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THEY’RE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT
[EDIT: Eijsden, March 30]
…Branding , of course. Our last issue reported the emergence of the theme in Bert Wirtz’ maiden speech at the Aachen Chamber. The new boss at Eupen’s Meuse-Rhine HQ, Hans Niessen, thinks ‘Meuse-Rhine’ is a good brand name. It is certainly...[more]
SILICON CASTLE
[EDIT/LIFE-SCI: Liège, March 19]
The Château de Colonster, above Liège, on the university campus at Sart Tilman, looks down over the valley of the Ourthe. Recently, it was the location for an important new phase in the development of the cross-border life science...[more]
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A SUITE IN RANDWYCK
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 30]
Apart Hotel Randwyck now has two luxury junior suites. In cooperation with the Maars company from Harderwijk, Apart Hotel Randwyck has furnished 2 junior 45 m2 suites. This is a pilot project of the Maars company in the area of hotel...[more]
EAST BELGIUM PARK
[BIZ: Lontzen-Welkenraedt, March 30]
Work has started on the East Belgium Park, at 331 hectares, the second largest business park in the Province de Liège, after Hauts-Sarts (450 ha). It takes in parts of the municipalities of Baelen, Eupen, Lontzen and Welkenraedt...[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]
ADAPTIVE NEUROMODULATION
[BIZ/LIFE/SCI: Jülich, March 27]
There is great interest in ANM (Adaptive Neuromodulation GmbH), with its headquarters in Jülich. The company was visited by the president of Germany on March 25. The company has developed new methods for adaptive neuromodulation...[more]
BAM SUSTAINABLE OFFICE AT MAA
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 27]
BAM Utiliteitsbouw [non-residential construction] Maastricht has moved to new sustainable office premises on the Amerikalaan at the Maastricht-Aachen Airport business site. This office building, which will house BAM Utiliteitsbouw...[more]
NEW TELENET CALL CENTER
[BIZ: St Trond, March 26]
The Telenet telecom from Mechlin has set up a new call center in St Trond. The center is in the new building of the St Trond Football Club. The current service center at Mechlin is not able to expand and the St Trond call center will...[more]
LAMBERT SYRUP TO MAASTRICHT
[BIZ: Liège/Maastricht, March 26]
Lambert syrup is no longer to be made in Blegny, but is moving to Maastricht. The Lambert company appealed to the Dutch syrup manufacturer to make its modern equipment available because the equipment in Blegny had to be upgraded....[more]
BIGGER BUZZ FOR MICE
[BIZ: Brussels, March 26]
During the Brussels conference for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Congress and Events) ‘Meeting Limburg’ from Belgian Limburg, which is a joint initiative of Limburg Tourism and the Limburg Federation of Tourism, won the Bigger Buzz Award...[more]
BOMBARDIER: SAMCO FOR DASH-8
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 25]
Samco Aircraft Maintenance BV at Maastricht-Aachen Airport have received the status of Recognized Service Facility (RSF) from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, Bombardier, for their Dash-8 series in Europe, Africa and the Middle...[more]
AACHEN’S SOLAR POTENTIAL
[BIZ: Aachen, March 25]
579 solar cell installations have been placed in Aachen in the context of the ‘Progress NRW’ program. This is 75% of all the development applications in North-West Westphalia (NRW), according to Dr Maria Vankann, the head of the association...[more]
VODAFONE AND TELEFONICA
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 23]
The British mobile phone company, Vodafone, and its Spanish colleague, Telefonica, are going to divide their mobile phone activities over four European countries, in Germany, Spain, Ireland and Britain. There are also developments...[more]
EUROPEAN BRANDS
[BIZ: Hasselt, March 23]
According to an article in Het Belang Van Limburg, the H&M clothing chain is the most valuable brand among European distribution groups; it’s worth USD 11bn according to the Interbrand branding office. Among the top ten European distribution...[more]
FINCQ FINANCIAL PLANNING
[BIZ: Roermond, March 23]
Limburg has an independent financial planning bureau called Fincq. This is one of the few organizations in The Netherlands which is completely independent of the banks or insurers. FINCQ is established in Roermond and is going to set...[more]
MAASTRICHT IN CRISIS?
