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[EDIT: Eijsden, March 30]
Try the Liège Biologistics story and then Isobionics at Chemelot. The new flights to Tel Aviv’s Silicon Valley could be interesting too. Expats should also not forget the MAY FAIR at Snowworld. Incidentally, on another topical issue,...[more]
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2,000 SOLAR PANELS
[BIZ/INFRA: Hasselt, March 27]
Ecostream from Maldegem has supplied 2,000 solar panels to the municipal public works services at De Roode Berg Business Park in Hasselt. This makes Ecostream the biggest supplier of solar panels to a public building in Belgium....[more]
ISOBIONICS AT CHEMELOT
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Geleen, March 27]
Isobionics, which comes from the nutrition sector, is a new company, whose activities exemplify the optimal use of Chemelot’s campus function. See our webcast and listen to Frank Schaap in this connection (http://www.meuse-rhine-journal.com/webcast_04.html)....[more]
AUTOMOTIVENET AT WTC AVANTIS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Maastricht, March 27]
The annual conference of AutomotiveNET.eu, to be held on April 10, has as its theme ‘work in practice’. Entrepreneurs and managers from the automotive industry in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion will be present at interesting presentations...[more]
EUREGIOBAZAAR BRUNSSUM
[BIZ: Brunssum, March 25]
On Easter Monday, the black market/Euregiobazaar in Brunssum clocked up 75,000 visitors. The bazaar has been going since 2007 and the market is organized every Sunday. Three hundred traders turn up on a weekly basis and 5,000 visitors...[more]
GREEN ROOFS AGAIN
[BIZ: Lummen, March 24]
For more than 40 years, the name GELSENROT has stood for competence in the sector involving soil, earthwork and special construction materials.“We are proud to be chosen by GELSENROT for the exclusive distribution of their top quality ...[more]
JULIANUS SHOPPING
[BIZ: Tongres, March 21]
There is a major new shopping center in Tongres, with 24 shops, covering 8,940 m2, with companies which include JBC fashions, Torfs shoes and H&M. The shopping center represents an investment of EUR 25m and it has been completed in five...[more]
TRADE MISSION TO INDIA
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 20]
The Ministry of Economic Affairs is organizing trade missions to India (to New Delhi and Hyderabad), in cooperation with the chambers of commerce. Participant costs are EUR 500 per company including travel and accommodation. Contact...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE GASTRONOMY
[BIZ/LEI: March 20]
There is a new edition to the Euregional gastronomy guide, GastroEuregio. The guide can be ordered from the publishers at www.print-and-press.de. It was presented at Cucina Mosae, the new subterranean aspiring echo to the world of ‘Fortnum...[more]
AACHEN CAMPUS
[BIZ/EDU: Aachen, March 19]
The most ambitious city construction project in recent years in the Westbahnhof-Melaten area of Aachen is going to be divided into three years and through 2014 10,000 new jobs will be created on the new RWTH campus. There will be...[more]
IOPENER RESTARTS IN AACHEN
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, March 19]
iOpener is a young, dynamic organization with its headquarters in Aachen and a R&D office at the University of Delft in The Netherlands. In 2007 iOpener successfully participated in the European Space Agency business incubation...[more]
CONRAD ELECTRONIC & TRIANEL
[BIZ: Aachen, March 19]
Conrad Electronic from Hirschau (Bavaria) and Trianel are going to cooperate in the Trianel product which is known as ‘HalloNatur!’ (Hello Nature). In the context of cooperation, every client who signs a supply contract with Trianel receives...[more]
AMB RATING CONFIRMED
[BIZ: Aachen, March 19]
On the third consecutive occasion, the AMB Generali Group has been assigned the best rating currently granted by Standard & Poor's (S&P) to a primary insurer in Germany. All companies considered by S&P as core to the Group have an AA...[more]
MAASTRICHT AT EMIF BRUSSELS
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 19]
On Wednesday March 19 and Thursday March 20 the annual European Meetings Industry Fair (EMIF) was held in Brussels. EMIF is the Belgian trade show for incentive travel, meetings and events. Of course, the Maastricht Convention Bureau...[more]
MOROCCO CHOOSES STAR-APIC
[BIZ: Liège, March 19]
STAR-APIC has just been awarded the tender launched in September by the Moroccan National Ports Authority (Agence Nationale des Ports – ANP).The aim of the project is to computerize the collection, recording and management of data relating ...[more]
SMART WATTS AGAIN
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, March 19]
The consortium of partners led by the Trianel energy group for the Smart Watts project referred to in our article of March 4, issue 178, is to include city power utilities from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Research Institute...[more]
