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WOLFGANG TREES R.I.P.
[EDIT: Aachen, February 4]
The Aachen journalist, Wolfgang Trees, died recently at the age of 66. He was a leading specialist on the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, although he preferred to think of the Meuse-Roer Region. Mr Trees knew Belgium and The Netherlands very...[more]
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TRIANEL IN TOP 100 EMPLOYERS
[BIZ: Aachen, February 13]
The cross-border energy group, Trianel GmbH, is again amongst the 100 best employers in Germany. The decision is made on the basis of a questionnaire that looks at reliability, respect, fairness, pride, team spirit, and it is the second...[more]
HELVOET PHARMA NEW PLANT
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Alken, February 12]
Helvoet Pharma, which produces rubber and aluminum packaging for the pharmaceutical industry, with its production plant in Alken, has set up a new production plant line. The project required an investment of EUR 22m and is...[more]
AACHEN HOSPITAL OUTSOURCES
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Aachen, February 12]
The Aachen Clinic, its University Hospital, is going to outsource a lot of its laboratory work to external providers. This will mean savings of several million euros according to the hospital’s boss, Professor Saß. What will...[more]
BIZ PARK FOR GOUVY
[BIZ: Gouvy, February 11]
The municipality of Gouvy is setting up a 100-hectare business park. This is in Courtil and will link both to the railways and the E-25 and E-42 highways. In this area there is a sawmill belonging to Pauls from Büllingen. The work on...[more]
NEW LUCASSEN OFFICE
[BIZ: Geleen, February 11]
The Lucassen Group has opened a new office in Geleen. The company specializes in metalworking, shaping products, engineering and waterjet cutting with consistent quality and precision tooling. The new office will give them shorter...[more]
STABLE GAS PRICES
[BIZ: Aachen, February 11]
Trianel, the cross-border energy company, is offering stable gas prices. With its access to gas storage and storage projects, it’s able to offer flexibility in acquisition, which means a greater stability in price. Check the website...[more]
A NOTABLE RESTAURATEUR
[BIZ/LEI: Mook, February 10]
Richard Meeussen of the Zwaantje and the Mookerheide has been declared the most remarkable restaurateur in Limburg. He trains his own staff; he employs the cradle-to-cradle principle and has won the prize. Other candidates for this...[more]
25 YRS AT CHATEAU NEERCANNE
[BIZ: Neercanne, February 10]
Peter and Ans Harkema are celebrating their 25th anniversary running Château Neercanne this year. This is the restaurant that hosted the signatories to the treaty of Maastricht, a number of celebrated chefs and members of the European...[more]
PUNCH PRODUCTION BACK
[BIZ: Hamont-Achel, February 10]
Guido Dumarey, the founder and symbol of the Punch industrial holding company, is closing the greater part of his Slovak plant and bringing production back to Punch in Hamont-Achel. This is reported in Belgian papers De Tijd,...[more]
LIOF BUSINESS CENTERS 2008
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 10]
LIOF Business Centers can look back on an excellent year in 2008. According to the annual report, the number of square meters let rose by 2,900; and, as against 54 tenants left, 63 arrived. These figures pleased MD Antoine Platen,...[more]
TUNNELING TO BRAZIL
[BIZ: Erkelenz, February 10]
WIRTH GmbH from Erkelenz shipped a 130m, 750ton tunnel drilling machine to Brazil in January. The machine is going to drill a tunnel through 6km of hard rock in Brazil. The tunnel will be part of a 98km tunnel to transport natural...[more]
EMMELOORD CALL CENTER
[BIZ: Emmeloord, February 9]
The Custom Connect Group is opening its fourth call center near the Vrijthof in Maastricht on March 30. The call center will expand the Custom Connect Group’s activities to Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, and Austria. It’s...[more]
TOP HILL PACK
[BIZ: Sittard, February 7]
Ed Steijn from Munstergeleen with two partners and the ING bank are investing EUR 18m in a milk and juice carton plant in Sittard – LIOF aided in site selection. The plant, to be known as ‘Top Hill Pack’, will start production in April...[more]
EUR 10M FOR BELVEDERE
BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, February 7]
The Dutch government has awarded a grant of EUR 10m to the Belvédère project in Maastricht, which involves the redevelopment of 280+ hectares on the western edge of the city at the old Sphinx site. The development will include...[more]
AACHENMUNCHENER LIFE UP 5.7%
[BIZ: Aachen, February 6]
