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AUTOMOTIVE LIMBURG (B)
[IND: Hasselt, June 26]
The 4th edition of GOM Limburg’s Economic Report for 2004 has a valuable overview of the automotive sector in Belgian Limburg, which we summarize here. In terms of comparative productivity, Belgium is the leader in the automotive sector,...[more]
WAKE SMITH ATLAS COO
[BIZ/LOG: Purchase, NY, June 25]
Wake Smith, Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning and Business Development for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., (which works with TNT in Liège) has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer....[more]
AUTOMOTIVE NETWORKING
[BIZ: Aachen, June 24]
On Thursday July 8, the automotive sector at the Technology Center at the Europaplatz in Aachen will have the opportunity, from 08:30 hrs, to meet potential partners from the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Forty British automotive...[more]
650,000 BUILDING LOTS
[BIZ/INFRA: Hasselt, June 24]
Flanders has 650,000 building lots available. Unused space between public construction sites will allow Limburg to create 100,000 new lots without sacrificing one meter. For the whole of Flanders, this is 650,000. Prefabricated...[more]
EUROPEAN VAT DATA
[BIZ: Eupen, June 24]
A European Databank will allow users to check on the existence of VAT numbers. Following the EU expansion on May 1, the Databank now includes information on the ten new member states. A direct line is available at the link below. Follow...[more]
THE GATES OF MAASTRICHT
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 24]
According to a report in Dagblad De Limburger a bus station with a hotel and restaurant accommodation is to be built alongside the A2 highway at the entrance to Maastricht. It will also include a 50m high-rise tower. If the project...[more]
FNAC TO COME TO MAASTRICHT
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 24]
According to a front page report in Dagblad De Limburger, deriving from the project developers 3W, responsible for the new market development Mosae Forum in Maastricht, Fnac the retailer of cultural and leisure products in France,...[more]
IPTE IN GERMANY
[BIZ: Genk, June 23]
IPTE is a market leader in the supply of production equipment for the electronics industry. Its subsidiary Connect Systems International is beginning activities in Germany, after acquiring Infotron GmbH. The acquisition dovetails with...[more]
EUR 450,000 FOR 30 SECONDS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, June 23]
Super slow motion replay in high definition, introduced by EVS (Liège) at this year's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas, is making its field debut in Portugal. The entire tournament is being covered,...[more]
EUR 20.4M WINTERSLAG PROJECT
[BIZ: Genk, June 23]
A design center is to be built at Winterslag. The City of Genk is going to establish its design center, with a focus on industrial design, graphic design and media on the former mining site at Winterslag. There will be other buildings at...[more]
MULTIPLE ACCESS TO LRM
[BIZ: Hasselt, June 23]
LRM, the Limburg (B) investment company, has entered into an agreement with GOM-Limburg, VIZO, FMV, UNIZO, VKW-Limburg and VOKA, the Chamber of Commerce for Limburg (B), which will allow businesses to turn to these organizations in order...[more]
NEXFOR TO TAKE OVER AGGLO NV
[BIZ: Genk, June 22]
Interlin Invest NV of Genk, Belgium and Nexfor Inc of Canada today announced that the OSB and particleboard assets of Interlin Invest's affiliate Agglo NV, located at Genk, Belgium, will be acquired by Nexfor. The acquisition will take effect...[more]
AMENDED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
[BIZ/LOG: Liège/Purchase, NY, June 19]
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida has approved (June 9) the second amended Disclosure Statement that was filed recently with the Court by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (“AAWH”) (Pink Sheets:...[more]
MAJOR PIPELINE PROJECT
[IND/INFRA: Brussels/Geleen, June 19]
The European Commission has approved state aid of EUR 26.4 m for a consortium of companies led by Royal Dutch/Shell Group, BASF AG, Celanese AG and DSM NV to build a propylene pipeline, connecting Rotterdam, Antwerp, Tessenderlo,...[more]
