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ENERGETIC TOP STORIES
[EDIT/SCI-TECH; Maastricht, September 30]
This is contains a short essay on Thorium Nuclear Energy by Jacques van Geel, a leading international specialist whose pedigree goes back to contact with Robert Oppenheimer post WWII. It also looks at the opening in...[more]
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GREEN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège/Milmort, September 30]
Techspace Aero (SAFRAN Group) and the CIAM (Central Institute of Aviation Motors, Moscow) have achieved success with its test program for a prototype in the area of low pressure compression, where Techspace has made...[more]
AVANTIS @ EXPO REAL 2008
[BIZ: Avantis, September 30]
The AVANTIS European Science and Business Park AVANTIS is located exactly on the border between Aachen and Heerlen. In fact, the German/Dutch border can run right through your office. This distinctive feature offers several advantages....[more]
LIOF UPS STAKE IN PAYDUTCH
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 30]
The LIOF stake in the PayDutch Group has been increased to 44% by the take-over of the Fortis activities in the group. The PayDutch Group recently expanded its activities in the business-to-Consumer market by taking over activities...[more]
BUSINESS PARKS
[BIZ: Maastricht, September 27]
On Thursday, October 2 the Brabant Development Company, East NV, Elba Media, and LIOF, the Limburg development company, are holding a national business park conference. The conference has as its theme: 360o. Speakers will be Peter...[more]
MAASTRICHT LUNCH IN LONDON
[BIZ: Maastricht, September 26]
On Tuesday, September 30 the Maastricht Convention Bureau (MCB), together with the NBTC UK (Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions, UK office), is holding an exclusive London Ladies’ Luncheon in the Michelin starred restaurant,...[more]
EVS EUROPEAN AWARD
[BIZ: Liège, September 26]
IPEdit, the new live editing solution from EVS, was selected by the editorial team of TVBEurope to receive one of the best of IBC awards in the live production category for IBC 2008. The TVBEurope editorial team spent five days ...[more]
DSM VISION 2010
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 25]
On September 25 and 26 Royal DSM updated analysts and investors at its annual conference in Vaalsbroek on the progress made in its Vision 2010 strategy. DSM is also updating its 2008 EBIT guidance today, from EUR 970 million, with...[more]
WIERTZ PARKSTAD LOCATION
[BIZ: Parkstad, September 25]
Wiertz Personnel Services organization is opening a special branch this week at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium, an area of 300m2....[more]
DSM DYNEEMA PROGRAM
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 24]
Earlier this year, plans for the largest investment program ever for DSM Dyneema were announced, expected to involve up to USD 450m over the next 2-3 years, to increase production capacity for the worlds strongest fiber™. Under Phase...[more]
BUSINESS CONTACT DAYS
[BIZ: Maastricht, September 24]
On October 7 and 8 there will be the annual Business Contact Days for Maastricht and Limburg and, indeed, the Euroregion. You can view the program at the link below. There is also a special focus on the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion...[more]
MINEWATER POWER PLANT
[BIZ/INFRA: Heerlen, September 24]
On Wednesday, October 1, the Weller Housing Association and the City of Heerlen will celebrate the grand opening of the mine water power station in Heerlen (Heerlerheide). It is the first mine water power station in the world,...[more]
AMB IN GARAGE MANAGEMENT
[BIZ: Aachen, September 23]
The AMB Generali Group will be taking a new path in the highly competitive motor insurance market. Starting from 2009 the insurance companies of the second-largest primary insurance group in the German market, which among others includes...[more]
ENERGY GENERATION & STORAGE
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Jülich, September 23]
The Rhineland Automotive Association met for a series of lectures at the Jülich Research Center on September 23. The lecture texts are linked below and have much to do with various types of batteries and electric/hybrid powered...[more]
FRAUENRATH IN PPP PROJECT 100
[BIZ: Heinsberg, September 22]
The construction company Frauenrath from Heinsberg and Derwald from Dortmund, two leading medium-sized construction companies in Germany, received a special award on September 17 from the Ministry for Transport, Construction and...[more]
DSM: BETTER BREAD, CHEESE & Ω3
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 20]
DSM is constantly in the news with its nutritional products. We list three recent developments below.Panamore means better bread. It is the breakthrough alternative to chemical emulsifiers from DSM Food Specialties. This natural ...[more]
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
[BIZ: Eindhoven, September 20]
The Automotive Newsletter, which covers the Euroregion, notes that Roger Deckers is succeeding Henk Zeegers as the director of the center. It also mentions HR requirements. Specific national issues are the engagement of an former...[more]
NETWORK EVENT
[BIZ: Maastricht, September 20]
On October 1 there will be a new network event called Overtime. It’s for management and staff of 25 years and above and will be held every second Wednesday from 18:00 to 24:00 in AINSI Maastricht. Check the website....[more]
SCULPTING JEWELS & CHOCS
[BIZ/LEI: Verviers, September 18]
