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TOP STORIES
[EDIT: Eijsden, May 15]
There are a lot of interesting stories in this issue. Take a look at the list. FASTEST TO BRUSSELS; DSM STRONG Q1; 5 EIT CANDIDATES; NL/NRW BIZ CONFERENCE; NATO NEWS; AACHEN SIGNS WITH NING-PO; BERT WIRTZ IHK BOSS; PENAL CODE IN CHINESE;...[more]
THIJS WOLTGENS
[EDIT: Eijsden, May 7]
Thijs Wöltgens passed away May 7. He was a major figure in politics and business in South Limburg and The Netherlands, and had a strong interest in the Euroregional theme. To mark his passing, we reprint an article published in this journal...[more]
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EVS Q1 UP A THIRD
[BIZ: Liège May 15]
EVS Broadcast Equipment delivers a combination of hardware and software production and playout systems and solutions for the broadcast of sports, news and entertainment. In Q1, 2008, the company earned EUR 11.7m 36.5 per cent more than the...[more]
BERT WIRTZ IHK BOSS
[BIZ: Aachen, May 15]
The Heinsberg businessman Bert Wirtz (61) has been proposed as the new President of the Aachen Chamber of Commerce. The election will take place on June 16. Mr Wirtz is the managing partner of Mobau Wirtz-Unternehmensgruppe and Mobau Wirtz...[more]
NEW RODA BIZ BOSS
[BIZ: Sittard, May 15]
Marc Jetten, who has been with the Mediagroup Limburg for 6.5 years, and was earlier with the MECC, has now become the Commercial Director of the Roda J.C. Football Club. His appointment became effective May 1...[more]
EYSERHALTE
[BIZ/LEI: Eys, May 13]
There is a great deal of concern nowadays for good, natural products and Limburg, the land of stroop (a fruit treacle) and Limburg cheese, has a lot of surprises in store. Talking of stores, one very special place for the gastronome to...[more]
TRIANEL LUENEN GO-AHEAD
[BIZ: Aachen, May 13]
Trianel, the Meuse-Rhine energy group, is going to build the EUR 100bn 750MW hard-coal-fired power station in Lünen. The 28 partners in Trianel have approved the project and the company will start building the plant later this year. The...[more]
INNODATE
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 13]
On May 30 in Venlo, there will be an event for new business in innovative sectors. The idea of Innodate is to promote cooperation in this area and arrange ‘match and meet’ sessions for young business people. There will be information...[more]
BELCOMPANY DISCOUNTER
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 13]
On July 1, 2008, BelCompany Netherlands will open 29 discount stores under the name of tefoonkopen.nl. The new store format will have the most competitive retail offers for mobile telephony and support in the shape of Telefoonkopen.nl's...[more]
MORE FORDS FROM GENK
[BIZ: Genk, May 13]
Ford Genk is going to increase its production again and produce 313,000 Mondeos, Galaxies en S-Maxes, according to spokesman Jo De Clercq in an interview with TV Limburg. The production increase was decided on by Ford's European management...[more]
ATC CONFERENCE
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 12]
On Monday, June 2 participants at the 2008 ATC conference in Eindhoven can do business as well as watch technology-oriented demonstrations.In addressing the question “How to keep a competitive edge in a dynamic industry?”, the participants ...[more]
ESSENT LOOKS TO BELGIUM
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 9]
Essent, the Dutch power company, wants to be the third player in the Belgian market. When the market leader Electrabel is compelled to yield 15% of its production capacity to a new player, the Dutch energy company will be ready to take...[more]
AACHEN SIGNS WITH NING-PO
[BIZ: Aachen, May 9]
The Aachen chamber of commerce, the city, the Sparkasse bank and the regional development company, Agit, have decided to set up a marketing bureau for the Aachen Region in Ning-Po China and to inform the Chinese population about Aachen as...[more]
CE MARKING
[BIZ: Aachen, May 9]
CE marking on a product is the manufacturer’s declaration that the product complies with the essential requirements of the European health, safety and environmental protection legislation. This relates to a whole range of products from machines,...[more]
COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS
[BIZ: Langerwehe, May 9]
The plastic film manufacturer alesco, which produces new flexible and compostable coex biofilms from sustainable raw materials, looked back on the success of its participation in the interpack-fair.