DTZ’S EUR 25M IN 6 MONTHS
[BIZ: Liège, June 18]
DTZ, the British-based real estate holding company, which has been in Liège for two years, has achieved revenues of EUR 25m on the first 6 months of trading this year. Christophe Nihon, the director of DTZ’s Walloon operations, notes, however,...[more]
RENESAS TO CLOSE
[BIZ: Alsdorf, June 18]
Renesas, the Mitsubishi chip (semiconductor manufacturing) plant, representing an original investment of DM 600m is going to close down. The total investment in this site was DM 1.5bn a third of which came from state subsidies. The company...[more]
IRC BUSINESSMARKT 2004
[BIZ: Hasselt, June 18]
The Grenslandhallen Exhibition center in Hasselt is organizing the IRC ‘Businessmarkt 2004’ (InterRegional Contact days), a Business-to-Business event for Limburg and the Euroregion on September 23 and 24. The InterRegional Contact days...[more]
TRICEPS LOOKS AT MEUSE-RHINE
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 18]
On June 8 there was a series of talks given at the van de Valk hotel in Maastricht on the labor market in Meuse-Rhine. Mary Vullings chaired the session, which included some 30 executives with an interest in the region, and introductions...[more]
EUR 24M PROFITS FOR LRM
[BIZ: Hasselt, June 17]
The Limburg Investment Company (B) LRM achieved net profits of EUR 24.4m, with company equity at EUR 335m in 2003. LRM expanded its investment in SMEs, with investments in GIA international, Grispa, Stokjes and Gymna. They also launched...[more]
INNOVATION SOUTH
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Eindhoven, June 17]
At Innozuid [Innovation South] , Philips High Tech Campus hosted young business people and those with innovative ideas from the Eindhoven/Louvain/Aachen triangle to get together and meet the organizations, institutions and investors...[more]
EDIBO TO BUILD FOR COEK
[BIZ: Lommel/Geel, June 16]
The Lommel-based construction company Edibo, which specializes in new extensions and turnkey upgrading projects, is to build a new hall for the Coek Group in Geel. THe TCI-III production hall represents an investment of EUR 5 m and...[more]
DYNEEMA MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, June 16]
DSM Dyneema, producer of the world’s strongest fiber, has announced that it has started building a production line for Dyneema® Purity, a high performance fiber for use in medical applications, such as strong orthopedic sutures...[more]
NL VODAFONE 3G LAUNCHES
[BIZ: Maastricht, June16]
Vodafone Netherlands has announced the commercial introduction of UMTS services on Vodafone live!, Vodafone's successful consumer service. In addition to the wide range of services offered already by Vodafone live!, Vodafone customers...[more]
DISPOSABLE INCOMES
[BIZ: Eupen, June 16]
The Eupen-Malmedy-St.Vith Chamber has published comparative disposable income figures for Meuse-Rhine in Euros per annum, per head of the population. This comes from information provided by the Society for Consumer Research (gfK) in Nuremberg....[more]
ONLINE COUPONS
[BIZ: Aachen, June 16]
The Aachen-based company Euregio Access is offering business in Meuse-Rhine the opportunity to distribute digital coupons. Two coupons for the price of one, or reductions for students; there are a lot of options, depending on the company....[more]
TELEWORKING
[BIZ: Heerlen, June 16]
Councilor Karel Scholtissen opened the first teleworking center in the Netherlands in Heerlen, on June 14. This project not only creates jobs, but also brings employment to the city. The teleworking center is located at the shopping center...[more]
AACHEN CHAMBER EXHIBITION
[BIZ: Aachen, June 16]
Under the heading ‘ 200 Years at the heart of Europe’, the Aachen Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its bicentenary. Its foundation goes back to a Napoleonic decree of April 2, 1804. The jubilee has been marked by an exhibition of moments...[more]
ENCI EIR REJECTED
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 16]
The Provincial Executive in Maastricht has decided not to accept the Environmental Impact Report, headed ‘Cement for the Future’, presented by ENCI BV, the Maastricht-based cement company. It is noted that the report does not meet...[more]
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ANTWERP-GENK-SITTARD-GELEEN...
