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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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| Campus Remy II prelet to AR-TE Architects and STABO Engineers | 26/8  | AXIMAS Real Estate Agents have prelet 2381 M² tailor-made offices in Campus Remy II the associated companies AR-TE and STABO for a firm lease period of 9 years.
STABO Engineers (www.stabo.be) was established in 1971 as a division of Boerenbond. In 1995 the architectural division has been taken over by AR-TE and since 2002 STABO has become independent after a management buy-out.
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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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| Investing for the future | 16/8 | Allard-Europe has been a reliable partner for companies around the world for many years. Every day, new cast parts are produced in our steel and iron foundry mill using the latest technologies and highly advanced machinery. Together with our team, we intend to continue to live up to our position as a market leader, which is why we are investing some 20 million euros in new machinery, buildings and capacity.
2009 - 2012 investment plan:
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| Hoe doeltreffend zijn getrouwheidsprogramma's in het verhogen van 'share of wallet'? | 10/8 | Getrouwheidsprogramma's vormen een centraal onderdeel van CRM of klantrelatiebeheer. In een onderzoek van Wirtz, Mattila en Lwin (2007) werd het effect van getrouwheidsprogramma's op 'share of wallet' aangetoond. 'Share of wallet' of het bestedingsaandeel van een klant in vergelijking met het bestedingsaandeel bij de concurrentie is een veelgebruikte indicator voor loyalty.
Het onderzoek focust zich op de kredietkaartensector, een sector die gekenmerkt wordt door een relatief | | |
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| Marketingcommunicatiemiddelen verhogen bedrijfsprestaties en klantentrouw | 10/8 | Bedrijven gebruiken diverse marketingmiddelen om te communiceren met hun omgeving. Mumel, Hocevar en Snoj (2007) tonen in hun onderzoek het verband aan tussen marketingcommunicatiemiddelen en bedrijfsprestaties. De resultaten van hun onderzoek kunnen managers helpen bij het kiezen van een geschikt medium om klantentrouw te verhogen, winst te doen stijgen en bedrijfsprestaties te verbeteren.
Marketingcommunicatiemiddelen zijn acties die een bedrijf onderneemt om te communiceren met zijn | | |
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| ICsense wins 18% new projects YTD | 4/8 | The focus on last year's sales activities, in particurlarly during the global financial recession of 2008-2009, has paid off. ICsense's YTD (Year-to-date) statistics of July 2010 show a project increase of 18% compared to the amount of projects kicked off in the same period last year.
ICsense further extended its amount of employees to support the growth. The design team has grown with 22 % since July 2009 and is composed of 27 analog designers and layouters as of this summer.
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| 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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| Amplexor krijgt nieuwe thuisbasis | 8/7 | Content management specialist neemt intrek in Arenberg Wetenschapspark.
Leuven, 5 juli 2010 - Het Arenberg Wetenschapspark te Leuven (Heverlee) is voortaan de nieuwe thuisbasis van Amplexor. De content management specialist verlaat haar kantoren in het Holsbeekse bedrijvenpark De Vunt om haar intrek te nemen in een state of the art gebouw met ecologisch karakter.
Bedrijf in expansie
Als gevolg van haar gestage groei is Amplexor anno 2010 aan uitbreiding toe. De kantoren in De Vunt | | |
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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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| Zeo-Light team van K.U.Leuven wint Europese finale van I2P | 30/6 |
Op donderdag 17 juni 2010 won het Leuvense Zeo-Light team de Europese finale van de I2P (Idea to Product) wedstrijd in Aken. Hierdoor zijn ze ook verzekerd van een plaats in de wereldwijde finale in Texas begin november 2010.
I2P is een initiatief van de Universiteit van Texas waarin de deelnemers de commerciële haalbaarheid van een technologie moeten bewijzen. Het doel van de wedstrijd is om op basis van een innovatieve technologie een product op de markt te zetten dat duidelijk inspeelt | | |
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| LMS extends its SCADAS Mobile front-end series | 30/6 |
LMS extends its SCADAS Mobile front-end series with new 16-channel system and hyper-efficient E-series input modules
As the trend in testing continues to focus on tighter deadlines with significantly reduced resources, LMS continues to innovate and extend its comprehensive testing portfolio with new products like the LMS SCADAS Mobile 02 and hyper-efficient E-series input modules.
The latest LMS SCADAS Mobile 02 with its 16 channels is a powerful yet compact and lightweight data | | |
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| European Commission opens investigations of WWAN modem imports | 30/6 |
LEUVEN, Belgium - 30 June 2010 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, notes that today the European Commission has opened an anti-dumping investigation of imports of wireless wide area networking (WWAN) modems from China. Option had requested the investigation and immediate registration of imports because of the severe injury caused by the sharp increase of obviously dumped imports into the European market.
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| Option collaborates with Qualcomm to provide new Gobi embedded solutions | 29/6 | | LEUVEN, Belgium - June 30 2010 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it is working with Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) to develop and deliver customized global embedded connectivity solutions based on the new Gobi(TM) 3000 platform. Option is one of the first companies with whom Qualcomm is partnering to bring these high speed 3G solutions to the market. Both companies have been working together on earlier generations of the Gobi platform and have | | |
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| Imec reports asymetric nanostructures for early and more accurate prediction of cancer | 23/6 | Tech Connect World, Anaheim (US), June 22, 2010 - Researchers at the nanotechnology research centre imec (Leuven, Belgium) have demonstrated biosensors based on novel nanostructure geometries that increase the sensitivity and allow to detect extremely low concentrations of specific disease markers. This paves the way to early diagnostics of for example cancer by detecting low densities of cancer markers in human blood samples.
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| Option: iCON USB modem adds wireless broadband to Pioneer's new car navigation system | 19/6 | LEUVEN, Belgium - June 17 2010 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Pioneer Corporation has selected Option as its trusted partner for a second wireless project in the Japanese market. Option's new iCON® wireless USB modem will add broadband connectivity to Pioneer latest car navigation systems.
An iCON USB modem, a SIM card and a data plan from SoftBank Mobile network are provided with each new car navigation system. The wireless car | | |
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| AnSem develops a novel architecture for FM Car Radio | 15/6 | | Leading car manufacturers challenged AnSem to rethink current architectures of FM receivers for the automotive market. The result is a novel radio architecture that meets the high demanding car radio RF specifications and lowers the bill of material. During the system design, AnSem made extensive use of its development tools M-REX for receiver modeling and architecture definition and PLLOP for PLL design and optimisation. The architecture features a fully integrated, low power fractional-N | | |
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| Meet AnSem at the Bits & Chips Hardware conference 2010 | 15/6 | June 17, 2010 - Eindhoven, The Netherlands
AnSem exhibits at the Bits&Chips Hardware Conference 2010. We are looking forward to meeting you on our booth.
About the Bits&Chips Hardware Conference 2010.
The Bits&Chips Hardware Conference 2010 is an event organized for high level professionals and technical managers from the high end electronics and IC design community. The goal of the event is to stimulate exchange of information and creation of contacts.
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| Materialise Builds a Replica of King Tut! | 15/6 | 08 Jun 2010
In 1922, the treasure-filled tomb of 'The Boy King', King Tutankhamun, was discovered and created a sensation. During the 1970s, the magnificent artifacts were brought to the public in a touring exhibition. These treasures are back ..but you've never seen King Tut like this before!
Materialise is well known in the industry as a leader for Additive Manufacturing solutions. When a replica of King Tut's mummy needed to be built in an expedited fashion, who else but Materialise | | |
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| Driving dynamics and real-time systems modeling are key LMS topics at Vehicle Dynamics Expo 2010 | 14/6 | LMS International will highlight its comprehensive solution portfolio during the Vehicle Dynamics Expo 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany. Interested participants will be able to attend expert presentations about the latest tools and techniques at the Open Technology Forum and visit the LMS International stand (#5530) for a live demo of an advanced real-time simulation model.
Participants interested in the latest engineering techniques regarding car body flexibility and its influence on vehicle | | |
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| Optus offers Australian mobile users a USB modem personalised for football tournament in South Africa | 11/6 |
LEUVEN, Belgium - June 11 2010 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Optus has selected the iCON® XY to launch their wireless broadband promotion for the football tournament in South Africa. The iCON XY is Option's total solution, setting new standards in customization, as not only the USB modem itself is fully customizable but also the software, via uCAN Connect®, and the packaging.