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 20]
Over the years, it has become a tradition for Maastricht Convention Bureau (MCB), with its partners, to play a major role at the European Meeting Industry Fair (EMIF) in Brussels. This was the case this year too on March 18 and 19....[more]
LIEGE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, March 19]
At the initiative of André Schroyen, responsible for property development, the Liège council has decided to sell ten lots on the Boulevard Hector Denis. The land agency of the City of Liège is in fact the proprietor of a large area...[more]
SOLUTIONS DAY
[BIZ: Liège, March 19]
An SME solutions day, developing solutions in the supply chain were presented by Etilux in Liège. Etilux has revenues of EUR 21m and exports to 80 countries and drew visitors from all over the Benelux area to look at the latest logistical...[more]
LIDL DC IN WEERT
[BIZ/LOG: Weert, March 19]
The Lidl supermarket chain for the Netherlands and the municipality of Weert have released a joint press release on the construction of a new distribution center for the southeast Netherlands in Weert, in central Limburg. This involves...[more]
CEFALY IN DUBAI
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège, March 19]
The Cefaly, a medical device for cranial analgesic electrotherapy, has been a big success for the Cefaly company at the International Medical Fair in Dubai. There was an order for 18,000 pieces of this equipment from its distributor...[more]
MACINTOSH RESULTS
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 19]
Macintosh reports its operating result for 2008 as EUR 2.5m – a solid H2 result. Further issues were:• Difficult retail market.
• Turnover up EUR 266.2m to EUR 1,186.5m thanks to the acquisition of Brantano and growth at Living. ...[more]
BELGIAN FOR ESSENT
[BIZ: Brussels, March 18]
The Belgian, Erwin van Laethem, will be the CCO (Chief Commercial Officer) of the Essent energy company when this largest of Dutch energy companies is taken over by Germany’s RWE. This was announced by Essent in a press release. Van...[more]
AACHEN PROPERTY SCENE
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, March 18]
There has been a publication of Aachen city’s property scene by the city, and it pays special attention to commercial property. It reflects the situation in 2008 in 42 pages and looks at the future of the campus in Melaten at the...[more]
RWE SELLS NETWORK
[BIZ/INFRA: Essen, March 18]
The European Commission has officially approved RWE’s formal commitment to sell its German gas transport network (TSO Gas), making that commitment legally binding. In order to bring the EU proceedings over the company’s natural gas...[more]
AIXTRON TOOLS FOR AQUALITE
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, March 17]
Aixtron AG has announced the delivery of three Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) CRIUS MOCVD systems for the production of Gallium Nitride (GaN) LEDs to Aqualite Co. Ltd., a company based in Wuhan, China.The three CCS CRIUS systems ...[more]
DATACENTER IT MANAGEMENT
[BIZ: Liège, March 17]
An increasing reliance on information technology and the volume of data means that the data center is now becoming more important to major organizations. It answers questions like: where is my IT equipment located? What is the capacity...[more]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DAY
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 17]
On April 2 the Limburg Chamber of Commerce will organize an International Trade Day, which will look at the ins and outs of cross-border business, and there will be stands for the Dutch economic promotion Department, the customs and...[more]
3D STEREO MEDIA 2009
[BIZ/SCI-TECH/LEI: Liège, March 17]
E-mage [image] a technology cluster at the University of Liège and the TWIST cluster [see below] are seizing the initiative to establish a European ‘premier’ event, devoted exclusively to 3D stereo. An ‘International 3D ...[more]
BOELS AT CHEMELOT
[BIZ: Geleen, March 17]
Boels Verhuur [Boels Rentals] has opened a branch at the Chemelot Industrial Park in Geleen. This allows them to improve service to their clients at that location. Within Boels’ very extensive range of rental articles there is a core...[more]
FLYCATCHER QUALITY CERT.
