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| Nikon Metrology to deliver the most powerful industrial microfocus CT system in North-America to Chesapeake Testing | 7/9 | Nikon Metrology announces that Chesapeake Testing has ordered a combined 225-450kV microfocus X-ray and computer tomography (CT) system. Chesapeake Testing primarily selected this powerful inspection system for its highly accurate 450kV source, the only microfocus X-ray source at this energy. The system's powerful source, walk-in bay and Panel Shift capability allow Chesapeake Testing to scan large objects up to 39' wide made of dense materials such as metals, ceramics and composites. The system  | | |
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| 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 | | |
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| 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.
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| 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 | | |
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| 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 | | |
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| Transparency Information | 27/7 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - July 23, 2010 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT BRUSSELS: TIG)publishes the information in accordance with articles 15, 18 and 29 of the Belgian Act of May 2, 2007 and the Royal Decree of February 14, 2008, regarding the publication of major holdings in issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated Belgian market.
TiGenix has received a notification with regard to the participation in TiGenix NV of F&C Asset Management Ltd, having its registered office at 80 George | | |
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| Imec reports breakthrough in narrow pitch interconnects | 14/7 | SEMICON WEST - SAN FRANCISCO (CA) - BOOTH 1934 SOUTH HALL - JULY 13-15, 2010
Leuven, Belgium - July 13, 2010 - Imec sets major step towards 20nm half pitch interconnects with the realization of electrically functional copper lines embedded into silicon oxide using a spacer-defined double patterning approach.
'We are very proud to be the world's first in developing and processing such small on-pitch working interconnects;' said Zsolt Tokei, program director interconnects at imec. | | |
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| Imec and ASML demonstrate potential of 193nm immersion lithography with freeform illumination | 14/7 | SEMICON WEST - SAN FRANCISCO (CA) - BOOTH 1934 SOUTH HALL - JULY 13-15, 2010
Leuven, Belgium - July 13, 2010 - Imec and ASML collaborated to qualify ASML's Tachyon Source Mask Optimization and programmable illuminator system FlexRayT, proving its potential with the demonstration of a 22nm SRAM memory cell. In October 2010, the ASML XT:1900i lithography scanner at imec will be equipped with FlexRayT, enabling imec to step ahead and further explore the ultimate frontiers of immersion | | |
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| DE INNOVATIE-TIENKAMP VAN QIVINO | 8/7 |  Innoveren voor nieuwkomers, een verhaal van vallen en opstaan
Vele ondernemers in de meest uiteenlopende sectoren worden er regelmatig mee geconfronteerd. Nieuwe initiatieven om efficiënter en doeltreffender te kunnen werken met een beter resultaat, maar die de verwachtingen niet of onvoldoende inlossen. En aangezien elke ondernemer de perfectie nastreeft zijn er drie mogelijkheden. Ofwel laat hij het nieuwe initiatief of het vernieuwende product voor wat het is. Ofwel gaat hij verder op zoek | | |
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| Amorfix Life Sciences and reMYND announce testing agreement for the A4-Alzheimer's test | 6/7  | Toronto, Ontario and Leuven, Belgium - July 6, 2010 - Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. (TSX:AMF) and reMYND NV today announced the signing of a partnership agreement to offer the Amorfix A4 amyloid testing service to reMYND's contract research clients. reMYND's contract research business offers an extensive portfolio of preclinical in-vivo efficacy, pharmacokinetic and safety testing of experimental Alzheimer therapies using proprietary mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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| Comprehensive sound source localization solutions maximize efficiency | 1/7 | New cutting-edge near-field acoustic holography contributes to top HD results
LMS International continues to offer the most extensive range of sound source localization techniques. Two recent additions to the portfolio, the LMS Test.Lab High Definition Acoustic Camera and LMS Test.Lab 3D Acoustic Camera, separate acoustics cameras for exterior and interior sound source localization respectively, shed new light onto even the most complex sound source localization issues.
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| Real-time-ready LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim featured at Real-Time 2010 | 1/7 | Innovative 1D software platform makes HIL simulation simpler and faster
LMS will showcase the power of its system simulation platform, especially its link with real-time targets at the Real-Time 2010 Conference held in Paris, France from June 27th until June 30th, 2010.
Participants will want to catch the presentation 'Re-use of multi-domain design plant models for controller and system performance testing' during the conference sessions on Monday, June 28th at 12:00 in the Sidney | | |
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| Deloitte Technology Fast50 competition | 1/7 | Election of the 50 fastest growing technology companies
Deadline for registration: 1 August 2010.
Online registration is now available
For the eleventh year Deloitte and its co-sponsors organise the Deloitte Technology Fast50.
Participants can be public or private, and encompass all technology industry segments including software, internet, biotech/pharmaceutical/medical equipment, computers/peripherals, semiconductors/components/electronics, telecommunications/networking, | | |
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| Intel, imec and Five Flemish Universities Open Flanders ExaScience Lab | 9/6 | New Lab to Develop Solar Flare Prediction as Driver for Intel's Future Exascale Supercomputers.
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Intel, imec, the Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) and five Flemish universities announced the opening of the ExaScience Lab in Leuven, Belgium
- The lab's goal is to achieve breakthroughs in power reduction and reliability, an effort critical to extend today's supercomputer architecture to exascale levels of performance, or speeds 1,000 times faster | | |
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| ABLYNX AND REMYND SETTLE DISPUTE AMICABLY | 2/6 | GHENT and LEUVEN, Belgium, 2 June 2010 - Ablynx NV [Euronext Brussels: ABLX] and reMYND NV announced today that they have reached a settlement concerning a dispute relating to a collaboration agreement to discover and commercialize new Nanobodies® which Ablynx and reMYND entered into in 2003.
In 2007, Ablynx was notified by reMYND that a difference of interpretation existed in respect of Ablynx's contractual obligation to reMYND under the 2003 agreement. Under this agreement, Ablynx had the | | |
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| TiGenix Business and Financial Update for the First Quarter of 2010 | 25/5 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - May 19, 2010 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) gives a business and financial update as of March 31, 2010.
Business Update
Commercial roll-out of ChondroCelect® in Europe
During the first quarter of 2010, TiGenix has begun the commercial launch of its lead product, ChondroCelect, in Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
While working towards reimbursement in our key target markets, the first 'prereimbursement' ChondroCelect patients have been treated | | |
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| Samenwerking met Chinees halfgeleiderbedrijf Huali geeft imec China een vliegende start | 25/5 | Leuven, België - 25 mei 2010 - Imec opent vandaag officieel zijn nieuwe vestiging imec China in het Zhangjiang High-tech Park in Shanghai, China. De opening wordt bekrachtigd door de ondertekening van een belangrijke samenwerkingsovereenkomst met het halfgeleiderbedrijf Huali voor het ontwikkelen van geavanceerde chipprocestechnologie.
China's wereldwijde economische invloed is onmiskenbaar. Het land toont een groeiende interesse om te investeren in geavanceerde technologieën, en is daardoor | | |
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| Imec successfully concludes 2009 thanks to strengthened global open innovation | 4/5 | | Leuven, Belgium - April 30 2010 - At today's General Assembly, the imec Board announced the results of 2009. Despite the severe economical downturn, 2009 was a satisfying year for imec. Imec's total revenue amounted to 275 million euro, including 222 million euro coming from collaboration with the global industry. 44.7 million euro was granted to imec Belgium by the Flemish government, to guarantee imec's long term research and investment in new research initiatives, and imec the Netherlands at | | |
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| AnSem awarded Trends Gazelles 2010 | 3/5 | On March 17th 2010, Trends announced the Trends Gazelles 2010 for the province of Flemish Brabant (Belgium). AnSem obtained the 6th position in the category of small-sized companies.
Trends is a leading Belgian financial and business newsmagazine. As a Trends Gazelle, AnSem belongs to the fastest growing companies that significantly contribute to the economic dynamism of the region, in terms of employment, innovation, competitiveness and creative entrepreneurship.
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| Option trading update - first quarter 2010 | 29/4 | LEUVEN, Belgium - April 29, 2010 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that during the first quarter of 2010 the Company generated revenue of EUR 13.1 million. The continuing pressure of Chinese competition on the commoditized USB modem market in particular explains the continuing market share losses, stressing the need for the product repositioning strategy currently underway.
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| AnSem awarded Trends Gazelles 2010 | 26/3 | On March 17th 2010, Trends announced the Trends Gazelles 2010 for the province of Flemish Brabant (Belgium).
AnSem obtained the 6th position in the category of small-sized companies.
Trends is a leading Belgian financial and business newsmagazine. As a Trends Gazelle, AnSem belongs to the fastest growing companies that significantly contribute to the economic dynamism of the region, in terms of employment, innovation, competitiveness and creative entrepreneurship. | | |
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| Option to bring premier USB modem to AT&T | 5/3 | First GPS-enabled LaptopConnect device from AT&T
LEUVEN, Belgium, March 5 2010 - Coinciding with AT&T's announcement of yesterday afternoon, Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it is shipping AT&T's first ever mobile broadband USB-modem with integrated GPS. The AT&T USBConnect Velocity is the premier mobile broadband USB modem offered by AT&T today, offering mobile users 3 great features in one device: built-in GPS, microSD | | |
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| ASML RECEIVES INTEL'S PREFERRED QUALITY SUPPLIER AWARD | 4/3 | VELDHOVEN, Netherlands, March 3, 2010 - ASML has been recognized as one of 16 suppliers to receive Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2009. ASML is recognized for their significant contributions, providing Intel with lithography process tools, deemed essential to Intel's success.
'ASML is honored to be selected by Intel as a recipient of their Preferred Quality Supplier award for 2009. This recognition validates a significant mutual effort | | |
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| Option and Kobil to develop revolutionary 3G solution for secured transactions | 2/3 | | LEUVEN, Belgium, March 1 2010 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, and Kobil Systems GmbH, a market-leading trendsetter of mobile IT solutions in the area of digital identities, today announced that they collaborate the development and combined selling of a new strategic security product, the mIDentity 3G. The mIDentity 3G will be unique in combining wireless broadband 3G technology and digital security of data and identities while opening up a market | | |
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| Materialise Celebrates 20th Anniversary at its World Conference | 2/3 | | Leuven, Belgium -- Materialise is celebrating its 20th anniversary in a big way! For the first time, they have organized a conference that combines all of their popular events into one - the Materialise World Conference. It will begin on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 and will end on Saturday, April 24, 2010. Materialise 'drives your innovations' by offering opportunities to participate in educational events that allow customers to learn how other industry leaders are maximizing the software | | |
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| FMTC presenteert nieuwe resultaten op Hightech mechatronica | 24/2 | Op Hightech mechatronica, de conferentie en beurs voor geavanceerde machinebouw, die op 25 maart 2010 doorgaat in Veldhoven, Nederland, zal FMTC twee recente resultaten voorstellen: namelijk een tweevoudige lerende controle voor het verbeteren van de prestaties van industriële machines, en een visie systeem voor het volgen van de positie van snelle objecten.
Van moderne machines wordt verwacht dat ze zich autonoom kunnen aanpassen aan veranderende werkingsomstandigheden. Voor systemen die | | |
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| Option elects Olivier Lefebvre as new Chairman of the Board of Directors | 22/2 | Philippe Rogge stepping down as COO
LEUVEN, Belgium - February 22, 2010 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Olivier Lefebvre has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Jan Callewaert will focus full time on his responsibilities as CEO while continuing to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.