MAYERSCHE BOOKSHOP GROWS
[BIZ: Aachen, March 18]
The Mayersche bookshop in Aachen has become one of the largest in Germany and it’s expected to grow again in the beginning of 2009. The 5,500m2 surface area will have another 1,500m2 on the ground floor and in the basement, and then clients...[more]
NL/NRW NETWORK PRAISED
[BIZ/GOV: Düsseldorf, March 18]
The state business development organization for skilled trades in North-Rhine Westphalia, LGH, projects within the InterNed network NL/NRW has been selected by the European Union as an example of best practice in support to SMEs...[more]
HANSON HOTEL FOR INDIANS
[BIZ: Lommel, March 18]
Hanson Transmissions, which makes turbine gearing and drives for windmills, has purchased a hotel, the Lommelhof, where it’s going to train 25 Indian engineers. The Indians will be prepared in Lommel for a new branch of the business that...[more]
WIERTZ NEW HEAD OFFICE
[BIZ: Kerkrade, March 18]
Wiertz, the staffing organization, has come to an agreement with the municipality of Kerkrade for the purchase of the former police station on the Poststraat. This building recently fell vacant. It was a police station since 1981 and...[more]
IBC AT WTC
[BIZ: Avantis, March 17]
Since the beginning of March, IBC Consulting has been located at the World Trade Center at Avantis between Heerlen and Aachen. ‘We left Heerlen ten years ago and are now back in Parkstad,’ said Eric Schlösser, the director of IBC. ‘It...[more]
INTERREG FLANDERS NETHERLANDS
[BIZ/GOV: Brussels, March 17]
The European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Danuta Hübner, the Flemish Minister Patricia Ceysens and eight provincial deputies gave an official start to the implementation of the cross-border cooperative program, Interreg IV,...[more]
MEUSINVEST WEB TV
[BIZ: Liège, March 17]
Meusinvest’s web TV includes an interview on Cide-Socran, which helps with management issues in the province. It looks at managers who are concerned with running and run successful businesses too. It gives a portrait of the Ateliers de...[more]
LUKOIL TAKES JET (B) OVER
[BIZ: Brussels, March 17]
The 150 Jet service stations in Belgium are going to be carrying the red and white logo of their new owner, the Russian oil giant Lukoil, which is now developing its network of service stations following similar moves in the US and...[more]
ABP BECOMES APG
[BIZ: Heerlen, March 16]
The Dutch public service pension fund ABP, in business for 85 years, with 2.6 million participants and one of the largest organizations of its type in the world, has changed its organizational framework.
As of March 1, 2008, ABP has...[more]
TRILOGIPORT PRICE AGREED
[BIZ: Liège, March 16]
The Trilogiport development in Liège is on the move. The Walloon region and Electrabel are agreed on the price for the re-purchase of the site: the 65 acres will cost the region EUR 16m, that’s EUR 25 per square meter. This is an important...[more]
MIPIM & MAMAC
[BIZ: Cannes/Liège, March 16]
The 19th MIPIM Real Estate Fair, at Cannes, put Liège center stage. The idea was to encourage investors and to add value to the city’s potential. The Liégeois offered a lunch to the world at the Hotel Martinez. Among the projects...[more]
SPI+ LAND SALES
[BIZ: Liège, March 16]
SPI+ sold more than 50 hectares in 2007, which increases sales by 11% as against 2006. In 2006 SPI+ recorded the sales of 87 properties with a surface area of over 44 hectares for a figure in excess of EUR 8m. On December 31, 83 sales...[more]
ANCIENT ART POPULAR
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, March 16]
One postscript from the TEFAF reveals the popularity of ancient art. Rupert Wace is delighted to report that, having sold over 50 works of art ranging in price from EUR 1,000 to over EUR 400,000, this was definitely one of the...[more]
ELECTRABEL NUCLEAR TO SPE
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, March 16]
Electrabel is going to surrender a part of Belgium’s nuclear energy capacity to SPE. This was part of an agreement in principle among the parties. It relates to a capacity of 635MW. The transfer is intended to strengthen the position...[more]
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TNT NEW PACKAGING LINE
[LOG: Amsterdam/Liège, March 25]
TNT's Express division is introducing a new packaging line designed to better protect shipments from damage, promote the TNT brand across the globe and support the company's environmental effort. TNT, which produces 50 million...[more]
TEL AVIV SILICON VALLEY
[LOG: Liège, March 20]
We have covered the figures for Liège airport’s activities in earlier issues (Issue 175) this year, there was, however, a press conference for the Dutch speaking press, at the airport hotel recently, where Jetair Fly put emphasis on its...[more]
CORENDON TO LIEGE
[LOG, Lijnden, March 20]
A Court in The Hague decided that the Ecotax on flights is to be introduced from July 1. Corendon, an air-vacation company with BARIN, the Schiphol group Maastricht Aachen airport, and the ANVR, took action in court two weeks previously,...[more]