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| LMS: Automotive industry raves about new time-domain acoustic BEM solver | 9/6 | Power-packing technology responsible for better and faster acoustic design
The latest version of the simulation platform LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics integrates a powerful time-domain BEM solver developed by IMACS, a spin-off of the Ecole Polytechnique in France. This powerful back-engine lets acoustic engineers perform realistic simulations very efficiently and gain more insight into a wide variety of acoustic issues including for instance engine injection ticks, tire noise and door slams - | | |
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| Positive 5-year ChondroCelect follow-up results to be presented at ESSKA | 9/6 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - June 8, 2010 - TiGenix NV (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) announces that the 5-year follow-up results of the ChondroCelect® TIG/ACT/01/2000 pivotal
clinical study will be presented this week at the 14th ESSKA Congress in Oslo, Norway. The results confirm the durability of the therapeutic effect of ChondroCelect
and clearly illustrate that early treatment results in superior long-term clinical outcomes.
In 2002, TiGenix initiated a multi-centre prospective randomized controlled trial | | |
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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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| Onderzoekscentrum Holst Centre eerste om flexible OLED werkelijk toe te passen | 9/6 | Eindhoven zorgt voor wereldpimeur tijdens 24u van Le Mans
Eindhoven, 9 juni 2010 - Tijdens de 24-urenrace van Le Mans op 12 en 13 juni zal het Franse raceteam Oreca aan de start komen met een unieke wagen. Dankzij de technologie van het Eindhovense Holst Centre, een initiatief van imec (B) en TNO (NL), zijn in de achteruitkijkspiegels flexible OLEDs verwerkt. De lichtindustrie voorpselt een grote toekomst voor deze nieuwe manier van verlichting, maar totnogtoe beperkte hun zichtbaarheid zich | | |
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| Imec inaugurates first phase in its high-tech pole expansion | 9/6 | | Leuven, Belgium - June 8, 2010 - Imec today officially opens the extension of its state-of-the-art cleanroom at its campus in Leuven, Belgium. Moreover, imec also kicks off the construction of a new office building fitting in its plan for further expanding its high-tech ecosystem. With these extra 18,000m2 cleanroom, lab and office space, imec will have a research campus of 80,000m2 that can stand the comparison with any other high-tech research center worldwide. As such, imec aims at playing an | | |
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| Thrombogenics publiceert goede tests | 8/6 |
Het Leuvense biotechnologiebedrijf Thrombogenics heeft veelbelovende tests van microplasmine gepubliceerd. Thrombogenics heeft op het World Opthalmology Congress in Berlijn nieuwe resultaten van een studie naar microplasmine bekendgemaakt, een middel dat kan worden gebruikt om aandoeningen aan de achterkant van het oog te genezen zonder chirurgische ingreep. Thrombogenics stelde dat microplasmine bij de helft van de patiënten een gaatje kon genezen, wat een hoger percentage is dan bij eerdere | | |
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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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| FMTC COORDINATES EUROPEAN RESEARCH ON DESIGN METHODS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT MACHINES | 17/5 |
Machines of the future will have to consume much less energy than the current generation of machines. Flanders' MECHATRONICS Technology Centre vzw (FMTC) brought together a European consortium that will develop methods for designing energy efficient machines.
Estimates show that reductions up to 30% of the consumed energy are achievable by taking energy consumption systematically into account as a parameter during the machine design.
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| LMS and G.R.A.S. establish an acoustics partnership to strengthen solutions portfolio for acoustics testing | 7/5 | | LMS International and G.R.A.S. recently concluded an acoustics partnership to provide an integrated solutions portfolio for acoustic testing and analysis, and jointly develop new innovative solutions for acoustics engineering. LMS provides data acquisition systems and analysis software for a broad range of acoustic engineering applications, including sound intensity and sound power testing, material testing, pass-by noise testing, sound source localization and sound quality. G.R.A.S. is one of | | |
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| Amplexor realiseert ambitieus nieuwsportaal voor Tessenderlo Group | 7/5 | The Wire zorgt wereldwijd voor betere communicatie tussen vestigingen
Leuven, 7 mei - The Wire, zo heet de gloednieuwe interne website van Tessenderlo Group die sinds kort operationeel is. Deze interne communicatietool maakt het voor een 1000-tal kaderleden binnen het top- en middelmanagement van de internationale groep mogelijk om in contact met elkaar te blijven. Amplexor, intussen een vertrouwde partner van Tessenderlo, zorgde voor de technische implementatie op basis van Tridion en | | |
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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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| Materialise helps bring Pier Luigi Nervi back to life | 3/5 | Complete scale models of Nervi's buildings reconstructed in stereolithography on Materialise Mammoth machines.
Leuven (BELGIUM), 30 April, 2010. Materialise is playing its part for art by constructing 12 scale models of Italian artist, Pier Luigi Nervi's architectural masterpieces to be shown at an exhibition that will tour the globe, beginning this June in Brussels.
As the first major exhibition devoted to Nervi's entire career, the Brussels exhibition, entitled 'Pier Luigi Nervi, | | |
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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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| Option announces changes to the Board and publishes consolidated and statutory report 2009 of the Board of Directors | 16/4 | Leuven, Belgium - April 15, 2010 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announces a reorganisation of its Board of Directors and the publication online of its consolidated and statutory report 2009 in preparation of the Annual Shareholders Meeting that will be held on April 30, 2010 at 9.00AM in the Option offices in Leuven (Belgium).
Following the decision of Visinnova BVBA, represented by Patrick Desmedt, and Jan Loeber to leave the Board (effective | | |
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| Energy company WindVision will be moving to the Haasrode research park | 14/4 | More and more energy companies find their way to Greenhill Campus.
After GH Solar, now the fastgrowing energy company WINDVISION has rented a complete floor in Greenhill Campus through the intermediation of AXIMAS Real Estate Agents. They will occupy 550 m² offices in building C.
WindVision is specialized in the development of wind energy projects in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Cyprus. WindVision will develop Belgium's largest wind park in Estinnes. This park will consist of 11 wind | | |
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| Punch Powertrain secures 24 million euro capital | 6/4 | Leuven, Belgium: 31 March 2010 - Gimv and Capricorn supply additional funding for the further development and commercialisation of Punch Powertrain's CVT drivetrains
Punch Powertrain www.punchpowertrain.com is an independent manufacturer of Continuously Variable Transmission systems (CVTs) for cars. The company was acquired by Punch International in 2006. In May 2009, LRM carried out a capital increase of 7 million euro and obtained 30% of the shares in return. Recently, LRM exercised its | | |
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| Expansion of the Dekimo group | 2/4 | Dekimo group is glad to inform you that the Blue Guide EMC lab (www.bgemc.com) in Erpe-Mere, founded in 1996 by Pioneer Electronics, is now also part of the Dekimo group.
The BGEMC lab is accredited and fully equipped to perform full compliant measurements, so you obtain a conformity certificate and you may label your product as CE. However, also pre-compliant measurements and tests can be executed on your products in development. We also support you with professional advice, possibly in our | | |
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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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| Jonge Leuvense bio-ingenieurs winnen eerste Battle of Talents | 24/3 | Bron: Dagkrant K.U.Leuven en Addestino
Zes onderzoekers van de K.U.Leuven hebben met hun ondernemingsplan de eerste Battle of Talents wedstrijd gewonnen. Tijdens de finale op 22 maart in het hoofdkwartier van BNP Paribas Fortis te Antwerpen kwam SenseWell na een spannende eindstrijd als beste onderneming naar boven.
De Battle of Talents is een competitie waarin teams van Vlaamse universiteiten en hogescholen hun ondernemerstalent mogen tonen. De zes jonge onderzoekers van de | | |
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| GetWireless announces North American distribution agreement with Option | 24/3 |
LEUVEN, Belgium and MINNEAPOLIS, US - March 24, 2010 - GetWireless, a national distributor of cellular-based solutions, today announced a North American distribution agreement with Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), a global leader in wireless broadband technology. GetWireless will now be a premier North American distributor for Option's GlobeSurfer® III broadband router and the iCON® 452 USB modem, some of the first products of their kind to operate on the AWS frequency band in the | | |
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| TiGenix reports on regulatory path for ChondroCelect in the US | 17/3 | REGULATED INFORMATION MARCH 16, 2010
Leuven (BELGIUM) - March 16, 2010 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) has obtained clarity from the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the regulatory path
towards approval of its lead product ChondroCelect in the US.
The FDA has reviewed the summary of the clinical data from the pivotal trial that formed the base for the European marketing authorization for ChondroCelect which was approved in
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| TiGenix Reports on Sales of ChondroCelect | 10/3 |
Leuven (BELGIUM) - March 9, 2010 - TiGenix NV (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) provides an update on the launch of ChondroCelect and the status of reimbursement applications.
TiGenix has begun the commercial launch of its lead product, ChondroCelect, for the treatment of cartilage damage in the knee, in the initial target markets which include Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The first commercial patients have been treated and initial revenues
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| Leuven.Inc viert 10 jaar netwerking! | 5/3 |
Leuven Innovation Networking Circle of kortweg Leuven.Inc is in Vlaanderen geen onbekende meer. Het netwerk neemt reeds 10 jaar lang een prominente rol als netwerkplatform in. Dat dient gevierd te worden en dat doet het netwerk op vrijdag 12 maart 2010 samen met haar leden en in aanwezigheid van onder andere Gouverneur Lodewijk De Witte en Burgemeester Louis Tobback.
