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THE ELECTRIC CAR OF THE FUTURE
[EDIT: Aachen/Born, April 15]
Currently, the key issue in Meuse-Rhine must be whether Europe’s top automotive intellectual powerhouse, Aachen’s RWTH University, is going to be able to get together with Limburg’s all-rounder manufacturing plant, NedCar in Born,...[more]
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SEACON IN MOSCOW
[BIZ/LOG: Venlo, April 15]
After developing the Rotterdam to Venlo axis, Seacon developed its facility at Duisburg, Europe’s biggest inland port. Apart from its links on the high seas, it also linked the rest of Europe and now its going beyond the Urals to...[more]
AACHENMÜNCHENER: EUR 5BN
[BIZ: Aachen, April 15]
Despite the financial crisis, AachenMünchener Versicherungen ended the 2008 business year with success and thus strengthened its market position in a difficult environment. Specifically, the life insurer gained strength in the industry,...[more]
LEADING BIO-HUB IN LIEGE
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, April 10]
The emergence of an increasingly personalized medicine will generate new needs for innovative services and solutions in how therapeutic treatments are being delivered to patients. More highly sensitive drugs and tissues will be transported...[more]
MORE BUSINESS FOR WEISMES
[BIZ: Weismes, April 9]
The municipality of Weismes is expanding its business location. Hotleux will have an additional 35 hectares and completion is projected at 2011. At the same time in Hotleux and Ovifat additional land will be made ready.
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RIEU SEEKS BRASS
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, April 9]
The Dutch musician and orchestra director André Rieu is looking for 300 amateur brass players to play with him at his concert in July on the Vrijthof in Maastricht. This is the start of the World Musical Festival in Kerkrade, which...[more]
ELYX MOBILE PDA SOLUTION
[BIZ: Liège, April 8]
The STAR-APIC Group is pleased to announce the launch of Elyx Mobile, the PDA solution in the new Elyx product range.As a professional GIS, Elyx Mobile allows you to integrate, consult and update vector and raster data directly in the ...[more]
EUROQUARTZ NEW PLANT
[BIZ: Hermalle-sous-Argenteau, April 6]
Euroquartz is one of Europe’s leading producers of quartz, abrasives and ground silica. It offers clients a whole range of custom-made services and is making a major investment in a site in Hermalle-sous-Argenteau on the...[more]
MAASTRICHT: MOST ATTRACTIVE
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 6]
Research has been done by the NBTC-NIPO research organization into preferred locations in the Netherlandsand Maastricht came out top, followed by Utrecht and then by The Hague and Amsterdam. Fifty-five percent found Maastricht the...[more]
THE PORT OF STEIN
[BIZ/LOG: Stein, April 6]
The largest inland cargo port in The Netherlands is on the Juliana canal in Stein. At this location L’Ortye presents an interesting and cost-effective alternative to cargo transport by truck. In the last two years L’Ortye has invested...[more]
LIMBURG NEW ENERGY DAY
[BIZ/GOV: Heerlen, April 6]
Limburg’s first New Energy Day will be held on May 13. The New Energy department of the Hogeschool Zuyd and the Municipality of Heerlen are taking the initiative. The participants invited will be presented with practical and realistic...[more]
BRUSHLESS LOW VOLTAGE
[BIZ: Roermond, April 5]
Creusen, a specialist in engine technology, has received an innovation check worth EUR 250,000 from LIOF, the Limburg development company. It’s working on the development of a green technology engine based on brushless low voltage which...[more]
SPAM EXPERTS
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 5]
Spam Experts became the market leader in product development in 2008. Spam Experts is an innovative anti-spam consultancy and implementation organization. Its technologies, developed in-house, are based on self-learning and network...[more]
TOTAL RECYCLING
[BIZ: Heerlen, April 5]
LIOF has become a stakeholder in Total Recycling Solutions, which is going to build a plant in Limburg to retrieve steel wire from used tires. The company was set up by René Slangen and he will be receiving an innovation subsidy from...[more]
ARION WINS AGAIN
[BIZ: Geleen, April 5]
The Arion medical devices company based in Geleen has won another prize. This time for its for its mattress-raising equipment, the Spritzer, at the Care exhibition in Utrecht. It won the Innovation Award. The mattress-raiser is an alternative...[more]