SEND IT TO COVENTRY
[LOG: Maastricht, March 20]
There is a new cargo service from Maastricht-Aachen Airport, five times per week to Coventry. FeMex Logistic Solutions is starting a cargo service to Coventry on May 2, and it will take eight tons of freight to the English Midlands...[more]
BIOLOGISTICS IN LIEGE
[LOG/BIZ: Liège, March 19]
Liège Biologistics is an ambitious initiative launched by the Walloon region to become a leading gateway for biotech and med-tech products in Europe. The initiative rests on regional infrastructures and services available for standard...[more]
TNT ROAD EXPRESS INDIA
[Log: Amsterdam/Liège/Bangalore, March 18]
TNT, one of the world's largest express delivery service companies, has announced the successful integration of its Indian road express division, TNT Speedage, into TNT's global information technology system, called...[more]
ICE AND TGV BEAT PLANES
[LOG: Düsseldorf, March 18]
European high-speed trains (ICE & the TGV) are competition for the airlines. In the struggle for customers, the train people are using intensive marketing and attracting good payers to get a new share in the market. On the routes...[more]
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NEW LIEGE BRAND
[GOV: Liege, March 21]
The Province of Liège has decided to develop a new brand status for itself, so that its distinctive role in the broader community can be better understood and recognized. The official competence of the province, covers a wide range...[more]
40 YEARS AACHEN-RHEIMS
[GOV: Aachen, March 26]
The partnership between the cities of Aachen and Rheims was marked by the presentation of 12 pear trees by the mayor of Rheims, Jean-Louis
Schneiter to his German counterpart. This is a traditional present because the French king was...[more]
LGH HONORED
[GOV: Düsseldorf, March 25]
In Düsseldorf, the state business promotion office of the North-Rhine Westphalian trade association project, InterNed - the NL/NRW network - has been selected by the European Union as an example of best practice in the support to...[more]
THE CHARLEMAGNE ROUTE
[GOV: Aachen, March 25]
The Event Management Committee of the City of Aachen is presenting a festival program called ‘Across the Borders’ along the planned Charlemagne route. It will run from the end of May to the end of September and then the buildings and...[more]
MASTERS IN FORENSICS
[EDU: Maastricht, March 25]
The first Maastricht Master’s degree in Forensics, Criminology and the Application of the Law went to Audrey Daniëls from Klimmen on March 28. She already has a job as an international forensic advisor at the Dutch forensic institute...[more]
INTERNED NEWS
[GOV: Düsseldorf, March 25]
The Interned newsletter covers the following topics in this issue: International Trade Day 2008 which will mean that Interned will be in Eindhoven with its own stand; the pre-qualification of construction companies’ requirement from...[more]
MEUSE FILM
[GOV: Maastricht, March 25]
The Province of Limburg has taken the initiative of a partnership in the development of an international film on the Meuse, which is being developed by Rombus Nature Films and can be seen at the link below. The is to an interactive...[more]
NEW DEAN FOR AACHEN
[EDU: Aachen, March 24]
The new Dean of Aachen Cathedral, the prelate Helmut Poqué (68), was installed on Easter Monday in a special service. He takes over from the prelate Herbert Hammans (75) who is retiring on grounds of age. Monsignor Poqué was first elected...[more]
CLIMATE ALLIANCE
[GOV: Heerlen, March 20]
Two hundred local politicians and specialists from Europe will have a conference at the Eurogress in Aachen on local climate protection across borders, April 1 through 4, hosted by the cities of Heerlen and Aachen. The activities of...[more]
NEW BELGIAN GOVERNMENT
[GOV: Brussels, March 20]
The King of Belgium has appointed Yves Leterme as Prime Minister, after accepting the resignation of Guy Verhofstadt, who had stepped in to hold the fort, on a temporary basis, during the government crisis when the proposed coalition...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE NEWSLETTER
[GOV: Eupen, March 18]
The Meuse-Rhine taskforce has produced a newsletter in which it discusses cross-border work for members from third countries; subsidies on housing for people working across the borders; the proposal of a new directive dangerous to border...[more]
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM
[EDU/LEI: Maastricht, March 16]
The university’s extra curricular program includes the following events.Kosovo Debate & Balkan Beat Night
Fri 04 April, 20h00 • La Bonbonnière, Achter de Comedie 1 • Admission: debate free - Balkan Beat studs EUR 6 / other ...[more]
AACHEN CAMPUS BUILDING BOOM
[GOV/EDU: Aachen, March 16]
The proposal of Aachen’s RWTH University to set-up a campus on the Westbahnhof has given impetus to a lot of construction activity in the region. In Würselen, Alsdorf, Baesweiler and Herzogenrath, real estate agencies and private...[more]
