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LEKS IS BACK
[EDIT: Maastricht, November 15]
Maastricht University's Calatrava Campus would be a landmark in the aspirations of the city. However, as you can read below, a forecast overrun of EUR 65m has brought the project to a halt. It now appears from an article in...[more]
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STEELCOAT’S EUR 8M IN LUMMEN
[BIZ: Lummen, November 14]
The Steelcoat Company is going to build a special steel-coating plant in Lummen and are investing EUR 8m. The Flemish authorities will contribute EUR 1m out recent EU grants of EUR 5m. The plant is expected to produce 50 new jobs....[more]
BIOMEDICA
[BIZ: Aachen, November 13]
The life-sciences summit Biomedica will be held from March 17 through 18, 2010 in Aachen. The life science associations LifeTecZONe lifeTecAachen-Jülich ev, BioLiége and LifeTecLimburg.be joined forces in 2007 to organize the yearly...[more]
MAASTRICHT CAMPUS STOP
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, November 11]
The construction of the Maastricht University campus following the design of the Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, has been cancelled. The board and the supervisory board of the Servatius housing and construction organization...[more]
FORUMINVEST IN VERVIERS
[BIZ: Verviers, November 10]
After being turned down three times because of popular opposition, the Dutch ForumInvest organization has now received permission to build a new shopping center in Verviers. The Dutch developer wants to expand the A1 shopping area...[more]
PARKSTAD BIZ SITES UPGRADE
[BIZ: Kerkrade, November 9]
At the Spekholzerheide business park in Kerkrade there was a special revitalization party. The business park is now up to date, it’s more accessible and it’s got a better image. Water control has been optimized. The older premises,...[more]
LIONS CROSSING BORDERS
[BIZ/GOV: Avantis, November 9]
There was a meeting hosted by two Lions clubs, the Euregio Maas Rhein and the Aachen-Carolos Magnus, at the World Trade Center on the cross-border science and business park, Avantis, between Heerlen and Aachen. The speakers included...[more]
TORREFACTION
[BIZ/INFRA: Eupen, November 7]
Talks at the German–Belgian Eifel Energy Day referred to a biomass power plant and various other initiatives, and quality of life played a role. The focus revolved around quality of life and the important note that from a technical...[more]
SABIC TO GROW
[BIZ: Geleen, November 7]
SABIC plans growth. In an interview with SABIC’s departing European boss, Boy Litjens, by Peter Bruijns, Mr Litjens notes that SABIC (the Saudi chemical company) is going to invest EUR 100–150m per annum in Chemelot in replacement and...[more]
MAASTRICHT AIRPORT
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, November 6]
During the month of October 8,200 tonnes of cargo were handled at Maastricht Aachen Airport (MAA). This was a record in tonnage handled in one month at the airport. This record cargo volume can be attributed to newly acquired ...[more]
A BOOST FOR HOUSING
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, November 5]
The Province of Limburg has introduced a revolving fund for home improvement for those who want to improve their homes above shops or other auxiliary housing options. The proposal has been put before the provincial government...[more]
ONCOMETHYLOME BOSS GOES
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège, November 5]
Herman Spolders (63), CEO and founder of the cancer specialist company, OncoMethylome Sciences, in Liège is resigning, with effect from January 1, 2010. The company also intends to focus on the US market in future. In Europe...[more]
PEAKS IN THE DELTA: TEN PROJECTS
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, November 5]
Promoting solar energy, improving patient care and improving the quality of food; these are three examples of socially oriented topics on which companies and knowledge institutions from North Brabant and Limburg will be working...[more]
BELGIAN NOKIA-SIEMENS
[BIZ: Brussels, November 4]
In the Nokia Siemens Networks in Belgium there is uncertainty about the consequences of the parent company’s drive to economize. Networks specialist, Nokia Siemens Networks, has announced that over a period of two years it wants to...[more]
PRODUCT SERVICE INTEGRATION
[BIZ: Aachen, November 4]
Integrated Product Service Offers (industrial services) have been shown to be a factor in the success of manufacturing companies. The objective of the information provided is to pass this information on to companies. In three areas...[more]
NEWS FROM FORD
[BIZ: Dearborn, November 3]
In connection with Ford’s role in Meuse-Rhine, in Gent in particular, it was interesting to observe that Ford, Lincoln and Mercury October US sales totaled
132,483, up 3 percent over a year ago and 21% higher than September. This...[more]
THE FUTURE IS NOW
[BIZ: Liège, November 3]
NowFuture.org is an initiative of Laurant Minguet, co-founder of the EVS company who was elected ‘Manager of the Year’ for 2004 in Belgium by readers and the editor of Trends Magazine. NowFuture will deal with substantial issues, ...[more]
OWENS CORNING
[BIZ: Battice, November 2]
Owens Corning has completed the acquisition of Saint Gobain's reinforcement and composite fabrics businesses for USD 640m following approval by regulatory authorities in Europe and the United States. The acquisition accelerates Owens...[more]
DSM LOOKS FURTHER IN CHINA