Olivier Lefebvre, who has been an Option Board member since July 2008, was previously | | |
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| Option and Skinit partner to deliver on-demand personalization of mobile devices | 16/2 | Partnership deepens Option's total broadband solutions offering
LEUVEN, Belgium - February 16, 2010 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it is has signed an agreement with Skinit, the leading provider of consumer electronics device personalization, to support network operators, companies selling mobile devices and end-users in making their mobile devices truly their own. The ability to personalize devices has been equated to the | | |
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| Option announces world's first ultra customizable USB modem solution: iCON XY | 15/2 | LEUVEN, Belgium - February 15, 2010 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has launched a new and highly customizable USB modem solution, the iCON® XY enabling mobile network operators to target different market segments with different levels of customization including branding, look & feel, packaging and software with just one device while reducing the cost and complexity of their supply chains.
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| Option announces uCAN Connect 3.0 | 15/2 | | LEUVEN, Belgium - February 15, 2010 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced the latest version of its cutting-edge connection management software platform. At the same time the Company announces that is working with Telenor Norway to develop the network operator's new connection manager based upon the uCAN® Connect platform. uCAN Connect reduces costs and increases customer satisfaction by extremely simple support for different branded | | |
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| FUGEIA stelt Herman Van Mellaert aan tot CEO | 11/2 |
Leuven, 11 februari 2010. FUGEIA kondigt vandaag de aanstelling van Herman Van Mellaert tot Chief Executive Officer aan. Oprichter Willem Broekaert wordt nu de Chief Technology Officer van het bedrijf.
Herman Van Mellaert heeft jarenlange ervaring in het opzetten en uitbouwen van sterke technologiegedreven ondernemingen. Hij was mede-oprichter en CEO van CropDesign NV, een toonaangevend bedrijf in de plantenbiotechnologie dat in 2006 werd gekocht door BASF Plant Science. Onder zijn leiding | | |
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| Option integrates 3G/EV-DO solution into IREX's new e-reader | 4/2 | Advanced 3G and EV-DO Connectivity Enables Users to Download eBooks Anytime, Anywhere
LEUVEN, Belgium - February 4, 2010 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that the Company's mobile solution based on Gobi 2000 has been integrated into IREX's new DR800SG e-reader. Gobi 2000 is the first embedded module of its kind to offer worldwide high-speed wireless Internet access, thanks to the integration of quad-band WCDMA and dual-band EV-DO | | |
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| K.U.Leuven participeert in Europese innovatiehotspot voor duurzaam energiegebruik | 22/12 | Europa heeft een Vlaams-Nederlands project waarin ook de K.U.Leuven participeert, erkend als dé Europese innovatiehotspot voor duurzaam energiegebruik in gebouwen en steden. Dit project behoort tot een groter Europees consortium dat door Europa aangeduid werd om leider te worden op het vlak van duurzame energie.'
Vlaams minister van Innovatie Ingrid Lieten: 'Vlaanderen loopt voorop in Europa op vlak van innovatie in duurzame energie. Gisteren erkende Europa een Vlaams-Nederlands project | | |
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| Essensium N.V., an IMEC spin-off, joins the Wavenis Open Standard Alliance and starts volume production of Coronis first Wavenis compliant SOC | 8/12 | Leuven, Belgium, December 8, 2009 - Essensium N.V., a fabless provider of low power System-on-Chip (SOC) solutions, today announced it has joined the Wavenis Open Standard Alliance (Wavenis-OSA), as a Participating Member, enabling them to positively influence the voting committees as the first semiconductor member, all the while continuing its partnership with Coronis S.A.S. to complete Coronis´ first Wavenis compliant SOC.
Wavenis is a leading edge wireless technology platform that was | | |
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| België het 17de aantrekkelijkst land voor durfkapitaal- en private equity-investeringen | 8/12 | België het 17de aantrekkelijkst land voor durfkapitaal- en private equity-investeringen
In 2010 voorziet Ernst & Young meer strategische deals in ons land
Voor het eerst werd een uitgebreide internationale index opgesteld die de aantrekkelijkheid van landen meet voor investeerders van durfkapitaal en private equity. In totaal werden voor het onderzoek 66 landen geanalyseerd. België komt in de index op de 17de plaats. Dat is een verbetering in vergelijking met 2005/6 toen ons land nog de | | |
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| FORMAC appoints new CEO | 2/12 | November 26, 2009 - Leuven, Belgium. FORMAC Pharmaceuticals N.V., a Belgian-based drug delivery and development company, today announced that as of January 1, 2010 Jan Rosier will become the company's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing Laurens G. Theunis. The change in management takes place at a time where FORMAC is moving its lead program FP-0110 into Phase IIa clinical development.
'We thank Laurens for guiding FORMAC through the first two years and wish him a lot of success | | |
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| Option indicates preliminary Q4 and full year 2009 results | 2/12 | LEUVEN, Belgium - December 2, 2009 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 are expected to be in the range of EUR 20-25 million. These revenues combined with EUR 128 million for the first three quarters of 2009 will generate full year revenue in the range of EUR 148-153 million which is approximately 44% less than the full year 2008.
During the quarter a number of factors affected the | | |
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| TiGenix closes Orthomimetics acquisition | 1/12 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - December 1, 2009 - TiGenix announces the successful closing of the acquisition of Orthomimetics Limited, a privately held medical technology company based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.
Further to the press release of 16th November, TiGenix now announces that it has acquired all of the 3,286,438 shares in Orthomimetics at a value of EUR 16,262,338.
The shareholders of Orthomimetics Limited have contributed 2,605,752 Orthomimetics shares, valued at 12.9 million to | | |
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| Materialise presents a comprehensive range of software solutions for additive manufacturing at EuroMold 2009 | 1/12 | Leuven, November 30, 2009. The latest innovations in additive manufacturing software solutions will be showcased by Materialise at EuroMold 2009, December 2 - 5 at Frankfurt Main. Materialise will exhibit the Magics e-RP Solution Suite - the comprehensive range of software solutions for additive manufacturing at booth C62 in the new hall 11.
Highlights include the recently launched Magics 14, the live link-up of Materialise's Magics e-RP with laser sintering machines at the EOS booth and | | |
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| Materialise and DSM Somos set a new standard for investment casting patterns | 26/11 | Materialise and DSM Somos present their high-quality alternative for lost wax models at Euromold 2009, Frankfurt, Germany
Leuven (BELGIUM), 26 November, 2009. Europe's leading rapid prototyping and manufacturing service bureau, Materialise, have announced the implementation of TetraShellTM stereolithography (SL) models in investment casting processes, resulting in metal models of a superior quality.
Materialise uses TetraShellTM software (a proprietary DSM Somos application module | | |
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| METRIS REBRANDS TO NIKON METROLOGY | 10/11 | November 10, 2009
Leuven, November 10 - The corporate name of Metris is changed into Nikon Metrology NV. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon and Metris will synergize their respective strengths with regards to technology, marketing and services, thereby delivering innovative metrology products with a broad application reach to its worldwide customer base.
Convincing business logic and secured growth path
Nikon Metrology uniquely blends Metris' innovation leadership in micro metrology with a | | |
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| reMYND receives license renewal from Schering-Plough for RadarScreen | 8/11 | Leuven, Belgium - 18 November 2009
reMYND NV ('reMYND') announced today that it has received the renewal of the non-exclusive license agreement with Schering-Plough (NYSE ticker: SGP) for the supply and use of RadarScreen, a novel yeast-based screening system that allows the rapid and cost-effective identification of genotoxic
compounds in early stage drug discovery.
RadarScreen allows high-throughput identification of genotoxic liabilities, such as the induction of
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| TiGenix - Business and Financial Update for the Third Quarter of 2009 | 4/11 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - November 3, 2009 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) gives a business update and reports cash position as of September 30, 2009.
Business Update
European approval of ChondroCelect®
On October 5, ChondroCelect received the awaited European marketing authorisation from the European Commission and became the first centrally approved Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product in Europe. The approval authorises TiGenix to commercialise the product in the 27 countries of the European | | |
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| The ChondroCelect HarvesterT receives CE mark approval | 3/11 | Leuven and Hasselt (BELGIUM) - November 2, 2009 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) and MedInvents announce that the ChondroCelect HarvesterT has received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval. The ChondroCelect HarvesterT is a proprietary biopsy tool that will be provided to orthopedic surgeons for harvesting cartilage biopsies.
The ChondroCelect HarvesterT is a proprietary biopsy tool that will be provided to orthopedic surgeons for harvesting cartilage biopsies.
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| AgileTeam releases free Scrum tool for international software teams | 2/11 | Software teams are globalized. Anyone involved in software development experiences this daily. More and more companies are implementing Agile practices to deliver value in our globalized world.
AgileTeam created a Scrum template for Google Docs. The template supports the Scrum development process.
The Google platform allows for real-time collaboration between software team members around the world, without installing any software or additional hardware, giving you the time to do your job | | |
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| Option reports Third Quarter 2009 results, planned capital increase and additional cost reductions | 29/10 | | Leuven, Belgium - October 29, 2009 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announces its results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2009. 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 the | | |
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| ChondroCelect 36 month data published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine | 29/10 | October 29, 2009 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT BRUSSELS: TIG) announced that the 36 month follow-up data of the ChondroCelect® TIG/ACT/01/2000 clinical study were published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
The publication entitled 'Treatment of Symptomatic Cartilage Defects of the Knee: Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Results in Better Clinical Outcome at 36 Months in a Randomized Trial Compared to Microfracture.' by D. Saris, J. Vanlauwe et al. is now available as e-publication | | |
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| Biocartis raises 10 million euro in Series A financing round | 15/10 | Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15th 2009 - Biocartis SA, a diagnostics company focused on fast and low-cost, integrated molecular and immunodiagnostics based on its proprietary micro-technology platform, today announced the successful closing of a Series A equity financing round. The Company raised EUR 10 million (~ USD 14.9 million) from a syndicate of leading life science investors.
The deal was led by Aescap Venture (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Other members of the syndicate are Biovest | | |
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| ChondroCelect approved in Europe | 7/10 |
Leuven (BELGIUM) - October 6, 2009 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT BRUSSELS: TIG) announced that it has received today the approval from the European Commission for ChondroCelect as the first Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product.
The European Commission has adopted the decision to authorise TiGenix to commercialise ChondroCelect in the 27 countries of the European Union as well as in Iceland, Lichtenstein
and Norway. The authorisation arrives about three months after the Committee for Advanced | | |
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| IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4% conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts | 21/9 | Leuven, Belgium - September 21, 2009 - At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a large-area solar with a conversion efficiency of 18.4%. Compared to the standard i-PERC cell process, IMEC's solar cell features a shallow emitter and advanced front metallization using copper plating. The results were obtained on large-area cells (125cm2), proving the industrial viability of the process.
The shallow emitter results in an enhanced blue response, and | | |
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| Elsyca Technology accelerates implementation of green coatings | 18/9 | Mid september at the ASETSDefense meeting (http://www.asetsdefense.org/NextWorkshop.aspx) in Denver, USA, Dr. Alan Rose of Elsyca Inc. presented a paper on simulating the deposition of alloy coatings, earmarked as more environmentally friendly alternatives to electrolytes containing chromium and cadmium.
Due to the toxic nature of most cadmium salts, a growing environmental pressure to reduce cadmium usage has lead some countries to ban the use of cadmium and research for alternatives has | | |
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| Materialise: Voor vernieuwende produkten is de crisis voorbij | 8/9 | Frisse wind waait door produktontwikkeling
Leuven, 8 september, 2009 - Fried Vancraen, general manager Materialise en laureaat Vlaamse Leeuw van de Export.