AachenMünchener premium income exceeds the EUR 5bn mark for the first time. Life insurer expands on its second position in the German market increasing by 5.7%.AachenMünchener once again closed the business year 2008 ahead of the ...[more]
ENERGY MANAGER 2008
[BIZ: Aachen/Cologne, February 6]
Sven Becker, chairman of Trianel GmbH, is the Energy Manager of the Year for 2008. The award was made on February 5 at the Sports Museum in Cologne and the following arguments were put forward for his election, his work in the...[more]
EUR 900,000 FOR PARKSTAD
[BIZ: Heerlen, February 6]
The province of Limburg (NL) and Parkstad are going to get together in order to focus on the development of the regional structure with an improvement of cross-border public transport, the area around the Parkstad outer ring, restructuring...[more]
GENERALI FASTER THAN MARKET
[BIZ: Aachen, February 5]
In the business year ended (see below), the Generali Deutschland Group again achieved above-average growth rates. According to preliminary figures, then premium income across all lines of insurance grew by 3.4%. For the first time,...[more]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DAY
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 4]
The International Trade Day will be held by the Chambers of Commerce on April 2 at 12 locations in the country, and there will be specialist information in the areas of customs, transport, finance, insurance, etc. In Limburg NL...[more]
LIMBURG EXPORT CLUB PROGRAM
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 3]
The Limburg Export Club has announced its program for 2009. This includes, on March 23, cultural differences in doing business, with a focus on the Euroregion, by Wouter Faes of the University of Hasselt in Maastricht. On May ...[more]
CEBIT
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 3]
Meuse-Rhine’s chambers of commerce are organizing a one-day trip to the world’s biggest IT and telecom fair in Hanover, from March 3 through 8. The flight leaves March 4 from Maastricht-Aachen Airport in a chartered Boeing 737 and...[more]
DUTCH BOSS AT MÄURER & WIRTZ
[BIZ: Stolberg, February 2]
German-based perfume manufacturer MÄURER & WIRTZ has a new MD. On January 1, 2009, Johannes Verhoog became the head of the family business which dates from 1845. His predecessor, Bert Lehnen, stepped down after more than 40 years...[more]
OCDA CHANGES FACE
[BIZ: Amstenrade, February 2]
The well-known Limburg advertising company has changed its name to Chiaradia Design and Advertising. It has a new logo and a new house style which can be seen at the link. It’s all blue, check the website.
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PROCTOR & GAMBLE
[BIZ: Euskirchen, February 2]
The cosmetics producer Proctor & Gamble is going to create 200 new jobs at its logistical center in Euskirchen. Bringing together production and logistics, this is going to save the company around a million truck-miles, according...[more]
MEDIA CITY FALL 2009
[BIZ: Liège, February 2]
The Media City, on which work started in September 2006, will open its doors at the heart of Longdoz in the autumn of 2009. The broadcasting unit for the RTBF and the skating rink will not be ready but there will be a lot of other things...[more]
PARTY CATERING SUMMIT
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 2]
In Maastricht, at the annual European Fine Food fair and BBB at the MECC Exhibition Center, there was a founder meeting of the European Party Caterers’ Association (EPCAS), which brought together 12 exclusive party caterers from...[more]
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FLOATING POWER STATIONS
[INFRA: Essen/Cologne, February 9]
RWE Power is taking an innovative path in power generation with a pilot project that is unique in Europe: “Power Barges”. Environment-friendly, ultra-modern combined-cycle gas turbine power stations will be erected on floating...[more]
PORT OF LIEGE 2008
[LOG: Liège, February 9]
The port of Liège achieved records in 2008: 21.8m tons of goods were transferred. This was an increase of 2.6%. Sixteen million tons reached the port by water, an increase of 1.5%, which doubled the historical record. However, the fall...[more]
TRADE MISSION TO MOSCOW
[LOG: Maastricht, February 3]
The Limburg chamber of commerce and the municipality of Venlo are undertaking a fact-finding mission to Moscow from April 19 through 22. Information will be provided to those participating on the logistical business in the Moscow...[more]
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HASSELT CAN EXPAND
[GOV: Hasselt, February 10]
The seat of Limburg’s (B) provincial government in Hasselt can be expanded. The Flemish government is providing EUR 1m for the proposal. The expansion relates to the office building and a parking lot for the reception.