[BIZ: Heerlen, November 2]
DSM has announced that the contracts to establish nutrition and anti-infectives joint ventures in China with North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation Ltd. (NCPC) are suspended. DSM will continue its search for partners in China...[more]
WATERSCHEI BUSINESS PARK
[BIZ: Genk, November 2]
There is a lot of construction going on in Belgian Limburg. One of the major construction companies is the Kumpen Company from Hasselt. It employs 409 and last year had revenues of EUR 88m. It has 190 trucks on the road. They are currently...[more]
A&C MEDIA
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 2]
A&C Media BV is a product of the merger between the Netherlands weekly group, NWG, owned by the German Rheinisch-Bergische Verlagsgesellschaft and the Trompetter Group, which is in the hands of the Belgian media company Concentra....[more]
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CITY DISTRIBUTION
[LOG: Maastricht, November 2]
The city distribution formula, known as Binnenstadservice.nl, will soon be starting up in Maastricht. In July retailers signed a letter of intent with Binnenstadservice.nl in Maastricht and both parties realized the advantage of...[more]
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EPSA 2009
[EDU: Maastricht, November 14]
The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) presented the European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2009 on November 13. This prestigious award recognizes the best and most innovative performers in European public administration....[more]
LIMBURG (B) AND CHIANG-SU
[GOV: Hasselt, November 13]
Limburg is linking up with the Chinese province of Chiang-Su, which includes Shanghai, where there will be a major world exhibition in May. Hasselt and Genk are intending to develop relations with China in 2010.
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OPEN U UNESCO CHAIR
[EDU: Heerlen, November 10]
The Netherlands Open University is to have a UNESCO Chair for Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Development Supported by IT. The Chair will be occupied by Professor Rietje van Dam-Mieras. Professor Dam-Mieras has been Professor of...[more]
MEDAL OF HONOR FOR RIEU
[GOV: Maastricht, November 10]
On November 10 Governor Leon Frissen of Limburg awarded the Medal of Honor for the Province of Limburg to André Rieu for his distinguished career with his Johan Strauss Orchestra and the great international success that this has...[more]
CRADLE TO CRADLE SUPPORT
[GOV: Maastricht, November 9]
The European Union is going to support Limburg’s international Cradle to Cradle (C2C) project for two years. The project is one of four European projects which were granted fast-track status on November 6. In addition to co-financing...[more]
PROVINCE CLIMATE NEUTRAL
[GOV: Maastricht, November 9]
By 2015 the province’s buildings will be climate neutral, which means that emissions will be balanced. EUR 14,672,240 has been invested in this and it is expected that this year EUR 720,000 will be saved in energy costs.
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STUDENT FIGURES RISE
[EDU: Aachen, November 6]
The number of students in Aachen continues to increase. There are currently 32,943 registered, which includes 30% women. This is 1,500 more than last year. This development shows that for the first time in the history of the university...[more]
HASSELT FOUNDATION STONE
[EDU: Hasselt, November 6]
On November 6 the foundation stone for the new Hasselt University campus was laid at the former penitentiary on the Avenue of the Martyrs (Martelarenlaan) in Hasselt at 16:00 – one trusts that this singular address does not portend...[more]
DISTRICT BOSSES
[GOV: Aachen, November 5]
In Brand this will be Herbert Henn (CDU). His number one is Ute Reiber (Greens), and secondly Dieter Müller (SPD). In Haaren the chief is Ferdinand Corsten (CDU); Herbert Ludwigs (SPD) and Hans Mambor (FDP) are the first and second ...[more]
EUR 250,000 FOR RESEARCH
[EDU: Maastricht, November 3]
The Dutch Research Organization has awarded EUR 250,000 for a period of three years to five student research projects at the Maastricht University. ‘Paying the Public Sector’ by Dr Teun Dekker; ‘Antibodies as One-Arm Bandits in...[more]
HORST KOEHLER FOR CHARLEMAGNE
[GOV: Aachen, November 3]
The German Federal President, Horst Köhler will give the eulogy for the Charlemagne Prize on December 20 in the Aachen City Hall. This is the 60th anniversary of the Charlemagne Prize and, in the speech, Dr Köhler will look back at...[more]
RALF WOELK: UNIONS’ CANDIDATE
[GOV: Aachen, November 3]
The Board of the German unions, North-Rhine Westphalia, Southwest, voted unanimously for Ralk Woelk as the candidate for the Trades’ Unions chairman of the region. The region comprises Aachen and the districts of Heinsberg, Düren and...[more]
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JOSEPHINE CHARLOTTE PRIZE
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, November 9]
The Princess Joséphine Charlotte center for research in biology has awarded its bi-annual prize to Dr Alain Vanderplasschen, Professor of Immunology at the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Liège. Alain Vanderplasschen...[more]
CE FOR CHONDROCELECT
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt/ Louvain, November 2]
ChondroCelect Harvester™ has received the CE mark of approval. The harvester is a biopsy tool that will be provided to orthopedic surgeons to harvest cartilage biopsies.The registration of the ChondroCelect Harvester™...[more]