Château Pelzer was recently the location for a demonstration of some the less well-known activities in the worlds of the arts and business. These included gigantic sculptures in chocolate, resembling a partially strung ‘treble-clef’...[more]
ULF BOEGE WITH TRIANEL
[BIZ: Aachen, September 18]
Dr Ulf Böge, the former president of the German cartel office (concerned with safeguarding competition in business) is a new member of the supervisory board of Trianel, the Meuse-Rhine energy company. He has been particularly concerned...[more]
EVS Q2 FIGURES
[BIZ: Liège, September 18]
EVS recorded record revenues of EUR 34.4m or 47.70% more than for the same period last year. Expressed on stable exchange rates, one could speak of a rise in revenues of 52.2%. In Europe revenues rose by 127.9%, in Asia Pacific by...[more]
BUSINESS AND LANGUAGE
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, September 18]
There is to be a symposium on Conducting Business Across Borders on October 8 at the MECC in Maastricht. There will be a focus on linguistic and cultural barriers and the Hogeschool Zuyd program in International Business &...[more]
DSM DOUBLES STANYL CAPACITY
[BIZ: Heerlen, September 17]
DSM N.V has announced that the second polymerization plant for Stanyl® polyamide 46 on the Chemelot site in Geleen (Netherlands) has opened. The new plant doubles DSM’s worldwide production capacity for this high-performance plastic,...[more]
VAL SAINT LAMBERT…
[BIZ: Val St Lambert, September 17]
The board of Val Saint Lambert International will ask the shareholders, at an extraordinary general meeting on October 26, to vote for a continuation of activities. They believe that it is too early to think of winding the...[more]
‘FORUM DES ENTREPRENEURS’
[BIZ: Liège, September 17]
The ‘Forum des Entrepreneurs’, or the Business Forum, has been going for 22 years with the business fair ‘Initiatives’ in Liège. The forum starts this year on October 22 and goes on to October 23, starting at 10:00 in the morning....[more]
JOBS IN LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, September 17]
The Chamber of Commerce of Liège and Verviers has a new site to help people to find employment. The objective is to offer 3,000 jobs within a year. There are already 500 online and you can see this at the site....[more]
CHEMELOT UPDATE
[BIZ: Geleen, September 17]
The Chemelot campus was designed to attract 15 new businesses and 250 jobs. The score thus far is 27 businesses and 325 jobs for an investment of EUR 60m. There is to be a new business park on the edge of Chemelot, close to the Geleen...[more]
LOFTS IN DOLHAIN
[BIZ: Dolhain, September 16]
A great many industrial buildings, which were part of the wool industry, in the valley of the Vesdre are being renovated. A number have been acquired by Georges Doutrepont of Dolhain and are to be transformed into lofts and apartments...[more]
WALLOON SPACE DAYS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, September 16]
On October 6 and 7 there will be a guided tour of businesses involved in the Liège space sector. The ‘Space Days’ conference will be held at the Provincial Palace in the center of Liège. If you want to attend, it is free of...[more]
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HORSES TO LIEGE
[LOG/BIZ : Liège, September 26]
On 9 September 2008, on the occasion of the Spruce Meadows Special Masters, Liège Airport welcomed 56 competition horses, including the two winners of this tournament. As a reminder, Liège Airport had already welcomed 47 competition...[more]
GERMAN POSTAL MARKET
[LOG: Amsterdam/Ratingen, September 24]
TNT Post in principle welcomes the fact that the German Federal Government is revising the VAT regulation in the postal market. This is a necessary step because the current VAT exemption for Deutsche Post AG is contrary...[more]
NO COOLING TOWERS
[INFRA: Visé/Navagne, September 22]
Dagblad de Limburger has repeated it story of March 14, noting that 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....[more]
SNCB WANTS TRAINS QUICKER
[LOG: Brussels, September 17]
The SNCB Belgian Rail wants faster delivery of the 300 Siemens trains that it has on order for its regional express network. This is necessary to be able to handle the growth in traffic. The SNCB invested EUR 2.4bn in the 2004–2008...[more]
EUREGIOBAHN
[LOG: Aachen, September 16]
It now looks as if the Euregiobahn rail connection between Alsdorf-Annapark and Stolberg central station could be achieved earlier than expected. The current forecast being for 2009....[more]
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EUR 17M FOR FLANDERS & NL
[GOV: Hasselt, September 24]
The steering group for the EU-funded Interreg IV Flanders-Netherlands, in its second meeting, approved a number of Interreg projects, of which there were seven, and which involved the investment of EUR 37.5m in the border region,...[more]
ENERGY PROGRAM
[GOV: Maastricht, September 23]
The Limburg provincial parliament has agreed with the Province’s proposed energy program. The Province spells out its plans for saving energy, producing sustainable energy and reducing CO2 emissions for 2011, with a look ahead...[more]
APPLAUSE FOR PM
[GOV: Eupen, September 23]
All of the parties represented in Belgium’s German-speaking parliament received Prime Minister Karl-Heinz Lambertz with applause recently. His role as an advisor to the king has meant that the German-speaking community will have a...[more]
MAASTRICHT COFFEE SHOPS
[GOV: Maastricht, September 23]
Those politically responsible in Maastricht want to establish locations for the legal sale of soft drugs, known as coffee shops, in November. This was announced by the Mayor of Maastricht. The city wants to move the coffee shops...[more]