Tijdens het lustrum-programma wordt teruggekeken op 10 jaar netwerking ingebed in de Leuvense regio.
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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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| ZARI, A NEW APPLE VARIETY IS BORN | 19/2 | BELGIUM - 22 August 2008 - Zari is the name of the brand-new apple variety that has been launched by the Belgian
company Better3Fruit. After years of research and intensive testing, Zari, a descendant of Elstar and
Delbarestival, has been created. Zari is a striped, crunchy and extremely juicy apple. The new variety will be
only distributed through license and will be first offered in the Benelux, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark
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| Kent grower wins UK rights for new apples | 19/2 | Two new apple varieties, Zari and Zonga, are being grown in the UK for the first time this year after Kent-based top-fruit grower Clive Goatham acquired the UK growing rights.
Goatham, of AC Goatham & Son, has already planted some of the varieties on his new farm, Griffin Farm, in Sutton Valence in Kent.
Goatham bought the farm, which consists mainly of Cox orchards, this spring from apple grower David Boxall, who has now retired.
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| Better3Fruit lanceert nieuw appelras 'Zari' | 19/2 | SINT-TRUIDEN 21/08 (BELGA) = Het Leuvense fruitveredelingsbedrijf
Better3Fruit, heeft na jarenlange testen en onderzoek een nieuw appelras gelanceerd. Het gaat om het zomerras 'Zari', een nakomeling van de variëteiten Elstar en Delbardestivale. Het nieuwe appelras wordt enkel onder licentie verdeeld. In het Proefcentrum voor Fruitteelt in Kerkom bij Sint-Truiden werden 300 bomen van het nieuwe ras aangeplant, zo deelt
Better3Fruit donderdag mee.
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| Univeg markets new apple variety | 19/2 | | Univeg-Legumex Trade, subsiduary of fruit and vegetable company Univeg Group has obtained a licence for the exclusive production and sale of two new apple varieties. It is the first time that Univeg has independently put new apple varieties on the market. The concept-apples from Better3Fruit are a cross between Gala and Braeburn and have no brandname as yet. 'Both varieties are green with a red flush, have a slighty sour taste and are crisp and juicy,' said Peter Hostens, general diretor of | | |
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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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| Tigenix: Transparency Information | 12/2 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - February 12, 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 ING Group NV, having its registered office at Amstelveenseweg | | |
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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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| Imec, Renesas and M4S report a single-chip reconfigurable multi-standard wireless transceiver in 40nm CMOS | 11/2 | Leuven, February 10, 2010 - At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, imec and its research partners Renesas Technology Corp. and M4S present a complete transceiver with RF, baseband and data converter circuits in 40nm low-power CMOS. The fully reconfigurable transceiver is compatible with various wireless standards and applications, including the upcoming mobile broadband 3GPP-LTE standard.
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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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| Toxikon: software van onderzoekslaboprobleemloos door internationale audits | 9/12 | Diegem, 9 december 2009 - Toxikon, een onderzoekslaboratorium dat productveiligheid in de LifeScience sector analyseert, liet haar eigen ontwikkelde laboplanningssoftware valideren door CTG. De leverancier van IT-oplossingen en -diensten biedt sinds kort een nieuwe validatieservice aan, Agile Computerized Systems Validation. De dienst biedt bedrijven de garantie om overheidsinspecties (FDA, EMEA) met glans te doorstaan.
Het onderzoekslabo Toxikon gaat via analytische en bio-analystische tests | | |
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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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| Leuven.Inc slaagt glansrijk voor Qfor audit | 3/12 |  Op 29 september 2009 slaagde Leuven.Inc met glans voor de klantentevredenheidsaudit Qfor.
Met algemene tevredenheidsscores van 94% voor de pijler Opleiding en 100% voor de pijler Consulting/Begeleiding kregen wij een bevestiging van de kwaliteit en inzet die Leuven.Inc steeds vooropstelt bij de organisatie van onze activiteiten.
Conclusie van het eindrapport: 'Leuven.Inc is een professionele en dynamische organisatie die er in slaagt bedrijven en organisaties uit verschillende sectoren | | |
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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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| 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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| Option 3G solution in Google Android 2.0 | 25/11 | Option 3G solution in Google Android 2.0 development platform for pocket, handheld and tablet devices from MOTO Development Group
LEUVEN, Belgium - November 24, 2009 - Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that its GTM501, the world's smallest 3G module and one of Option's broadband wireless breakthroughs, will be used in MOTO Development Group's Android 2.0 Media Platform (AMP) offering reduced time-to-market for next-generation multi-touch consumer and enterprise | | |
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| OPTION: FINANCIAL NOTIFICATION | 24/11 | LEUVEN, Belgium - November 23, 2009 - Option today presented in more detail its strategy during an Analyst Briefing. During the meeting the Company reiterated its
strategy to move towards integrated hardware, software and services solutions. In addition, the Company confirms indicating that its targeted revenues for 2010 will be
approximately 20% higher compared to 2009. Finally the Company reconfirmed its previously announced intention to raise approximately EUR20 million in a capital raise
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| FMTC bundelt onderzoekskrachten om lerende machines te ontwikkelen | 18/11 | De machines van de toekomst zullen zich autonoom aanpassen aan veranderende omstandigheden en zo continu een optimale werking garanderen. Schattingen tonen dat voor
bepaalde machines op die manier een verhoogde productiviteit van 10% en een vermindering van het energieverbruik met 10% kan gerealiseerd worden. Dit resulteert in een significante
kosten- en energiebesparing voor de eindgebruikers van deze machines. Flanders' MECHATRONICS Technology Centre vzw (FMTC) bracht de Vlaamse | | |
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| GTM501 HSPA wireless module winner at GSMA's Embedded Mobile Module competition | 18/11 | | LEUVEN, Belgium - November 18, 2009 - Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that its GTM501, the world's smallest HSPA module and one of Option's broadband wireless breakthroughs, has been selected as the winner of the GSMA's Embedded Mobile Module competition in the 'Best Embedded Module in the High-Bandwidth Application' category. The announcement was made today at the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress in Hong-Kong. This award validates the market leading technology that makes the | | |
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| Option embeds world's smallest 3G module into Plastic Logic's large screen, lightweight eReader | 16/11 | 3G connectivity vital to Plastic Logic's eReader strategy of targeting of active mobile business professionals versus leisure readers
LEUVEN, Belgium - November 16, 2009 - Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that its GTM501, the world's smallest 3G module and one of Option's broadband wireless breakthroughs, will be used in Plastic Logic's new eReader device. This project demonstrates the Company's strategy to concentrate on total solution offerings, including software, | | |
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| TiGenix to acquire Orthomimetics | 16/11 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - November 16, 2009 - TiGenix strengthens its product portfolio and biomaterials platform through the acquisition of Orthomimetics, a privately held
medical technology company based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. This acquisition fits with TiGenix' growth strategy of becoming a leading player in the promising and fast-growing field of regenerative medicine. Orthomimetics was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge and the
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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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| Materialise releases Magics 14 with enhanced customer service | 5/11 | Materialise has proudly announced the release of a new version of the market leading pre-processing software solution for the rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing industry - Magics 14. It's bursting with lots of new features and comes equipped with a completely renewed customer service approach to enable users to make the most of this powerful software solution.
Magics is a core component of the Magics e-RP Solution Suite, which offers an essential range of integrated efficiency | | |
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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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| Capricorn Venture Partners expands its senior team and launches Capricorn Health-tech Fund | 21/10 | Leuven, Belgium: 21 October 2009 - Capricorn Venture Partners is pleased to announce the launch of its Capricorn Health-tech Fund (CHF).
The objective is to raise Eur 100 to Eur 120 million venture capital for a new fund focusing on early to mid stage human health-technology investments in Europe. Capricorn Venture Partners defines health-technology investments as investments in companies whose business and products relate to the prevention, the diagnosis or the treatment of diseases. The | | |
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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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| FibreMax winnaar en Visys runner-up in eerste Benelux Rising Star 2009 | 2/10 | Visys, een Belgisch bedrijf uit Hasselt, wint de tweede plaats in de Benelux Rising Star Award
Brussel, 2 oktober 2009 - Fibremax is tot winnaar uitgeroepen van de Benelux Rising Star Award 2009. De Rising Star verkiezing is een onderdeel van de Deloitte Technology Fast 50 en is speciaal in het leven geroepen voor bedrijven jonger dan vijf jaar. Elf genomineerde organisaties gingen de uitdaging aan en hielden een elevator pitch tijdens het Rising Star Event. FibreMax uit Joure ontving de | | |
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| Materialise wenst het Belgische Solar Team veel succes in Australië | 2/10 | Leuven, 2 oktober 2009. Terwijl het Belgische solar team hun Umicar Inspire voorbereid op de start van de World Solar Challenge op 25 oktober in Australië, wil Materialise hen graag nog een succesvolle race toewensen en een veilige rit.