' Als bedrijf dat prototyping diensten levert, hebben we de laatste maanden een merkbare opleving kunnen vaststellen bij bedrijven die aan vernieuwende produktontwikkeling doen. Dit illustreert zeer duidelijk het feit dat eerder nieuwe en verfrissende ideeën de economie terug op het juiste spoor kunnen zetten. Het feit dat bedrijven | | |
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| reMYND receives Michael J Fox Grant | 22/7 | reMYND is one of the nine biotech and pharmaceutical companies that have been awarded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research in July 2009
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| Update on Capital Increase | 29/6 |
Leuven (BELGIUM), June 26, 2009 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) announces that the capital increase of EUR 5.4 million as communicated on June 19, 2009, has been completed.
The capital increase was executed following the signing of a long term lease agreement for a production facility located on the Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands.
The capital increase was subscribed by NV Industriebank LIOF, Particon BV, Limburg Ventures BV and LRM NV.
TiGenix has issued 1,080,000 new | | |
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| Option demonstrates HSPA+ | 17/2 | | LEUVEN, Belgium and BARCELONA, Spain - February 16, 2009 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, proves its readiness for HSPA+, the next phase in the evolution of wireless broadband technology, with a wireless embedded module delivering speeds of up to 11.4 Mbps on the uplink and 42Mbps on the downlink. This uplink performance represents a doubling of the maximum HSUPA performance available today. At the Mobile World Congress, Option is | | |
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| Actieve functionaliteit in een passieve RFID-tag | 17/2 |
Bits&Chips - nr. 2 | 13 februari 2009
Redactie Alexander Pil
Easics (Ramses Valvekens) en ICsense (Bram De Muer)ontwikkelen samen actieve functionaliteit in een passieve RFID-tag.
ACHTERGROND OVER SIGNAALINTEGRATIE
De RFID-paraplu dekt vele ladingen, van eenvoudige antidiefstallabels en veredelde barcodevervangers tot intelligente draadloze sensorknopen die op uiteenlopende wijzen interageren met hun omgeving. Ramses Valvekens en Bram De Muer bespreken een recente samenwerking | | |
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| IMEC presents scalable architecture for flexible forward error correction | 14/10 | IMEC Annual Research Review Meeting - Leuven - Belgium
Leuven, Belgium - October 14, 2008 - IMEC has developed an innovative architecture for flexible forward error correction (FEC). The solution targets data transmission applications that need to combine flexibility, high throughput, and low power consumption. Examples are future wireless terminals and optical storage. IMEC's FEC enables, on one processor, the turbo- and LDPC decoding of major communication standards. The technology is | | |
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| Toshiba licenses IMEC's power-efficient, flexible processor technology | 13/10 | IMEC Annual Research Review Meeting - Leuven - Belgium
Leuven, Belgium - October 13, 2008 - IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute today announced that Toshiba, world-leading integrated device manufacturer, has licensed IMEC technology for designing power-efficient, flexible processors in a single- and multiprocessor architecture. The agreement concerns IMEC's ADRES reconfigurable processor template, the DRESC compiler, and the MPSoC (multi-processor | | |
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| ICsense obtains ISO 9001:2000 certification | 29/9 | ICsense has obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification for the design, development and production of microelectronic components and systems. The quality management system has been assessed and approved by the 'Belgisch Centrum voor Certificatie'.
Since its startup, ICsense has been designing and developing ICs and sensor systems using its own quality management system and procedures, derived from the ISO 9001:2000 standard. This has resulted in a maintained high-quality of service with a high | | |
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| TalkerBee: Integrated IM and Presence in any website | 12/6 | Androme launches TalkerBee, a brand new service that allows webdevelopers to easily integrate instant messaging and presence into their websites.
TalkerBee can be integrated into any website, and uses only HTML and Ajax. No client-side installation is required. Furthermore, TalkerBee is fully customizable, and does not require any private data (e.g. emailaddresses or passwords) to be shared.
The use of direct communication through the web is booming since social platforms like Facebook and | | |
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| Draagbaar draadloos EEG-toestel dat werkt op lichaamswarmte en zonne-energie | 9/4 |
Eindhoven, Nederland en Leuven, België - 9 april 2008 - In het kader van Holst Centre ontwikkelde IMEC een klein draagbaar draadloos EEG-toestel (apparaat dat hersenactiviteit meet) dat wordt aangedreven door een combinatie van lichaamswarmte en zonne-energie in plaats van door een batterij.
IMEC ontwikkelt technologie voor draadloze en draagbare EEG-toestellen die continue hersenmetingen mogelijk moeten maken in de huiselijke omgeving, en die de patiënt zo min mogelijk storen in zijn | | |
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| Televic en IMEC bundelen expertise voor ultramoderne digitale draadloze conferentiesystemen | 27/3 |
26 maart 2008 - Izegem en Leuven - Televic brengt een ultramodern digitaal draadloos conferentiesysteem op de markt en deed daarbij een beroep op de draadloze communicatie expertise van IMEC. Het systeem koppelt betrouwbare draadloze communicatie aan gebruikersgemak en aan de laatste snufjes qua conferentiefuncties, zoals simultaanvertaling en een systeem om te stemmen.
Televic is een KMO die hoogkwalitatieve producten ontwikkelt voor audio-, multimedia- en communicatiedoeleinden. Het | | |
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| Kingfisher Healthcare (KFH) launches innovative technology forwound healing in Europe | 27/3 |
11 March 2008 - KFH has today announced the European launch of KFH Novo, a new and innovative product to address the major problem of chronic wounds. KFH Novo is a patented, high-tech medical device that is non-invasive, and can be used without interfering with standard conventional therapy.
It utilizes Bio-Electric Stimulation Therapy (BEST) to deliver extremely low levels of current to wounds. The electrodes are placed a distance away from the wounds, completely outside the normal | | |
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| TNO and IPCOS strategic alliance on Advanced Process Control solutions for the | 14/3 | On September 30th, 2006, TNO and IPCOS have formalized their strategic alliance to intensify their cooperation in the area of advanced process optimization and control solutions for glass furnaces and production. Over the years, there has been an intensive collaboration between both companies resulting in Advanced Process Control projects and a unique technological solution in which TNO's well-known Furnace Simulation
software GTM-X is applied on-line in combination with the IPCOS multivariable | | |
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| NEOSENS CLOSES FUNDING ROUND OF 2.5M euro | 3/3 | TOULOUSE, France I February 25th , 2008 - Neosens, a company specialized in microelectronics based sensor technology used to monitor fouling and dissolved oxygen in industrial processes, announces the closing of 2.5M euro in capital funding. The group of investors, led by SOFINNOVA Partners, includes the Belgian fund, Capricorn Cleantech Fund and GALIA Gestion, and the original investors, ICSO Private Equity and IRDI.
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| Amplexor door Alfresco uitgeroepen tot Europese Partner van het Jaar | 3/3 | Leuvense specialist gelauwerd voor uitgebreide expertise
Leuven, 29 februari 2008 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), krijgt van Alfresco, wereldleider op het vlak van open source ECM-oplossingen de award 'European Partner of the Year'. Deze award is een erkenning voor de inspanningen die Amplexor leverde, zowel in het uitbouwen van haar expertise rond deze open source ECM-oplossing, als in de promotie en verkoop naar de publieke en private sector.
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| KLA-Tencor Announces Intent to Acquire Belgium's ICOS Vision Systems | 22/2 | (Announcement made in accordance with article 8 of the Belgian royal decree of April 27, 2007 on takeover bids)
KLA-Tencor's Global Market Presence to Help Accelerate
ICOS's Growth and Expand KLA-Tencor in Solar and Other Emerging Markets
SAN JOSE, California, and LEUVEN, Belgium - February 21, 2008 - KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC)and ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV (Euronext: IVIS) today jointly announced an agreement under which KLA-Tencor will make a | | |
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| TiGenix announces changes to Board of Directors | 21/2 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - February 20, 2008 - TiGenix (EURONEXT: TIG), the biomedical company that focuses on innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints announces the resignation of Capricorn Venture Partners, represented by Mr. Claude Stoufs as Director.
Mr. Claude Stoufs served as a dependent Non-Executive Director representing Capricorn Venture Partners since 15 September 2003 when Capricorn Venture Fund II became shareholder of the Company. The resignation of Capricorn | | |
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| OPTION ENTERS RUSSIAN MARKET WITH VIMPELCOM | 11/2 | BARCELONA, Spain - February 11 2008 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that the Company's wireless devices have been selected by VimpelCom as the Russian operator builds its product portfolio of mobile broadband solutions.
The mobile operator recently introduced the iCON 7.2 USB modem, as well as the GT MAX and GT EXPRESS HSDPA wireless data cards for 'prosumer' and professional market segments. These backward-compatible quad-band EDGE | | |
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| OPTION ADDS UNLIMITED CONNECTION TO TELENOR'S MOBILE BROADBAND SERVICE | 11/2 | BARCELONA, Spain - February 11 2008 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Telenor has incorporated its Unlimited Connection software in Mobilt Bredbånd, the Norwegian operator's mobile broadband service.
Unlimited Connection is the mobile-IP seamless handover solution from Option that enables laptops to switch automatically and seamlessly between mobile broadband -
whether delivered over HSPA, UMTS or EDGE - and WiFi hot-spots or DSL to | | |
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| Essensium NV and Coronis Systems join forces | 8/2 | NEWS RELEASE
Coronis Systems, an Elster Company, and Essensium N.V., an IMEC spin-off, join forces to develop the next generation ultra-low-power, long range Wavenis® System-on-Chip solution
Montpellier, France and Leuven, Belgium, November 08, 2007 - Coronis Systems a provider of ultra-low power wireless OEM solutions for both short range and long range wireless sensor, control and metering networks and Essensium N.V., a fabless semiconductor provider of low power System-on-Chip ASIC | | |
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| Publication of ChondroCelect pivotal trial results in the American Journal of Sports Medicine | 5/2 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - February 5, 2008 - TiGenix (EURONEXT: TIG), the biomedical company that focuses on innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints announces the publication of the ChondroCelect® TIG/ACT/01/2000 clinical study in a top-level orthopaedic journal.
The publication entitled: 'Characterized chondrocyte implantation results in better structural repair when treating symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee in a randomized controlled trial versus microfracture' | | |
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| IMEC speeds up scalable video decoder (SVC) with factor 20 | 15/1 | | LEUVEN, BELGIUM - January 15, 2008 - IMEC has further improved its source-code for standard-compliant Scalable Video Decoding (SVC = H.264 extension), now performing 20 times faster and using only a tenth of the memory footprint compared to the SVC standard reference code. These groundbreaking results were obtained by further optimizing the code mainly through the removal of redundant code and function calls as well as through the improved memory use of IMEC's earlier (mid 2007) SVC source code. | | |
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| Polymer Vision participates in Holst Centre open innovation program on systems in foil | 21/12 | EINDHOVEN - December 18, 2007 - The Dutch rollable display company Polymer Vision joins Holst Centre, an initiative of the Flemish and Dutch research centers IMEC and TNO. During the partnership Polymer Vision will research and develop organic transistor technology and patterning processes in the open-innovation setting of Holst Centre.
Flexible, large-area, low-cost electronics have a huge market potential. Some studies indicate that the organic-electronics market will even exceed the size | | |
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| Vidivic enables free web based Videoconferencing | 6/11 | Diepenbeek, Belgium, November 6, 2007 - Androme, a leading software development company announces the launch of Vidivic (http://www.vidivic.com), a free web based service offering high-quality videoconferencing using Androme's Intellivic Software Development Kit (SDK).
