS WITH MRS
[BIZ: Aachen, July 3]
The well-known IT consults ComConsult has now published the results of a comparative Unified Communications study. Its editors come to a clear result: The Cycos mrs Unified Communications suite wins over Microsoft’s new UC solution.
In...[more]
SCHMALLENBACH ON AMB BOARD
[BIZ: Aachen, July 3]
The AMB Generali board has been expanded to include three members. Christoph Schmallenbach, an IT specialist has been appointed to the Board of Management effective July 15.On the executive side, Schmallenbach will primarily be concerned...[more]
THE MINISTER AND THE BALLOON
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 2]
The Minister for Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeve from Maastricht officially took over the Blue Bird, a hot-air balloon, on June 16 at Chateau St Gerlach. This balloon is regularly used to provide handicapped children with an unforgettable...[more]
PAN-EUROPEAN CLEARING
[BIZ: London, July 2]
• VocaLink launched
• First independent pan-European clearing service available
• 10 banks join pan-European clearing and settlement mechanism (EUR CSM)
• European reach and value-added services available to all banks
Today...[more]
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LIEGE PORT REPORT
[LOG: Liège, July 12]
The Lloyd Yearbook of Liège the Port Authority covers the following: • Main coastal navigation lines to and from the Liège Port Authority reach from the Shetland islands to the Suez canal and from Saint Petersburg to Casablanca.
• The...[more]
IRON RHINE YET AGAIN
[LOG: Eupen, July 11]
EUR 380m will be needed on the German side, to which the Dutch and Belgians will be expected to contribute, to link up the Port of Antwerp and the Ruhr. The Walloon region is not happy about this because they would prefer a focus on Montzen.A ...[more]
NAMES FOR LIEGE STATION
[LOG: Liège, July 10]
The name proposed for Liège station is Liège-Limburg, so that it takes in part of the Euroregion. However, the Liège Demain organization has come up with Liège-Charlemagne, which surely is a better idea, since it uses a world-brand and...[more]
DUISBURG HUB FOR WEST
[LOG: Duisburg, July 5]
In the context of the double digit growth of container throughput at all ports, German Rail drew attention to the role of Duisburg, which could be extended to other inland ports like Liège, Genk and, indeed, Venlo. It is interesting to...[more]
HASSELT’S HYBRID BUSES
[LOG: Hasselt, July 4]
Hasselt wants to use hybrid-drive buses in the city center. This is part of a European Union project called Civitas, and together with five other cities from the European Union, the city has set-up a proposal for an ecologically sensible...[more]
NO WALLOON AIRPORT WAR
[LOG: Liège, July 4]
The Liège Airport has not attempted to persuade Ryanair to move from Charleroi to Liège. This is the response of the Liège Airport to a report in La Libra Belgique, where it was stated that Liège had proposed the move and offered major savings....[more]
SNCB JOINS RAILTEAM
[LOG: Brussels, July 3]
Belgian railways SNCB have set-up Railteam with German rail (Deutsche Bahn), French rail (SNCF), SNCB, NS Hispeed, ÖBB (Austria), Swiss rail SBB and Eurostar UK and the subsidiaries Thalys, Lyria and Alleo. This is to make high-speed...[more]
POWER PLANT IN VISE
[LIFE-SCI: Visé, July 13]
SPE wants to put a gas turbine power plant in Visé that will produce 900 megawatts of power. Annually the costs will be EUR 550m and will provide 70 jobs. A problem with the plant is the 150-meter cooling tower that is required. The...[more]
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MAASTRICHT WANTS BELGIAN TV
[GOV/LEI: Maastricht, July 13]
The cities of Maastricht and Liège are supporting the initiative to get the Walloon RTBF channel back on the normal Limburg cable. This was announced by Maastricht on Thursday. This is clearly an obvious requirement since Maastricht...[more]
NO SEX, WE’RE GERMAN
[GOV: Muellrose, July 12]
The Municipality of Muellrose in the German state of Brandenburg has since the beginning of April imposed limits on sexual intercourse in the open air. If anyone is caught al fresco, as it were, they can expect a fine of EUR 35. This...[more]
TECHNICAL ENGLISH NEWSLETTER
[EDU: Aachen, July 11]
CONUS Business, Advice & Training is launching its very own and unique Newsletter, Learning Technical English (LTE). Its goal is to help people working in the Life Science industries to acquire better language performance skills. Every...[more]
ENGLISH SUMMER SCHOOL
[EDU: Aachen, July 11]
On August 29 St. George’s English International School in Aachen will be opening its doors. To get everyone in the mood, Nicola Wilford, the headmistress, is offering a preview. The first opportunity for this will be on August 8 when the...[more]