[LOG: Sittard-Geleen, June 29]
New project plans are being tabled today for a EUR 200m major rail logistics program for industry, providing a heavy-rail link over the Meuse and a link to the public intermodal terminals, including Genk, Born and the new Chemelot...[more]
POLAR GOES WITH SWISSPORT
[LOG: Liège, June 29]
Polar Air Cargo, a TNT partner flying cargo from and via Liège Airport , will probably be transfering 11 flights from Liège to Amsterdam and has decided to entrust its handling activities to Swissport (CSC). This means a reduction in...[more]
WMS PAYS FOR ITSELF FASTER
[LOG: Barneveld, June 28]
The costs incurred in implementing warehouse management systems (WMS) are now being earned back more rapidly, because of the reduction in licensing costs. Research by Jeroen van den Berg Consulting has showed that licensing cost of...[more]
10,000 FEWER TRUCK RIDES
[LOG: Born, June 24]
SIKZNEB, is not a new Eastern European drink, but an acronym standing for the Dutch terms which may be translated as ‘Cooperation between Intermodal Hubs in the Southern Netherlands and Belgium’. The pilot project in this cooperative program,...[more]
RAILION TO GO MULTIMODAL
[LOG: Utrecht, June 22]
Railion is slimming down and is shedding some of its staff, because it wants to concentrate on multimodal transfer from and to major industrial centers. Staff losses are not primarily at these centers, which include Rotterdam, Amsterdam,...[more]
BEXX AT LIEGE
[LOG: Liège, June 16]
On June 11, the first aircraft flying for BEXX Express landed at Liège Airport from Sofia, Bulgaria. This is a new low cost scheduled service, which will run each Friday. There will also be a link between Burgas, Bulgaria every Thursday...[more]
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BELGIAN ELECTIONS
[GOV: Brussels, June 29]
La Libre Belgique provides excellent access to the results of the Belgian elections, giving also the lists of all the candidates with the personal preference votes achieved and statistics on the European elections and some generally...[more]
GET UP GIRLS
[EDU: Aachen, June 24]
‘Get Up’ is the name of a project supported by the European social fund and the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, run by AGIT, to help women in the technology sector to upgrade their qualifications. Seminars and workshops are being offered...[more]
SPHINX PATTERNS
[EDU/LEI: Maastricht, June 24]
The Design Archives of the Maastricht company NV Koninklijke Sphinx Gustavsberg and its predecessor, which dates from 1827-1975, also contains the archives of the Société Céramique (1850-1958) and is in the possession of the Social...[more]
EUROCITIES STRENGTHENED
[GOV: Brussels, June 22]
The conclusion of the Intergovernmental Conference and the final agreement of EU Leaders on a new Constitutional Treaty represent a considerable achievement for local and regional authorities in Europe, says Wolfgang Tiefensee, Mayor...[more]
EUROFESTATION 2004
[GOV: Maastricht, June 21]
In the second half of 2004, the Netherlands will assume the presidency of the European Union and is taking the opportunity to invite the EU member states to the Eurofestation 2004, a three-day European conference and exchange forum...[more]
CROSS-BORDER ADVICE IN AACHEN
[GOV: Aachen, June 17]
The Aachen region offers regular advice and consultation sessions at the times and places listed below, with advice from experts from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands on cross-border issues, such as pensions, tax, health insurance,...[more]
BOLOGNA ECTS
[EDU: Brussels, June 16]
The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) was initially set up in 1989 within the framework of the Commission’s Erasmus program and is currently the focus of much academic discussion. Its aim was to facilitate the recognition of study...[more]
EUR 77M COUNTRY PROJECTS
[GOV: Maastricht, June 16]
The Province of Limburg (NL) has agreed to plans for 100 countryside-based projects for the rest of 2004, at a total investment of EUR 77m. The projects, which have been submitted by committees from various areas in the region, offer...[more]
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CRUCELL: SARS ANTIBODY
[LIFE-SCI: Leiden, June 25] Dutch biotechnology company Crucell N.V. has announced the discovery of an antibody for protection against SARS virus infection. In the June 26 issue of The Lancet (Volume 363, pages 2139-2141), study results will be published, reporting...[more]