Vidivic is a revolutionary new offering that will transform the way meetings are conducted. It enables users to meet business partners inside the web browser window, thus removing the need to travel long and time consuming | | |
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| Altus launches APS-3 based on Septentrio AsteRx2 receiver | 25/9 |
Leuven, Belgium -Septentrio, a European manufacturer of professional OEM GNSS receivers, will deliver its dual-frequency GPS/GLONASS OEM receiver modules AsteRx2 as a core component of Altus Positioning Systems' new survey solution.
Altus Positioning Systems is a new company in the field of survey equipment, capitalizing on the experience of a team of engineers that have been involved in development of survey products since the beginning of the satellite surveying era. APS-3 is a fully | | |
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| VERIPOS selects Septentrio for delivery of GNSS and L-band modules | 25/9 |
Leuven, Belgium - Septentrio, a European manufacturer of professional OEM GNSS receivers, has been awarded a contract by VERIPOS to supply its dual-frequency GPS/GLONASS OEM receiver modules and matching L-band modules, for delivery of the complete range of VERIPOS augmentation services to its customers world-wide.
VERIPOS, a leading supplier of precise positioning solutions to the international offshore and marine industries, will use Septentrio's AsteRx2 receivers and L-band modules to | | |
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| Kingfisher Healthcare (KFH) launches breakthrough product in Europe | 18/9 | KFH has today announced the launch of KFH Energy, a product to alleviate fatigue and pain, two common problems associated with chronic diseases such as postpolio syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis. KFH Energy is a patented, high-tech medical device for home use.
It utilizes Bio-Electric Stimulation Therapy (BEST) to deliver extremely low currents to the body. BEST works by enhancing the physiological processes at cellular level, documented effects include
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| Technologie en Innovatie in Vlaanderen: Prioriteiten | 21/5 | Voor een kleine regio als Vlaanderen is de ontwikkeling van een strategische visie noodzakelijk wil het ook internationaal iets te betekenen hebben. Waar leggen we onze prioriteiten om welvaart en welzijn in de toekomst te blijven verzekeren? De overheid, bedrijven en kennisinstellingen zullen samen focus en kritische massa moeten creëren op domeinen die de Vlaamse concurrentiepositie versterken en waarvan de potentiële maatschappelijke baten aanzienlijk zijn.
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| Septentrio wins prestigious Trends Gazelle award for fast growing companies | 3/4 | Leuven, Belgium (March 28, 2007) - Septentrio, a Belgian manufacturer of professional GPS and Galileo receivers, was awarded the 'Trends Gazelle Ambassador' award for fastest growing company today.
For the 6th time, the Belgian Business Magazine Trends compiled a list of 'Trends Gazelles', fast-growing companies that are important sources of innovation, employment, competitiveness and creative entrepreneurship, and that create a strong positive effect on the economic dynamics of the region. | | |
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| Telenet Solutions Launches HSDPA Data Card with GlobeTrotter Unlimited Connection from Option | 29/3 | New step for Option and Telenet in roll-out of 'always on' products
LEUVEN, Belgium - March 26 2007 - Telenet Solutions is today launching the Telenet Mobile Data Card. This data
card solution was developed in co-operation with Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY) and provides wireless
access to the Telenet mobile data network for LAN, Hotspot and mobile networks.
Seamless transfer
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| IMEC realized a cost-efficient fully reconfigurable software-defined radio transceiver IC | 13/2 | The 130nm CMOS IC covers all standards from 174MHz to 6GHz.
ISSCC2007, SAN FRANCISCO - February 12, 2007 - IMEC's wideband software-defined radio (SDR) transceiver, named SCALDIO, is widely programmable to operate with all current and future cellular, WLAN, WPAN, broadcast and positioning standards in the frequency range between the 174MHz and 6GHz. The unique architecture of the multi-mode SDR transceiver has a power consumption and CMOS chip area comparable to current state-of-the-art | | |
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| OPTION wins eMobile business in Japan | 12/2 | 3GSM World Congress Barcelona, SPAIN - February 12, 2007 - Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that it is supplying eMobile Japan with broadband wireless products. Option is currently shipping eMobile branded and customized products to the Japanese mobile operator in anticipation of the imminent commercial launch of data devices on its 1.7GHz HSDPA network.
eMobile Ltd. is a subsidiary of eAccess Ltd., a champion of deregulation in the Japanese telecommunications sector | | |
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| TiGenix and Fidia Advanced Biopolymers enter into strategic partnership | 25/1 | Leuven (Belgium) / Abano Terme (Italy), January 24, 2007 -TiGenix and Fidia Advanced Biopolymers (FAB), both active in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, today announced that they will join forces for the development and commercialization of novel biological implants for the repair of damaged and osteoarthritic joints.
Please find more details in the complete press release.
For further information, please contact at TiGenix:
Gil Beyen, Chief Executive Officer
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| Option: Vice President Strategic Alliances & General Counsel Strengthens Option's Executive Management Team | 22/1 | Leuven, Belgium - January 22 2007- Option N.V., the wireless technology company, today announced that Patrick Hofkens has joined Option as its Vice President Strategic Alliances & General Counsel. Patrick Hofkens reports directly to Option's CEO, Jan Callewaert.
Hofkens, who holds a Master Degree in Law from the Catholic University of Louvain and a Master Degree in Corporate Law from the Catholic Universities of Brussels and Louvain, was previously Senior Legal Counsel for the Borealis Group, | | |
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| Leeport Group form Partnership with Metris | 19/1 | Initial order for Metris equipment worth more than 4 million euro
Leuven, 18 January 2007 -Metris, the total metrology solution provider, and Leeport Group, the foremost metrology distribution company in Greater China have agreed a sales, service and marketing partnership that will dramatically raise the Metris profile in this rapidly expanding region. Metris has taken an initial order worth more than 4 million euro and will be equipping the Leeport demonstration centers as well as meeting a | | |
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| Metris verkozen tot 'Onderneming van het jaar' | 25/10 | 
Leuven, 25 november 2006 - Het Leuvense technologiebedrijf Metris International is de laureaat van de twaalfde editie van de verkiezing van de 'Onderneming van het Jaar'. Ernst & Young organiseert deze award in samenwerking met De Tijd, Fortis en Kanaal Z. Het bedrijf wordt geprezen voor zijn dynamisme en zijn kansen uit te groeien tot een wereldspeler.
Metris International werd door de jury gekozen uit een selectie van 6 genomineerde bedrijven: Arinso International, Cegeka Groep, Groep | | |
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| Metris releases K-Scan MMZ, the walk-around handheld scanner | 18/10 | Leuven, October 12th, 2006 Metris announces the K-Scan MMZ handheld laser scanner.
The new K-Scan MMZ is a portable, walk-around scanning solution combining the Metris ModelMaker Z laser scanner and the portable K-series Optical CMM. The K-Scan is ideally suited for on-site 3D digitizing tasks where minimal set-up time and fast results are key requirements. The robust, light-weight probe features two different stripe widths (70 and 140mm) aiming at faster scanning or higher resolution | | |
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| Metris neemt Britse 3D Engineering Solutions over | 13/10 | Leuven, 12 oktober 2006 - Metris kondigt de overname van het Britse 3D Engineering Solutions (3D-ES) aan. 3D-ES levert diensten op het vlak van laserscanning en laservisualisatie en is sinds 2005 het grootste onafhankelijke service center van Metris in Groot-Brittannië. 3D-ES wordt nu geïntegreerd in de Metris organisatie in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en zal ook in de toekomst Metris diensten verstrekken.
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| LMS extends the LMS Test.Xpress noise and vibration analyzer with local language support and CAN-bus interface | 3/10 | | Leuven, Belgium - September 29, 2006 - LMS, the engineering innovation company, introduced local language versions of LMS Test.Xpress, its noise and vibration analyzer and data recording solution. The complete user interface of the LMS Test.Xpress software is now available in 7 languages. Next to the English version, users can switch to Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean or Russian. In addition, LMS Test.Xpress also gains new functionality to integrate data captured through a USB | | |
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| 's Werelds eerste prototype lithografietoestel geleverd op IMEC | 29/8 | Leuven - 29 augustus 2006 - De Nederlandse toestelfabrikant ASML levert het allereerste prototype van hun nieuwe generatie lithografietoestellen voor het maken van chips aan het Leuvense onderzoekscentrum voor nano-elektronica en nanotechnologie IMEC. Om transistors met nog kleinere dimensies te kunnen maken, gebruikt het toestel licht met een kleinere golflengte dan tot nog toe gebruikelijk is.
Het volledige persbericht kan u via deze link downloaden | | |
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| GIMV en KBC investeren in Peakadilly | 23/8 | GIMV, KBC Private Equity, het Nederlandse LSP en andere durfkapitaalgroepen investeren 14,5 miljoen euro in Peakadilly.
Dat Gentse biotechbedrijf specialiseert zich in het opsporen van eiwitten die de aanwezigheid van ziektes kunnen veranderen. Het diagnosticabedrijf richt zich vooral op toepassingen om kanker op te sporen. GIMV investeerde 4,5 miljoen euro in de operatie, die veruit de grootste startkapitaalronde is in de Vlaamse biotechsector. Peakadilly is na Cropdesign, Devgen en Ablynx, | | |
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| Materialise spins-off its Dental Division | 21/8 | Software solutions provider Materialise collaborates with dental multinational Dentsply in the market of 3D Digital Dentistry.
LEUVEN (BELGIUM), AUGUST 8, 2006. The dental division of the Belgian hi-tech group Materialise became a separate company and Dentsply International acquires a minority shareholder position in Materialise Dental. Materialise Dental is a market leader in dental implantology simulation software, and a leading manufacturer of a variety of surgical guides to assist in the | | |
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| .MGX by Materialise: The ONE_SHOT.MGX foldable stool has been launched | 4/8 | 'For the first time in history, a kinetic, integrated, functional design piece has been produced in a single, non-assembled unit. This functional piece of furniture, including all moving parts, was produced in one piece by the Rapid Prototyping technique known as Selective Laser Sintering.'
Naomi Kaempfer, Managing Art Director .MGX
The ONE_SHOT.MGX foldable stool, designed by Patrick Jouin, has been launched to tremendous success at the Salone Del Mobile Milan in April 2006, and in May 2006 | | |
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| Leuvense spin-off M4E sluit partnership met Ensysta | 2/8 | Leuven, 31 juli 2006. M4E (Magnets for Emulsions), een spin-off van de K.U.Leuven, gaat strategisch samenwerken met Ensysta, ontwerper en bouwer van installaties voor de voedings- en farmaceutische industrie.
De samenwerking tussen M4E en Ensysta situeert zich op twee niveaus. Via een kapitaalsverhoging wordt Ensysta aandeelhouder in M4E en beide bedrijven gaan op exclusieve basis samenwerken op het vlak van productontwikkeling en projectuitvoering. Daardoor kan Ensysta enerzijds aan zijn | | |
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| ICOS VISION SYSTEMS and IMEC collaborate on 3D packaging metrology | 27/7 | | Leuven, Belgium - July 27, 2006 - ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV (Nasdaq and Euronext: IVIS), a leading supplier of inspection solutions for the semiconductor industry and IMEC, a world-leading independent research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, have agreed to work together under a two-year Joint Exploration and Development Program (JEDP), in the field of inspection and metrology for three dimensional (3D) packaging. According to market analysts, the market for 3D packaging | | |
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| Amerikaanse waferfabrikant MEMC kiest IMEC voor workshop | 22/6 | Leuven, 22 juni 2006 - MEMC, de Amerikaanse producent van siliciumschijven (wafers), kiest IMEC als uitvalsbasis in Europa voor de organisatie van zijn internationale workshop. Op de 'Understanding Silicon Materials Technical Workshop' zijn een honderdtal topindustriëlen aanwezig van over heel de wereld, alsook het kruim van IMEC's onderzoekers. De keuze van MEMC bevestigt de positie van Vlaanderen als wereldwijd erkende kennisregio, met Leuven en IMEC als belangrijke pijlers.
