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Wallonia : a sought-after location for foreign investors
This information has just been confirmed by a study carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit (a division of "The Economist" magazine). This study, entitled "World Investment Prospects to 2011", ranks Belgium 15th in a global selection of 82 investment countries.
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A space centre of excellence in Wallonia
WSLlux is in the process of building a 1200m² innovatively-designed modular infrastructure which, from the end of this year, will house companies wishing to promote the potential of new satellite-based applications.
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Liege Biologistics : 2000 jobs in the near future
The Liège region has the assets required to become the benchmark biologistics platform in Europe.
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A new train station for Mons
By 2015, the town of Mons should have a brand new railway station with its own walkway linking the historic town to the Grands-Prés extension. The SNCB (Belgian Railways) have allocated a budget of more than 100 million euros to implement this project designed by the Spaniard Santiago Calatrava Valls.
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La Baule: a superb platform for selling Wallonia
Wallonia is one of only two regions invited as guests of honour (alongside California) to the "World Investment Conference" (WIC) which takes place in La Baule from the 4th to 6th of June.
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Relocation of our offices to Namur Office Park
Our team is currently made up of 28 people and our existing offices have become to small for us. We will be delighted to welcome you to the Namur Office Park site from the 15th of August 2008.
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> NEW INVESTMENT PROJECTS
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Microsoft sets up in Hainaut
Microsoft has announced the creation of a Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC), to be opened in the Initialis technology park in Mons by January 2009.
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Pfizer opens a veterinay vaccine center in Louvain-la-Neuve
The global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has opened its new development centre for veterinary vaccines in Louvain-la-Neuve. This site is "the" European vaccine production centre for the Group.
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Basic Business chooses Tournai Ouest II
Under the "Fit Food" label, Basic Business has decided to relocate to the Tournai Ouest II area, drawn to the site’s strategic location. Attractive and functional facilities have recently been built on a 6000 m2 site.
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ClearPriority SA Opens Headquarters in Waterloo
ClearPriority SA, an emerging high technology company in the field of Governance, Risk and Compliance monitoring, has just inaugurated its headquarters office in Waterloo.
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> EXPANSION PROJECTS
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Johnson & Johnson officially opens its Orthopaedic Distribution Centre
Johnson & Johnson has officially announced the opening of the new orthopaedic equipment section in its Centre, which will create 80 additional jobs between now and 2010.
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Caterpillar Belgium invests 12 million euros in Gosselies
The Gosselies site was selected from all of the Group's sites to launch a new high-technology line for the assembly of large hydraulic shovels.
The Hainaut plant is a "unique source" in the world for the production of this category of hydraulic shovel.
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Van Mieghem constructs 10,000m² in Fleurus
10,000 m2 of new buildings have sprouted up. 6000 m2 are already reserved for one client and an additional 4000 m2 are available.
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