MACINTOSH OPTIMISTIC
[BIZ: Maastricht, April 4]
Frank de Moor, the Flemish boss of the Macintosh retail concern, is optimistic about 2009. Macintosh is the owner of Kwantum and the Scapino chains and expects that these low-cost retail outlets will be just in time to benefit from...[more]
GRAND POSTE
[BIZ: Liège, April 3]
On the banks of the Meuse, close to the center of the city of Liège, the old postal building, a distinguished 19th century shape, is being transformed. The exterior will be preserved and on the inside they will be developing — with an investment...[more]
ROWING CLUB
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, April 3]
The Maastricht student rowing club, Saurus, has found the funding for its training and club facilities on the Zuid Willemsvaart in Maastricht North. Saurus has 400 members and needs a boathouse for its 50 boats, two changing rooms,...[more]
TURKISH BUSINESS
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, April 3]
On April 25 and 26 there will be a top conference of the Dutch-Turkish Business Association, known as HOTIAD. This is an association of business people of Turkish origin who have got together to produce synergy. The mission of...[more]
UMICORE SELLS
[BIZ: Eijsden, April 3]
Umicore, a materials technology group with branches in the Meuse-Rhine area, is going to sell two of its smaller activities. These include activities for the electronic packaging materials to the German precious metals and technology...[more]
BEFIMMO INVESTS EUR 91.1M
[BIZ: Liège, April 3]
Befimmo, a fixed-capital real estate investment trust (SICAFI), is going to develop the Fedimmo site opposite the new TGV station in Liège. The project investment is valued at EUR 91.1m. Construction will begin in 2011 and the complex is...[more]
TRIANEL IN TOP 100
[BIZ: Aachen, April 3]
Trianel GmbH, the Meuse-Rhine energy company, was included in the list of 100 best German employers this year by Federal Minister of Labor Olaf Scholz. Trianel was also successful in 2008 and Federal Minister of Health Ulla Schmidt came...[more]
NEERCANNE TOP RESTAURANT
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, April 2]
Tens of thousands of connoisseurs who took part in Restaurant Week chose the restaurant at Château Neercanne near Limburg as the winner for the Limburg region. National Restaurant Week was held in March, and a special three-course...[more]
NEW ACID LACTASE FROM DSM
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, April 2]
DSM Food Specialties has announced the launch of Tolerase®, a food grade acid lactase specifically developed for use in dietary supplements. This acid lactase is a positive introduction for manufacturers looking to provide consumers...[more]
TOPPING AACHENMEUNCHENER OUT
[BIZ: Aachen, April 2]
AachenMünchener has held the topping out ceremony for its new office building with all those involved in the construction work. Michael Westkamp, the Chief Executive of AachenMünchener, expressed his thanks to all craftsmen, workers and...[more]
SKAL AWARD FOR STRUYSKOMMITEE
[BIZ/LEI: Doenrade, April 2]
The Skål International Tourism Award for 2009 was given to the Struyskommitee, which has been responsible for organizing the Maastricht culinary event, the Preuvenemint on the Vrijthof in Maastricht in August, for 25 years. The award...[more]
AVIATION LOGISTICS
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, April 2]
Maastricht Aachen Airport has signed a contract with the Aviation logistics Development Consortium (ALDC BV) as a partner in the development of the 112-hectare Aviation Valley business park close to the airport. This means that...[more]
NEW INEDA OFFICE AT CHEMELOT
[BIZ: Geleen, April 2]
Ineda BV has opened a new office on the Chemelot campus. This company is an engineering company from Nuth, set up on January 1, 2009 and based on a merger between Ineda Engineering in Heerlen, Koster Hydrauliek and Pneumatiek & Sematic...[more]
EUR 200,000 FOR PARKSTAD
[BIZ/GOV: Heerlen, April 2]
Parkstad Limburg and the Business Site Management foundation (BTM) will receive EUR 200,000 from ministries of planning and economic affairs for a new approach to the restructuring of business sites. Regional cooperation is focal...[more]
CITY REGION BUSINESS PARKS
[BIZ/GOV: Würselen/Aachen, April 2]
There is a general familiarity with Internet portals for business sites, and now the StädteRegion Aachen, the Aachen conurbation, has developed this facility for businesses looking for a future location. The Aachen region...[more]