During the seven interpack...[more]
WDP SOLAR FIRST
[BIZ: Grimbergen, May 8]
The WDP real estate company has started up its first solar energy plant at the WDP site in Grimbergen. More than 3,000 photovoltaic panels have been installed with a total capacity of 570kWp. WDP is working with Nuon Belgium on this...[more]
BEER BRONZE IN OZ
[BIZ: Stein, May 8]
One of the beers from the De Fontein brewery in Stein, the beer known as the Vlaamsche Reus (a very big bunny) Blond, has won a bronze medal in the Australian International Beer Awards in Melbourne. De Fontein took part in this beer competition...[more]
WTC GERMAN POSTAL CODE
[BIZ; Aachen, May 8]
Since May 1, the German postal service has provided the WTC in Heerlen, Aachen, at the cross-border site in Avantis, with their own postal code. So the WTC’s German address would now be Vogt 21, 52072 Aachen....[more]
PROSPER MONTAGNE PRIZE 2009
[BIZ/LEI: Bruges, May 8]
Prosper Montagné was the great French chef and authority on gastronomy who, among other light works, penned the Larousse Gastronomique. In Belgium, a prize is offered in his honor for the best chef and the best sommelier in the country...[more]
HOSTELLERIE LAFARQUE
[BIZ/LEI: Pepinster, May 8]
Why not leap into your chopper and fly to the helipad on the tree-fringed lawns of Hostellerie Lafarque. You will be greeted by the sight of an Anglo-Norman manor house, with its characteristic half-timbered façade, in the rolling...[more]
TWEED CLUSTER
[BIZ: Liège, May 7]
The Walloon minister for the economy, Jean-Claude Marcourt, has officially launched a TWEED cluster for the Walloon Energy Environment and Sustainable Development. This is the 13th industrial cluster and subsidized by the Walloon region....[more]
LIEGE FRANCE ECO
[BIZ: Liège, May 7]
A new Internet site, Liège France Eco, has been created privately to aid and add to synergies and exchanges between business in the Liège country and areas of France. There is an opportunity to exchange commercial information, which is entirely...[more]
ZOLDER SOLAR PANELS
[BIZ: Heusden-Zolder, May 7]
LRM and the Machiels Group are going to build a photo-voltaic panel park on an area of 17 hectares at the mine slurry pond at the former mine in Zolder, which will take 22,500 panels making it the largest solar panel project in the...[more]
AN ORGANIC POST OFFICE
[BIZ: Liège, May 7]
There is a EUR 36m project, designed to transform the old central post office on the Meuse in Liège into an ethically responsible market for organic products, including clothing and decorative articles, based on fair trade. There will also...[more]
QI OFFICE CENTER
[BIZ: Aachen, May 7]
The foundation has been laid for the Q1 Office Center in the Neuenhofstraße in Aachen. This will mean 3,600 m2 in Eilendorf South for trade and business. On the ground floor there will be free access, sale and display areas, on the first...[more]
FUEL CELLS FOR NUON
[BIZ: Heinsberg, May 7]
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (CFCL), a global leader in fuel cell development, has announced that it is investing EUR 12.4 million in the construction of a manufacturing plant in Heinsberg, Germany, for the commercial production of its fuel...[more]
INDIA IN BAESWEILER
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Baesweiler, May 7]
BSV Bioscience GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of an Indian pharmaceutical company from Bombay and is located in the international technology and service center in Baesweiler. BSV, which stands for Bharat [Indian] Serums and...[more]
AACHEN FOR ENERGY
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, May 7]
The German Minister of Economics, Michael Glos, made an award of EUR 10m to Trianel for its Smart Watts project (see stories in previous issues on this: March 4 & 19). This is turning the Aachen region into a model region for future...[more]
SME SUCCESSION
[BIZ: Liège, May 6]
A new Walloon site has been developed to help in the transmission of businesses from old to new owners and related matters. You can find out about this at...[more]
AC2 STARTERS
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, May 6]
The AC2 starters project has been going for five years, and on May 6, the 350 people in the coronation hall of the Aachen City Hall had a look at what’s been going on and what initiatives have come from the Aachen economic region, including...[more]
PSI IN LIMBURG
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 6]
The US company Performance Systematics will be opening a branch in Limburg this year. It has been negotiating with the Limburg development company LIOF over the past 12 months and will be investing EUR 1.5m in a project that is expected...[more]
NL/NRW BIZ CONFERENCE
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, May 5]
The Netherlands is the most important business partner of North-Rhine Westphalia and the volume of trade reached EUR 44bn in 2007, with growth of almost 10%. These wide-ranging business contacts must not be allowed to fall by the wayside...[more]
REJUVENATION AT VEBEGO
[BIZ: Voerendaal, May 5]
The management board at Voerendaal was recently expanded with three general managers of the three largest subsidiaries: these are Hago, Alpheios and Tènce!. The reinforcements will allow for continuity at the top and allow this service...[more]