KOEPFCHEN CROSSING UPGRADE
[GOV: Aachen/Raeren, July 9]
The political authorities in Aachen have assessed the proposed change to the Köpfchen border crossing between Belgium and Germany positively, and the EuRegionale 2008 project has been consulted in the Belgian municipality of Raeren,...[more]
SUBSIDIARITY IN MEUSE-RHINE
[GOV: Bad-Münstereifel, July 6]
At a session in Bad-Münstereifel at an evening marking the close of Germany’s presidency of the European Union, Minister Gentges, of Belgium’s German-speaking Region, pointed to subsidiarity as the path to success in Europe [One...[more]
ENERGY ACADEMY
[EDU: Maastricht, July 5]
The Province of Limburg (NL) is making a grant of EUR 40,000 available for a pilot project called the Energy Academy. The Energy Academy will provide an English language course on new energy. The course will be taken by final year students...[more]
BACHELORS IN TRAFFIC SCIENCE
[EDU: Hasselt, July 5]
On July 6 the first Bachelors degrees in traffic science were granted at the University of Hasselt. The Bachelors and Masters Degree in Traffic Science started three years ago to meet the growing demand for all-round professionals in this...[more]
DIGITAL DESIGN IN LIMBURG (B)
[EDU: Hasselt, July 4]
The colleges in the province of Limburg are going to offer programs in September with a focus on IT for billion Euro computer games sector. Digital Design, as it will be called, will allow graduates to program computer animation and virtual...[more]
EUPEN EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS
[GOV: Eupen, July 4]
The employment office of the German-speaking community has strengthened its cooperation with partner organizations in Wallonia, Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region in Belgium. A special organization was established for this purpose...[more]
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DSM: BIOMEDICAL BOARD
[LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, July 12]
Following the installation of a Corporate Scientific Advisory Board in June 2007, DSM has now decided to establish a Biomedical Scientific Advisory Board to support the company in its ambitions to become a world leader in biomedical...[more]
NO VACANCIES AT MTZ AACHEN
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, July 6]
Since the start up of the Med-Tech Center in Aachen in 2004, the occupancy rate has risen and now in July this year it is full. Recent interesting additions have been CanControls, a company that specializes in the non-intrusive analysis...[more]
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EIT: UPDATED COMMENTS
[SCI-TECH/EDU: Aachen, July 10]
The following are excerpts from comments on the establishment of the European Institute of Technology from European sources.The Commission proposes to establish a European Institute of Technology (EIT), on the model of the ...[more]
US/JUELICH FUEL CELLS
[SCI-TECH: Oak Ridge,Tenn., July 10]
An agreement between Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Jülich Research Centre in Germany could ultimately lead to lower cost, higher performance fuel cells for transportation and portable power applications. Under...[more]
FRONT END SILICON TECHNOLOGY
[SCI-TECH: Heerlen July 6]
The new research and development lab at Avantis is to be established by Fest PV and partners.FESTpv is an international not-for-profit research & development organization focusing on the development of knowledge and technology to ...[more]
EIT (3)
[SCI-TECH/EDU: Brussels, July 6]
There are two articles in this issue on the European Institute of Technology (EIT). In our last issue we mentioned that a range of bodies in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion supported its establishment in Aachen. As you will be able...[more]
HPS VIRTUAL INSTITUTE
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, July 4]
The Virtual Institute High-Productivity Supercomputing (VI-HPS) is a joint institute of the Jülich Research Center, Aachen’s RWTH University, Technische Universität Dresden, and the University of Tennessee. It has been founded to combine...[more]
EIT (2)
[SCI-TECH/EDU: Aachen, July 3]
In a press release from the Mayor of Aachen, a comment is made on further proposals relating to the envisaged European Institute of Technology (EIT). The mayor says that Aachen will keep its eye on the ball and do everything to...[more]
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THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB™
[LEI: Burg Wilhelmstein, July 14]
The Buena Vista Social Club™ presents Eliades Ochoa & Band at Burg Wilhelmstein on July 25 at 20hrs, entrance EUR 29.80 Buena Vista Social Club is both the name given to this extraordinary pool of musicians and the album, ...[more]
LIEGE BEACH