CAMPUS UPGRADES EUPEN
[EDU/GOV: Eupen, March 16]
A new educational center is going to be developed on the Monschauer Straße in Eupen. The campus in the lower town will contain the existing elements, the merged primary schools and the French school. The German-speaking community and...[more]
EUR 100 IN GOLD
[GOV: Aachen/Berlin, March 16]
In the coming period, Aachen’s famous cathedral, Charlemagne’s last resting place, will appear on a new EUR 100 gold coin. This has been announced by the Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin. This Carolingian building will be...[more]
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OMS LICENSES LABCORP
[LIFE-SCI: Liège/Burlington (NC), March 27]
OncoMethylome Sciences (OMS) and Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings today announced that OncoMethylome has granted LabCorp an exclusive license on certain IP technology to perform commercial MGMT methylation...[more]
BIOMEDICA IN MAASTRICHT
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 26]
At the second Biomedica conference in Maastricht on April 16 and 17, The Netherlands, North-Rhine Westphalia and Flanders will sign a declaration of intent on cross-border cooperation in science and on innovation.Biomedica ...[more]
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ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, March 19]
A contribution to artificial photosynthesis, a research field which attempts to replicate the natural process of photosynthesis in converting sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen - sometimes splitting...[more]
SPACE DEBATE
SCI-TECH: Liège, March 19]
On Wednesday April 9 at the University of Liège, there will be a debate and discussion for students on ‘From the Earth to Space, experiences to live through’. This is thanks to the assistance of the Euro Space Society; and, a number...[more]
IO GIVES JUPITER SPOTS
[SCI-TECH: Liège, March 17]
Researchers think that interaction between the Jupiter’s moon IO and the planet itself cause electrons to curve from one hemisphere of the planet around the moon to the other hemisphere which creating the unexpected spots. It’s a...[more]
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MAYFAIR 2008
[LEI: Maastricht, March 29]
The 2008 May Fair for Meuse-Rhine’s expats will take place on Sunday May 25 at SnowWorld Landgraaf, the world’s biggest indoor winter sports resort.There will be:
- A ski spectacular to start the afternoon
- 2 hours of free ...[more]
BLEGNY MINE
[LEI: Blegny, March 28]
Artists and crafts men and women from Basse-Meuse are holding an exhibition at Blegny mine, from Saturday March 29 through April 6 during the week, from 14:00 to 18:00 and in the weekends from 10:00 to 18:00 hours. Oil paintings, aquarelle,...[more]
MAASEIK MUSEUM
[LEI: Tongres, March 27]
Check the archaeology show in Tongres on April 9....[more]
LIMBURG (B) MAGAZINE
[LEI: Hasselt, March 25]
Limburg’s tourist magazine presents a range of options for your leisure time. It is blossom time in the Hesbaye in April and there are special routes that you can follow (www.bloesemfeesten-haspengouw.be). It also advertises cycling...[more]
MUSIC AT ALDEN BIESEN
[LEI: Alden Biesen, March 20]
On Saturday June 28, there will be a number of activities including an international symposium on the relationship between the history of music and the German Order at Alden Biesen. Check the website for further details....[more]
LSO AT 125
[LEI: Maastricht, March 19]
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra and it will be holding a special series of open-air concerts to mark the occasion:Friday, June 27 - Valkenburg, Kuurpark in Cauberg and the Holland Casino ...[more]
NEW MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
[LEI: Neerpelt, March 17]
There is to be a series of musical experiences starting on April 13 at the provincial domain Dommelhof in Neerpelt, where the new ‘Tacet’ installation is to be unveiled. This, of course, refers to ‘silence’ but clearly there will be...[more]
EYNEBURG
[LEI: Hergenrath, March 16]
After an exciting 2007, which meant a visit from a film crew, with 22 children from Paris and major stars Carole Bouquet and Gérard Dépardieu, 2008 looks as if it going to be great fun too. There is new management, new targets, new...[more]
BORDER LIVES
[LEI: Aachen, March 16]
‘Borderlives’ is the name of an exhibition of contemporary arts from Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Tallinn, which runs through June 1 at the Ludwig Forum. It includes film projections, photography and installations that fill room. Check...[more]
MONSCHAU MUSTARD MUSEUM
[LEI: Monschau, March 16]
Monschau is famous for mustard and so it is going to establish a museum to celebrate this great tradition. This project was presented by Claudia Mayer, Professor of Communication Science at the ‘Aachen University of Applied Sciences’,...[more]
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