NEW OOSTWEGEL WEBSITE
[BIZ: Valkenburg, May 5]
There is a new website for Camille Oostwegel Château Hotels & Restaurants with impressive pictures, sound bites and clear information. Check the website below....[more]
BELGIAN TAX ATTRACTIONS
[BIZ: Brussels, May 2]
The tax system and know-how relating to payment traffic are advantages, which are attracting the payment centers of international firms, according to consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.In the years ahead, 31 European countries ...[more]
DSM STRONG Q1
[BIZ: Heerlen, May 2]
DSM reported Q1 figures on April 29 with Organic sales growth 14% due to strong business positions and favorable market conditions: EBIT, from continuing operations up 22% despite lower US dollar and higher feedstock prices and earnings...[more]
VASCO REPURCHASE: EUR 100M
[BIZ: Dilsen-Stokkem, May 2]
Jos Vaessen (64), the founder of Vasco, is taking over the radiator manufacturing group, The Heating Company (THC), from the American multinational Masco. The price is around EUR 100m. This means that Vasco, with its 400 staff, is...[more]
KEYLESS ENTRY
[BIZ: Aachen, May 2]
Two days before the opening of the world's largest plastics fair, K 2007 in Düsseldorf, the SPE (Society of Plastic Engineers) awarded the first prize in the category "electronic/optical parts" to the most innovative and creative achievement...[more]
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ESSERS TAKES OVER FURTRANS
[LOG: Genk, May 14]
Essers has been showing an interest in biologistics for some time and provides logistical services to seven of the ten top European pharmaceutical companies. It’s also increasingly more active in high security transport. To accelerate its...[more]
MONTEA PARIS WAREHOUSE
[LOG: Paris, May 8]
Montea, the logistical real estate specialist, has bought a warehouse in Paris North. This is 4,307m2 with 730m2 of offices and 3,577m2 of warehousing, in Paris North, close to the Roissy Charles De Gaulle airport; which, readers will remember,...[more]
HARBOR IN SIGHT
[LOG: Venlo, May 8]
ELC-Limburg informs readers that, following a lengthy permit trajectory, the final stage is in view at the barge terminal in Venlo. After being delayed by environmental permits, the current prognosis is that the terminal will be operational...[more]
FASTEST TO BRUSSELS
[LOG: Maastricht, May 7]
If you need to go to Brussels, the Maastricht-Brussels Express is now an established feature on the local rail network. It’s an hour and a quarter to Brussels and if you want to be in Paris or London at 9.00 in the morning, you can manage...[more]
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PENAL CODE IN CHINESE
[EDU: Maastricht, May 15]
The Dutch penal code was translated into English as a part of the American Series of Foreign Penal Codes by Louise Rayar and Stafford Wadsworth, under the aegis of Maastricht University’s Law School and published in 1997. It has now,...[more]
CONSULAR CORPS PRIZE
[EDU: Liège, May 13]
The Liège Consular Corps has awarded its prize for 2008 to Noémie Blaise. She is a law graduate and a specialist in international relations and European integration at the University of Liège. The prize goes to her for her thesis on the...[more]
UM TOP IN GERMAN RANKINGS
[EDU: Maastricht, May 10]
Following the success of Maastricht University’s psychology department in the German rankings of the Center for University Development (CHE) last year, this year economics, international business and European studies took part in the...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE STATISTICS
[GOV: Liège, May 7]
The Information Service of Meuse-Rhine, SIE, is holding a colloquium in Roermond on May 26 to look at Euroregional statistics. The Meuse-Rhine Euroregional statistical services collects, harmonizes and presents statistics to improve transnational...[more]
NEW HASSELT RECTOR
[EDU: Hasselt, May 7]
The General Assembly of the Faculty Councils of the University of Hasselt have elected a new rector and vice-rector of the university. The current rector, Luc De Schepper, was the only candidate and will succeed himself. There was also...[more]
BIRTHDAY EDUCATION
[GOV/EDU: Aachen, May 6]
The reception to mark the official birthday of the queen of The Netherlands is held annually by The Netherlands’ Consul in Aachen, Professor Helmut Breuer. This year, in addition to the good company and networking opportunities, there...[more]
NEW HASSELT SCHOOLS
[EDU: Hasselt, May 6]
Starting in the next academic year, Hasselt will have two new schools. At St Jansheide in Kuringen the free school network of canon Triest is opening the ‘School op de Hei’, and in Runkst, the municipality is starting with a Dalton-school....[more]
NEW ID FOR ALL
[GOV: Genk, May 5]
Genk is going to be the first city in Flanders and Limburg (B) to issue digital ID cards to non-citizens. This card will replace the yellow or blue cardboard residence permits and will look like the digital ID card that all Belgians have....[more]
CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE
[GOV: Aachen, May 5]
