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[EDIT: Eijsden, August 15]
Today is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Liège’s major feast day. On the business side, with a new energy focus, Heerlen has the pride of place. It is the lead partner in a Europe-wide network, investigating...[more]
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GREEN ROOF TOOLS
[BIZ: Lummen, August 15]
Greenrooftools has taken over Floradak in Lummen. Energy-saving, superb insulation; another move towards a new energy scenario; check the web site for details....[more]
MAJOR SOLAR INITIATIVE
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, August 13]
A plan is afoot in the Aachen region to put solar panels on as many roofs as possible, to save the environment and money. The environment expert, Uwe Zink, from the region has investigated which of the district’s own buildings...[more]
AUTOMOTIVE DATABANK
[BIZ: Aachen, August 10]
The Meuse-Rhine Euroregion has set up a Euroregional automotive databank, which is linked below. There have already been a number of technology workshops in which 300 companies have taken part since 2006, but from September there will...[more]
NEW BUSINESS ZONE GENK
[BIZ: Genk, August 10]
There is to be a new business park in Genk which will create 1,000–1,200 new jobs. The new site will cover the old mining site of Zwartenberg, and five companies have already shown an interest in moving in and have taken lots of 100 hectares...[more]
NEW GKD PRODUCTION FACILITY
[BIZ: Düren, August 10]
After just about one year, a new 20,000m2 production facility has been set-up in Düren for GKD. The Kufferath Company, GKD, is a leading technical weaving mill and supplies mesh-type woven materials and plastics for technically demanding...[more]
SEACON’S NEW IDEA
[BIZ/LOG: Venlo/Born/Maastricht, August 10]
Seacon, a global player in container transport and logistical supply chain management with operations in Venlo, Born, Maastricht, Duisburg and soon to be in Russia, has its roots in Blerick-Venlo and it is the ideal...[more]
BUSINESS CONTACT DAYS
[BIZ: Maastricht, August 10]
The 16th annual BKD (Business Contact Days) Fair at the MECC in Maastricht will be held again this year on October 9 and 10. The event has shown growth. In 2005, there were 329 stand holders and last year 408. Expectations are that...[more]
600 HOUSING UNITS FOR BAVIERE
[BIZ: Liège, August 8]
The HIMMOS real estate company from Antwerp has applied for a permit to build on the former Bavière Hospital site in Outremeuse in Liège. The first application is for the construction of one building of six which are planned and which...[more]
RIESTER PENSIONS
[BIZ: Aachen, August 8]
AMB’s H1 results showed Life, property/casualty and health insurance better than market. The Group net profit rose to EUR 224m in the first half of 2007 and the Profit target was raised to at least EUR 400mIn the AMB Generali Group ...[more]
TECHNOLOGY START-UPS
[BIZ: Aachen, August 8]
In the Aachen region, 13 technology start-up and service centers have published an annual report. The report, in addition to the figures and facts from 2006, gives an overview of developments in the center since 1990. At the end of 2006...[more]
DRILLING FOR WATER
[BIZ/INFRA/SCI-TECH: Heerlen, August 8]
On August 8, the second phase of the European Mine Water Project started in the gardens of the ABP building in Heerlen, with a drilling operation for water. The object of the exercise is to use water in former mineshafts...[more]
HEIDELBERG CEMENTS IN PROFITS
[BIZ: Heidelberg, August 7]
Heidelberg Cement, the parent company of Maastricht ENCI and the cement factory in Lixhe and the biggest cement producer in Germany, achieved a net profit of EUR 1.194bn in Q2 as against EUR 346m a year earlier. The reason for this...[more]
CCGT IN VISE
[BIZ/GOV: Visé, August 7]
There are plans to build a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in the municipality of Visé with a cooling tower 125m high and 45m wide. This has been mentioned before in these pages and there is now considerable opposition...[more]
MEDTRONIC TO AQUIRE KYPHON
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht/Heerlen, August 6]
Medtronic, with a major base and operations in Maastricht and at Heerlen, is to acquire Kyphon, a leader in spinal treatment. The companies have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Medtronic will acquire...[more]
FEWER CARS ON THE STREETS
[BIZ: Hasselt, August 6]
There has been less traffic on the minor roads in Belgian Limburg over the last five years. The experts look at the increased price of fuel and the better local transport network as the obvious reason for this. But on the highways the...[more]
INTER-NED NEWS
[BIZ/GOV: Düsseldorf, August 6]
The Inter-Ned newsletter, dealing with cross-border relations between North-Rhine Westphalia and The Netherlands, has produced its August newsletter which covers the following topics.