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, March 17]
The Maastricht research company, Flycatcher, has been awarded the ISO-26362 — the quality certificate designed for research organizations. This ISO standard was introduced in January 2009. ISO-26362: 2009 specifies the terms ...[more]
AACHEN HORSE SHOW
[BIZ/LEI: Aachen, March 16]
A hundred days before the beginning of the CHIO horseshow in Aachen, from June 26 to July 5, 160,000 tickets have already been sold. ‘These means that 10,000 more tickets have been sold at this point as at the same point last year’,...[more]
LIMBURG ROOFING JOINT VENTURE
[BIZ: Neerpelt, March 16]
The roofing garden company from Neerpelt and the Biesmans roofing company from Genk have set up a joint venture called Green Roofs. Green Roofs specializes in trendy roof gardens. The company, in its own words, wants to respond to a...[more]
ONCOMETHYLOME 2008 RESULTS
[BIZ: Liège, March 16]
2008 operational highlights:
• Net results significantly better than analyst/market expectations.
• Increased revenues by 15% as a result of new products and new collaborations with
pharmaceutical companies.
• Operating...[more]
TESSENDERLO: TOP EARNINGS
[BIZ: Tessenderlo, March 16]
he revenue of the Tessenderlo Chemicals Group had increased by 14.9 % at the end of December 2008 and rose from EUR 2,405.9 m to EUR 2,765.0 m, representing an improvement of EUR 359.1 m.
- The net consolidated result, group...[more]
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BUS TO THE AIRPORT
[LOG: Liège, March 26]
The Liège-Verviers TEC bus system is providing a new service, Line 57, which links Liège’s TGV station with Liège Airport.
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FEDERAL POLICE LOGISTICS
[LOG/GOV: Vottem, March 24]
A new logistics center for the Belgian federal police has been opened in Vottem in the Liège area. It represents an investment of EUR 3.3m; and, in an area of 2,700m2 , it has a space for several hundred staff, a large vehicle parking...[more]
TRUCK CONVOYS FROM AACHEN
[LOG: Aachen, March 23]
Logistics is one of the most important service industries in North-Rhine Westphalia and has, despite the economic crisis, a future with enormous growth potential. The issue is: where is the Aachen region in all this? What are the development...[more]
EUROCONTROL: NEW SYSTEM
[LOG: Maastricht, March 23]
EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Control Center has unveiled its new air traffic control system in the presence of representatives from Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Director General of EUROCONTROL.The Netherlands ...[more]
LOGISTICS IN WALLONIA
[LOG: Liège, March 19]
The logistics cluster for the Walloon region welcomed a delegation of 30 members of Transport and Logistics for the Netherlands (http://www.tln.nl), led by its president, Alexander Sakkers. The idea was to introduce the group to the potential...[more]
SPE-LUMINUS: NOT OFFSHORE
[INFRA: Brussels, March 16]
Luc Sterckx, the boss of the SPE-Luminus company active in Meuse-Rhine, says that offshore wind parks are too expensive and too complex. This second-biggest energy company in Belgium will continue to invest in wind parks on dry land...[more]
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LIMBURG IN DUESSELDORF
[GOV: Maastricht, March 27]
The parliament of The Netherlands Limburg made a working visit to Gelderland and the regional council in Düsseldorf. The meeting was organized to focus on the themes of logistics, tourism, and food and nutrition, and to look at possible...[more]
GALLO–ROMAN MUSEUM...
[EDU/LEI: Hasselt, March 27]
The University of Hasselt has launched iDiscover, a knowledge center and innovative lab for interactive heritage study. The objective is to provide information and advice on optimal visitor use by using IT applications in heritage...[more]
AWACS GUARD NATO
[GOV: Geilenkirchen, March 26]
Awacs early warning system aircraft were used for an international summit, in The Netherlands, Germany, France and in the Czech Republic, to guard the airspace. On March 31, they will be supporting the International Afghanistan...[more]
MICHELINE TOUSSAINT: MAYOR
[GOV: Huy, March 24]
The Socialist Micheline Toussaint has become official mayor of Huy, succeeding the long-time mayor Anne-Marie Lizin who has recently been unseated.