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| Metris versterkt organisatie met nieuwe bestuurder en CF0 | 21/6 | Ignace Meersschaut aangesteld als CFO
Julien De Wilde nieuwe bestuurder
Leuven, 19 juni 2006 - Metris, de marktleider voor totaaloplossingen voor 3D dimensionele kwaliteitscontrole, bouwt zijn organisatie verder uit ter ondersteuning van zijn voortdurende groei. Julien De Wilde treedt toe tot de Raad Van Bestuur van Metris terwijl Ignace Meersschaut start als CFO. In januari van dit jaar kondigde Metris nog 3 nieuwe internationale overnames aan met een financieringsronde van 35 miljoen euro, | | |
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| Alcatel treedt toe tot het Holst Centre via uniek businessmodel | 30/5 | Eindhoven, 30 mei 2006 - Telecommunicatiespecialist Alcatel treedt voor een periode van twee jaar toe tot een van de twee programmalijnen van het Holst Centre, namelijk draadloze autonome sensorsystemen. Door het zogenaamde fellow traveler partnerschap kan Alcatel de marktopportuniteiten voor vaste netwerken en residentiële multimedia-applicaties verkennen en evalueren die uit het onderzoeksprogramma kunnen voortvloeien.
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| TiGenix establishes US presence | 29/3 | Leuven (Belgium) and New York (U.S.), March 28, 2006 - TiGenix N.V, a Belgium-based biomedical company focusing on functional repair of damaged and diseased musculoskeletal tissues, has established TiGenix Inc. and opened its first U.S. office in New York City.
Please find the press release in attachment, see Press Release
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| LMS is first company to join Dassault Systèmes' new Simulia Partner Program | 24/2 | LMS is First Company to Join Dassault Systèmes' New SIMULIA Partner Program
Innovative engineering company embraces program that unites CAA V5 and ABAQUS alliance programs
Leuven, Belgium and Cambridge, Mass., February 20, 2005 - Engineering innovation leader LMS International and Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that LMS has become the first company to join | | |
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| Belgian monitoring software from ServersCheck supplied with Acer EMEA servers | 23/1 | Leuven firm also starts developing a partner network aimed at small to medium-sized organizations
Leuven, 23th January 2006 - ServersCheck, the company from Leuven that supplies monitoring software and hardware for ICT infrastructures, has signed an agreement with the hardware giant Acer. All Acer servers sold in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle-East and Africa) will be now supplied with ServersCheck Monitoring Software. Companies can use this software to monitor the availability and | | |
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| Metris acquires LK, 3D Scanners and Arc Second | 17/1 | 
Three strategic acquisitions position Metris as the Total Solution Provider for Automotive and Aerospace Metrology applications
Leuven, January 17th 2006 - Metris today announces the simultaneous acquisition of LK Ltd. (Derby, UK), 3D Scanners Ltd. (London, UK) and Arc Second Inc. (Virginia, Washington, USA). Total funds in excess of 35 million euro have been raised to finance the acquisition and integration of the three privately held companies.
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| First-ever Galileo signals successfully tracked by Septentrio receiver | 13/1 | 
January 12, 2006 - Leuven, Belgium - Today, the first-ever Galileo signals have been broadcast from space. They have been picked up and decoded by a receiver developed by Septentrio, a leading European designer and manufacturer of satellite navigation receivers.
The first Galileo in-orbit validation element GIOVE-A - formerly known as GSTBV2/A (Galileo System Test Bed Version 2) - was launched on the 28th of December 2005. After being fully deployed, GIOVE-A has now generated simple as | | |
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| Metris announces the release of Scan Handheld 2.1 | 5/1 | Leuven, January 3rd 2006 - Metris, the center of excellence for optical metrology, announces the release of Metris Scan Handheld 2.1, the new data acquisition software for handheld scanning. Metris Scan Handheld supports the K-Scan and Metris scanners integrated on articulated arms (e.g. Faro 7-axis arm). Metris Scan Handheld 2.1 offers the user enhanced productivity and real-time visualization of scan data.
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| Materialise: 15 jaar high tech op wereldniveau in Leuven | 21/12 |
20 december 2005, Leuven - Materialise, een high tech bedrijf op het researchpark in Haasrode, bestaat 15 jaar. Dankzij de focus op innovatie groeide het bedrijf uit tot wereldleider in de Rapid Prototyping (of 3-D printing) industrie. Het vierde dit op vrijdag 16 december met de opening van het nieuwe gebouw. Burgemeester Louis Toback, leden van Leuven .Inc en professor Debackere behoorden tot de genodigden. Met het feest wilde Materialise trouwe klanten en contacten bedanken voor het | | |
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| Option Recognized as a Red Herring Small Cap 100 | 12/12 | Option selected for its innovative technology and smart business model that nurtures growth and profitability
San Francisco - Leuven, December 12, 2005 - Option (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, announced today that it has been selected by Red Herring magazine as one of the inaugural Red Herring Small Cap 100. The editors of Red Herring evaluated over 2,500 technology companies from North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region for the award.
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| AnSem extends its analog IC design in TSMC 90-Nanometer Technology | 24/11 | Heverlee, Belgium, 21ste November, 2005 - AnSem, a fabless analog and mixed-signal IC design house offering advanced RF CMOS, high-speed data communication, data acquisition and low-power design services, has announced the successful design of its first analog IP in standard 90nm TSMC technology.
Further extending AnSem's technology expertise in analog IC design, the custom designed 2.5~3.125 Gb/s multi-standard (SONET, XAUI and Rapid I/O) SerDes PHY, has been designed for use in Kawasaki | | |
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| Option wins prestigious Bridge Award | 21/11 | | Leuven - Belgium, November 18, 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has won the prestigious 'Golden Bridge Award' awarded annually by the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce to the Belgian/Luxembourg company rated highest for its achievements in exporting to the United Kingdom. The result was announced by H.E. Baron Thierry de Gruben, Ambassador of the King of the Belgians in Great Britain during a Gala Diner in London on | | |
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| Magics SmartSpace software proves to reduce SLS build volume with about 80% | 15/11 | Materialise' SmartSpace software has clearly proven its capability in an independent test executed by Saddleback College, California. The Saddleback College compared the 3D nesting performance of the Magics RP software and the 3D Systems LS software for Laser Sintering. The results show that SmartSpace enables its users to build more parts in a single machine run and consequently save a lot of money and time.
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| LMS expands development centers and commercial operations in Europe and Asia | 7/11 | | Leuven, Belgium - November 4, 2005 - LMS, the leading engineering innovation company, today announced the creation of a new Eastern European engineering and software development center in Romania, the opening of a new commercial subsidiary in Singapore and additional offices for its sales activities in China. The opening of the new offices complements a considerable expansion of LMS' headquarters office and development center in Leuven, Belgium, and the recent opening of new offices in Munich, | | |
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| Option to acquire 'wireless router' business from Possio (Sweden) | 24/10 | Leuven - Belgium, October 20 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Possio AB of Stockholm (Sweden) to takeover its Wireless Router business.
The agreement includes the intellectual property rights governing the concept of a Wireless Router interconnecting wide area cellular access with local area wireless connectivity (Patent granted in Europe and the US), intangibles and tangible assets, as well | | |
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| Magics X: a new era has dawned for the world-leading software for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing | 24/10 | | Materialise introduces the 10th generation of its Magics software. Magics X (Magics 10) marks an important stage in the life of this professional software for the RP&M industry. The Magics software has been thoroughly renovated. A stunning new user interface, a complete new, highly efficient memory structure and advanced enhancements to its rendering capabilities and algorithms. it's all in there. Magics X represents a far-sighted evolution from previous versions. It's the product of customer | | |
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| Rapid Shell Modelling software launched for commercial sale | 12/10 | | Materialise announces the release of its 'Rapid Shell Modelling' (RSM) software. Today several industry leading companies already rely on RSM for the automated design and rapid manufacturing of hearing aid shells. After undergoing four years of exclusive development, the software is now being introduced for general sale. Over the years, RSM has proven to speed up the design and manufacturing process, to simplify the reproduction of a hearing aid, to increase accuracy and to smooth the transition | | |
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| M4E (Magnets For Emulsions) laureaat van Enterprize 2005 | 10/10 | Enterprize is een wedstrijd voor innoverende ondernemers (www.enterprize.be). De wedstrijd heeft als doel de Belgische ondernemerszin aan te moedigen en te ondersteunen. Dit gebeurt door jonge, innoverende ondernemers te coachen en te belonen. In de categorie 'projecten' behaalde M4E de 2de prijs.
M4E (Magnets for Emulsions) is een spin-off van K.U.Leuven, opgericht in oktober 2004. M4E commercialiseert de in 2002 aan de K.U.Leuven uitgevonden magnetische emulsie technologie.
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| Lancering van de Ondernemerschapsportefeuille - begin 2006 | 9/9 | Uit een grondige evaluatie van alle bestaande cheque-instrumenten van de Vlaamse regering, is vandaag de ondernemerschapsportefeuille ontstaan. Dit nieuwe systeem moet verhelpen aan de lacunes die de evaluaties bij de huidige instrumenten aan het licht brachten.
De ondernemerschapsportefeuille is een nieuw, geïntegreerd instrument, waarmee kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen via de elektronische weg een aantal diensten kunnen aankopen. Dit eenvoudige, transparante systeem, waarin iedere | | |
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| Executive Summary - Knowledge Economy Europe, a risky jump? (Martin Hinoul) | 9/9 |
In his latest book 'Knowledge Economy Europe, a risky jump?', Flemish scientist Martin Hinoul paints a promising picture of the general trend in the development of the 'knowledge economies', with a specific emphasis on the European scene.
The cause of this book was the European summit of Lissabon in March 2000. During this summit, European heads of state and government leaders engaged themselves for the challenge to turn Europe into the world's leading knowledge economy by 2010. Easier | | |
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| 3 Scandinavia selects Globetrotter 3G QUAD data card from Option for Swedish and Danish markets | 24/8 | | Leuven - Belgium, August 24 2005 - Option N.V., the wireless technology company, today announced that 3 Scandinavia (www.tre.se) has chosen the GlobeTrotter 3G QUADT as its wireless broadband data card for the Swedish and Danish markets. The GlobeTrotter 3G QUADT data card will be sold under 3's brand and product shipments will commence next month. The selection by 3 in Scandinavia for Option's GlobeTrotter 3G QUADT product follows the decision earlier this year by Hutchison 3G Austria to launch | | |
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| Tech-Art Prijzen 2005 - Inschrijven tot 14 oktober 2005! | 19/8 | Ook dit jaar organiseert de Vlaamse Ingenieurskamer de Tech-Art prijzen. Deze prijzen bekronen vernieuwende realisaties op technisch/technologisch en artistiek vlak. De creatieve innoverende aanpak met maatschappelijke relevantie van het project staat centraal. De Tech-Art prijzen willen niet alleen een bekroning zijn voor een innoverend idee, maar ook een stimulans voor het ondernemerschap.
