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GETTING THE WORD RIGHT
[EDIT: Eijsden, October 30]
Walloon is a word that one recalls from reading as a schoolboy about pre-modern warfare, where the Walloon soldiers often played a role. When I first saw the word ‘Wallonia’ I didn’t make the association, it was unfamiliar to me and...[more]
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WELLNESS FAIR
[BIZ: Chaudfontaine, October 30]
The first edition of the Salon Aloa Wellness Fair will be held on November 7 and 8 at the superb 3600 m² Chaudfontaine site. Check the site for details and the route.
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LIMBURG’S SAND
[BIZ: Lommel/Maasmechelen, October 29]
Now there is a rush on to produce photovoltaic cells. It is interesting to recall that Limburg (B) has major resources on the silicon frontWith over 245 production units worldwide, Sibelco is the undisputed market leader ...[more]
AGIT BUSINESS SITE MONITORING
[BIZ: Aachen, October 27]
The Aachen region has good news. In 2008 the market for regional business sites was the best since 2006 and the second best since the beginning of the monitoring of these business sites — 81.6 hectares were issued, spread over 98 lots....[more]
LRM MILLIONS STAY
[BIZ/GOV: Hasselt, October 26]
The Limburg Development Company (LRM) will be positively assessed next year by the Flemish government, according to the Flemish PM, Kris Peeters, on Monday in Het Belang van Limburg. Two years ago Peeters wanted to close down the...[more]
CHEMTRIX EXPANDS NETWORK
[BIZ: Geleen, October 26]
Chemtrix BV, a pioneer and leader in the manufacture of scalable microreactor platforms, in Geleen South Limburg has announced the opening of its new subsidiary in California. The new entity, Chemtrix USA, will enable the company to...[more]
GROWING HAIR
[BIZ: Aachen/Kreuzau, October 23]
Since September a new product has been available which was discovered by accident. It’s a new hair-growth application, Hairico, which is made exclusively of organic products and doesn’t have any chemical additives. But thanks...[more]
SOLAR MODULES
[BIZ: Kerkrade, October 23]
Solar Modules Limburg wants to start constructing solar modules and photovoltaic cells in Kerkrade. Solar Modules is going to start with a staff of 25 in an existing building on the Dentgenbach business park in Kerkrade. At the end...[more]
PRIZE FOR APOSTELHOEVE
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 23]
Apostelhoeve, the vineyard in Maastricht, has won a gold medal at one of the top wine fairs in the world, the AWC Vienna, for its Pinot Gris Barrique. This means the wine is in the top ten of white wines internationally.
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EUR 4.2M FOR CONSTRUCTION
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, October 23]
The Province of Limburg (NL) has made EUR 2.7m available for the Port of Limburg construction project in Weert and EUR 1.5m for Roermond ECI project. This was announced by Deputy Noël Lebens. The Port of Limburg in Weert is...[more]
ISPC’S WALLOON FLAVORS
[BIZ/LEI: Liège, October 22]
On November 3 and 4 at the ISPC wholesaler, Route de Liers, 125b, in Liège, there will be a campaign action to promote top-quality agro-food products from the Walloon country. For further information about the options which will...[more]
ELECTRIC FILL-UP
[BIZ: Essen, October 22]
RWE is going to bring electric cars to North-Rhine Westphalia. They are going to offer energy supplies at 150 points in eight German cities. This is a pilot project in providing electric current for cars and RWE will be developing its...[more]
EXPORT DOCUMENTS
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 21]
Export documents can now be issued online; certificates of origin are EUR 1. Check this at your chamber of commerce.
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ONLINE VAT BACK
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 21]
From January 1, 2010 any member of the European Community can ask for a return of VAT (Value Added Tax) via the electronic portal of the Dutch tax services. For further information check the website.