Mayor Jürgen Linden was positive about the award of the International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. ‘This was the biggest Charlemagne event in the history of the award,’ was his comment....[more]
EUREGIONALE 2008
[GOV/BIZ: Aachen, May 3]
The EuRegionale 2008 is a series of projects, qualifying for major state funding in Germany and focusing on the transformation of the economy of the Aachen area from mining to a multi-faceted economy. An overview of some of the projects...[more]
NATO NEWS
[GOV: Brunssum, May 2]
NATO Joint Force Command (JFC) Headquarters Brunssum has organized the annual Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) Conference in Maastricht this month. Coordination and closer cooperation between ISAF PRT’s and International...[more]
5 EIT CANDIDATES
[EDU: Brussels, May 2]
We have discussed the proposed European Institute of Technology, in these pages before with the assumption that Aachen and Meuse-Rhine would be in the running as a location for this new Institute. However, reports emerging from Brussels...[more]
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CARDIOSTICK
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, May 14]
Up-to-date medical data always at hand for cardiovascular patients can be provided by the Medstick Cardio (Cardiostick), a credit card with a USB-stick function that medical staff at home and abroad can read immediately. This Cardiostick...[more]
OBESITY AT AVANTIS
[LIFE-SCI: Avantis, May 8]
At the end of May, the Center for Obesity in Europe, CO-EUR, will open its doors at a location in Hoensbroek, SRL, and in the Centipedes building in Avantis. CO-EUR is a new revolutionary treatment center concerned with the integrated...[more]
KIONUTRIME
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, May 8]
Kitozyme, the Liège life-sciences company, is presenting new products at the Vitafoods exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland. They include KiOnutrime CG, a new vegetable ingredient for cardio-vascular and digestive health, and KiOnutrime...[more]
NEW DEAN OF MEDICINE
[LIFE-SCI/EDU: Maastricht, May 6]
Professor Martin Paul has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life-Sciences (FHML) of the University of Maastricht, effective September 1, 2008. Professor Paul (50) is currently dean and member of the board...[more]
SUMMUM MAGAZINE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, May 2]
SUMMUM is a special magazine for the external relations and staff of the Maastricht University Medical Center+. The topics covered in the April number were the costs of healthcare but also its profitable side, in the sense of what...[more]
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BASILICA CONCERTS
[LEI: Tongres, May 15]
The Basilica Festival of Flanders guarantees its audience concerts and musical theatre of high quality. The characteristics of this festival are the unique historical locations and the participation of both young and experienced musicians....[more]
MINE WORKERS’ TALES
[LEI: Heerlen, May 15]
The foundation ‘De Koempel verhaalt’, or ‘mine workers’ tales’, has presented a concept for a book and an interactive website. After months of preparation the proposal is now ready and will be distributed as widely as possible and the...[more]
CHINA DEBATE
[LEI: Maastricht, May 13]
On May 20 at 20.00hrs, there will be a public debate on China’s strategy in international relations and trade vis-à-vis the European Union and Africa.
Prof. David Zweig, Director of the Center on China's Transnational Relations at...[more]
LSO 1000
[LEI: Maastricht, May 10]
This summer, the Limburg Symphony Orchestra will be holding a number of open-air concerts where it will share the stage with a thousand enthusiastic musicians. For its 125th anniversary, the orchestra, directed by Jan Stulen, is inviting...[more]
BUY A DONKEY
[LEI: Slenaken, May 8]
If you want to practice your Afrikaans and order a meal in that language, the hotel de la Frontière in Slenaken is to be recommended. You can also stay the night, for it has six rooms. Philip Otto from South Africa is running this excellent...[more]
FAILED IMAGES
[LEI: Liège, May 8]
The Belgian artist Daniel Fourneau has an exhibition called Failed Images running at the Espace Uhoda, Rue Léon Frédéricq 14 in Liège from May 8 through June 14....[more]
TASTING SITTARD
[LEI: Sittard, May 7]
At the beginning of December, the South Limburg tourist authority started to work together with four catering businesses in the center of Sittard on a new walking snack arrangement, known as the Loupentaere Hepkes Pruive in Sittard. This...[more]
EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL
[LEI: Aachen, May 5]
German federal president Köhler is to visit the CHIO Aachen 2008 to see the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup under floodlight. It will be simultaneously broadcast live on German ZDF TV. The Nations Cup, part of the Samsung Super League, will be...[more]
JANIS AVOTINS
[LEI: Aachen, May 2]
Currently the Ludwig Forum is running an exhibition called The Art of Painting by Jānis Avotiņš. The Latvian, Jānis Avotiņš (1981), is one of the youngest painters in Europe. He occupies the space between Geheimtip and...[more]
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