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LIMBURG (NL) CROSS-BORDER SUPPORT
[GOV: Maastricht, February 6]
The Limburg parliament supported the motion of the CDA Christian Democrat Party targeting cross-border cooperation. The parties from the provincial government (Limburg parliament) sent a letter to the relevant minister letting it...[more]
DRUGS
[GOV: Hasselt, February 6]
In a program broadcast by Belgium’s Kanaal Z, Steve Stevaert, the governor of Belgian Limburg, and Leon Frisson, governor of the Netherlands Limburg, both agreed that an end had to come to the Dutch usage of tolerating the sale of...[more]
GUIDO WEVERS CULTURE TSAR
[GOV: Maastricht, February 5]
Guido Wevers, the director of the Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht has been appointed the artistic director for the campaign for Maastricht as the cultural capital of Europe in 2018. His period of office will run from 2009–2010...[more]
EUR 30M FOR AACHEN
[GOV/EDU: Aachen, February 4]
The City of Aachen will receive EUR 30m from the German federal government from its Konjukturpaket II. Two-thirds will go into educational structures and the remaining ten will be for infrastructural projects. The precise investment...[more]
NEWS FROM HASSELT U
[EDU: Hasselt, February 4]
The January issue of the University of Hasselt magazine notes that the Institute for Mobility is the ninth research institute at the university. It also includes an article on air pollution and fine-particle problems, and noise pollution....[more]
AACHEN AGGLOMERATION FUNDS
[GOV: Aachen, February 3]
Around EUR 66.5m is to be generated in funding for the Aachen urban agglomeration. Alsdorf will get EUR 4.7m, Baesweiler EUR 3.1m, Eschweiler EUR 5.5m, Herzogenrath EUR 4.7m, Monschau EUR 1.9m, Roetgen EUR 471,000, Simmerath EUR 1.3m,...[more]
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EMPHASIS ON EXERCISE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, February 3]
Recent publications on the importance of exercise is emphasized in two articles, published by scholars from the University of Maastricht. One is called ‘Protein Supplementation Before and After Exercise Does not Further Augment...[more]
ADDICTS WITH HEPATITIS C
[LIFE-SCI, Maastricht, February 2]
The Maastricht University Center, the Mondriaan Association for the Care of Addicts, the University Hospital of Amsterdam and the Trimbos Institute have developed a new method of treatment for addicts with hepatitis C. The...[more]
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PETAFLOPS AT JUELICH
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, February 10]
The first Petaflop computer is coming to Jülich. The new super-computer, the first in Europe to solve a billion computing operations per second, is to be at Jülich and this is more than five times as fast as the fastest European...[more]
A PIEZO-CONTROLLED CARBURETOR
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, February 10]
VEMAC GmbH &Co. KG - the Aachen-based engineering company focusing on Mechatronics Measurement systems; software and the investigation and analysis of combustion engines - has developed a piezo-controlled carburetor (PCC). Which...[more]
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MUSIC IN THE BARN
[LEI: Fouron, February 15]
At the beginning of March concerts will resume in the Barn in Fouron. Check their website for further information. As an added inducement, there is the presence of Fouron’s splendid apple wine.
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THEATER IN MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, February 13]
Het Huis van Bourgondië is an intimate theater just a 5-minute walk from the Vrijthof and the Market, is starting to program international productions on a regular basis. We are already starting with the first performance next...[more]
HEX FESTIVALS OF RARE PLANTS…
[LEI: Liège, October 12]
There will be exhibitions of rare plants, roses and kitchen gardens, aromatic and curative plants to commemorate the century of the death of Rudolf Geschwind, on June 11 through 13, 2010 and September 11–12, 2010. The château at Hex...[more]
POTTERY MUSEUM RECOGNIZED
[LEI/GOV: Eupen, February 11]
Minister of Culture, Isabelle Weykmans, was present at the Pottery Museum in Raeren, one of the four museums in Belgium’s German-speaking region to be granted approved status. The official transfer of the document took place in...[more]
MAA-AIX FILM FESTIVAL
[LEI: Aachen, February 10]
The Maastricht-Aachen Film Festival will be European in future, and will be called the Made in Europe Film Festival. This year it will run from March 22 to 29 and present cinematic finds throughout Europe. For the third time there...[more]
OTTO JAKOB AT THE TEFAF
[LEI: Maastricht, February 10]
Over the last thirty years, the artist-jeweler Otto Jakob has developed a very distinctive pictorial language, marrying the artifacts of early cultures with modernism, in both technique and content.Otto Jakob lives and works ...[more]
MARIO ADORF
[LEI: Aachen, February 9]
The Aachen carnival season starts across the borders with the television show covering their guest of honor who is inducted to the order ‘Wider den Tierischen Ernst’. This year’s knight, characterized as ‘Aachen’s Darling’ and the ‘Aging...[more]
TEFAF ART AND DESIGN
[LEI: Maastricht, February 4]
Twentieth century design and applied arts are increasingly popular and for the first time TEFAF Maastricht will have a section entirely dedicated to these stylish modern pieces. TEFAF Maastricht constantly evolves to reinforce its...[more]
THE TASTE OF DE KEYSER
[LEI: Hasselt, February 2]
A ten-part television series from Flemish television based in Hasselt deals with the history of a family of ‘Dutch gin’ [genever] distillers in Hasselt. The series is important in many respects because of its quality, because of its,...[more]
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