In een tocht van 3000 km doorheen de Australische woestijn van Darwin tot Adelaide, worden tijdens de World Solar Challenge technologie, onderzoek en productie-innovaties van zonnewagens op de proef gesteld. Er zijn dit jaar 38 zuivere zonnewagens die deelnemen | | |
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| Amplexor is Silver Service Partner van Liferay | 28/9 | ECM-specialist komt tegemoet aan groeiende vraag naar portaalsoftware
Leuven, 28 september 2009 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM) is door Liferay aangesteld als Silver Service Partner. Liferay is een leider op het gebied van portaal- en collaboratiesoftware en biedt zijn platform aan onder de vorm van commerciële open source. Hierdoor staat de broncode ter beschikking van de klant en de community, maar zijn de klanten ook verzekerd van ondersteuning en het | | |
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| Materialise makes components for for "Trabant nT"prototype, | 24/9 | Frankfurt, Germany, 21 September 2009. The International Motor Show or Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) is the world's largest motor show. This year, in the event's 63rd year, it also houses the most impressive concept cars and newest serial production cars all manufactured using the latest technologies.
One of the remarkable projects this year in Frankfurt is the comeback of the Trabant. In 2007, Herpa, manufacturer of high-quality vehicle- and airplane miniatures, had the idea of | | |
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| Finalisten Onderneming van het Jaar 2009 | 22/9 | ECHO, STUDIO 100, VAESSEN INDUSTIES EN VITAMEX ZIJN GENOMINEERDEN VOOR 'ONDERNEMING VAN HET JAAR 2009'
JUBILEUMEDITIE 'ONDERNEMING VAN HET JAAR'-AWARD WORDT UITGEREIKT DOOR Z.K.H. PRINS FILIP EN PREMIER VAN ROMPUY
Ernst & Young organiseert dit jaar haar jubileumeditie van de 'Onderneming van het Jaar'-award, in samenwerking met De Tijd en BNP Paribas Fortis. De finalisten voor de 15de editie van de award zijn: Echo, Studio 100, Vaessen Industries en Vitamex. De winnaar van deze | | |
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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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| 3WIN : private plaatsing van 5 mio euro | 27/8 | 3WIN : private plaatsing van 5 mio euro voor de verdere ontwikkeling van actieve implanteerbare neurostimulatoren.
3WIN (www.3win.be) werkt op dit ogenblik aan een volledig implanteerbare diepe hersenstimulator (DBS) en een hybride hoorimplant (HAI) op basis van één platform.
Ter financiering van de huidige ontwikkelingen geeft 3WIN een private plaatsing uit van 5 mio euro onder de vorm van een converteerbare obligatielening (zie http://www.meritcapital.be/index.php?itemno=39 ) waarop U kan | | |
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| Deloitte Technology Fast50 and Rising Star competition | 30/7 | Election of the 50 fastest growing technology companies
Deadline for registration: 31 August 2009
For the tenth year Deloitte and its co-sponsors (e.g GIMV) organise the Deloitte Technology Fast50. In this anniversary year the Fast50 election is expanded from the Netherlands to the Benelux.
Participants can be public or private, and encompass all technology industry segments including software, internet, biotech/pharmaceutical/medical equipment, computers/peripherals, | | |
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| Option launches new iCON USB modem series into U.S. with Cincinnati Bell as first customer | 14/7 | iCON 452 Designed to Give U.S. Service Providers Enhanced 3G Access Through AWS at the Fastest Network Speeds Available in the Country
LEUVEN, Belgium and CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 14 2009 - Option.N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, , today announced the launch of its iCON 452 HSPA+ USB modem series in the U.S. with Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE: CBB) as the first customer.
Cincinnati Bell now carries the Option iCON 452, which uses Advanced Wireless | | |
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| Publication of ChondroCelect pivotal trial results honoured with prestigious award | 14/7 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - July 13, 2009 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT BRUSSELS: TIG)announces that the American Journal of Sports Medicine publication on the positive structural results of the ChondroCelect pivotal trial was awarded with the Hughston Award.
Every year, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) recognises the individuals who have made significant contributions to orthopaedic sports medicine. The Hughston Award is given for the most outstanding paper that appeared in The | | |
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| .MGX receives two Good Design awards for 2008 | 13/7 | Last year was the largest Good Design Awards program in history, and out of a record number of products considered, both the One_Shot.MGX and the Sequence.MGX emerged as winners for their cutting-edge designs.
The One_Shot.MGX (designed by Patrick Jouin for .MGX) is a foldable stool which is manufactured by selective laser sintering as one complete piece; the stool emerges from the machine in its final form, complete with hinges that are concealed by the graceful structure of the stool | | |
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| METRIS CUSTOM 320KV BAY INTRODUCED IN BRAND NEW CT IMAGING FACILITY IN MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY | 13/7 | Leuven, Juli 7th, 2009 - Dinosaur experts will rub shoulders with aircraft designers at a new x-ray imaging facility at the University of Manchester, which was officially opened on June 8th. The Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility recently took delivery of a powerful and highly accurate custom Metris 320kV Micro-CT system. Two Metris systems and other imagers provide academic and industrial users with world-leading characterization and research CT instrumentation.
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| Septentrio has rented 1800 m² offices on Greenhill Campus | 9/7 | Septentrio has rented building G on Greenhill Campus, consisting of 1784 m² offices, 150 m² archives and 36 parking places. The company already signed head of terms earlier this year and the transaction has succesfully been completed.
Septentrio Satellite Navigation NV, designs, manufactures, markets and supports high-end dual-frequency GNSS receivers with the best possible performance at a very competitive price. Targeted at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Septentrio's core | | |
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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.
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| TiGenix receives positive CHMP opinion on European MAA for ChondroCelect | 26/6 | Leuven (BELGIUM), June 26, 2009 - TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) announces that the company has received a positive opinion from the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) and the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European
Medicines Agency (EMEA) on the European Marketing Authorisation application (MAA) for its lead product ChondroCelect.
ChondroCelect is a regenerative autologous medicinal product indicated for the repair of full thickness cartilage lesions of the | | |
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| Amplexor kent continue groei | 9/6 | Leuvense ECM-specialist ziet omzet verder stijgen
Leuven, 9 juni 2009 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), heeft een uitstekend 2008 achter de rug. Niet alleen was het Belgische IT-bedrijf voor het vierde jaar op rij winstgevend, het genereerde in 2008 ook een omzet van 4.550.000 euro en een groeipercentage van 18%.
Aanhoudende groei
'2008 was voor ons alweer een mooi jaar', aldus Eric Pieters, ceo van Amplexor, 'niet alleen kenden we een sterke groei in onze | | |
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| NIKON CORPORATION AND METRIS | 3/6 | NIKON CORPORATION files its intention to launch a cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares and warrants of Metris
Leuven, June 3rd - Metris N.V., a metrology solutions company, today announces that NIKON CORPORATION, a pioneer in optical technology, has filed with the CBFA (the Belgian supervisory authority) its intention to launch a conditional cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares and warrants of Metris N.V. at an offer price of Euro 5.50 per Metris share.
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| FMTC lanceert oproep voor strategische onderzoeksprojecten | 3/6 | FMTC is het onderzoekscentrum van de leidende mechatronische bedrijven in Vlaanderen en is een initiatief van Agoria, de Belgische federatie van de technologische industrie. FMTC helpt de kloof tussen academische kennis in de
mechatronica en het gebruik hiervan in industriële toepassingen te overbruggen.
Teneinde zijn missie te volbrengen, beschikt FMTC over een uniek werkingsmodel van gemeenschappelijke onderzoeksprojecten. FMTC wordt ondersteund door de
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| IMEC names Luc Van den hove to serve as President and CEO | 2/6 | Leuven, Belgium - June 2, 2009 - IMEC today announced that its board of directors has named Luc Van den hove as IMEC's new President and Chief Executive Officer.
Gilbert Declerck is elected as member of the Board of IMEC International. In addition, he will continue to serve IMEC as Executive Officer, concentrating on key
governmental and industrial relations and on strategic advice. Changes will become effective on July 1, 2009.
Luc Van den hove has spent his entire career at IMEC, where he | | |
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| Chiltern Internatinoal opens office in Greenhill Business Incubator | 19/5 | CHILTERN INTERNATIONAL has opened - through the intermediation of AXIMAS Real Estate Agents - a Belgium office in Leuven, more specifically in the Greenhill Business Incubator.