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TERUMO DC IN GENK
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Genk, October 21]
WDP, the Belgian warehousing specialists are setting up a 16,000m2 distribution center in the Hermes Park in Genk for Terumo, the producer of medical materials. The project is worth EUR 7m and Terumo is going to rent it for...[more]
OUTLET CENTER COMPLAINS
[BIZ: Verviers, October 21]
The Ardennes Outlet Center in Verviers is going to issue a legal complaint against the City. Yesterday it authorized the Brussels lawyer to start an accelerated action on the part of the outlet center in Verviers that is to be handled...[more]
CONTACT CENTER WEBSITE
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 20]
There is a great deal of activity ongoing in the contact center world. Recently the American company Nordson decided to expand its European distribution center in Maastricht with a customer service center employing 25. Nordson supplies...[more]
MACINTOSH Q3 2009
[BIZ: Maastricht, October 20]
Developments in third quarter of 2009, turnover of continuing operations fell EUR 19m to EUR 281m (- 6.3%), over – EUR 3m of which owing to an exchange rate effect. The lower turnover was fully due to the developments in July...[more]
GAMING AT C-MINE
[BIZ: Genk, October 19]
C-Mine, that used to be called Winterslag, is now building a center for gamers and creative businesses called the Center for Creative Business Innovation and Enterprise. Costs of the project are around EUR 5.6m of which two-thirds will...[more]
NYRSTAR TO INVEST EUR 12M
[BIZ: Overpelt, October 16]
Over the next three years, metals producer Nyrstar will invest heavily at its plant in Overpelt, Flanders. EUR 12 million will be spent on upgrading the installations and machinery, expanding the capacity and on further automation...[more]
ENERGY INVESTMENT IN DANGER
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen/Berlin, October 16]
Trianel, the Meuse-Rhine-based energy group, regards the decision to hang on to nuclear power as the wrong one both in terms of energy policy and in terms of competition law. Not abandoning nuclear power will mean the loss...[more]
C&TSI MOVES INTO CHEMELOT
[BIZ: Geleen, October 16]
C&TSi, a specialist in calibration, has moved into an entirely renovated building on the Chemelot campus that is to be their flow laboratory, where they will be able to calibrate the meters and be close to their big customers. In the...[more]
THREE MODELS FOR FORD GENK
[BIZ: Genk, October 16]
Ford Europe wants to continue production in Genk after 2012, according to documents from the company. Currently Ford Genk doesn’t have a future contract but a confidential document reveals that discussions are ongoing; and, the focus...[more]
SPE LUMINUS GAINS
[BIZ: Brussels, October 16]
SPE Luminus, has 1.6 million customers in Belgium. This is a rise by 100,000 units over a period of two years. This statement was made by the energy company itself on the basis of a prognosis from its annual figures. At the same time...[more]
MAJOR GROWTH IN SOLAR PANELS
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, October 16]
The installation of solar/photovoltaic panels in Flanders has virtually tripled in respect of the figures for last year. This emerged from information from the Flemish regulation authorities for the gas and electricity market....[more]
ELECTRABEL PLANTS FOR E.ON
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, October 16]
The German energy company, E.ON, has been given permission to take over two of Electrabel’s power plants and a number of rights to the production of electricity in Belgium and the Netherlands. The decision was taken by the European...[more]
LIOF'S INALFA VENTURE
[BIZ: Venray/Maastricht, October 16]
The Limburg development company, LIOF, and the management of the Inalfa Roof Systems (IRS) Group, are pleased to have reached an agreement on the contribution of LIOF to an expansion of IRS’s venture capital. This strengthens...[more]
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11,000 TRUCK STOPS
[LOG: Aachen, October 23]
To bring an end to the parking chaos on the German highway there is a plan to build 11,000 new parking places for trucks. The federal minister, Wolfgang Tiefensee, has ensured that construction will be completed by 2012. This means...[more]
20 BIG WINDMILLS
[INFRA: Titz, October 19]
A private investor wants to build 20 windmills in Titz in the Düren district. At a total of three locations the 110-meter high facility will be constructed. Many residents are against these windmills; they’re concerned with noise pollution...[more]
SHALE STORY
[INFRA: Oklahoma City, October 16]
