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[EDIT: Eijsden, October 15]
Logistics and the life sciences are to the fore in this letter and the biologistics project with Liège and Memphis has pride of place among the editorials. University rankings also feature and are contentious when they are not subject...[more]
SPI+ LEADS THE WAY
[EDIT/LOG: Liège, October 9]
SPI+, the regional development agency for the Province of Liège, has quietly been building relationships with US regional development agencies who have similar interests in the economic development of their regions. One such relationship...[more]
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PRATT & WHITNEY
[BIZ: Herstal, October 15]
Pratt & Whitney has acquired the military maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business, to be named the Pratt & Whitney Belgium Engine Center, from Techspace Aero of Liege, Belgium, a majority owned company of Safran Group. The...[more]
COUNTRY HOUSE FOR SALE
ADVERTISEMENT --- The location is Slenaken, a beautiful village in the heart of the rolling hills of South Limburg. Maastricht, Aachen and Liège are all close by and there are five top golf courses within 12 minutes’ drive. This is a unique feature for the Netherlands...[more]
WALLOON AUTOMOTIVE IN RUSSIA
[BIZ: Liège, October 14]
Within he framework of the Europe–Russia program the Walloon automotive cluster has been involved in the opening of a collective office in the Samara/Togliatti region in Russia, in October. Over the last three years contacts have been...[more]
SABIC CAPITAL LTD
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 14]
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has announced the establishment of a new wholly-owned company with a paid up capital of EUR 18,000. The company, SABIC Capital Ltd., is based in the Netherlands. Mohamed Al-Mady, ...[more]
AINSI BIZ CLUB
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 12]
There will be a meeting of the Dutch–German Business Club at AINSI in Maastricht. This will be on October 29 at 16:00 at the Lage Kanaaldijk 112–113, in Maastricht. Participation costs EUR 20 for members and 30 for non-members....[more]
SUNDAY OPENING
[BIZ: Verviers, October 11]
The Ardennes Outlet Center, a shopping mall that opened at the end of 2005 in Verviers on the site of the former Western Railway station, started with Ardennes Outlet at 50% capacity, activity and has now reached 60% which doesn’t...[more]
SPADEL PRIZE
[BIZ: Spa, October 10]
The Spadel Group has won a prize for its refillable bottles. This is a prize offered by the European beer and drink wholesalers. Spadel, which produces Spa and Bru table waters, is the market leader in the Belgium and the Netherlands....[more]
CHANGES AT THE CROWN PLAZA
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 10]
The Crown Plaza Hotel in Maastricht has changed the lobby and a part of the bar in recent months completely. There are now three meeting rooms and the hotel has been upgraded with a coffee corner and a number of new luxurious rooms.The ...[more]
MEDTRONIC EOC
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, October 10]
Medtronic is a growing company with 7 medical divisions and it plays an important part in Limburg’s economy. There is the private research institute in Maastricht, named after the founder of the Bakken Research Center. The...[more]
FOOD VALLEY AWARD
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht/Oirlo, October 8]
Lutein and the related dietary caratenoid zeaxanthin accumulate within the macula and imbue a yellow pigment that helps to protect the eye. Age-related macular degeneration is a chronic eye disease that occurs when...[more]
LIEGE DEMAIN AT TEN (2)
[BIZ: Liège, October 8]
We have already mentioned the tenth anniversary of Liège Demain. They have introduced a new logo and there is a short promotional film which deals with the strong assets of the city, including the areas of Fragnée, Saint Lambert, the...[more]
WALLOON BUSINESS FOCUS
[BIZ: Liège/Wavre, October 8]
The Walloon business association UWE is publishing information on its thematic focus. The topics concerned are spatial planning and the environment, foreign trade, economics, employment, energy and climate change, education, Walloon...[more]
TRIANEL GAS STORAGE
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, October 7]
Trianel Gas Storage Epe mbH & Co. KG started to fill its caves on October 1. The new facility will have a volume of around 130 million m³of gas and will be able to take in 150,000m³ of gas hourly and pump out 300,000m³ of gas per...[more]
ELSMUSEUM BEEK
[BIZ: Beek, October 6]
For those who do not know it Els is a spirit, a type of Dutch gin or Jenever. It has its own museum which is open every second Sunday in the month at Wolfeinde 4C in the center of Beek. Check the website:...[more]
PARKSTAD IN PENSIONS
[BIZ: Parkstad Limburg, October 6]
The newsletter covering Parkstad Limburg is also introducing the topic of pensions for independent business people, noting that the simplest solution for those with a variable income is the open pension run by Cordares and...[more]
PACKAGING CARS
[BIZ: Stein, October 3]
VMT Ecopackaging BV in Stein, South Limburg develops complete packaging solutions. The objective is to offer the lowest possible overall costs with the smallest environmental impact within the supply chain. Their latest product is a fold...[more]
EUR 1 M + CONTRACT FOR SCHUMAG
[BIZ: Aachen, October 3]
The Aachen engineering company Schumag is building the world’s larges steel-peeling machine which will be worth more than a million. This is the PMH600, which will revolutionize the processing of large steel bars. The machine is scheduled...[more]