The Business Incubator has been created on Greenhill Campus to support the enterpeneurial process and offers flexible solutions to small companies and start-ups looking for flexible short-term and long-term offices of 15 to 150 m² with shared facilities such as meeting room and restaurant. From the incubator young | | |
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| Option and Sharp build the new 3G Sidekick LX for T-Mobile USA | 14/5 | LEUVEN, Belgium, May 14, 2009 - Option N.V. (Euronext Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has developed a highly-integrated system board for the Japanese consumer electronics giant, Sharp Electronics Corporation. The system board incorporates all smartphone functionalities including 3G mobile broadband, and is being integrated by Sharp into the new 3G Sidekick LX messaging phone, commercialised by T-Mobile USA.
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| Second Round of Financing For Image Sensor Startup CMOSIS | 11/5 | Antwerp, Belgium, 08 May 2009 -- CMOSIS NV has successfully concluded its second round of financing by raising ? 1.11 m from present shareholders, new personnel and management. The new investment is earmarked for the ongoing development of new CMOS image sensor technologies and further business expansion. The second round of financing coincides with the appointment of Luc De Mey as CMOSIS CEO and President. Guy Meynants will become VP R&D.
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| Option reports First Quarter 2009 results | 30/4 | | Leuven, Belgium - April 30, 2009 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 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 (IFRS). The accounting policies and methods of computation followed in the attached financial statements are the | | |
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| Raad van Bestuur van IMEC vol vertrouwen over de toekomst | 24/4 | Raad van Bestuur van IMEC vol vertrouwen over de toekomst
Leuven, België - 24 april 2009 - De Raad van Bestuur van IMEC heeft vandaag tijdens haar algemene vergadering de resultaten van 2008 bekendgemaakt. 2008 was een goed jaar voor IMEC, en dat ondanks de uitdagende economische situatie. De Raad van Bestuur kijkt ook met vertrouwen naar de toekomst. Nano-elektronica heeft namelijk enorme toekomstperspectieven in de gezondheidszorg, energievoorziening, ontspanning, . In de huidige economische | | |
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| 'Hoe LinkedIn nu ECHT gebruiken' door Jan Vermeiren | 1/4 | Meer dan 34 miljoen mensen (waarvan 1 miljoen Nederlanders en 400.000 Belgen) hebben een profiel op LinkedIn en enkele connecties. De meest gehoorde vragen zijn echter: waarom ben ik eigenlijk lid van LinkedIn? Wat heb ik er aan? En hoe krijg ik resultaten zonder er te veel tijd aan te besteden?
Jan legt niet enkel uit waar de echte kracht van LinkedIn zit, maar geeft ook een kort en effectief 3 stappen plan mee zodat je snel resultaten kan halen. Daarnaast zijn er nog geavanceerde | | |
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| TASS Belgium offers new services: expert consulting and solutions | 26/3 | In addition to its flexible staffing services addressing capacity needs or needs for general embedded expertise, TASS is now also offering broader services to its customers. As such, we are giving content to our brand-new tagline 'Dedicated to make it work'.
One service type is expert consulting. We see an increasing demand for our help when customers are facing 'deep embedded' problems (for instance, critical issues with an embedded Linux kernel or drivers). It is often a matter of | | |
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| Leuven.Inc start programma 'Innovatief Ondernemerschap bij Groeibedrijven' | 10/3 | Doelstelling: Leer- en begeleidingstrajecten voor technologie-ondernemers in de eerste groeifasen van hun bedrijf of unit
Elk jong en groeiend high-tech bedrijf heeft in de verschillende fasen van opstart en ontwikkeling nood aan strategische en managementinput en begeleiding. Ondernemersmentaliteit en technische kennis vragen aanvulling met vaardigheden inzake professionele bedrijfsvoering: het vinden van een evenwicht tussen wetenschappelijke/technische ambities en marktontwikkeling, het | | |
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| Leuven in actie: op pad naar 2020 | 4/3 | Op 20 januari 2009 vond het eindforum van Vlaanderen in Actie plaats waar de toekomstprojecten werden toegelicht om Vlaanderen een plaats te bezorgen bij de beste vijf topregio's van Europa en dit tegen 2020.
Naar aanleiding van een door Leuven.Inc georganiseerde debatsessie op dinsdag 3 maart 2009 ll., werd volgend persbericht via Belga verspreid:
Agoria wil 'innovatie-oorlogskabinet'
4 maart 2009 -- Redactie Data News
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| Onderzoekscentrum FMTC breidt uit en werft aan | 4/3 |
Vlaamse mechatronicabedrijven willen Europese technologieprimeurs ontwikkelen.
Het onderzoekscentrum Flanders' Mechatronics Technology Centre (FMTC) in Heverlee breidt haar onderzoeksactiviteiten tijdens de komende jaren flink uit en verdubbelt het aantal onderzoekers. Dat wordt onder meer mogelijk gemaakt door een subsidie van Vlaams minister van Economie Patricia Ceysens. Die maakt tussen
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| Noesis Solutions announces the release of OPTIMUS Revision 8 | 3/3 | Leuven, Belgium - February 27, 2009 - Noesis Solutions, the leading provider of process integration and multi-disciplinary design optimization software, announces the release of OPTIMUS Revision 8. With the new OPTIMUS Revision 8 release, Noesis Solutions realizes groundbreaking achievements in a multitude of areas.
There are several ways in which process integration and design optimization tools can effectively improve the productivity of simulation engineers. One, of course, is to provide | | |
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| Amplexor bouwt archiefbeheersysteem voor Vlaams Parlement met Alfresco software | 26/2 |
Documenten en informatie uit het archief makkelijk ontsluiten en duurzaam beheren
Leuven, 26 februari 2009 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), bouwt voor het Vlaams Parlement een archiefbeheersysteem op basis van het open source ECM-systeem van Alfresco. Het systeem maakt alle soorten documenten van het Vlaams Parlement, digitaal én niet-digitaal, snel terugvindbaar en stelt ze ter beschikking van geautoriseerde gebruikers.
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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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| O2 offers new Option ExpressCard with retractable antenna | 17/2 |
Traveler Antenna makes GlobeTrotter Express 441 the first 'install & forget' ExpressCard
LEUVEN, Belgium and BARCELONA, Spain - February 16, 2009 - Telefónica O2 Germany will be one of the first operators to offer the GlobeTrotter Express 441, the latest ExpressCard from wireless technology company Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY). The operator will market the GlobeTrotter Express 441 under its own brand as the O2 Surfcard Speed. It joins Option's entry-level iCON 210 USB modem | | |
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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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| Gemalto deploys innovative solution for the management of 3G/HSPA connected devices | 17/2 |
Gemalto partners with Option to deliver remote management over the internet of 3G/HSPA USB modems for mobile operators
LEUVEN, Belgium and BARCELONA, Spain - February 17, 2009 - Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announces the next step in its strategy to manage all connected devices remotely, with the combination of its Smart Device Management Center (SDMC) service offer and the 3G/HSPA USB modem from Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY). This universal | | |
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| Option shipping stylish new wireless router: the GlobeSurfer III | 23/1 | LEUVEN, Belgium - January 22, 2009 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it is shipping a new 3G wireless router to mobile operators, distributors and Value Added Resellers. Offering businesses and households a versatile communications hub that creates an instant Wi-Fi hotspot the GlobeSurfer III enables multiple users to share a superfast HSPA broadband connection.
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| ASML Supervisory Board nominates Wolfgang Ziebart as new member | 21/1 |
VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, January 21, 2009 - The Supervisory Board of ASML Holding NV (ASML) is pleased to announce it will nominate Mr. Wolfgang Ziebart for appointment as a member of its Supervisory Board by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled to be held on March 26, 2009.
His candidacy will fill the vacancy left by Jan Dekker who has served on the Supervisory Board for 12 years and whose term expires on March 26, 2009. ASML wishes to thank Mr. Dekker for | | |
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| Magna Powertrain doubles testing productivity with LMS Test.Lab | 21/1 | Automotive supplier shortens in-vehicle NVH test cycles by 50% and responds faster to customer requests with mobile testing systems
Leuven, Belgium - January 19, 2009 - LMS, the engineering innovation company, announced today that automotive supplier Magna Powertrain has successfully deployed LMS Test.Lab and is experiencing productivity gains of up to 50%. Magna Powertrain uses the LMS systems to optimize the NVH performance of powertrains and drivelines it designs and manufacturers for | | |
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| Metris outsources C3 CMM manufacturing by spinning off Italian CMM operations | 16/1 | Leuven, January 16th, 2009 - Metris announces that its Italian C3 CMM operations continue as an independent organization. Metris will continue to source its aluminum-based C3 range of CMMs from its spin-off that also becomes the exclusive reseller of Metris products for Italy.