A new technique that has tapped previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas in the United States is spreading across the world. The global drilling rush is still in its early stages but analysts are already predicting that...[more]
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PASSPORT CONTROL
[GOV: Geleen/Louvain, October 22]
IRIS, a listed company, specializing in Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR)*, Enterprise Content Management (ECM)² and Optimized IT Infrastructure (ICT)³, has announced that it has just completed a project commissioned by...[more]
INTERNET PETITION SUCCESS
[GOV: Spa Francorchamps, October 21]
In the context of the legal controversy about motor racing in Spa Francorchamps, a petition has been started online in which the initiators ask the public to support motor racing and its contribution to the economy. The initiative...[more]
NEW MAYOR’S TASK
[GOV: Aachen, October 21]
The new mayor of Aachen, Marcel Philippe (CDU), on the first day of his Black (Conservative) and Green Coalition agreement pointed to issues of focus in the coming years. The most important, according to Mayor Philippe, are controlling...[more]
A MAN FOR THE AACHEN REGION
[GOV: Aachen, October 21]
Now that there is an Aachen city region there is also an extra councilor to look after its interests and development and this is Helmut Etschenberg, who no doubt will become better known. He is concerned with education, with climate...[more]
A SCHOOL OF MUSIC
[EDU: Eupen, October 20]
The government of Belgium’s German-speaking region, the nine German-speaking municipalities and the inter-communal authorities of the Academy of Music for the German-speaking community have signed an agreement on the personal and financial...[more]
NEW AGREEMENTS ON RADIO
[GOV: Eupen, October 20]
The French-language radio broadcaster RTBF and the German-language Belgium broadcaster BRF will in future be cooperating more closely. An agreement for this purpose has been signed by the minister responsible for media in the French...[more]
NEW TOP MAN
[GOV: Maastricht, October 20]
A new general secretary has been appointed for the province of Limburg (NL). This is to be A.C.J.M. Kroon, whose first name has not been vouchsafed us. He will take the place of Wim Weijnen. Mr Kroon is currently the general director,...[more]
CHARLES LANDRY VISITS AACHEN
[GOV: Aachen/Maastricht, October 20]
Charles Landry, who helps cities transform their thinking so they can look at their potential imaginatively and can play and act with originality, assesses the interplay and the impact of deeper global trends and attempts...[more]
ZUYD LAB AT CHEMELOT
[EDU: Sittard-Geleen, October 20]
Hogeschool Zuyd students have started their first research projects in Zuydlab at the Chemelot campus in Geleen. ‘This is a unique form of cooperation between an educational institution and the business community,’ said the...[more]
EMERGENCY SERVICES COOPERATE
[GOV: Kettenis, October 17]
Emergency services from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany came together to discuss ways in which their services could be harmonized. There were 250 people present, with 40 vehicles, and they represented the Eupen fire service;...[more]
LIMBURG: A REGION OF TALENTS
[GOV: Maastricht, October 16]
On October 12 the provincial deputy for education and the labor market, Odile Wolfs, launched a new website, which we link below. This website is part of the regional agenda for education and employment, 2008-2012: Limburg Region...[more]
DR LINDEN: CULTURE TSAR
[GOV: Maastricht, October 16]
The former mayor of Aachen, Dr Jürgen Linden, is to be the chairman of the Supervisory Board for the candidacy of Maastricht as Europe’s capital of Culture in 2018. Dr Linden was asked because of his enormous management experience,...[more]
TOMORROW’S NEIGHBORHOOD
[GOV: Heerlen, October 16]
‘Tomorrow’s Neighborhood has become an official partner of the sustainable Energy Europe campaign, which is an initiative of the European Commission. The Commission wants to provide progressive European projects, in the area of sustainable...[more]
GIVING UP NUCLEAR
[GOV/INFRA: Hasselt, October 16]
Electrabel has not kept to the agreement to give up a part of the production from Belgium’s nuclear power plants, according to its competitor SPE Luminus. In March of last year an agreement was made that SPE Luminus, as part...[more]
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CHONDROCELECT - 36 MONTHS
[LIFE-SCI: Louvain/Geleen, October 29]
TiGenix has announced that the 36 month follow-up data of the ChondroCelect® TIG/ACT/01/2000 clinical study has been published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.The publication entitled "Treatment of Symptomatic ...[more]
MAJOR DIABETES RESEARCH
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, October 22]