[LEI: Liège, July 12]
Just as was the case in Paris and Brussels, Liège wants to have a beach from July 21 to August 25 on the Espace Tivoli, which is next to the Episcopal palace. Six hundred tons of sand will be brought in and there will be all sorts of things...[more]
ART IN WITTEM
[LEI: Wittem, July 11]
There will be an extensive arts festival, the twentieth, from September 9 through 30 in Wittem, with a focus on the library of the monastery in Wittem. Check the website for details....[more]
THE MISER IN THE CASTLE
[LEI: Reinhardstein, July 10]
There will be a performance of Molière’s ‘L’Avare’ [‘The Miser’] at Chateau Reinhardstein by the Zeron Tropa group from Liège. There will be 14 performances:Thursday, July 19 at 20:00
Friday, July 20 at 20:00
Saturday, ...[more]
SCOTS WEEKEND
[LEI: Alden Biesen, July 10]
The 22nd edition of the Scots Weekend will be held from September 7 to 9 at Alden Biesen in Belgium Limburg, but there will be an exhibition of Scottish art on August 21. There will be music with the Celtic Club and Dougie MacLean,...[more]
GREAT INDOORS AWARD 2007
[LEI: Amsterdam, July 10]
The Great Indoors — an international, biennial, interior design award and accompanying activities — will be held for the first time from November 16 through 18 in Maastricht. In addition to an international conference and several workshops...[more]
TOURIST SHOP AT PEAK
[LEI: Vaals, July 10]
The first VVV service area using the Limburg shop formula started in 2006. It has been a success and it is now to be found at the tourist offices in Valkenburg, Epen, Heerlen and Sittard, where interest has risen by as many as ten percentage...[more]
PRE-PREUVENEMINT 2007
[LEI: Eijsden, July 9]
On July 9 a foretaste of Maastricht’s annual gastronomic fair, the Preuvenemint, which is on in August, was given in the village of Eijsden — which is becoming increasingly interesting to diners in the province. Three partners gave a foretaste...[more]
TOP GASTRONOMY IN DIEPENBEEK
[LEI: Diepenbeek, July 7]
On July 15 and 16, the sun is set to shine [we hope] , at least in Driessent in Diepenbeek. There will be two days of top gastronomy there from all parts of the world, along with art and music. The cuisine of Norway, Spain, Scotland...[more]
JEAN DEL COUR
[LEI: Liège, July 6]
There will be an exhibition devoted to the celebrated Liège artist Jean Del Cour on October 19 next at the Museum for Religious and Mosan Art (MARAM) in Liège. This is to mark the tri-centenary of the death of this celebrated Liège sculptor....[more]
ENCOUNTERS II IN HEERLEN
[LEI: Heerlen, July 5]
From August 24 through November 11 the Heerlen City Gallery will be presenting Encounters II. Encounters examines the relationship between the dominant visual culture and possible alternative visions. Encounters shows the range of projects...[more]
MUSICA SACRA MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, July 4]
Musica Sacra for 2007 will be held from Friday, September 21 through Sunday 23. It is linked thematically by ‘Visions of eternity’. The Musica Sacra festival in Maastricht is 25 years old this year. During the three-day event, there...[more]
GREEN METROPOLIS AND CHIO
[LEI: Aachen, July 4]
The Belgian-German proposal is to set-up a partnership between the Green Metropolis with the Aachen International (CHIO) Equestrian Event Center. The cooperation will be noted on a billboard which has already been released. The Green Metropolis...[more]
VRIJTHOF CHRISTMAS MUSICAL
[LEI: Maastricht, July 4]
The Theatre on the Vrijthof will be presenting a classic musical ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’ on the Vrijthof with Opera Zuid and the Limburg Symphony Orchestra (LSO). This will be the ninth edition of Winterland and it will be held...[more]
GOUVY JAZZ AND BLUES
[LEI: Gouvy, July 4]
The 28th Gouvy Jazz and Blues Festival will be held this summer. It’s the oldest and, according to those in the know, the most pleasant jazz festival in Belgium and perhaps in the whole of Europe. It’s being held on August, 3, 4 and 5. Among...[more]
JOS VAN BEEK AND KAREL ZIJLSTRA
[LEI: Maastricht, July 3]
There will be an exhibition of the paintings of Jos van Beek from Uden and Karel Zijlstra from Leeuwarden from September 1 through October 20, 2007. Jos van Beek shows a pastoral world with men and animals looking for their proper place....[more]
EUX.TV GOES MULTILINGUAL
[MEDIA: Brussels, July 3]
The Europe channel that covers European affairs from a European perspective and has also been producing the Meuse-Rhine Journal’s webcasts has announced the launch of five new channels on the popular YouTube video website:
http://youtube.com/euxtv
http://youtube.com/euxtvfrancais
http://youtube.com/euxtvdeutsch...[more]
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