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[EDIT: Eijsden, March 15]
Clearly the TEFAF has to have pride of place in this issue and there is one survey article on the exhibition. Feedback comes from the third TEFAF Business Lunch, with its dual focus on nutrition; and, additionally, there are a few moments...[more]
WTC BUSINESS FORUM
[EDIT: Avantis, March 12]
At the invitation of the Cologne Presidency, a forum was held at the World Trade Center at Avantis, where presentations were given of interesting business developments in Meuse-Rhine. These followed introductions by Leon Frissen, the...[more]
TEFAF
[EDIT: Maastricht, March 6]
The fact that there is a Rembrandt, albeit small, and a USD 30m Van Gogh on the menu; that you can wander around 3,000-year-old Egyptian grave furniture; or look at exquisite Chinese furniture made from Huang Hua Li wood (yellow rosewood)...[more]
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BIO-POWER PLANT HAM
[BIZ/INFRA: Ham, March 14]
A wood processing company has submitted an application to the Limburg (B) Municipality of Ham for a construction and environmental permit to build a new bio-power plant. The target is to provide 70,000 families with a sustainable source...[more]
TEFAF 2008: BIG SUCCESS
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht March 14]
Major purchases by private collectors and museum curators have made the 2008 edition of TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) in the Dutch city of Maastricht one of the most successful in the 21- year history of the prestigious art...[more]
TESSENDERLO 2007 RESULTS
[BIZ: Tessenderlo, March 13]
- Revenue up by 7.5 %
- Net result, group share, stands at 128.7 million EUR, compared with a loss of 24.3 million EUR in 2006,
- Significant improvement in the REBIT for 2007: 152.3 million EUR, more than double the figure...[more]
MACINTOSH 2007 & OUTLOOK
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 13]
Macintosh notes a further increase of profitability in an unpredictable market. The full release can be seen at the link. A summary follows.
• Operating result up 3.3% to EUR 66.9 million with increase in turnover of EUR 5.8 million...[more]
BIZ PLANNING AND VALORIZATION
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 12]
Cambridge Healthtech Associates (CHA) strategic business planning & valorization services facilitates its clients’ ability to obtain funding, by ensuring that the funding request is backed by a strategic business plan that...[more]
TNT: UKRAINE BY ROAD
[BIZ: Amsterdam, March 11]
TNT Express becomes the first express integrator to open an international road connection to Ukraine, to handle growing shipping volumes to and from one of Europe's fastest-growing economies. Connecting TNT's industry leading Express ...[more]
IHK PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
[BIZ: Aachen, March 11]
As is the custom, the president of Aachen’s Chamber of Commerce gave his annual address in the coronation hall of Aachen’s majestic city hall. He noted, at the start, that the German Chancellor would be receiving the Charlemagne prize...[more]
TIRLEMONT BIO-POWER PLANT
[BIZ/INFRA: Tirlemont, March 10]
A permit has been issued for the construction of a bio-power plant on the Bosch site in Tirlemont. This was announced by the Flemish Minister for Economy, Patricia Cysens. The site is currently the property of the Provincial...[more]
BUSINESS PARK MANAGEMENT
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 10]
On the Province of Limburg’s website there is a special section on business parks. This can be accessed via the link below.