FROZEN SPECIMENS
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI/LOG: Liège, April 2]
Steelgate, a specialty provider of cryogenic specimen archiving, preservation and inventory management, based close to Tampa in Florida, has opened a branch in Liège. Its facility has state-of-the art equipment, multi-tiered...[more]
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EU PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS
[LOG/BIZ: Aachen, April 6]
The Aachen Chamber of Commerce will be presenting an information session free of charge on May 12 from 10:00 to 12:00 on the new EU professional driving qualification. This is particularly important for drivers of vehicles for the...[more]
FREIGHT PLATFORMS
[LOG: Liège, April 2]
ImmoQuest has just made a study of freight platforms in the Walloon country. The result is the conclusion that the region requires 50,000m2 of cross-docking facilities. This provides a good opportunity for investors in warehousing logistics....[more]
SMARTER MONITORING
[LOG: Mountain View, California, April 2]
Following rigorous operational tests with customers worldwide, Savi Networks now is poised to field high volumes of the 10th wireless cargo tracking device leveraged by SaviTrak, the company’s supply chain execution...[more]
TENNET AND RWE
[INFRA: Arnhem/Dortmund, April 2]
In Germany, the RWE Transportnetz Strom GmbH has initiated the procedural phase of the construction of a new connection between Doetinchem and Wesel. The application conference was the starting signal for the new high-voltage...[more]
WATERWAY FUNDING
[LOG: Brussels, April 2]
There is a funding guide for inland waterway transport that can be found at the link below. Despite the commercial success of inland navigation in a range of markets, high investment costs and difficult access to funding have often been...[more]
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MERIT LECTURE
[EDU: Maastricht, April 12]
Doctor Janez Potočnik, the EU Science and Research Commissioner, will be giving a lecture in Maastricht on Monday, April 20, entitled ‘Will Science and Research Survive in Times of Economic Crisis?’ The lecture will be given...[more]
CLASSICAL REALIST ART
[EDU: Maastricht, April 7]
An artist in Maastricht has sent us a recommendation for a potential addition to the TEFAF in 2010. This is realism: the depiction of the world in paint with a high-degree of skill. According to Jacob Collins: ‘An awful lot of young...[more]
UNU-MERIT AT THREE
[EDU: Maastricht, April 6]
At the beginning of January in 2006 the United Nations University and the Maastricht Economic Research Center for Innovation and Technology joined forces. They have now produced a color supplement of 111 pages to celebrate their...[more]
MAASTRICHT EXPANDS
[GOV: Maastricht/Valkenburg, April 5]
There is a move underway to present Maastricht, Meerssen and Valkenburg as one unit, within the context of the move towards Maastricht as Europe’s cultural capital. Visitors will be presented with a range of culture, the...[more]
MARSHALL PLAN: POSITIVE RESULTS
[GOV/BIZ: Liège, April 4]
The results of the Walloon Marshall Plan to boost business and aid clusters regarded as being competitive seems to be successful. It’s just produced a 227-page report and the figures show the creation of 27,239 jobs directly as result;...[more]
POLICE COOPERATION
[GOV: Heerlen, April 4]
The Euroregional police association EPICC (Euregion Police Information Cooperation Center) is looking into the existence of a link between the discovery of counterfeit money in Brunssum, Roermond and Aachen. In Brunssum and Roermond the...[more]
HON DOCS IN HASSELT
[EDU: Hasselt, April 3]
Four scholars including Alain Hubert have been awarded honorary doctorates at the University of Hasselt. Alain Hubert is a Belgian engineer who has a distinguished reputation as a mountaineer and polar explorer. In the winter of 2007-2008...[more]
INSIGHTS FROM INDIA AND KENYA
[EDU: Maastricht, April 2]
There will be a debate at the AINSI, Lage Kanaaldijk 112 – 113, Maastricht on April 21 at 19:30 to discuss what people need from the EU in times of crisis. The speakers will be MP Vasimalai, Executive Director of Development of the...[more]
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IC STRETCHER AMBULANCE
[LIFE-SCI/EDU: Maastricht, April 3]
The Maastricht University Medical Center presented a new intensive care ambulance and intensive care stretcher unit for the transport of patients that require intensive care. This unit, known as the Mobile Intensive Care Unit,...[more]