CULTURE IN ECONOMIC TERMS
[GOV: Maastricht, September 22]
In the presentation of a document supporting Maastricht’s application to be Europe’s Capital of Culture in 2018, it is noted that investment in culture produces funds, generates employment and contributes to innovation, education...[more]
MAASTRICHT–VALKENBURG
[GOV: Maastricht, September 22]
Expected developments in Maastricht and Valkenburg have led to the proposal of the following five projects:- The revitalization of the center of Valkenburg: the upgrading of the historic center and the adjacent shopping area. ...[more]
MAASTRICHT AND MALTA
[GOV: Maastricht, September 18]
The city councilor responsible for culture in Maastricht, Jean Jacobs, has signed a Letter of Intent in Malta for cooperation on the organization of the cultural capital of Europe for 2018.This involves cooperation in the area ...[more]
DUTCH NATIONAL BUDGET
[GOV: Maastricht, September 16]
In response to the presentation of the Dutch national budget, Limburg sees a clear focus on its priorities in the Acceleration Agenda; far-reaching internationalization with fewer obstacles; Euroregional education; sustainable...[more]
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
[GOV: Maastricht, September 16]
The Limburg provincial government has decided that a sustainable energy plant is possible in Limburg and they’re working on a declaration of intent with the market parties involved, which will lead to this. The sustainable energy...[more]
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PROTEIN DOMAIN DYNAMICS
[LIFE-SCI-TECH: Jülich, September 26]
Interdomain motions in proteins are essential to enable or promote biochemical function. Neutron spin-echo spectroscopy is used to directly observe the domain dynamics of the protein alcohol dehydrogenase. The collective...[more]
CARDIOSTICK NOMINATED
[HEALTH/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, September 25]
Maastricht University Medical Center’s Cardiostick – an encoded card with a USB-stick function that medical staff at home and abroad can read immediately - has been nominated for the Univé Paludanus prize, which is...[more]
AACHEN HEALTH REGION
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, September 22]
There will be a meeting on October 7 at the Technology Center at the Europlatz in Aachen to develop a concrete program in the Aachen health region for technology innovation and care – AC:TIV. This is a project which has evolved ...[more]
EUR 6M FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, September 17]
The International Foundation for Research into Alzheimer’s Disease (ISAO) has been in existence for 15 years and is based in Maastricht. This non-profit organization contributes academic research into the causes and treatment...[more]
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2,000 SLOW FOODIES IN NL
[LEI: Maastricht, September 28]
The most recent members of the Dutch Slow Food Society, Eddie Leenen and Marite Timmers from Maastricht, have made the numbers up to 2,000 ‘slow foodies’ in the Netherlands. This movement, which is keeping people on their toes...[more]
PRIVATE/PUBLIC
[LEI: Hasselt, September 27]
Downtown Hasselt is mixing art and business. Even the pedestrian crossings have an artistic side to them in Hasselt. And a lot of people are going to be in the city from September 27 to December 27 to introduce the world to a range...[more]
DUTCH-GERMAN NEWSPAPER
[MEDIA: Enschede, September 26]
The first issue of Buren (Neighbours) has just landed on the doormats of a number of people in the area around Enschede on the Dutch-German border — there are 30,000 Dutch people living on the German side of the border and 40,000...[more]
SIGLINDE KALLNBACH
[LEI: Aachen, September 26]
There is to be an exhibition at the Ludwig Forum in Aachen, in the context of Ground Floor Projects 02, of the work of Siglinde Kallnbach in Rheingold –Shinkansen (relating to high-speed trains) and Cuts (on breast cancer surgery)....[more]
MUEHLNER WINS AGAIN
[LEI: Spa-Francorchamps, September 25]
The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian based Mühlner Motorsport Team have won drivers championship of the ADAC GT Masters 2008 with Tim Bergmeister.
A pair of sixth places in the final two races was enough to ensure that...[more]
UNIVERSITY THEATER, LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, September 24]
The program for the University Theater in Liège has been published on the website below. Suffice it to say that in September there have already been two visiting groups from Germany and France; and in October, Estonia; France again...[more]
OUPEYE HIGHLAND GAMES
[LEI: Oupeye, September 24]
There will be a first version of the Highland Games in Oupeye from October 3 through 5 and this will involve tossing the caber, carrying barrels of beer, and various other events requiring a good deal of effort. There will also be...[more]
BACA LAUREATE 2008
[LEI: Maastricht, September 23]
The BACA International (Biennial Award for Contemporary Art) has undergone a transformation. As of 2008, the award will be given to an artist over the age of 45. This means that the BACA has become an award for a true master,...[more]
NEW MEUSE-RHINE BOOK
[LEI; Aachen, September 17]
A new book has been published in English about a part of Meuse-Rhine. It is by Roy Kift and called Düsseldorf, Aachen and the lower Rhine: 224 pages with illustrations, it’s published by Klartext Verlag GmbH, ISBN 978-3-89861-892-2...[more]
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