...[more]
FN TEST CENTER
[BIZ: Liège, March 10]
The FN Herstal group has set up a new test center and research department. The object is to start the development and industrialization of arms systems for terrestrial vehicles....[more]
MOSAE FORUM PRIZE
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, March 7]
The Belgian Building Award has been won by the Maastricht district of Mosae Forum. This shopping center, with housing and living space, was designed by the Maastricht architect Jo Coenen, and his Belgian colleague Bruno Albert....[more]
TEFAF ON NUTRITION
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 7]
The third TEFAF Business Meeting was held at the TEFAF on March 7 and had a focus on healthy food and the relationship between health and food. Following in the footsteps of the new developments in nutrition at DSM and a focus on the...[more]
MUEHLNER 2 PORSCHES
[BIZ/LEI: Francorchamps, March 6]
The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium based Mühlner Motorsport Team will in 2008 once again run in several different series. As so often in their history, the team will operate two teams in the different arenas.With two of the latest ...[more]
FLUXYS STAKE IN APX
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, March 6]
The Belgian gas network System Fluxys has taken a 2.68% stake, the value of which is not noted, in the British-Dutch gas and energy exchange APX. This makes Fluxys the first foreign stakeholder in APX. This stake by Fluxys means...[more]
DSM BMM IN CHINA
[BIZ: Heerlen, March 6]
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announced that it has participated in a USD 20m financing round in Tianjin Green Bio-Science Co., Ltd (China). The proceeds will be used to build China's largest manufacturing...[more]
LRM: NEW STRUCTURE
[BIZ/GOV: Hasselt, March 6]
The Limburg development company LRM is to have a new structure and Lisom, the investment company, is to be wound up. Lisom’s responsibilities will be taken over by the Province. The Flemish government has approved the plans of the...[more]
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 6]
Madeleine Albright was a guest at the Kruisheren Hotel in Maastricht where she was welcomed by the mayor of Maastricht and a number of journalists in the wine bar of the hotel. She was impressed by the hotel and enjoyed a breakfast...[more]
EUPEN CABLE IN THE US
[BIZ: Eupen, March 6]
Nanotechnology is a key technology for the 21st century and it is to be found in a range of industries. Various products produced by the Eupen cable company are an example for the application of nanotechnology. At a recent exhibition in...[more]
KARINE VALY
[BIZ: Hasselt, March 6]
Karine Valy is the Limburg (B) Businesswoman of the Year. Her fashion business, La Bottega, convinced the jury of her excellent managerial capacities. UNIZO, the network of businesswomen known as Markant and the Vlerick management school...[more]
ECO TAX DECISION
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, March 5]
On March 5 the Maastricht-Aachen Airport (MAA) and Ryanair commenced proceedings against the Dutch state in the matter of the eco-tax at the court in The Hague, and on the same day the Schiphol Group, ANVR Barin and Corendon, also...[more]
NEW BOSS FOR NWG
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 5]
Effective March 5, the shareholders of NWG, the Dutch weeklies group, has appointed Mr Andreas Hennig as their General Manager. Mr Hennig, who was the director of the Niederrhein Nachrichten in Geldern, Germany, has many years of experience...[more]
COAL-FIRED PLANT
[BIZ: Aachen, March 5]
The Trianel power project coal-fired plant has succeeded in funding its 750 MW plant in Lünen, and all appears to be running according to plan....[more]
SMART WATTS
[BIZ: Aachen, March 4]
A consortium of ten partners, led by the Trianel European Energy Trading GmbH in Aachen, has received a development prize in the context of an e-energy project. Looking at energy systems for the future, the consortium will receive EUR...[more]
DSM’S OLYMPIC BOAT
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Heerlen, March 4]
DSM, which is partnering the Dutch Olympic Committee, is presenting a number of innovations for sailing boats with special attention being paid to the hull and the rigging. The new Olympic boat was built with the aid of a certified...[more]
NEDCAR: PEUGEOT AND CITROEN
[BIZ: Born/Maastricht, March 4]
Nedcar in South Limburg is going to produce the Peugeot 4007 and the Citroen C-Crosser. This has been revealed by Mitsubishi in Japan. 30,000 a year of these two models are made in Japan, but the European production is to be moved...[more]
STAR-APIC AND LIEGE
[BIZ/EDU: Liège, March 3]
A partnership agreement was signed on March 3 between the Geomorphology and Remote sensing Laboratory of the University of Liège and the STAR-APIC group. This agreement envisages the achievement of a series of objectives in respect,...[more]
CHANGE AT BRANTANO
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 3]
Mr Kurt Moons (44) is to retire as a delegated member of the managing board of the shoe retailer Brantano with effect from March 1, 2008. Kurt Moons has been the CEO of Brantano since 1997 and has worked for them since 1988. Under...[more]
LOGISTICAL REAL ESTATE
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, March 3]
DataQuest has analyzed the logistical market in the Walloon region for the first time and has focused on dedicated contemporary logistical real estate. DataQuest covers major developments in the Walloon region that have been completed...[more]