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| Vlaamse doorbraak voor RFID brengt vervanging barcodes dichterbij | 17/8 | Leuven, 17 augustus 2005 - Het Leuvense onderzoekcentrum voor nano-elektronica en nanotechnologie IMEC bereikte een doorbraak voor Radio Frequentie Identificatie (RFID) dankzij haar onderzoek naar organische (plastic) halfgeleiders. Het centrum publiceerde de resultaten in het vooraanstaande vakblad Nature Materials. De RFID-tag moet op termijn de barcode vervangen, maar hiervoor is de kostprijs nog te hoog. Deze doorbraak zou ervoor kunnen zorgen dat de productieprijs van RFID-tags daalt.
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| Option to supply Globetrotter 3G Quad to 'one' in Austria | 5/7 | Leuven - Belgium, July 4 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that ONE GmbH, serving about 1.5 million customers, has selected Option's GlobeTrotter 3G QUADTM. Earlier this year One GmbH selected Option's GlobeTrotter FUSIONTM data card that combines 3G/UMTS/GPRS and Wi-Fi technologies.
ONE Austria, which covers 98% of the population, is offering GPRS, UMTS and WLAN services to its customers. ONE is member of the Starmap Mobile | | |
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| Orange UK selects Option's Globetrotter Fusion | 30/6 | | Leuven - Belgium, June 30 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Orange UK, one of the leading mobile network operators, has chosen the GlobeTrotter FUSIONTM 3G UMTS/GPRS/WLAN data card to further extend their offering of high speed wireless data solutions to the business market. Option's FUSION product is marketed and sold under the Orange brand. The selection by Orange in the UK for Option's GlobeTrotter FUSIONTM product endorses | | |
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| Fluent Previews 3Matic-for-FLUENT and TGrid 4.0 Wrapping Solution for Automotive Underhood Thermal Management CFD | 30/6 | | June 29, 2005, Frankfurt, Germany - Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and services, and Materialise, the world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, preview a new preprocessing solution for Automotive Underhood Thermal Management (UTM) today to delegates at the bi-annual European Automotive CFD Conference (EACC) in Frankfurt. The solution combines a batch geometry preconditioning module, | | |
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| TiGenix and ProStrakan enter into OsteoArthritis research collaboration | 15/6 | -- Collaboration focuses on the identification of novel treatments for osteoarthritis by screening ProStrakan's modulator libraries against TiGenix' in-vitro / in-vivo models --
LEUVEN (BELGIUM) - June 15, 2005 - TiGenix NV and ProStrakan Ltd today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement to research and develop novel treatments for osteoarthritis. The companies have initiated a program of collaborative research and development to identify and develop compounds from ProStrakan's | | |
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| Option announces implementation of Level I ADR Program | 13/6 | Leuven - Belgium, June 9 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OPIN.BR), the wireless technology company, today announced that, with a view to increasing the liquidity of the Option shares and their visibility to the US investors, it has decided to implement a Level I American Depositary Receipts ('ADR') Program. An F-6 registration statement is being filled with The Securities and Exchange Commission and it is expected that the program will be declared effective in the coming weeks.
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| TiGenix Files IND for ChondroCelect | 10/6 | - An innovative cell-based therapy product for treating
symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee -
LEUVEN (BELGIUM) - June 10, 2005 - TiGenix NV a biomedical company focusing on the functional repair of damaged and diseased musculoskeletal tissues, today announced that it has filed an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ChondroCelectT, the company's lead product in cartilage repair.
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| Het IWT en de RIS-organisaties lanceren innovatie-audits voor KMO's | 3/6 | | Brussel, 1 juni 2005 - Het IWT, de overheidsinstelling die innovatie door wetenschap en technologie in Vlaanderen stimuleert, lanceert vandaag een nieuwe dienstverlening voor Vlaamse KMO's, namelijk innovatie-audits. Het zijn de lokale adviseurs van de subRegionale InnovatieStimulering (RIS) die KMO's, die dit wensen, op acht managementdomeinen zullen doorlichten en hun innovatiekracht zullen meten. Hiervoor hebben de RIS-organisaties samen een 'innovatie-audit' ontwikkeld. In een auditrapport | | |
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| Nederlandse en Vlaamse ministers van Economische Zaken geven startsein voor Holst Centre in Eindhoven | 27/5 | | Minister Laurens Jan Brinkhorst van Economische Zaken en de Vlaamse minister Fientje Moerman van Economie, Ondernemen, Wetenschap, Innovatie en Buitenlandse Handel hebben op de High Tech Campus in Eindhoven het startschot gegeven voor het nieuwe Holst Centre. Het Holst Centre moet zich ontwikkelen tot een internationaal erkend open onderzoeksinstituut dat technologieën ontwikkelt voor intelligente, draadloze, sensorgebaseerde microsystemen en systemen-op-folie. Het Vlaamse IMEC en het | | |
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| Free medical support for victims in Iraq announced at SME rapid event | 11/5 | Leuven, May 10, 2005 - The leaders of the Rapid Prototyping (RP) industry today announced free medical support for victims in Iraq at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing conference in Dearborn US. 'RP for Baghdad' is a humanitarian joint effort of Fried Vancraen-Materialise, Abe Reichental-3D Systems, Scott Crump-Stratasys, Tom Clay-Z-Corporation to provide medical models for victims in Iraq.
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| Option's Q1 2005 earnings and positive outlook increase guidance | 3/5 | | Leuven, Belgium, May 3rd 2005 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI, OPIN.BR), the wireless technology company, today reported results for the first quarter 2005. The results are reported in Euro. For the first time in Option's history and in line with the regulatory environment the results are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Since Options' IPO the Company reported in accordance with US GAAP rules. 2004 figures have been restated into IFRS and may | | |
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| Option announces new data card: GlobeTrotter EDGE | 26/4 | | Leuven - Belgium, April 25 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OPIN.BR), the wireless technology company, today announced the GlobeTrotter EDGE the latest addition to its comprehensive range of wireless data cards. The GlobeTrotter EDGE, which delivers connection speeds up to four times faster than on GPRS networks, will be commercially available as of next month. Option will commence shipping volumes of the GlobeTrotter EDGE product in accordance with the commercial roll-out plans by different | | |
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| Technology demonstrations of Option's HSDPA data card at Cebit 2005 | 10/3 | Leuven - Belgium, March 10 2005 - Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that product samples of its upcoming HSDPA data cards will be demonstrated live at CeBIT 2005 (Hannover, 10 - 16 March 2005). The HSDPA data cards demonstrations will include end-to-end connections on Nortel and Siemens infrastructure equipment.
The product samples of the HSDPA data cards, branded for leading mobile network operators present at CeBIT, were especially prepared to enable the operators to | | |
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| Saddleback College and Materialise of Belgium Partner for Education in Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Technology | 21/2 | February 17, 2005 - Saddleback College of Mission Viejo, California, and Materialise, located near Brussels, Belgium, a world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, announce that they've entered a partnership that will expand Saddleback's broad training resources.
'There is a growing need for engineers skilled in rapid manufacturing technologies. Saddleback College is responding to this need by providing college programs with the purpose of | | |
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| Eerste editie Industrie Technisch management Winner Awards: speciale vermelding MEAC | 21/2 | Leuven, 17 februari 2005 - Gisteren mocht MEAC "een speciale vermelding" in ontvangst nemen op de eerste editie van de Industrie Technisch management Winner Awards.
Naast de drie awards besloot de jury een speciale vermelding toe te kennen aan MEAC voor een project rond het steriliseren van hout met behulp van microgolftechnologie. De speciale vermelding slaat op het feit dat het hier vooral gaat om de innovatieve aanwending van een technologie in de machinebouw, eerder dan om een project | | |
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| DIATOS N.V.'s ONCOLOGY RESEARCH BOOSTED BY SIGNIFICANT FUNDING | 16/2 | CONTACTS:
Diatos N.V.
Henk Snyman, MD., Managing Director
+ 32 (0) 478 45 60 77
LEUVEN, BELGIUM- February 16, 2005 - Diatos N.V. announced today that its oncology research programme in Leuven received significant support through a grant from the Flemish Institute for Science and Technology (IWT). Diatos N.V. focuses its research on anti-cancer prodrugs, based on one of Diatos's two core technology platforms, known as Tumor-Selective Prodrug Technology (TSP). The funding of 650,000 | | |
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| Mobitel Slovenia starts wireless broadband offerings with Option Globetrotter Fusion | 25/1 | Leuven - Belgium, January 25th 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OPIN.BR), the wireless technology company, today announced that Mobitel, has chosen Option's GlobeTrotter FUSIONT as the new data card to further extend their broadband wireless data solutions to the corporate market. The data card will be supplied and supported by Option's partner for Slovenia Xenya.
Mobitel is the national mobile telecommunications carrier in Slovenia. The total number of Mobitel networks users in 2004 was | | |
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| Lustrumviering 'Leuven.Inc - een verhaal van 5 jaar innovatie in netwerking' | 21/12 | Leuven.Inc (Leuven Innovation Networking Circle) ging 5 jaar geleden officieel van start als multidisciplinair ontmoetingsplatform voor technologische groeibedrijven uit de Vlaamse regio en daarbuiten. Wat op 18 november 1999 ontstond onder de bezielende en inspirerende impuls van de stichtende leden en sponsors, is vandaag uitgegroeid tot een innovatief kennisnetwerk van 'like minded people'.
In aanwezigheid van de heren Gouverneur Lodewijk De Witte, Burgemeester Louis Tobback, Vice-Rector | | |
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| Option wins prestigeous Europe's 500 award for 'most innovative use of it' | 9/12 | Leuven - Belgium, December 8th 2004 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has won the prestigious Europe's 500 'Most Innovative Use of IT' award, endorsed by Microsoft. The company was honoured for this at the Europe's 500 Entrepreneurs for growth Awards ceremony on December 7th in Paris. Mr. Laurent Delaporte, Vice President SMS&P of Microsoft EMEA made the presentation to Option's CEO Jan Callewaert.
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| Materialise Mimics® software to support ABAQUS | 7/12 | Time to create realistic biomedical analysis models reduced significantly.
Leuven, Belgium, December 1, 2004 - MATERIALISE NV, world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, announced today that it has joined the ABAQUS Partner Program. ABAQUS is a leading provider of advanced finite element analysis (FEA) software, technology and services. Through membership in the Program, MATERIALISE has developed a new interface for its Mimics software; | | |
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| ADM customers get direct access to Europe's largest Rapid Prototyping capacity at Materialise | 25/11 | Materialise reaches agreement with ADM for 50% participation
ADM Concept has built up a distinguished reputation in the French market for the management of complex product development projects. The company is especially familiar with the requirements of the automotive industry. As such it desired to strengthen its position to offer the most advanced rapid prototyping technologies to its customers.
European leader in rapid prototyping services, Materialise, continuously improves its | | |
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| NORKOM TECHNOLOGIES ACQUIRES EUROPEAN RISK MANAGEMENT FIRM DATA4S | 19/11 | Consolidation of two European players establishes Norkom as the leading European provider of Risk Management, Compliance & Financial Crime solutions for the Financial Services sector.
17th November 2004, Dublin, Ireland - Norkom Technologies and DATA4s today announced a definitive agreement under which Norkom acquires all DATA4s shares. Under the terms of the deal the acquisition of DATA4S was primarily paid for through new shares from Norkom. The new combined entity will operate under the | | |
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| Charter 2010: Leuven - Knowledge Pearl | 29/10 | Compared to European standards, Leuven is a small city with a large international university and highly developed knowledge institutions and knowledge enterprises. The 'knowledge pearl' Leuven, as described on a recent international expert meeting, is a city in which knowledge is not only passed on but also produced and applied.