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HOTEL SCHOOL
[EDU: Maastricht, March 24]
During the opening evening of the Limburg Week at Maastricht’s Higher Hotel-School, the best alumni performance award was presented to Sjoerd Klein Schiphorst. Mr Klein Schiphorst has been working since November 2008 as the ‘hofmaarschalk’...[more]
CROSS-BORDER EMERGENCIES
[GOV: Hasselt, March 24]
The Belgian Minister of the Interior, Guido De Padt, and his Dutch colleague Ter Horst have discussed harmonizing communications for emergency services on both sides of the border. In The Netherlands the emergency services — police,...[more]
EUROREGIONAL COUNCIL
[GOV: Eupen, March 24]
Nina Reip, a member of Belgium’s German-speaking region, recently attended a session of the Meuse-Rhine’s Euroregional council for the first time. She had taken the place, on the council, of the recently deceased Rudi Pankert. At the session...[more]
NATURAL GAS EXCHANGE
[EDU/BIZ: Maastricht, March 18]
In a publication of the University of Maastricht, a Maastricht researcher advocates European natural gas exchange in The Netherlands.The gas squabbles between Russia and Ukraine are becoming increasingly fierce and frequent. ...[more]
SALE OF ESSENT SHARES
[GOV/BIZ: Maastricht, March 17]
The members of the Limburg provincial government (NL) intend to sell the shares of the power supply company Essent to RWE, a German power company. They are putting this proposal to the Provincial Assembly the feeling among them...[more]
PARKSTAD LIMBURG’S FUTURE
[GOV: Heerlen, March 16]
Parkstad Limburg has organized three meetings for the first half of 2009, and on April 1 there will be two thematic get-togethers. They’re open to the public and will take place at the Parkstad Limburg Theater in Heerlen. On April 21,...[more]
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ONCOMETHYLOME MGMT TESTING
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, March 16]
OncoMethylome Sciences has announced that it has begun MGMT gene promoter methylation testing in a newly started Phase II clinical trial (CORE trial) for cilengitide (Merck KGaA) in newly diagnosed brain tumors (glioblastoma). In...[more]
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RESEARCH ON STRAINED SILICON
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, March 23]
Electronic equipment makes our everyday routine much easier – in our jobs as well as in our leisure time. Within the DECISIF project, scientific and industrial cooperation partners want to explore the potential of “strained silicon”...[more]
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A PRINCELY FEAST
[LEI/EDU: Liège, March 30]
A princely feast is to be held at the Château de Harzé on April 10 and 11 at 19.00hrs to commemorate the banquet given to mark the accession of Robert de Berghes as Prince-Bishop of Liège in 1557. This will be an accurate reconstruction...[more]
MADE IN EUROPE
[LEI; Aachen/Maastricht, March 29]
The Lambertz Euroregional Film Award went to Eugenie Jansen and her film ‘Calimucho’ at the at the “Made in Europe” Film Festivals 2009 this past weekend.
Calimucho is a Dutch/European feature film, directed by Eugenie Jansen...[more]
FRANCOFOLIES DE SPA
[LEI: Spa, March 24]
The annual variety show known as Francofolies de Spa this year will feature the French Chansonnier Francis Cabrel as its principal star (1953). A French singer/songwriter and guitarist, heavily inspired by Bob Dylan, he has released a number...[more]
NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA ONLINE
[LEI: Cologne, March 20]
Using the motto of ‘Experiencing North-Rhine Westphalia’ (Nordrhein-Westfalen erleben), the tourist side of this largest German state were presented on a new website which allows a virtual experience using modern design and a range of...[more]
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
[LEI: Hasselt, March 18]
Q-Music is bringing the Latin-American superstar, Enrique Iglesias, to Belgium on May 17 for a unique concert of his greatest hits in the Hasselt Ethias arena. The last time this singer came to Belgium was in 2007. With more than four...[more]
MAASTRICHTS MONDIAL’S MAYFAIR
[LEI: Maastricht, March 17]
There will be another Maastricht Mondial Mayfair provided by the Maastricht Mondial Lions Club, in Maastricht on Sunday May 17 from 14:00 to 19:00 at Fort St Pieter, Luikerweg 80. It is designed for expat business people and professionals...[more]
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