HAUZER: LIMBURG EXPORT AWARD
[BIZ: Venlo, October 3]
Hauzer Techno Coating from Venlo has won the Limburg Export Award for 2008. The second prize went to Nunhems Seeds from Haelen and the third to Houtum Papier from Swalmen.Hauzer is high-tech operation specializing in the engineering ...[more]
SABIC STAMAX
[BIZ: Geleen/Bergen op Zoom, October 2]
To meet the increasing demand for lightweight, high performance, long glass fiber composites in the automotive industry, SABIC Innovative Plastics and SABIC PP Automotive recently announced the worldwide availability of...[more]
MEDIA CITY
[BIZ/GOV: Liège, October 2]
The major EUR 300m construction project in Liège called Media City will start in the fall of 2009. It will cover an area of 6.5 hectares and this new Liège center for business, culture and pleasure will be built in the Longdoz quarter....[more]
PATHOFINDER WINS DIAMOND
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, October 2]
Pathofinder, a privately owned company founded in 2004, by CEO, Dr Guus Simons, won the LIOF innovation diamond earlier this year for its brilliant innovative ideas in the promising and very complex market of medical diagnostics....[more]
BIZ PARK FOR HELLENTHAL
[BIZ: Hellenthal, October 2]
The municipality of Hellenthal in the Eifel is popular with business, according to a study by Aachen’s RWTH University. Companies want to expand there. The community, with a population of 9,000, already has 2,200 jobs and now it...[more]
MNMILIEU CHEMELOT 2008
[BIZ: Sittard-Geleen, October 2]
MNMilieu has chosen Chemelot as its location. ‘The environmental technology consultancy MNMilieu has selected the research and business campus in Geleen because it has the best facilities; and we are able to purchase information,...[more]
MORE ON QUICC! AND KARMANN
[BIZ: Osnabrück/Heerlen October 2]
In recent numbers we’ve introduced the topic of DuraCar’s new model, QUICC!, and the fact that it is to be built by Karmann. DuraCar is reinforcing Wilhelm Karmann GmbH on the electrically-powered car front. DuraCar in Heerlen/Avantis...[more]
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EWALS CARGO CARE
[LOG: Genk, October 8]
The Gent department of Ewals Cargo Care has been closed. This has to do with changes at Volvo cars, which recently changed to DSV Solutions Automotive. DSV, it will be remembered, took over the Dutch registered company Frans Maas in 2006....[more]
ESSERS TAKES OVER NIJS LOGISTICS GROUP
[LOG: Lommel, October 6]
The H. Essers logistics group has taken over the Nijs logistics group with branches in Lommel and Tomaszow Mazowiecki in Poland. In a press release Essers notes that the transaction is in the context of long-term strategy for the group...[more]
INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT
[LOG: Brussels, October 3]
NEA has presented a report on administrative and regulatory barriers in the inland waterway transport sector. The survey was carried out at the request of the European Commission within the framework of the NAIADES Action plan for...[more]
EUROPEAN ELECTRICITY MARKET
[INFRA: Luxembourg, October 2]
The transmission system operators in the electricity markets of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have set up a joint service company with the agreement of the European Commission. This is a move towards...[more]
MEDTEC LOGISTICS CENTER
[LOG/LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, October 2]
A EUR 60m medical technology (medical/bio-medical, pharmaceuticals, medical disposables) distribution center is to be built on the Trilandis Business Park in Heerlen – next door to Avantis. Construction by Archicom from Eindhoven...[more]
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LIVE IN NL, WORK IN GERMANY
[GOV: Kerkrade, October 15]
On October 16 from 17:00 to 19:00 there will be information on living in the Netherlands and working in Germany and vice versa, and consequences in respect of income tax, wage tax, value added tax, social legislation and in particular...[more]
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
[EDU: London, October 13]
“THE-QS World University Rankings”is an annual publication of university rankings around the world, published by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The full listings feature on the QS website...[more]
LIMBURG’S ENERGY PROGRAM
[GOV: Maastricht, October 10]
The proposed energy program for the Province of Limburg (NL) has been received positively during the appropriate committee meeting and on October 24 next the proposal will be presented to the provincial government. In this program,...[more]
FIREWORKS AT THE BUS STATION
[GOV: Heerlen, October 10]
From Monday, October 20 through Saturday, October 25 there will be a spectacular fireworks show at the opening of the new bus station in the Maankwartier in Heerlen. The show is on from 18:00 to 22:15 hours and starts on the half hour...[more]
LIEGE POPULATION
[GOV: Liège, October 10]
The city of Liège has a population of 190,000, which is 1,500 more than last year. This includes some 8,000 students with accommodation in the city. The population of the city is climbing and last year there were more births than deaths....[more]
EUROPEAN PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD
[EDU/GOV: Maastricht, October 10]
On October 20, 2008 the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) will officially launch the European Public Sector Award 2009 (EPSA 2009). This special event takes place at the 5th Quality Conference in Paris (FR),...[more]
LIEGE DEFICIT
[GOV: Liège, October 9]