Transforming knowledge into social and economic value is high on our agenda. This objective however, is not always sufficiently acknowledged and the interaction | | |
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| Vlaamse spin-off weldra in uw huiskamer - Gemidis commercialiseert hoge resolutie breedbeeldscherm met vloeibare kristallen | 12/10 | Gent en Leuven, 11 oktober 2004 - Gemidis, een spin-off van de Universiteit Gent en het Leuvense onderzoekscentrum IMEC, klopt aan de grote poort van de internationale beeldschermmarkt. Gesteund door een jarenlange expertise, zal het bedrijf hoge resolutie breedbeeldmonitoren op de markt brengen die opgebouwd zijn uit microdisplays van vloeibare kristallen. De gebruikte productiemethoden worden slechts door weinige firma's beheerst en staan garant voor een superieure beeldkwaliteit.
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| T-Mobile selects Globetrotter Fusion as cornerstone of new wireless broadband solution | 20/9 | Leuven, Belgium - September 20, 2004 - OPTION (Euronext: OPTI), the wireless technology company, and T-Mobile, subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT), one of the world's leading mobile communications companies today announced that it has selected Option's GlobeTrotter FUSIONT broadband wireless data card to give the mobile professional easy and seamless access to T-Mobile's UMTS/GPRS and Wi-Fi networks.
In June of this year Option announced GlobeTrotter FUSIONT, the world's first 3-in-1 | | |
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| Vlaams Instituut voor de Logistiek (VIL) en IMEC sluiten samenwerkingsakkoord voor technologische projecten | 26/8 |
Leuven, 26 augustus 2004 - Twee belangrijke actoren uit het Vlaams Innovatienetwerk, het Vlaams Instituut voor de Logistiek en het Leuvense onderzoekscentrum IMEC gaan op permanente basis samenwerken. De samenwerking heeft voornamelijk betrekking op logistieke innovatieprojecten van het VIL met een belangrijk technologische aspect dat tot het competentiedomein van IMEC behoort. Aan het partnership tussen VIL en IMEC wordt concreet gestalte gegeven in het VIL-project RFtags.
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| ICOS Vision Systems neemt 2D wafer inspectie activiteiten van Siemens AG over | 18/6 | | Heverlee, België, 10 juni 2004 - ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV (Nasdaq en Euronext: IVIS), een wereldleider in visie- en inspectiesystemen voor de chipindustrie, maakte vandaag bekend dat het de wafer inspectie activiteiten van Siemens AG overneemt. Onder de overeenkomst neemt ICOS voor een totaal bedrag van 6,25 miljoen Euro cash alle rechten over op de Siemens twee dimensionale (2D) wafer inspectie technologie alsook alle activa van de wafer inspectie activiteiten van Siemens. De overname | | |
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| Materialise brings web services to a new level with OnSite | 18/6 | Materialise launches OnSite: an innovative online concept that is
developed in such a way that the customers' desktop becomes the window to the prototyping of their projects.
Via secured web pages customers will be able to follow up on their project, get quotes, place online orders, track their shipments and orders, visit the Materialise shopfloor and go into meeting. These web pages will be operational from the 18th of June onwards. Materialise strives to support its customers in their | | |
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| Czech link speeds up Materialise production | 15/6 | Materialise opens new Vacuum Casting plant in the Czech Republic
Materialise, announces the official opening on June 10th of its new plant in Velke Brezno in the Czech Republic. The new plant will increase Materialises Polyurethane Vacuum casting capacity by 50% giving us the capability to produce over 45000 high quality vacuum cast parts per year. The new facility makes Materialise the biggest single supplier of vacuum castings in Europe.
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| Globetrotter Fusion: the world's first broadband wireless data card for operations | 15/6 | 3-IN-1 UMTS / GPRS / WLAN
Leuven - Belgium, June 15 2004 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI), the wireless technology company, today unveiled GlobeTrotter FusionT the latest addition to its range of wireless data cards. So named, Option's GlobeTrotter FusionT is the bringing together of 3G UMTS, GPRS and Wireless LAN 802.11g technologies in a single PC data card marking a world first in next generation broadband wireless data solutions from Option.
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| Materialise Opent FDM Rapid Prototyping Centrum in Europa | 24/5 | 18 mei, Leuven - Materialise en Stratasys bieden back-up service voor alle FDM providers
Europese leider in rapid prototyping service, Materialise en Stratasys Inc starten samen een FDM Service Center in Europa. Deze gedeelde investering combineert de populaire FDM technologie met de jarenlange ervaring van Materialise in rapid prototyping.
Het FDM Service Center heeft als doel Europa te overtuigen van de mogelijkheden van de FDM technologie en in het bijzonder van het vermogen om | | |
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| Moldflow Corporation to resell Materialise's Magics | 17/5 | Decision Supports Growth of Mid-range Analysis Products
WAYLAND, MA & LEUVEN, BELGIUM - May 17, 2004 - Moldflow Corporation (NASDAQ:MFLO), and Materialise NV, today announced an agreement under which Moldflow will resell a customized version of Materialise's Magics stereolithography (STL) manipulation product designed specifically for the needs of Moldflow's customers in the plastics injection molding industry. Magics sets the standard for ease of use and efficiency for the cleanup and repair | | |
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| Portugese high-tech to Greenhill Campus | 13/5 | Aximas has negotiated the lease of half a floor in the former Hercules HQ on Greenhill Campus to Chipidea Semiconductor, a Portugese high tech electronics company. The new Belgian branch will be managed by Dirk Logie.
Chipidea is a broadline supplier of high performance Analog and Mixed-Signal IP that are silicon-proven on leading edge manufacturing processes. From basic building blocks to complete systems, Chipidea's IP portfolio addresses all the functions needed to interface between the | | |
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| IMEC huldigt zijn nieuw nano-elektronicaonderzoekslaboratorium in | 10/5 | Tijdens de opening van zijn nieuwe stofvrije ruimte of cleanroom kondigt IMEC een nieuwe kernpartner aan evenals de jaarcijfers van 2003.
7 Mei 2004, Leuven - IMEC's nieuw nano-elektronicaonderzoekslaboratorium wordt vandaag plechtig geopend in aanwezigheid van Vlaams minister van wetenschap en technologische innovatie Dirk Van Mechelen, de Belgische minister van economie Fientje Moerman, de Vlaamse minister van economie, buitenlands beleid en E-government Patricia Ceysens, Europees | | |
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| Vlaanderen en Nederland versterken strategische samenwerking op vlak van innovatie | 7/4 | Gezamenlijke persmededeling van
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Nederlands Minister van Economische Zaken
Dirk Van Mechelen, Vlaamse Minister van Financiën en Begroting, Ruimtelijke Ordening, Wetenschappen en Technologische Innovatie
Leuven-Eindhoven, 7 april 2004 - De Vlaamse Minister van Financiën en Begroting, Ruimtelijke Ordening, Wetenschappen en Technologische Innovatie, Dirk VAN MECHELEN, en de Nederlandse Minister van Economische Zaken, Laurens Jan BRINKHORST hebben in Leuven een | | |
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| 'Mayors for Innovation': Eindhoven-Aken-Leuven Europese toptechnologie-regio | 23/3 | | 23 maart 2004 - Onder het motto 'Mayors for Innovation' hebben de burgemeester van de steden Eindhoven, Aken en Leuven de handen ineengeslagen met als doel een van de toptechnologie-regio's in Europa te vormen. Op 17 maart ondertekenden de burgemeesters Alexander Sakkers, Jürgen Linden en Louis Tobback een intentieverklaring in het Stadshuis van Eindhoven. De verwachtingen ten aanzien van deze nieuwe Europese regio zijn hooggespannen. Gesproken wordt van een 'multicultureel innovatief | | |
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| Diatos s.a. opens its R&D subsidiary Diatos n.v. in Belgium | 22/3 | - Biotech Fund Flanders (BFF) Makes Initial Investment in Diatos -
Paris, France & Leuven, Belgium - March 18, 2004 - Diatos S.A., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced today the expansion of its operations with the opening of a new research and development center in Leuven, Belgium. Last February the company announced a ?7 million round of financing, ?3 million of which came from the venture fund Biotech Fund Flanders (BFF), earmarked for the new R&D subsidiary in Flanders. | | |
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| Dag van de Technologie: 112.000 bezoekers | 19/3 | 
Brussel, 14 maart 2004 - Op zondag 14 maart 2004 vond overal in Vlaanderen de tweede editie van de Dag van de Technologie plaats. 156 bedrijven, onderzoeksinstellingen, universiteiten, hogescholen, wetenschappelijke instellingen, musea, enzovoort toonden door middel van 257 projecten hoe technologische ontwikkelingen en hun toepassingen overal zijn doorgedrongen in hun werkomgeving.
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| Europees consortium geeft impuls aan zonnestroomtechnologie | 10/3 | EU ondersteunt ontwikkeling van goedkopere en efficiëntere zonnepanelen
10 maart 2004 - Een Europees consortium[1] van negen bedrijven, drie universiteiten en vier onderzoeksinstituten, waaronder IMEC in Leuven, gaat innovatieve fabricagetechnologie ontwikkelen voor zonnepanelen op basis van kristallijn-siliciummateriaal. De ontwikkeling zal plaatsvinden onder de naam CRYSTALCLEAR, als één van de eerste zogenaamde Geïntegreerde Projecten (IP), financieel gesteund door de Europese Commissie | | |
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| ESA awards contract for the development of Galileo User Receivers to consortium led by Septentrio | 4/2 | | January 30, 2004, Leuven - ESA has awarded a contract for the C0 phase of the GALILEO Test User Segment to a consortium led by Septentrio, a leading European designer and manufacturer of satellite navigation receivers. Under this contract which is worth almost 3 million EURO, the consortium, which is composed of Septentrio, Rockwell Collins France, QinetiQ, Delft University of Technology, Ursa Minor, OMP, Deimos, SkySoft, Sagem and FDC, will start the work on the development of the first Galileo | | |
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| CAPRICORN start kapitaalsronde voor nieuw IMEC Technology Fund (ITF) | 4/2 | Leuven, 04/02/2004 - Capricorn Venture Partners en het Leuvense onderzoekscentrum IMEC zullen nauw samenwerken om nieuwe IMEC spin-off initiatieven financieel te steunen via start- en zaaikapitaal. Door dit samenwerkingsakkoord is Capricorn Venture Partners gemandateerd om de nodige financiering voor de oprichting van het zaaikapitaalfonds ITF te werven.
Capricorn Venture Partners streeft ernaar om in het kader van de oprichting van ITF 40-60 miljoen euro te werven bij lokale en | | |
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| PowerEscape Licenses IMEC's Low Power Design Tool Technology for Data and Memory Optimization | 26/1 | | Palo Alto, Calif. and Leuven, Belgium - January 26, 2004 - IMEC, Europe's largest independent microelectronics and nanotechnology research center, has spun-out its low power design tool technology for data and memory optimization - also known as ATOMIUM - to PowerEscape, Inc., a Silicon Valley startup founded by Dr. Guido Arnout, president & CEO. Effective immediately, companies interested in commercial deployment of IMEC's current memory analysis and optimization techniques for low power should | | |
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| Dag van de Technologie 2004 | 25/11 |
In 2004 wordt op initiatief van de Vlaamse regering de tweede editie van de Dag van de Technologie georganiseerd. Afgelopen editie hebben in totaal 153 bedrijven, onderzoeks- en onderwijsinstellingen hun medewerking verleend. In totaal genoten 75.000 personen van een bezoek aan de Dag van de Technologie.
