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| | European collaborative research to develop lab-on-chip system for cheap and fast cancer diagnosis | 1/9  | Leuven, Belgium - September 1, 2010 - Today, at the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) in Buenos Aires (Argentina), imec and its project partners announce the launch of the European Seventh Framework Project MIRACLE. The MIRACLE project aims at developing an operational lab-on-chip for the isolation and detection of circulating and disseminated tumor cells (CTCs and DTCs) in blood. The new lab-on-chip is an essential step towards faster and cost-efficient diagnosis of cancer.  | | |
| | | Option reports First Half Year 2010 results | 31/8 | | Leuven, Belgium - August 31, 2010 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced its results for the first half fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The financial information reported in this release is presented in Euros and has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of IFRS as adopted by the European Union. The accounting policies and methods of computation followed in the attached financial statements are | | |
| | | TiGenix announces the grant of a US patent for ChondroMimetic | 31/8 | Leuven (Belgium) - August 30, 2010 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) announces that the US Patent & Trademark Office has granted a new patent for ChondroMimeticT.
This new patent (US 7,780,994) entitled 'Composite biomaterials comprising calcium phosphate materials, collagen and glycosaminoglycans' describes and claims the composition of and methods to produce a composite material comprising a triple coprecipitate of collagen, one or more glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and calcium phosphate. This patent | | |
| | | Campus Remy II prelet to AR-TE Architects and STABO Engineers | 26/8 | AXIMAS Real Estate Agents have prelet 2381 Mē tailor-made offices in Campus Remy II the associated companies AR-TE and STABO for a firm lease period of 9 years.
STABO Engineers (www.stabo.be) was established in 1971 as a division of Boerenbond. In 1995 the architectural division has been taken over by AR-TE and since 2002 STABO has become independent after a management buy-out.
The STABO / ARTE building will be attached to the well-known Remy tower with an independent main entrance and | | |
| | | Amplexor zet collaboration platform | 26/8 | Leuven, 26 augustus 2010 - Amplexor, specialist in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), zorgde voor een volledige implementatie van een collaboration platform bij het Interdisciplinair Instituut voor Breedband Technologie (IBBT). Via dit platform (MyBBT) wordt samenwerking mogelijk gemaakt tussen projectmedewerkers met zeer verschillende achtergronden en werkzaam op diverse locaties. Tegelijk biedt het platform een eenvoudig communicatiekanaal tussen alle betrokken partijen.
IBBT biedt | | |
| | | TiGenix announces spin-out of its targeted drug discovery activities in newco Arcarios | 26/8 | | Leuven (BELGIUM) - August 25, 2010 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) has entered into an agreement with its academic partners, the Catholic University Leuven (KULeuven) and Ghent University(UGent), the Dutch company Therosteon and a consortium of investors for the creation of a new small molecule drug development company, Arcarios, that will focus on the discovery and development of innovative, disease modifying drugs that target bone and joint diseases. TiGenix has a significant equity stake in | | |
| | | Steunplafond KMO-Portfeuille verlaagd voor de pijler advies | 25/8 | | Het kabinet van Kris Peeters, Vlaams minister voor Economie, Buitenlands Beleid, Landbouw en Plattelandsbeleid, deelt mee dat sinds de invoering van het systeem van de kmo-portefeuille op 1 januari 2009 het aantal aanvragen voor de pijler advies exponentieel gestegen is. Hierdoor dreigt het voorziene budget vroegtijdig opgebruikt te worden. Om dit probleem te voorkomen heeft de minister beslist het steunplafond van de pijler advies te verlagen van maximaal 5.000 euro per jaar naar maximaal 2.500 | | |
| | | Investing for the future | 16/8 | Allard-Europe has been a reliable partner for companies around the world for many years. Every day, new cast parts are produced in our steel and iron foundry mill using the latest technologies and highly advanced machinery. Together with our team, we intend to continue to live up to our position as a market leader, which is why we are investing some 20 million euros in new machinery, buildings and capacity.
2009 - 2012 investment plan:
Model workshop: safer storage and management of all your | | |
| | | Hoe doeltreffend zijn getrouwheidsprogramma's in het verhogen van 'share of wallet'? | 10/8 | Getrouwheidsprogramma's vormen een centraal onderdeel van CRM of klantrelatiebeheer. In een onderzoek van Wirtz, Mattila en Lwin (2007) werd het effect van getrouwheidsprogramma's op 'share of wallet' aangetoond. 'Share of wallet' of het bestedingsaandeel van een klant in vergelijking met het bestedingsaandeel bij de concurrentie is een veelgebruikte indicator voor loyalty.
Het onderzoek focust zich op de kredietkaartensector, een sector die gekenmerkt wordt door een relatief | | |
| | | Marketingcommunicatiemiddelen verhogen bedrijfsprestaties en klantentrouw | 10/8 | Bedrijven gebruiken diverse marketingmiddelen om te communiceren met hun omgeving. Mumel, Hocevar en Snoj (2007) tonen in hun onderzoek het verband aan tussen marketingcommunicatiemiddelen en bedrijfsprestaties. De resultaten van hun onderzoek kunnen managers helpen bij het kiezen van een geschikt medium om klantentrouw te verhogen, winst te doen stijgen en bedrijfsprestaties te verbeteren.
Marketingcommunicatiemiddelen zijn acties die een bedrijf onderneemt om te communiceren met zijn | | |
| | | ICsense wins 18% new projects YTD | 4/8 | The focus on last year's sales activities, in particurlarly during the global financial recession of 2008-2009, has paid off. ICsense's YTD (Year-to-date) statistics of July 2010 show a project increase of 18% compared to the amount of projects kicked off in the same period last year.
ICsense further extended its amount of employees to support the growth. The design team has grown with 22 % since July 2009 and is composed of 27 analog designers and layouters as of this summer.
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| | | IMEC Incubation Fund to stimulate the foundation of spin-offs | 2/9 | IMEC to provide financial and technological environment for future high-tech companies based on IMEC technology.
Leuven, Belgium -- October 16, 2001 --- IMEC, Europe's leading independent research and development center in microelectronics and information and communication technologies (ICT), has announced the creation of its Incubation Fund to support the launch phase of new spin-off companies.
One of IMEC's strategic objectives is to support the local industry in Flanders (Belgium) by | | |
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