• Contracts
• Law in cross-border business...[more]
NEW HOTEL IN HASSELT
[BIZ/LEI: Hasselt, August 4]
In the second half of 2008 The Lodge Group, which is now running five hotels, is going to open a new 20-room hotel in downtown Hasselt at the corner of the Zuivelmarkt and the Meldstraat. The new block will also include 15 apartments...[more]
COLT PRICE LOWERED
[BIZ: Born, August 3]
It looks as though sales of the Colt CZ3, manufactured in Born, are likely to rise. Mitsubishi Motors has made a number of changes in its Colt program. This compact car’s success has a more developed range of accessories and remains available...[more]
BIOCODE HYCEL BRITISH
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège, August 3]
The Liège biotech company Biocode Hycel has been taken over by the British diagnostic group Immunodiagnostic Systems for GPB 23m. Last year Biocode Hycel was intending to raise EUR 10m on the markets in Brussels and Paris to commercialize...[more]
MONDEO: CAR OF THE YEAR
[BIZ: Genk, August 2]
The new Ford Mondeo has been declared ‘Car of the Year’ for 2007 by the British magazine Auto Express. The Ford Mondeo is made exclusively at Genk’s Ford factories; the prize is awarded each year on the basis of the judgments of 50 European...[more]
VEOLIA ACTIVE IN BELGIUM
[BIZ: Brussels, August 2]
Veolia, a company which is running buses and trains in the southern Netherlands, is essentially an environmental services company, and in Belgium it is looking for takeovers. After Sita, Indaver, Van Gansewinkel, and Shanks it’s the...[more]
GIS BIZ PARK MONITORING
[BIZ: Aachen, August 2]
In the context of the business park monitoring program for the German regions, last year the data on 46 cities and municipalities in the Aachen region were surveyed. A total of 221 business parks with a net surface area of 5,346 hectares,...[more]
PARKSTAD BUSINESS PARK
[BIZ: Heerlen, August 2]
Parkstad Limburg has produced a Business Parks newsletter which notes that Essent and BTM are offering attractive rates on the business parks, which do change on a daily basis. They also report on the situation in the upgrading of the...[more]
BASE SPONSORS LIEGE
[BIZ/LEI: Liège, August 2]
The KPN telecom subsidiary, ‘Base’ is sponsoring Standard Liège, the Belgian first-class football club, for the next two years. The brand name of Base will be on the jerseys of the Liège players. The telco is emphasizing its ambition...[more]
OPTIMIZING AKV BRAND
[BIZ: Aachen, August 2]
Aachen Carnival Club (AKV), a major power in the land, is looking for new sponsors and new directions for the future; and, also in the context of the personalities it elects to its ranks. There is also to be a carnival song for the Euro-region...[more]
AMB GENERALI PROFITS EUR 400M
[BIZ: Aachen, August 2]
In the first six months of 2007 the AMB Generali Group reached a
Group net profit of EUR 224m after tax.In this context, the AMB Generali Group benefited in particular from a high
net investment income and from the positive development ...[more]
LICOM & D’OX IN INTRATUIN
[BIZ: Heerlen, August 2]
Licom NV has decided to cooperate with the stakeholders D’ox Companies NV in Intratuin Heerlen and Intratuin Kerkrade. D’ox Companies will take a 50% stake in the Intratuin shares belonging to Licom and will be concerned with the management...[more]
COPPER ON THE CAMPUS
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, August 2]
There has been some dispute as to whether it was environmentally desirable to use copper in the facades of new Maastricht University campus buildings in Randwyck North in Maastricht. However, a committee established for the purpose...[more]
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BIOLOGISTICS?