BIZ PARKS DATABASE
[BIZ: Liège, March 2]
There is a Business Park database for those who want to establish business in the Walloon country. One of the main features of the Walloon Marshall Plan is to develop facilities for business and the development of this site is one of the...[more]
WALLOONS FIFTH
[BIZ: Liège, March 2]
The Walloon country has been rated fifth in the top 25 of Europe’s most attractive regions and cities in terms of investment, following London, Flanders, Paris and Liepzig. In regional terms it’s fifth after Scotland, Flanders, Northern...[more]
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ILS CATIIIB LANDING AT MAA
[LOG: Maastricht, March 14]
On Friday, March 14 the new ILS CAT IIIb system at Maastricht Aachen Airport was officially inaugurated. A KLM Airbus A330-200 was the first aircraft to land using the system. Maastricht Aachen Airport is, besides Schiphol Airport,...[more]
NO VISE COOLING TOWER
[INFRA: Visé, March 14]
The construction of a cooling tower 125 meters high and 90 meters in diameter, for a new SPE-Luminus power station between Eijsden and Visé, has been abandoned. The tower is regarded as unnecessary. In its place, there will be air condensers,...[more]
TRAFFIC CONFERENCE
[INFRA: Luxembourg, March 12]
The second traffic conference for the Grand Region will take place on the May 19 at 10:00h in the Trades Chamber in Luxembourg. ...[more]
ANTWERP & TRILOGIPORT
[LOG: Liège, March 10]
In order to re-emphasize the role of the Port of Antwerp in working closely with Liège; and, in particular, in respect of the development and commercialization of Liège Trilogiport, Mr Van Peel, President of the Antwerp port authority,...[more]
DOCMORRIS ON MANUAL
[LOG/BIZ: March 7]
The DocMorris online pharmacy warehouse is largely run on a manual basis without computerized processing. DocMorris makes 5,000 shipments a day....[more]
DSV ROAD EXPANDS
[LOG: Puurs, March 7]
DSV Road NV is currently completing its expansion in Puurs. Next July it will have 50 new loading docks, which will make a total of 98, on a 50,000m2 site. There is a new transit warehouse of 16,000m2 which will be equipped with camera...[more]
MAASTRICHT-BRUSSELS EXPRESS
[LOG: Maastricht, March 6]
One hundred and fifty years ago Maastricht was connected to Belgian rail. This was before trains went to Eindhoven or Amsterdam, and now history is repeating itself. Maastricht is being linked to the Belgian high-speed line via Liège...[more]
LUXEMBOURG AND ANTWERP
[LOG: Antwerp, March 3]
The port of Antwerp is considering including the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as an extended gateway and as an extension to its maritime activities. Jeannot Krecké, the Luxembourg minister for the economy and foreign trade, is going to investigate...[more]
INFRABEL INTO WINDMILLS
[INFRA/BIZ: Liège, March 3]
Infrabel wants to run trains on wind energy from 2010. The rail network has entered into construction of a windmill park along the high-speed line between Louvain and Liège. There are 20 windmills in this park, each with a potential...[more]
LLOYD AND MMM
[LOG: Bachon, March 2]
In the context of the Transport and Logistic Awards for 2008, the boards of MMM Business Media and Lloyd have decided to set up a cooperative project in the area of logistics. The project will launch new media in logistics but will give...[more]
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SAUDI MASTERS
[EDU: Maastricht, March 14]
The Maastricht School of Management is setting up a new executive MBA and a pre-masters program in Saudi-Arabia. An agreement for this purpose was signed last November with the Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University in Al-Khobar....[more]
MINEWATER CONFERENCE
[GOV/INFRA: Heerlen, March 12]
The most important objective of the European Minewater project is the development of sustainable Minewater energy. Water in flooded mine galleries is used to heat and cool housing and commercial buildings. The project will be completed...[more]
HON DOCS IN LIEGE
[EDU: Liège, March 12]
Eleven honorary doctorates will be presented at a special convocation at the University of Liège, Sart Tilmant on Thursday March 20, at 15:00 hours. The awards go to:
• Abbé Apollinaire Muholongu MALU MALU,
Who has served as the...[more]
HASSELT AND LOUVAIN
[EDU: Hasselt, March 12]
There is to be a broad, close and preferential cooperative relationship between the University of Hasselt and the Catholic University of Louvain. In a cooperative agreement due to be signed shortly both universities note that they are...[more]
ARTISTIC RESEARCH
[EDU: Maastricht, March 7]
There is to be a new master’s degree in artistic research run jointly by the University of Maastricht and the Hogeschool Zuyd. Artists, musicians, actors, theatre directors and those interested in the theatre can do a one year masters...[more]
ACCREDITATION
[EDU: Aachen, March 3]
Research developments at the Catholic College NRW (KFH NW) in Aachen have now received accreditation. The AQAS eV, the agency concerned, has accredited the Masters Degree in Social Work and Remedial Education. They begin in the coming...[more]
30 YEARS FOR AGGIES
[EDU: Huy Gembloux, March 2]
The Institut Supérieur Industriel Agronomique (the Institute of Agricultural Engineering) in Huy Gembloux has celebrated 30 years of the award of agricultural engineering degrees....[more]
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HANS EVERS HEADS W.E.S.