MILLIONS FOR OBESITY
[LIFE-SCI, Maastricht, June 24]
The European Commission is making EUR 14.5m available for a large-scale European investigation into the relationship between obesity and genetic factors. The project is called DiOGenes and is being carried out in cooperation between...[more]
EUROPABIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[LIFE-SCI: Brussels, June 24]
EU Research Commissioner, Philippe Busquin's recent speech on 'Biotechnologies in the European Research Area' is available in full at the link below. On FP 6, he notes that: 'The implementation of the 6th Framework Program for Research...[more]
EUR 100,000 RESEARCH AWARD
[LIFE-SCI: Brussels, June 23]
CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, has announced the award of the first LRI (Long-range Research) Innovative Science Prize to Dr. Roger Godschalk of the University of Maastricht. He will receive EUR 100,000 to conduct...[more]
LIFETEC AACHEN PROGRAM
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, June 23]
LifeTec Aachen, part of the Meuse-Rhine Triangle partnership, has a full program in the coming months. It is also offering information on funding and scholarships and funding for PhD candidates and post-doctoral fellows. It provides...[more]
HEALTH CARE PRIVATIZATION
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 22]
There is an increasing degree of privatization in European health care. This was revealed in a recent study at the University of Maastricht called ‘Privatization in European health care’, produced by Professor Hans Maarse, in...[more]
FAST HEART ATTACK DIAGNOSIS
[LIFE-SCI: The Hague/Maastricht, June 21]
Testing blood for the FABP protein enables a more rapid diagnosis of a heart attack. This allows patients to be treated more quickly. Patients with chest pains and no heart attack symptoms can return home more quickly...[more]
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GIS FOR PDA AND TABLET
[SCI-TECH: Liège, June 24]
Star Informatic has announced that it is currently shipping release 2.1 of MobileSTAR, its mobile GIS solution for PDAs and TabletPCs.MobileSTAR is an open GIS solution, compatible with all of the industry standard formats and databases ...[more]
WOOD GASIFICATION IN AACHEN
[SCI-TECH/INFRA: Aachen, June 23]
Aachen’s city power utility, STAWAG, is planning a wood gasification plant with the University's Chair for Coke Oven Plant Operation at the University. The plant will be built on the university’s old incinerator site in Aachen-Seffent....[more]
EU INSPIRES PORTAL
[SCI-TECH: Liège/Budapest, June 22]
At the second annual NatureGIS conference held in Budapest on June 8, IONIC unveiled the portal for the NatureGIS layer as the first implementation of the European Commission’s INSPIRE program. INSPIRE, the “Infrastructure...[more]
GOVT. FUNDS AIXTRON IN CHINA
[SCI-TECH: Aachen / Peking / Hongkong, June 22]
AIXTRON has announced that the BMBF (International Bureaus of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) have approved the funding for a joint project to establish an R&D training center in China for...[more]
INTERNATIONAL DSM AWARDS
[SCI-TECH: Heerlen, June 16]
Belgian researcher Filip Frederix today won the first prize in the International DSM Awards for Chemistry and Technology. An international jury selected Filip Frederix, a doctoral student at the Catholic University of Louvain, for...[more]
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TOUR DE FRANCE
[LEI: Liège, June 30]
The Tour de France, the most important cycling event worldwide, will be starting this year in Liège. The tour event will be in the Walloon country from Wednesday June 30 to Tuesday July 6. The competitors will be presented on July 2 and...[more]
NIVEAU 4TH YEAR
[MEDIA: Maastricht, June 29]
Niveau, Euregio Magazine is starting its 4th year with an introduction to the new Europe. The print run has been increased to 21,000 and the Summer number has 140 pages full of color devoted to Maastricht Europe 2004, with portraits...[more]
EUR 1 A SEAT, AT THE OPERA
[LEI/EDU: Liège, June 28]
The Mosan center for educational activities has launched a cultural passport called OpThéMus, for students in the area, which allows them to visit the Théâtre de la Place in Liège, the Royal Walloon Opera in Liège, the Liège Philharmonic...[more]
THE CULTURE OF THE BATH
[LEI/EDU: Zülpich, June 27]