MABCURE RESEARCH AT HASSELT
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt, April 3]
MabCure NV, a wholly owned subsidiary of MabCure Inc. and LifeTechLimburg, are pleased to announce the establishment of MabCure’s global research facilities on the research campus of Hasselt University where it will collaborate with...[more]
PRE-NATAL SCREENING
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, April 2]
Since the beginning of March there has been a new website for parents-to-be who want to know more about pre-natal screening. The site has two information films about pre-natal screening in general, but also has information on...[more]
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MOTORSPORT:GOOD START
[LEI/BIZ: Francorchamps / Oschersleben, April 14]
The Spa Francorchamps based Mühlner Motorsport Team ran two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S in the season opening meeting of the ADAC GT Masters in the Magdeburger Börde region over the Easter weekend.As the entry...[more]
LIMBURG–LUXEMBOURG (2)
[LEI: Maastricht, April 14]
The Artibus ad Mosam foundation from Maastricht will be presenting its fourth book in the series on Mosan culture. This is ‘Limburg–Luxembourg, verwantschap zonder grenzen relationship’ (Relations Without Borders). It’s an extensive...[more]
STAY AT MODAVE
[LEI: Modave, April 11]
The great castle of Modave in the Liège country is going to open 23 rooms, adding a hotel facility, at the beginning of 2010. (Source: ‘Anne-Catherine de Bast’, Lesoir)
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GRAND CURTIUS
[LEI: Liège, April 9]
The re-opening of the Grand Curtius on March 6 was a great success and by the first week of April, 20,000 visitors had already visited this great house on the Meuse in the center of Liège.
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NEW HEERLEN CRICKET SEASON
[LEI: Heerlen, April 9]
The Heerlen Cricket Club (HCC) started its new season with the first outdoor training session of the year. Heerlen Cricket Club has been in existence for six years and is the only cricket club in Limburg and Meuse-Rhine. After several...[more]
XAVIER MAASSEN LE MANS DEBUT
[LEI: Maastricht, April 8]
Xavier Maassen (28), a graduate of the University of Maastricht and resident of Lanaken in Belgium, will be starting the 2009 championship in the FIA GT with a Corvette C6.R again this year. This time he will be with the French team...[more]
CHIO AACHEN 2009 WITH FLANDERS
[LEI: Aachen, April 6]
Flanders is partner of the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen 2009. On Monday, the Flemish Prime Minister Kris Peeters and the German Ambassador to Belgium, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bettzuege presented the project together with the CHIO-organiser...[more]
MODEL TOY MARKET
[LEI: Hilden, April 6]
There will be a model fair in Düren on Sunday, April 19 from 11:00 to 16:00 at the Haus der Stadt, Stefan-Schwer Strasse 4. There will be model trains, model cars and a great deal more besides. Check the website.
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GAIA PARK ZOO
[LEI: Kerkrade, April 5]
Gaia Park Zoo is developing an innovative concept. The business visitors will be offered state-of-the-art congress facilities in the DinoDome. This new DinoDome, in addition to Europe’s largest Dino play park and extensive catering facilities...[more]
POP UP
[LEI: Aachen, April 5]
Pop Up, which is at the Ludwig Forum for international art from April 5 through August 23, is a collection feat including Haegue Yang, Sofia Hultén, Annette Wehrmann, Karoe Goldt, Gabriel Kuri, Nairy Baghramian, Susanne Paesler, Danica...[more]
THE GHOST OF THE ASHES
[LEI: Heerlen, April 2]
There is an exhibition of an important archaeological find in 2003 in Bocholtz is in the form of a box of ashes dating from Roman times. The museum is open from 10:00–17:00 daily, and from 12:00-17:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately...[more]
RUGGER IN AACHEN
[LEI: Aachen, April 2]
The Rugby football XV from Marlow in England is coming to Aachen for a reception at the Werkmeistergericht at 11:00 on April 17. Check the website.[SR...[more]
TROPICAL VAALS
[LEI: Vaals, April 2]
Every summer there’s a special tropical festival in Vaals, and this year July 24 will see a Caribbean night for kids; on the July 25, a tropical night for kids; and on July 26, there will be a spectacular tropical parade. The event is sponsored...[more]
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