Ten thousand people of over the age of 40 in Maastricht and the hill country will be taking part in major scientific research into the relations among chronic diseases. Now that the financing is complete, research, known as...[more]
SUMMUM MAGAZINE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, October 16]
In early October the new issue of SUMMUM Magazine came out. The issue of responsibility in the medical world was raised. The publication, which Rankie ten Hoopen, university lecturer in healthcare law devoted to this subject,...[more]
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PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS
[SCI-TECH: Hasselt, October 28]
The increasing amount of research on solution-processable, organic donor–acceptor bulk heterojunction photovoltaic systems, based on blends of conjugated polymers and fullerenes has resulted in devices with an overall power-conversion...[more]
IDENTIFYING LIQUIDS
[SCI-TECH, Jülich, October 20]
The following is an abstract from Juelich. The publication will be in November 2009.Fast and reliable identification of liquids is of great importance in, for example, security, biology and the beverage industry. An unambiguous ...[more]
EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR POWER PLANT
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, October 16]
Following the successful completion of a feasibility study by Kraftanlagen München (KAM), project development for the construction of an experimental solar thermal power plant commenced in 2005 in collaboration with its project...[more]
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SINGULAR SENSATION
[LEI: Liège, October 30]
Liège’s Théâtre de la Place on November 19 at 20.5 hrs is the a rendez-vous for a ‘Singular Sensation’. As a place of exchange and encounter, pleasure and confrontation, theatre embodies this possible space, this stage where a cross-border...[more]
THERE ARE TWO AT ENERGETICON
[LEI: Aalsdorf, October 26]
As we’ve already mentioned, music is to come to the energy center, Energetican, in Aalsdorf and on Saturday, November 7 the concert starts at 19:30. Check the website for more information.
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MANGA WORKSHOP
[LEI: Aachen, October 26]
In the Suermondt-Ludwig Museum there is to be a workshop from October 28 through December 2, from 16:30 to 18:30, on Japanese Manga comics. The workshops are open to 12 persons and the costs are EUR 40 including material. Information...[more]
MUSIC IN THE BARN
[LEI: Fourons, October 24]
On November 22 there will be a celebration of the patroness of music and singers, St. Cecilia, at the Barn in Fourons, with a special concert at 15:00. Check the website....[more]
RIEU IN HASSELT
[LEI: Hasselt, October 22]
Tickets for André Rieu’s concert in Hasselt are in such demand that there is to be an extra concert on Tuesday, September 22. The full-scale orchestra and the choir will be present and anyone who wants tickets for the Christmas shows...[more]
HANS VON AACHEN
[LEI: Aachen, October 21]
For the first time, Hans von Aachen, one of Europe’s most renowned artists of around 1600, will be honored with a monographic exhibition. Even today, the elegance, humor and sensuality of his paintings and the liveliness of his portraits...[more]
ANNA ENQUIST READS
[LEI: Aachen, October 20]
The Dutch author Anna Enquist is to read ‘Kontrapunkt’ from November 1 to 18 in Aachen. On November 1 at 20:00 Anna Enquist will read from the German translation of her novel, and Ivo Janssen will play Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Check...[more]
WRITING ON THE WALL
[LEI: Heerlen, October 20]
From October 24 through December 13 at the Kunsten Centrum Signe there will be a special exhibition, which was opened by Wido Smeets of Zuiderlucht. It will look at the workshop of the Russian artist Lena Lapschina. During a period...[more]
SALT N PEPA IN BELGIUM
[LEI: Haaselt, October 20]
Salt N Pepa is a Grammy Award-winning American hip-hop trio from Queens, New York, who came onto the music scene in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl James (‘Salt’, now Cheryl Wray), Sandra Denton (‘Pepa’), and DJ Deidra ‘Dee Dee’...[more]
EU COMMISSIONER IN AINSI DEBATE
[LEI/EDU: Maastricht, October 20]
On Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 November, Maastricht Debates is organizing Global 2009, a two-day event with film, music and culinary interludes on one central theme: Europe, money, and development. On November 17 the ambassador...[more]
THE POWER OF MUSIC
[LEI: Alsdorf, October 20]
We might have called this piece ‘Music from the Mines’ because it concerns an agreement signed by the School of Music and Dance in Cologne and Energeticon e.V. They have signed an agreement to hold concerts in the old shaft/engine...[more]
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