Angelo Muscarella, former CEO of Coord3 and sales director of Metris Italy, takes over the Bruzolo operations from Metris to create an independent CMM company. This new company includes both the development and | | |
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| METRIS 08Q4 TRADING UPDATE: RECESSION CAUSES SALES Q4 TO DECLINE- H2 EBITDA BREAK EVEN | 16/1 | Dit artikel in het Nederlands
METRIS 08Q4 TRADING UPDATE:
RECESSION CAUSES SALES Q4 TO DECLINE;
H2 EBITDA BREAK EVEN
Leuven, January 16th 2009 - Metris, leading innovator in the metrology industry, today issues its 08Q4 qualitative trading update. The group will announce its H2 and full year 2008 results on March 18th, 2009.
Until September 2008, Metris has been on track for Sales, Gross Profit and EBITDA plan. In Q4 however Metris' sales have been negatively impacted by recession, | | |
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| ServersCheck Monitoring Appliance | 16/1 | Goedkoper dan Open Source?
Kleinste en meest groene server monitoring oplossing
van ServersCheck maakt het waar.
ServersCheck Monitoring Appliance is kleinste en meest groene toestel op de markt.
Waver/Zaventem (België), Montréal (Canada) 14 januari 2009 - Goedkoper dan open source? Het lijkt een paradox, maar toch is het mogelijk. ServersCheck, gespecialiseerd in sensoren, hardware en sofware voor server room monitoring, lanceert met de Monitor Appliance een uniek concept. Dit toestel | | |
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| Option appoints Philippe Rogge to new role of Chief Operating Officer | 23/12 | LEUVEN, Belgium - December 23, 2008 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced a significant strengthening of its management and organizational structure with the appointment of Philippe Rogge as the company's first Chief Operating Officer.
Philippe joins Option from Belgacom Group where he was most recently Vice President Business Development & Planning. During seven years at Belgium's largest telecommunications company, Philippe | | |
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| Italian operator offers Option-connected Mobile Internet Device | 19/12 | MID incorporating Option wireless module on sale in Italy as well as France
LEUVEN, Belgium - December 19, 2008 - A second European operator is now offering a Mobile Internet Device (MID) based on a wireless embedded module from Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY). The MID is being marketed by Italy's leading mobile operator TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) as the Alice Mobile MID IDOL
The Alice Mobile MID IDOL - an MID with HSPA connectivity, 4.8' touch screen, retractable | | |
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| ASML takes action to adjust its organization due to severe order slowdown | 18/12 | | VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, December 18, 2008 - ASML Holding NV (ASML) announces today that it has seen a severe deterioration in its order intake due to the global economic crisis. 'Never before have we witnessed such a sharp and sudden fall-off in lithography system demand, triggered by an unprecedented mix of falling end-demand for semiconductors, weak memory prices and restricted access to capital for our customers,' said Eric Meurice, President and Chief Executive Officer of ASML. 'This | | |
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| Option to offer USB wireless modem in the UK | 15/12 |
LEUVEN, Belgium - December 15, 2008 - Option N.V. (Euronext Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that T-Mobile UK is adding an Option USB wireless modem to its pioneering mobile broadband service. The iCON 431 is an intelligent HSUPA USB modem offering fast, future-proof broadband connectivity: it will be marketed by T-Mobile UK as the Mobile Broadband USB Stick 530.
Option's iCON 431 can download at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps and upload at up to 5.7 | | |
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| CMS awards voor webprojecten Amplexor | 12/12 | 4 keer goud, 1 keer zilver en 2 keer brons op CMS awards voor webprojecten Amplexor
Leuven, 5 december 2008 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), zag donderdagavond op de vierde editie van de CMS awards in de Sky Hall in Zaventem maar liefst 7 van zijn recente projecten in de prijzen vallen. De CMS awards worden sinds 2005 jaarlijks uitgereikt aan de beste Belgische websites gebaseerd op een content management systeem (CMS). Daarmee bewijst Amplexor dat ze dé Web | | |
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| Surfen met de snelheid van het licht | 10/12 | Optische chiptechnologie breekt door
Brussel, België - 10 December 2008 - Intensieve samenwerking tussen Europese universiteiten, onderzoeksinstellingen waaronder het Leuvense IMEC en fotonicabedrijven heeft ervoor gezorgd dat optische chips in Europa op het punt staan om door te breken in tal van toepassingen. Zo zullen optische chips ons in de toekomst nog sneller laten surfen doordat ze overal in het glasvezelnetwerk gebruikt zullen worden, gaande van de eindgebruiker tot diep in het | | |
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| Deloitte Fiduciaire maakt resultaten bekend van haar 'KMO Kompas 2008 - 10 financiële sleutels om uw onderneming te sturen' | 8/12 | - Een KMO financiert zich per 5,8 keer meer met eigen middelen dan met bancair vermogen
- 75% van KMO allicht voldoende gewapend tegen financieel-economische crisis, maar.
- Energiekosten 2,5 maal sneller gestegen dan index consumptieprijzen
- Budget reclameuitgaven laatste 4 jaar gedaald
- Totale belastingdruk op KMO sterk onderschat
Brussel, 26 november 2008 - Deloitte Fiduciaire, marktleider inzake accountancy, fiscaal-juridisch en financieel advies aan familiale ondernemers en KMO's, | | |
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| ELAt zorgt voor innovatiestimulans en verbetering van competitief vermogen | 8/12 | Innovatie agenda 'Engineering the Future' zorgt voor actie in ELAt (Eindhoven, Leuven en Aachen triangle)
Op dinsdag 2 december is de innovatie agenda, 'Engineering the Future' voor de Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (ELAt) gepresenteerd tijdens een conferentie op de High Tech Campus Eindhoven. De innovatie agenda vormt een paraplu boven tal van bottom-up gedreven initiatieven en samenwerkingsverbanden van organisaties uit het gebied Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen. Het ELAt partnersschap zal worden | | |
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| IMEC and Panasonic Sign Comprehensive Joint Research Contract | 12/11 | Cutting-edge CMOS processes and More than Moore (networks, wireless,and biomedical) featured.
Osaka, Japan and Leuven, Belgium - November 12, 2008 - Today, the nanoelectronics research center IMEC and Panasonic Corporation have signed a joint research contract concerning the most advanced technologies in the semiconductor, networks, wireless, and biomedical fields. Research will be carried out at the Leuven (Belgium) facilities and IMEC's research unit at Holst Centre in Eindhoven (the | | |
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| Option and Microsoft collaborate on Windows 7 | 6/11 | | LEUVEN, Belgium - November 6, 2008 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), announced today that its HSPA broadband connectivity devices will be Windows 7 enabled. Option continues to collaborate with Microsoft to provide development support between Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft's operating system, and Option's mobile broadband devices such as USB modems, data cards, routers and embedded modules. As a result, Option will deliver a consistent Windows user experience with | | |
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| Option delivers new USB modem for Vodafone | 4/11 | LEUVEN, Belgium - November 4, 2008 - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that a new high-performance USB wireless modem with micro SD slot is shipping to Vodafone.
Developed with Vodafone and targeted at both the tech savvy consumer and enterprise markets, the Vodafone K3760 USB Stick will launch in a number of European countries this year. The device will be available for other Vodafone operators and partner networks during 2009.
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| IMEC calls for true European collaborations | 30/10 | Leuven, Belgium - October 30, 2008 - To increase Europe's microelectronics competitiveness, the Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC asks Europe and its governing public authorities to stimulate true cross-border collaborations, not only by setting up networks but also by creating financial means. Only international collaboration will enable Europe to continue to play a competitive role in nanoelectronics and related fields.
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| USI selects Option embedded wireless module for razor-thin Mobile Internet Device | 21/10 |
LEUVEN, Belgium - October 21, 2008 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY) the wireless technology company, today announced that its GTM501 embedded module is providing 3G HSPA connectivity to a new ultra-compact Mobile Internet Device (MID) from USI (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2350.tw). The new MID also includes GlobeTrotter Connect for Linux, the connection management software specially developed by Option for MIDs.
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| Option to extend collaboration with Intel on wireless modules for Mobile Internet Devices | 20/10 |
LEUVEN, Belgium - October 20, 2008 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it is developing a new 3.5G HSPA embedded module for the 'Moorestown' platform, Intel's next generation Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform based on the Intel® Atom(TM) processor.