[LIFE-SCI/EDU: Melbourne, March 14]
Prof. Hans Evers of the Maastricht University Medical Center + has been elected chairman of the World Endometriosis Society. The society is holding its 10th World Congress on endometriosis in Melbourne, Australia. Mr Evers ...[more]
ONCOMETHYLOME & LUNG CANCER
[LIFE-SCI: Liège March 13]
OncoMethylome Sciences has announced that its research collaborators have demonstrated that gene methylation is significantly associated with recurrence of early stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
NSCLC is the most common...[more]
HEALTH FILMS
[LIFE-SCI, Liège, March 12]
The films from the health film program Imagesante are available at the following website:...[more]
FIGHTING OBESITY
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 11]
With obesity still on the increase, it appears that the main weapon in the fight against it - reducing energy consumption by eating less - is ineffective. There is evident need to search for new treatment strategies dealing with...[more]
LSL NEWS
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 10]
The last LifeSciences Maastricht newsletter has been published because LifeSciences Limburg, the Human Health Program (BOM), and Care Pro (Syntens) have joined forces and this has resulted in one network association for the south-east...[more]
DSM: INFECTIOUS DISEASES
[LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, March 7]
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announced that it has made an equity investment in the Dutch company IQ Therapeutics BV. The company develops antibody-based products for bio-defense and for the prevention...[more]
VARICOSE VEINS
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 6]
Patients with varicose veins are now able to receive treatment at the Maastricht University Medical Center+ (UMC+) using the closure and laser method. The recently new techniques have come into use at the UMC+ for the treatment...[more]
MAASTRICHT UMC+
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 4]
SUMMUM, the magazine for the Maastricht University Medical Center+ (UMC+), has produced its first issue. Starting in January 2008, the Maastricht University Hospital (AZM) and Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life-sciences of the...[more]
VISION CLINICS
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht/Bussum, March 2]
Maastricht’s University Hospital (AZM) is opening a laser eye surgery clinic in H2 2008 and for this purpose it has entered into an alliance with Vision Clinics, which is the market leader in this field in The Netherlands....[more]
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ROYAL WALLOON OPERA
[LEI: Liège, March 14]
Le roi d'Ys (The King of Ys) will be performed at the Royal Walloon Opera from March 28 through April 5. It is an opera by the French composer Edouard Lalo, first performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris on 7 May 1888. The libretto, by Edouard...[more]
AACHEN-MAASTRICHT FILMS
[LEI: Aachen, March 10]
There is to be cross-border cooperation in a film festival between Maastricht and Aachen, FFMAT 2008, which started in April 2007 and will be continued this year. In Aachen it’s running from April 6-9, with 50 films and events, and before...[more]
MUSIC IN THE BARN
[LEI: Fourons, March 8]
There will be a concert in the Barn on April 13 at 15:00 by the ‘Duo Ricordanza’. You can find details of the concert at the website:...[more]
RUSSIA: CHIO PARTNER
[LEI: Aachen, March 6]
Russia is the partner country of the World Equestrian Festival (CHIO) in Aachen for 2008 (June 27 to July 6). Around 160 people and 60 horses are expected at the showground in Aachen Soers. The opening ceremony on July 1 will be dominated...[more]
ART AT SANIROP
[LEI: Oupeye, March 3]
There is to be an exhibition of the painting of Martine Gathon with a focus on realistic photography. She will exhibit with Dominique Pâques at Sanirop from March 15 through April 14 at Sanirop, Rue de Fexhe Slins, Hermée Oupeye
...[more]
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