The ‘Rheinishes Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege’, the Rhineland Regional Council’s archeological service, is inviting visitors to its center at Nideggen-Wollersheim, and this year they will be looking at recent excavations of the Roman...[more]
TIME TRAVEL
[LEI: Jülich, June 27]
Time travel in the Euroregion (Zeitreisen Euregio) is the summer program of the CULTour association, to which Jülich belongs. The program is designed to develop cross-border tourism in Meuse-Rhine and include 38 historic buildings and...[more]
C5 WINS HUSTINX PRIZE
[LEI/EDU: Aachen/Maastricht, June 26]
The Aachen Artists Collective C5 made up of: Frank Hauschildt (1976 Rheinbach), Marion Heinrichs (1971 Geilenkirchen), Philipp Noller (1972 Aachen) en Günther Schäfer (1971 Adenau) has won the Henriëtte Hustinx Award for...[more]
TRIENNIAL 2005
[BIZ/LEI: Hasselt, June 26]
Wido Smeets writes in Dagblad de Limburger that starting in 2005, Hasselt will host a triennial festival of the arts, fashion and design. It will be held every three years from mid-September to mid-November and will have Euroregional...[more]
TEWE AT CHAUDFONTAINE
[LEI: Chaudfontaine, June 26]
A trio of friends are putting on some improvized humor at the Cité des étoiles de Chaudfontaine, 71 avenue de Thermes, on Saturday July 3 at 20:30hrs. The trio are Doriano, Roberto and Jean-François and you cannot but be touched...[more]
GIANNI SCHICCHI
[LEI: Ulestraten, June 25]
On Saturday July 3, there will be a performance of ‘Gianni Schicchi’, by Puccini, conducted by Jan Martin Lang and directed by Renate Ackermann in the central courtyard of the Vliek estate in Ulestraten. The cast will be made up of...[more]
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
[LEI: Dilsen-Stokkem, June 24]
The Dilsen-Stokkem Tourist office and the Maasland water ski club have decided to organize a unique waterfront event on the Zuid-Willemsvaart. The event will be held on the TIVOLI Island at Lanklaar, which was an important area...[more]
PARKSTAD ON TV
[MEDIA/GOV: Heerlen, June 24]
Parkstad Limburg is going to be on TV on a monthly basis, with a short program about the region. The first will be shown on June 30 and then followed on July 2 and 3. This will be devoted to Pinkpop, the World Music Festival, the...[more]
GALERIE WOLFS
[LEI: Maastricht, June 22]
The white knight of Liège-Maastricht relations, art gallery proprietor, Frans Wolfs has opened his gallery once more, after a major facelift. Symbolically, all is in shining white. Frans Wolfs has for several years been the center...[more]
LIEGE-ROME-LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, June 20]
June 20 through 26 saw 250 classic car enthusiasts start the LIEGE-ROME-LIEGE RALLY, recently honored as the“ Best International Historic Rally ”.Jaguar, Porsche, Austin-Healey, Bentley, Ferrari, Triumph, Aston Martin, MG, Alfa Romeo, ...[more]
DRY DOCK
[LEI: Bütgenbach, June 20]
The Bütgenbach lake/reservoir has been drained. This has led to a range of tourist activities which can be found at the East Belgium tourist website ostbelgien.be which gives a calendar of events, running from June 20 through July...[more]
FETES DE WALLONIE 2004
[LEI: Liège, June 18]
The annual series of cultural events, known as the Fêtes de Wallonie, held throughout the Province of Liège, starts on August 27 and runs through September 26. This year’s opening is in the village of Thimister-Clermont. The opening ceremony...[more]
SEASCAPES BY MANET ET AL.
[LEI: Amsterdam. June 18]
From June 18 through September 26, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam will present a major exhibition devoted to the seascapes of Edouard Manet (1832-1883). This is the first time Manet has been presented as a painter of marine scenes...[more]
GARDENS AND SECRET PLACES
[LEI: Liège, June 17]
Liège has a lot of corners that are worth exploring and one recalls that Patrick Leveaux, now in Brussels, who undertook to reveal some of these places a number of years ago. Once again, tours of the Pricipality's gardens and secret places...[more]
FRANCOFOLIES AT SPA
[LEI: Spa, June 17]
This year, Francofolies, the major cultural festival of music and theatre in Spa will run from July 20-25. The program is available at the link and covers six days at five different locations. To whet the appetite, it may be noted that the...[more]
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