Option has collaborated with Intel since 2007, which has resulted in Option becoming the first company in the world to deliver a WWAN module that was physically small | | |
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| AT&T and Option launch AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver | 14/10 | New USB Mobile Broadband Device Is Stylish, Small and Very Fast
DALLAS, Texas, and LEUVEN, Belgium, October 14, 2008 - AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Option N.V. (Euronext Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY) today announced the availability of the AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver, a new USB mobile broadband device with an award-winning design. The Quicksilver is the newest addition to AT&T's High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)-capable lineup of LaptopConnect devices on the nation's fastest third-generation (3G) | | |
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| PNO neemt de Belgische en Nederlandse Deloitte Grants & Incentives-afdelingen over | 2/10 | Arnhem/Brussel, 2 oktober 2008
PNO Consultants heeft vandaag de overname bekend gemaakt van de Grants & Incentives afdeling van Deloitte in Nederland en België. De 25 Deloitte medewerkers worden opgenomen in de Nederlandse en Belgische vestigingen van PNO. Deloitte trekt zich terug uit deze markt om haar onafhankelijkheid als audit organisatie te onderstrepen. Voor PNO betekent de overname een versterking van de marktpositie in Nederland en België. Er zijn geen financiële details bekend | | |
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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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| NiniX Technologies wordt lid van Flanders' MECHATRONICS Technology Centre | 19/9 | NiniX Technologies uit Brugge is lid geworden van het Flanders' Mechatronics Technology Centre v.z.w. (FMTC), het onderzoekscentrum van de toonaangevende Vlaamse machinebouwers. In totaal heeft FMTC nu 20 industriële en 2 geassocieerde leden.
NiniX Technologies is in 2001 ontstaan als spin-off van BC Components en is in enkele jaren uitgegroeid tot een bedrijf met een dertigtal medewerkers. Het bedrijf ontwikkelt en produceert
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| CMOSIS: Lou Hermans appointed Vice President | 16/9 | September 2008, Antwerpen/Belgium -- Lou Hermans, co-founder and Chairman of the Board of CMOSIS NV, Antwerpen, Belgium, has been appointed Vice President of Marketing and Sales from September, 2008. Hermans was one of the founders of CMOSIS in November 2007. After some time in the background, he is now back on the active side of a young and prospering image sensor company.
In November 1999, Lou Hermans co-founded FillFactory, a spin-off of IMEC, developing, producing and commercializing CMOS | | |
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| Distribution channels select award winning Option iCON 401 USB modem | 11/9 | LEUVEN, Belgium - September 11, 2008 - Option N.V. (Euronext Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that its iCON 401 USB modem, recent winner of the red dot award in the product design category, is shipping commercially through distributors in South Africa, Norway, Finland, Germany, Italy and the UK.
Option is working with distribution partners to open up indirect channels to fulfil incremental sales opportunities and expand the overall wireless | | |
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| Option ships HSPA ExpressCard designed exclusively for Vodafone | 28/8 | World's first 5.76 Mbps-capable HSUPA device supports 900 MHz frequency bands.
Leuven, Belgium - August 28, 2008 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it started shipping a new, stylish and high performance wireless broadband ExpressCard to Vodafone.
Exclusively developed for the Vodafone Group and its Partner Networks, the new ExpressCard is designed to achieve peak HSDPA download speeds of 7.2 Mbps with HSUPA uploads | | |
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| Triphase en Groep T ontwikkelen race kart op waterstof | 24/8 | Leuven, 21 augustus - Op 22 en 23 Augustus vindt in Rotterdam het Formula Zero Championship 2008 plaats, het eerste internationale kampioenschap voor racewagens waarbij de deelnemers geen CO2 uitstoten. Zes raceteams van internationale topuniversiteiten gaan twee dagen de strijd aan met elkaar op het Willemsplein op een voor dit evenement. speciaal gebouwd circuit. De universiteitsteams hebben zelf hun eigen waterstof- en brandstofcel race kart ontworpen en gebouwd.
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| eHealth closer to reality thanks to real-time relevant medical data extraction | 20/8 | IMEC and i.Know apply 'knowledge streaming' on wireless cardiac monitoring
Eindhoven (The Netherlands) - August 20, 2008 - In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC - Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute - has broadened the functionality and scope of its wireless health monitoring technology by linking it to real-time extraction of relevant medical data. The new technology builds upon the 'knowledge streaming' concept of i.Know - a Belgian SME specialized in | | |
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| Option unveils Compal as first MID customer | 20/8 | | IDF, San Francisco, USA - August 19, 2008 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that its embedded wireless modules and Linux-based connection management software have been selected by Compal Electronics (Taiwan: 2324.tw) to provide HSPA 3G connectivity to a new range of Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). The Compal Group is the world's second largest original device manufacturer (ODM) - a specialist manufacturer of products on behalf | | |
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| HANSJORG SAGE TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR Gimv's ICT | 28/7 | GIMV, one of Europe's most important private equity and venture capital providers, is pleased to announce today that Hansjörg Sage joined as a Partner. Simultaneously, two
other Investment Managers have joined the company. Hansjörg will head GIMV's ICT (Information & Communication Technology) investment activities in the German speaking countries. The two Investment Managers will reinforce GIMV's vertical sector knowledge in electronics and telecommunication.
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| ASML announces 2008 Second Quarter Results - Immersion technology growth continues amid macro-economic pressure | 16/7 | VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, July 16, 2008 - ASML Holding NV (ASML) today announces 2008 second quarter results according to US GAAP as follows:
- Q2 2008 net sales of EUR 844 million versus Q1 2008 net sales of EUR 919 million (Q2 2007 net sales of EUR 930 million)
- Q2 2008 net income of EUR 192 million or 22.7 percent of net sales - including a non-recurring tax benefit of approximately EUR 70 million -- versus Q1 2008 net income of EUR 145 million or 15.8 percent of net sales (Q2 2007 | | |
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| Crucial step towards GPS-Galileo RTK demonstrated using live Galileo satellites | 16/7 | Leuven, Belgium - Using 2 off-the-shelf GNSS receivers from Septentrio, researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands, produced the first Galileo double difference measurements from live satellite signals. Double difference measurements play a key role in RTK applications. This event paves the way for multi constellation RTK receivers.
Simultaneous visibility of both GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B during a window of more than 1.5 h allowed the researchers to collect | | |
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| Hartmonitoring met een pleister | 14/7 | Leuven, België - 14 juli 2008 - IMEC ontwikkelde een klein draadloos sensorsysteem dat in staat is om continu het hart te monitoren. De draadloze sensor werd ingebouwd in een plooibaar en rekbaar materiaal en geïntegreerd in textiel zodat ze comfortabel gedragen kan worden op het lichaam. Dergelijke draadloze ECG(electrocardiogram)-pleisters zullen detectie van bijvoorbeeld hartritmestoornissen mogelijk maken tijdens dagdagelijkse activiteiten buiten de ziekenhuisomgeving.
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| IMEC research business forum 2008 | 11/7 | October 15-17, 2008
Aspiring a better future through semiconductor technology and technology for ambient intelligence
Leuven, Belgium -- August, 2008 -- On October 15-17, 2008, the 18th edition of IMEC's Annual Research Review Meeting will take place at the
Radisson SAS Royal hotel in Brussels, Belgium. The 2-day event includes presentations by prominent speakers from the semiconductor industry and
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| Option indicates preliminary Q2 and first half 2008 results | 11/7 |
Leuven, Belgium - July 11, 2008 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that although the Company had its highest ever quarterly volume of units shipped, pre-audited preliminary revenues for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 will be in the range EUR 60-62 million. These revenues combined with EUR 77 million for the first quarter 2008 will generate half year revenue in the range of EUR 137-139 million which is approximately 9% less than | | |
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| Option to nominate two new Board members | 2/7 |
LEUVEN, Belgium - July 2 2008 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Mr. Olivier Lefebvre and Mr. Patrick De Smedt have been nominated to join its Board of Directors. Final appointment of the new directors will be subject to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on July 29, 2008. Both will act as independent Board members, expanding the Option Board of Directors to eight members.
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| Materialise establishes a Chair for patient-specific, image-based biomechanics at the University of Leuven | 2/7 |
New chair stimulates research in and development of patient-specific biomechanical models and surgery simulations.
Leuven (Belgium), July 1, 2008. Starting from August 1, 2008, Materialise NV, world leader in software development for medical image processing, will support a new chair at the University of Leuven (Belgium). This chair will concentrate on research in the simulation of patient-specific interventions on the musculoskeletal system.
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| Gimv FINALISES TAKEOVER OTN | 1/7 | GIMV announces that it has finalised the takeover of OTN, which was already reported earlier on in June. GIMV purchases OTN from Nokia Siemens Networks. The 80 OTN employees will be transferred to OTN Systems NV, a newly formed company established by GIMV and the OTN management.
OTN (Open Transport Network) is a flexible communications network based on optical fibres. The OTN network is possibly the most performant multiplexer that currently exists for industrial uses., The system permits all | | |
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| Metris acquires CMM software company Integrated Quality Inc. | 1/7 |
Leuven, June 30 2008 - Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) announces that it has acquired 100% of the stock of Integrated Quality Inc. (IQ), a US company specialized in developing software for Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM). This transaction fits in the Metris acquisition strategy to strengthen its product portfolio and to extend its distribution channels to the market.