Met de Dag van de Technologie wil de Vlaamse regering technologieën en hun toepassingen in de kijker zetten op verschillende locaties in Vlaanderen. Vorming, kennis en expertise behoren | | |
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| Materialise: Mimics Software for the Separation of Ahmed and Mohamed | 16/10 | After the separation of several other conjoined twins, the Egyptian twins Ahmed and Mohamed are now also successfully separated in a Dallas hospital.
The meticulous pre-operative plan was made possible with the aid of Mimics software from the company Materialise.
Mimics software is used for medical image processing and editing based on CT-data. In the cases of the conjoined twins, the digital CT information was translated and prepared in Mimics for the production of medical models on | | |
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| Mobiele monitoring van hersenactiviteit dankzij IMEC's prototype EEG | 14/10 | IMEC's Annual Research Review Meeting 2003
Leuven, 13 oktober 2003 - IMEC, het Leuvense onderzoekscentrum voor micro-elektronica en nanotechnologie, heeft in samenwerking met het Leuvense Universitair Ziekenhuis (Gasthuisberg) een prototype ontwikkeld van een draadloos en draagbaar elektro-encefalogram- (EEG) toestel. Het draadloze EEG-toestel zal een doorbraak zijn voor de diagnose en behandeling van epilepsiepatiënten, een chronische ziekte die veroorzaakt wordt door onregelmatige | | |
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| Wereldleiders in chipproductie, Infineon, Intel, Philips, Samsung Electronics en ST Microelectronics treden toe tot IMEC's nieuw onderzoeksplatform | 14/10 | IMEC's Annual Research Review Meeting 2003
Leuven, 13 oktober 2003 - IMEC, Het Leuvense onderzoekscentrum voor micro-elektronica en nanotechnologie, kondigde vandaag aan dat de grootste chipfabrikant ter wereld, Intel, en vier elektronicareuzen uit Europa en Azië, Infineon, Philips, ST Microelectronics en Samsung Electronics, besloten hebben om kernpartners van IMEC te worden. In deze nieuwe samenwerking nemen ze deel aan een groot aantal onderzoeksprogramma's naar procestechnologieën voor | | |
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| aXelera Solutions and ACUNIA sign partner agreement | 23/6 | Smart fleet management, driving industry's businesses on wheels
Mechelen/Leuven, Belgium - June 23, 2003 - aXelera Solutions today announces the extension of their activities in Belgium by reaching a partner agreement with the leading telematics technology provider ACUNIA. For both companies, this partner agreement is a key step in the implementation of their business case as a business solutions provider in a B2B telematics environment.
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| 'TiGenix introduces ChondroCelect® to Spanish orthopedic market'- | 20/2 | 'Belgian biomedical company signs distribution agreement with Spanish leading orthopedic company, IQL
TiGenix, a Belgium based biomedical company, active in the field of regenerative medicine, has signed a distribution agreement with IQL, a leading Spanish orthopedic company and subsidiary of Biomet-Merck, for the introduction of its lead product ChondroCelect® to the Spanish market.
ChondroCelect® is an improved Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) procedure focusing on functional | | |
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| IMEC begins construction of 300mm research fab | 30/1 | Leuven, Belgium --- January 27, 2003 ---
Based on a 2002 detailed engineering study and positive signals from the industry and local government to support IMEC's 300mm silicon research platform initiative, IMEC's board of directors has today announced the construction of a new 300mm clean room.
Construction of the new 2.200m2 research fab will begin in February 2003, with completion due in approximately 18 months. The facility is expected to go on-line in mid 2005, with activities | | |
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| Materialise realiseert belangrijke kapitaalsverhoging van Eur 10 m. | 10/10 | Het Leuvense hi-tech bedrijf Materialise NV heeft een strategische kapitaalsverhoging van
10 miljoen Euro afgesloten met Belgische en Japanse partners.
Materialise heeft zich vanaf haar oprichting steeds kunnen profileren als een winstgevend
groeibedrijf. Ook in tijden van een slechtere economische situatie kent het bedrijf een gestage en
rendabele groei. Om deze expansie op wereldschaal te kunnen blijven voortzetten werden vanuit
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| CHARTERED EXPANDS SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING OFFERING WITH SiGe BiCMOS TECHNOLOGY | 4/9 | | Leading semiconductor foundry collaborates with IMEC to productize new SiGe manufacturing process for convergence-era SOC applications.Milpitas, CALIF. and SINGAPORE - September 3, 2002 - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq:CHRT and SGX-ST:Chartered), one of the world's top three silicon foundries, today announced a joint technology agreement with IMEC, Europe's leading independent R&D center for microelectronics, that will result in Chartered offering 0.18-micron silicon germanium | | |
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| ACUNIA joins with Flemish Government and major auto distributor to build and test a telematics infrastructure to improve traffic management | 8/7 | Pilot program will include100-vehicle fleet and control center equipped with ACUNIA's telematics technology.
BRUSSELS/LEUVEN (B), June 26, 2002 - Telematics technology provider ACUNIA, along with the Flemish government and D'Ieteren, Belgium's largest automobile distributor and importer of VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Porsche (www.dieteren.be), today announced the launch of a major on-road pilot project involving a 100-vehicle fleet to research the potential of | | |
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| IMEC and STARC sign joint development agreement on system design technology | 3/6 | June 3, 2002 - Tokyo, Japan --- IMEC, Europe's leading independent microelectronics R&D center, and STARC, which is responsible to develop design technologies for 0.1µm - 0.07µm systems-on-chip (SoCs) within the Asuka Project , today signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of novel methodologies for SoC design. IMEC and STARC will build their future developments of SoC design methodology using each design assets.
Both IMEC and STARC believe that reuse of high-level descriptions | | |
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| Tigenix: nieuwe hoop voor de behandeling van osteoartritis en gewrichtskraakbeenletsels | 10/5 | Leuvens biomedisch bedrijf opent eerste GMP faciliteit en lanceert klinische trial voor een nieuwe kraakbeenherstelmethode
LEUVEN -TiGenix, een biomedisch bedrijf gevestigd te Leuven en actief in het domein van tissue engineering en celtherapieën, lanceert een prospectieve, gerandomiseerde klinische trial voor zijn gepatenteerde kraakbeenhersteltechnologie. ChondroCelect® is een verbeterde ACI (Autologe Chondrocyten Implantatie) procedure gericht op het functioneel herstel van | | |
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| 4AZA: nieuw farmabedrijf trekt kapitaal aan | 10/5 | 4AZA Bioscience, een spinoff van de K.U.Leuven die actief is in de ontwikkeling van levensbelangrijke geneesmiddelen, heeft 4,5 miljoen euro zaaikapitaal aangetrokken bij een consortium van kapitaalverschaffers.
Het gaat om Capricorn Venture Fund II, Fortis Private Equity, Fagus KBC Investco en het Gemma Frisius Fund van de K.U.Leuven.
4AZA werd opgericht door de Leuvense professoren Mark Waer en Piet Herdewijn en door Wolfgang Pfleiderer van de Universiteit van Konstanz.
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| The development of Campus Remy has started! | 15/4 | The construction works for the first 10.500 m² building of Campus Remy have taken off. After long administrative problems, the developer was finally able to start the construction of this new office park in the Leuven region.
This unique new business park will be erected in a green environment between the Leuven canal and the station of Wijgmaal on the site of the well-known 1855 Remy factory. A modern business park consisting of newly built offices as well as renovated industrial loft style | | |
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| Het IMEC-incubatiefonds brengt twee spin-off initiatieven in de startblokken | 21/2 | Leuven --- 21 februari 2002 --- Slechts enkele maanden na de oprichting van het IMEC-incubatiefonds zien reeds twee incubatieprojecten het daglicht. Het incubatiefonds investeert 600.000 euro in Vivactiss NV dat zich zal richten op intelligente screenoplossingen voor de farmaceutische en biotechnologie industrie. 200.000 euro wordt ingebracht in LoraNet NV die netwerkinfrastructuur zal ontwikkelen en commercialiseren voor breedband draadloze communicatie.
Het IMEC Incubatiefonds NV (IIF) werd | | |
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| Finally office space available in the high tech office park Greenhill Campus Haasrode! | 10/2 | During the construction of Greenhill Campus in 1999-2000 all buildings where pre-let before completion, starting with Eunet, followed by companies such as Lant, IT Masters, Utimaco Safeware, Evosoft, etc and ending with the Regus business centre. Only the Leasureplanet bankruptcy allowed Newmonday.com to fill in a large floor.
However, in 2002, we can again offer large surfaces!
As of March 2002, due to an occupants reorganisation, 1.780 m² offices in building E will be available. These | | |
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| L-SEC : an unique clustering of e-security expertise and technology in Leuven (Belgium) - officially launched | 6/2 | | Leuven, February 1st, 2002 - The University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven), Banksys, Cryptomathic, DATA4s, HyperTrust, Telindus, Ubizen and Utimaco Safeware, complemented by PricewaterhouseCoopers as sponsoring member, announce the foundation of the non-profit network organisation Leuven-Security Excellence Consortium (L-SEC). By joining forces and setting-up a knowledge exchange programme, the members aim to strengthen their own innovativeness and promote Leuven and Belgium as an international centre | | |
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| Netmining moves to new building in Haasrode. | 13/1 | Aximas has rented 360 m² offices in the prestigious Technologiestraat 13 on the Haasrode research park in Leuven to Netmining where it will join Micro-Matic Research and Camco Technologies.
Netmining develops and markets solutions to convert available raw data into information which non-technical people can use for concise decision making.
In the building still remains some high-tech storage (including racks and kardex) for rent.
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| Bekaert nv/sa on board as a new Sponsor Member supporting the Leuven.Inc network. | 2/1 | Bekaert nv/sa, headquartered in Kortrijk/Zwevegem, Belgium has become a Sponsor Member of Leuven.Inc.
Bekaert is a technology-driven business which produces and markets a wide range of products based on metal-forming and coating technologies. The group's current activities are built around four business units: Wire, Merchant Products Europe, Steel Cord and the fast-growing Bekaert Advanced Materials.
For more info, see Bekaert
The chairman of Leuven.Inc expresses his appreciation and | | |
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| CAPRICORN & NEO GROUP JOIN FORCES TO BECOME SIGNIFICANT PLAYER IN EUROPEAN VENTURE CAPITAL | 8/5 | Capricorn Venture Fund II to focus on Technology in the broadest sense
Leuven, May 8th 2001.
Capricorn Venture Partners today announced it is starting to raise in excess of ?100M for its Capricorn Venture Fund II, primarily targeting Belgian and international institutional investors. The new venture capital fund will make investments on a pan-European basis in growth companies active in information technology, the medical and health care sector, as well as new materials.
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| Programming methodology game developed by Lesire software engineers gains international recognition | 21/3 | Leuven, 21 March 2001 - A programming methodology game developed by two Lesire software engineers gains international recognition. The XP-game demonstrates the incremental approach adopted by Lesire. The XP-game has received highly favourable comments at companies such as Philips and has been put on the agenda of XP2001, the Extreme Programming community's annual conference in Cagliari, Italy from 20 to 23 May 2001.
The XP-game was developed by Lesire CTO Pascal Van Cauwenberghe and by Vera | | |
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| Gemma Frisius Investment Forum. | 11/12 | More then 220 enthusiastic participants were registered for the GFF seminar that took place on Nov 30; Next to key note speeches on trends in the financing and the valuation of spin-off companies, some 12 spin-offs had the opportunity to present their company.
Plenty of informal contacts were possible around a small exhibition corner. | | |
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| Keep us updated with your latest news! | 16/8 | All company members of Leuven.Inc can have their newsflashes on the website.
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