A NEW BREATH TEST
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, November 2]
This is a publication about making diagnoses of the basis of exhaled breath. The details of the publication and authors are available at the link. In the past doctors would smell a patient’s exhaled breath in order to ascertain ...[more]
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NANOCHARACTERIZATION
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, November 4]
Construction work has begun on an additional building for the Ernst Ruska Center at the Jülich research center. The Ernst Ruska-Center (ER-C) for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons is a national user facility open to universities,...[more]
BELGIAN SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES
[SCI-TECH: Plesetsk/Liège, November 2]
The Belgian Proba-2 satellite was launched from the Russian space center, Plesetsk. The satellite was developed by the satellite company Verhaert in Kruibeke. The construction of Proba-2 cost EUR 18m, which does not include...[more]
JUELICH WORKSHOP
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, November 2]
An international workshop is being organized by the Jülich Center of Neutron Science (JCNS) and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) to discuss current status and future trends of science driving the development of the Neutron Spin...[more]
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FERNAND GRAINDORGE COLLECTION
[LEI: Liège, November15]
The exhibition, from 20 November 2009 to 7 February 2010, in the Salle Saint-Georges – Liège, focuses on the major Liège-born collector and patron, Fernand Graindorge (1903 - 1985) and the works he donated to the French-speaking Community...[more]
MAAS MUSIC MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, November 13]
Well-known musicians will present their concerts in a superb pavilion musici near the Meuse: Wicked Jazz Sounds Band, Candy Dulfer and DJ Maestro. Info and tickets:
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LIEGE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE
[LEI: Liège, November 12]
The Liège Christmas Village will run from November 27 to December 30 and there is something for everybody. The village has been going for 23 years and is the largest in Belgium, and also the oldest; and, it follows the long Germanic...[more]
MINIATURE MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Madurodam, November 11]
On November 11 at 12:00 Madurodam and the municipality of Maastricht and the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwebasiliek website, and a great deal more besides, will be opening the Miniature Maastricht at the Netherlands’ famous center for scale...[more]
JAZZ, ETC
[LEI: Heerlen, November 10]
Top talent from the US, the Netherlands and Limburg. With James Carter, Benjamin Herman, Ack van Rooyen, Renske Taminiau, Jesse van Ruller, Sensuàl, Ernst Glerum, Ruud Breuls, etc, are at:
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POINT BLANK
[LEI: Maastricht, November 9]
Point Blank is a visual theatre performance with paparazzi-style photographs. It is being held at the Huis van Bourgondie on Friday, November 20 and starts at 20:30. Point Blank premiered in 2007 at the KunstenFestivaldesArts in...[more]
WINTERLAND HASSELT
[LEI: Hasselt, November 9]
From November 21 through January 3, 2010, there will be the second edition of Luminus Winterland Hasselt on the Kolonel Dusartplein in Hasselt, which will be turned into a huge winter landscape with 1,000m2 of skating, a giant wheel,...[more]
MIAO FROM HEAD TO TOE
[LEI: Liège, November 7]
There is to be an exhibition of the garments and jewels of China’s Miao minority at the Grand Curtius museum in Liège from November 7 through February 14, 2010. It will show the patterns and colors of Miao clothing and how they are made...[more]
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
[LEI: Maastricht, November 6]
On Friday November 6 the World Press Photo Exhibition started at the Centre Céramique in Maastricht, and it will continue until November 29. The exhibition is for world press photographers and the winning photo this year was made...[more]
CARICATURE AND CENSORSHIP
[LEI: Aachen, November 3]
In memory of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, the international newspaper museum, in cooperation with the culture department of the City of Aachen and the Aachen Sparkasse bank, is holding an exhibition from November...[more]
HATS OFF FOR THE PAST
[LEI: Heerlen, November 3]
From November 3 through November 30 the Van Rijckheyt and Thermen Museum buildings will be holding the exhibition entitled ‘Hat’s Off for the Past’ by the artiste Lilian Verlaek. Lilian is concerned with headwear of various types....[more]
VAALS BROCHURE
[LEI: Vaals, November 2]
There is a new brochure on the tri-point municipality of Vaals that reaches into Belgium and Germany. It’s called ‘Beleef Vaals’, or Experience Vaals, and is a 28-page full-color edition with all sorts of tips and information about the...[more]
LONG LEGS
[LEI: Sittard, November 2]
This autumn, the Domein Museum in Sittard is presenting a comprehensive exhibition of the work of the artist, sculptor and filmmaker Anne-Marie Schneider (Chauny, France, 1962). Jambes Longues is Schneider’s first museum solo outside...[more]
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