For the first time in many years the Province of Liège has a budgetary deficit of around EUR 1.3m. The previous year’s surplus means that in 2009 they are forecast to be back in the black. The total expenditure for the coming year is...[more]
DG REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[GOV: Eupen, October 9]
Belgium’s German-speaking region (known as DG) has come up with a regional development concept that was the center of attention St Vith recently. Authorities and various institutions and employees of the research office FUTOUR and AIXPLAN...[more]
NIC H.M. TUMMERS
[GOV: Heerlen, October 9]
On February 5 Nic Tummers received the medal of honor of the city of Heerlen in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the city. On this occasion the municipality also offered a special day for Nic Tummers. This was on October 9 with...[more]
AACHEN TRUST CHANGES
[GOV: Aachen, October 8]
The web site of the Aachen Foundation gives an overview of recent changes to the Aachen Stiftung or Trust, otherwise known as the Kathy Beys Stiftung, gives an overview of the changes. Please refer to it for the changes...[more]
UNIVERSITY RADIO
[EDU: Liège, October 7]
From October 8 at 14:00 a student radio will be available on 105.0MHz in the Liège region. 48FM, which has changed its wavelength now, is supported by the university and has an eclectic program....[more]
AFTERNOON CHILDCARE
[EDU: Eupen, October 2]
The government of Belgium’s German-speaking region is going to participate in funding state school childcare for the state schools in the afternoons. The German-speaking community is contributing EUR 100,000 to the funding of afternoon...[more]
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NEW ODYSSEA PRODUCT
[LIFE-SCI/BIZ: Liège, October 9]
Odyssea a the company associated with Mithra pharmaceuticals opened a new location on October 9 and this will coincide with the launch of the first development of its Levosert product, a contraceptive device produced by Uteron...[more]
FEELING PAIN
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, October 6]
There is new research at the University of Liège for which the abstract follows below.
Background
Patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) show restricted self or environment awareness but are unable to communicate ...[more]
THERANOSTICS
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, October 2]
Theranostics is the term used to describe the proposed process of diagnostic therapy for individual patients - to test them for possible reaction to taking a new medication and to tailor a treatment for them based on the test results....[more]
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NANOTRUCK FROM JUELICH
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, October 10]
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMFB) is pursuing its new information campaign by sending the nanoTruck around the country to familiarize the population with nanotechnology. The nanoTruck is a communication...[more]
ANOTHER JUELICH SUPERCOMPUTER
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, October 8]
The competence of the Jülich Research Center in the area of nuclear fusion will be reinforced in the coming spring. Jülich will be the location for a European supercomputer. This will be extensively for fusion research, according...[more]
EUR 17M FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS
[SCI-TECH: Düsseldorf, October 8]
Up to EUR 17m will be available in the next five years for excellent young researchers in North-Rhine Westphalia. All the universities in North-Rhine Westphalia can apply in the areas of energy, nanotechnology, neuroscience,...[more]
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EURIADE 2008
[LEI: Kerkrade, October 15]
The Meuse-Rhine cultural festival, which includes aspects of the arts and sciences with a concentration on music and a presentation of the Martin Buber medallion, which we mentioned earlier, starts on October 16 and runs through November...[more]
PARIS AND HELEN
[LEI: Liège, October 14]
Paris and Helen, an opera by Gluck, will be on at the Royal Walloon Opera from October 17 through 25. Paris and Helen is the third of Gluck’s reform operas for Vienna following ‘Alceste’ and ‘Orpheo and Eurydice’ and is the least often...[more]
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
[LEI: Maastricht, October 12]
This year the World Press Photo exhibition will be held in the Centre Céramique in Maastricht. The traveling exhibition for press photography is world famous and can be seen in 100 cities worldwide including New York, Rome and Tokyo....[more]
GASTRONOMY
[LEI: Liège, October 11]
There is an interesting and attractive newsletter on gastronomy in the Walloon part of Meuse-Rhine at the link below:...[more]
WALLOON WEEKENDS
[LEI: Trois Ponts, October 11]
The Welcome to Walloon Weekends is an initiative by Benoît Lutgen, the minister of tourism and the countryside, and he wants to open the gates of the Walloon country to visitors and show them what the area has to offer. On November...[more]
NY TIMES SHUTS DOWN IHT SITE
[MEDIA: New York, October 7]
According to a report in Forbes.com, the New York Times is shutting down the IHT site and the news from the International Herald Tribune will come up on the New York Times site...[more]
GORBACHEV FOR MARTIN BUBER
[LEI: Kerkrade, October 2]
The former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and his daughter Irena are to receive the Dutch-German Martin Buber medal for services to humanity. The speakers at the ceremony will be the former German minister for foreign affairs Hans...[more]
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