[LOG: Heerlen, August 15]
The Atrium Medical Center, AZM the Maastricht University Hospital and Orbis in Sittard are going to outsource a great part of their logistical business to DSV/Frans Maas. The latter will be building a special regional distribution center...[more]
MAA TO ALICANTE & VALENCIA
[LOG: Maastricht, August 9]
Ryanair, Europe’s biggest low-cost airline has announced two new routes from Maastricht-Aachen Airport. Starting from November 14, Ryanair will fly four times a week to Alicante and starting on October 31 three times a week to Valencia....[more]
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HELPING CHILDREN READ
[EDU: Aachen, August 15]
The Aachen company Aug.Heinrigs Druck + Verpackung is donating EUR 2,000 to support the ABC book project at the children’s center on the Grünentaler Strasse in Aachen. The project that has been developed with the Ludwig Forum is to help...[more]
DG IN BERLIN
[GOV: Berlin, August 10]
The political scientist, Natascha Reip, has taken up a position as the representative of Belgium’s German-speaking community in Berlin. This is the first time that the DG has had its own representative in Berlin. The representative is...[more]
AACHEN PEACE PRIZE
[GOV: Aachen, August 9]
The Aachen Peace Awards for 2007 go to The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia and Jupp Steinbusch (Aachen’s "Pinocchio” Children's Circus). These are the co-recipients of the Aachen Peace Award in 2007 which is being presented...[more]
EUREGIONALE 2008 ON TOUR
[GOV: Aachen, August 7]
The EuRegionale is going on tour in the tri-country region, in cooperation with the savings banks in the region, between August 2007 and 2008. The object is to update people on the projects within the EuRegionale 2008. The program started...[more]
NRW & DG ON INNOVATION
[GOV: Eupen, August 7]
The Secretary of State of the Ministry for Innovation in North-Rhine Westphalia, Dr. Michael Stückradt, was a guest in Belgium’s German-speaking community to discuss innovation. Research is not an area focus in the German-speaking community,...[more]
PARKSTAD VAT PROBLEMS
[GOV/BIZ: Parkstad Limburg, August 2]
The Parkstad Limburg development company is a network of 90 major employers in Parkstad who are responsible for major projects that increase the potential of this, the fifth city in The Netherlands - with 250,000 inhabitants,...[more]
AACHEN’S DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
[EDU/BIZ: Aachen, 2]
The RWTH University in Aachen wants to build an access to its parking location on the Schinkelstraße near the seminar buildings. RWTH wants to build a German Research School for Simulation Science which will provide developing scholars with...[more]
LIEGE STUDENT SITE
[EDU: Liège, August 2]
There is a new Internet site which deals with student accommodation in Liège. See the link below....[more]
KATHY BEYS NEWS
[EDU: Aachen, August 1]
The Aachen Kathy Beys Foundation wants to adopt ‘Using instead of possessing’ as its motto for its 2007 environmental prize. The prize is worth EUR 10,000 and submissions close on September 30. In order to participate, you just have to...[more]
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NANO RESEARCH IN AACHEN
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, August 8]
The institute for semi-conductor technology at the RWTH University in Aachen celebrated its decade of successful activity in nanotechnology on August 9. This means the pursuit and development of micro-technology in the broadest sense...[more]
TERRESTRIAL OBSERVATORIES
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, August 6]
Over the next 15 years an area the size of Luxembourg is going to be the site of research and will receive EUR 12m in investment. Those involved are the Agrosphere Institute of the Jülich Research Center as the first party and the...[more]
JARA — JULICH AND AACHEN
[SCI-TECH: Düsseldorf, August 6]
The State Chancellery of North-Rhine Westphalia in Düsseldorf, the rector of the RWTH University and the chairman of the board of directors of the Jülich Research Center have signed an agreement establishing the Jülich-Aachen...[more]
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GREEN CARD
[LEI: Maastricht, August 14]
Slow food in Burgundian Limburg was the focus of a presentation at the Kruisheren Hotel in Maastricht. Members of the press encountered restaurant owners from the Maastricht Group Les Tables de Quartier Latin de Maastricht. The idea...[more]
NEW GALLERY IN CHARNEUX
[LEI: Charneux, August 11]
In the village of Charneux, Noëlle Gustin has set up a new gallery. It is called ‘Another Dimension’ (Une Autre Dimension). The gallery is open on the weekend of August 18 and 19, from 14:00hrs to 21:00hrs, and it is at the Rue Petit-Vinâve...[more]
JUMBLE SALE IN SPA
[LEI: Spa, August 10]
The district committee of the old part of Spa is organizing a jumble sale on Saturday, September 1 from 8:00 in the morning to1 5:00 in the afternoon. This jumble sale will be held on the rue Collin Leloup, rue du Viaduc, rue de la chapelle...[more]
ELF PLOP AT COO
[LEI: Coo/Stavelot, August 10]
The amusement park Plopsa Coo in Stavelot is doing well after it was taken over by the Flemish group Studio 100. Since then, Plop the Elf, the star of the park, and his friends have attracted record numbers of visitors. One Wednesday...[more]
CHATEAU CHEESE FESTIVAL
[LEI: Aywaille, August 9]
There is to be a Walloon cheese festival at the Château d’ Harzé on the 25 and 26 of August. This is the 28th occasion that this festival has been held and some 200 cheeses will be on display. There will be music and various forms of...[more]
CULTURA NOVA
[LEI: Heerlen, August 6]
Heerlen’s annual cultural event, Cultura Nova, will be held from August 24 through September 2 for the 17th year in succession. It’s a ten-day cultural event with a whole range of the arts, from theatre, dance, music, film and the arts...[more]
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