The purchase price amounts to US$5.9 million, representing an EV/EBIT08 multiple of 4.5. Independently from Metris, IQ | | |
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| LAYERS EN DEKIMO BUNDELEN KRACHTEN | 1/7 |
Gent/Leuven, 01/07/08. Layers ('The House of PCB design') sluit zich per 1 juli 2008 aan bij de Dekimo groep. Layers breidt hiermee haar activiteiten uit naar een totaalpakket dat zowel het ontwerpen van elektronica en Printed Circuit Boards als de ontwikkeling van embedded software omvat.
'Dekimo zocht uitbreiding aan de oostkant van Brussel en kan dit nu op een snelle manier via de bestaande verkoopskanalen en netwerken van Layers. Bovendien waren wij nooit gefocust op PCB ontwerp als | | |
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| European Infrared Detector Leader XenICs Inaugurates Volume Production in Singapore | 23/6 | | Leuven/Singpore, 23, June 2008 --- XenICs, Europe's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors and customized imaging solutions covering the LWIR to the visible realm, continues its worldwide ex¬tension strategy and growth by establishing Singapore-based sInfraRed Pte Ltd. A company 100% owned by XenICs, sInfraRed is to provide comprehen¬sive marketing, sales and support as well as volume production and cus¬tomization of XenICs' products in the Asia, Australia and Middle | | |
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| IPTEC Tech Transfer Award | 16/6 | | K.U.Leuven Research & Development (LRD) has been awarded the IPTEC Tech Transfer Award in Frankfurt. This award recognizes institutions with an outstanding record in technology transfer: making the bridge between science and industry, and getting technologies to the market. LRD faced fierce competition. The other finalists in the category 'universities' were Columbia University (USA), Imperial Innovations (UK), MIT (USA) and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (USA). It is the third time this | | |
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| Prestigieuze onderscheiding voor K.U.Leuven Research & Development | 13/6 |
K.U.Leuven Research & Development, kortweg LRD, heeft de IPTEC Tech Transfer Award in de wacht gesleept. Het gaat om een onderscheiding voor organisaties die uitblinken in technologietransfer. Dat is de overdracht van kennisinstellingen naar het bedrijfsleven en het op de markt brengen van nieuw ontwikkelde technologieën.
LRD moest afrekenen met stevige concurrentie. De vier andere genomineerden in de categorie 'universiteiten' waren Colombia University (USA), Imperial Innovations (UK), MIT | | |
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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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| Growth finance Bafa | 6/6 | Fin.Co invests in BAFA (Ben-Air Flight Academy)
Antwerp/Brussels - 5 May 2008
Fin.Co has acquired a significant minority stake in BAFA, a leading Belgian Flight Training Organisation based at the International Airport of Antwerp.
Founded in 1980, BAFA (www.bafa.be) offers a broad range of training programs for professional and private pilots, based on the most recent European licensing requirements. The company envisages the highest quality standards for its training courses and works | | |
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| Amplexor kent aanhoudende groei in 2007 | 6/6 | Leuvense ECM-specialist ziet omzet stijgen en breidt verder uit
Leuven, 5 juni 2008 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), heeft alweer een uitstekend jaar achter de rug. Niet alleen kende het Belgische IT-bedrijf een significante winststijging, maar het genereerde in 2007 ook een omzet van meer dan 4 miljoen euro, een stijging met meer dan 35% ten opzichte van 2006.
Sterke omzetstijging en uitbreiding
'We hebben een mooi jaar achter de rug', aldus Eric Pieters, | | |
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| Option announces Linux Connection Management Software for MIDs | 5/6 | GlobeTrotter Connect for Linux brings Mobile Internet Devices closer to market acceptance.
Leuven, Belgium - June 5 2008 - Option, the wireless technology company, announced its GlobeTrotter Connect for Linux - the connection management software for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) based on the Intel® Centrino® Atom(TM) processor technology. The software is written for Moblin-based Linux operating systems, an OS choice well-suited for MIDs.
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| Artec en Indie Education worden Televic Education | 5/6 | Indie Group uit Kortrijk verkoopt haar afdeling Education aan Artec, onderdeel van het Izegemse Televic. Artec en Indie Education gaan vanaf 1 juni samen verder onder de noemer Televic Education.
Artec is een belangrijke leverancier van hoogtechnologische multimediaklassen en taallabo's. Het bedrijf heeft reeds meer dan 40 jaar ervaring in de sector, is operationeel actief in meer dan 50 landen en heeft vestigingen in de UK, Frankrijk en Bulgarije.
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| WATERLEAU neemt SCHEPENS Air & Solids over | 4/6 | Herent-Dendermonde (2 juni, 2008) - De milieugroep WATERLEAU neemt SCHEPENS Air & Solids n.v. over van het Nederlandse VADO. SCHEPENS Air & Solids is gespecialiseerd in de engineering, het ontwerp, de bouw en de montage van luchtzuiveringssystemen, afval- en stortgoederenbehandeling en complexe staalstructuren voor industriële en overheidsklanten en realizeerde in 2007 een omzet van 5.9 miljoen euro.
'De kennis en ervaring aanwezig bij Schepens Air & Solids kon als stand-alone perfect | | |
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| Clear2Pay, Keyware en Integri leveren bouwstenen voor toepassingen gebaseerd op NFC-technologie | 3/6 | Clear2Pay, Keyware en Integri leveren bouwstenen voor toepassingen gebaseerd op NFC-technologie
Belgische universiteiten sluiten overeenkomst met technologiebedrijven voor onderzoek naar Near Field Communication (NFC)
3 juni 2008, Brussel - Een aantal IBBT onderzoeksgroepen van de Belgische universiteiten van Leuven, Gent en Brussel kondigen een samenwerking aan met IT bedrijven aktief in de betalingswereld om de mogelijkheden, het gebruik en de veiligheid van NFC toepassingen te | | |
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| Ernst&Young mediastudie | 30/5 | Digitalisering van audiovisuele content geeft kijker meer invloed en kan op termijn de relatie tussen productiehuizen en distributeurs veranderen.
Brussel, 28 mei 2008 - De digitalisering van de audiovisuele content geeft de kijker meer invloed, en kan op termijn leiden tot een gewijzigde verhouding tussen productiehuizen en distributeurs. Dat is één van de belangrijkste conclusies van een recente studie van Ernst & Young over de nieuwste ontwikkelingen in het Belgische medialandschap. In | | |
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| TiGenix verhuist naar nieuw hoofdkantoor | 26/5 | Leuven (België) - 26 mei 2008 - TiGenix (EURONEXT: TIG), het biomedisch bedrijf dat zich toespitst op de ontwikkeling van innovatieve lokale behandelingen voor beschadigde en osteoartritische gewrichten, kondigt de verhuis op 30 mei naar haar nieuwe kantoren aan.
Op 30 mei zal TiGenix haar nieuwe kantoor- en R&D-gebouw in Leuven in gebruik nemen. Het nieuwe gebouw beschikt over ongeveer 2.000 m2 kantoor- en laboruimte en een bijkomende 700 m2 voor uitbreiding.
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| Tax specialist Brent Springael joins Bird & Bird Brussels | 17/4 |
Bird & Bird is delighted to announce that Brent Springael has joined the firm's Brussels office from NautaDutilh on April 1, 2008.
Brent, who will be joined by a new junior associate soon, will develop a dedicated tax department.
Brent's practice focuses on corporate and international taxation. He also advises on tax optimization of IP assets revenues, tax planning and on the new Belgian notional interests regime. Before joining Bird & Bird, he worked in the Brussels offices of | | |
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| HNSA (Groupe Thomson) sets up its Belgian branch in the Campus Remy penthouse | 2/4 |
HNSA has rented for their Soft At Home project, through the intermediation of AXIMAS Real Estate Agents, a superb 722 m² penthouse loft including 150 m² terraces with views over the surounding landscape all the way up to Leuven and Mechelen.
Soft At Home aims to create and promote a software platform to simplify and accelerate the adoption of residential digital services. Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications have joined forces to create a joint venture: Soft At Home. This structure is | | |
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| Amplexor opent tweede Belgisch kantoor in Gent | 27/3 | Leuvense ECM specialist krijgt tweede vestiging in Uco-Toren
Leuven, 26 maart 2008 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), opent een nieuwe vestiging in Gent. Naast het hoofdkantoor in Holsbeek (Leuven) krijgt Amplexor er een tweede kantoor bij in de bekende Gentse Uco-Toren.
Betere dienstverlening
Amplexor wil met het tweede kantoor in Gent zijn klanten uit Oost- en West-Vlaanderen een betere dienstverlening bieden. Luc Peeters, die eind vorig jaar bij Amplexor | | |
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| > March 19, 2008: cmosis speaks at the IntertechPira conference | 26/3 | | On March 20th, Guy Meynants, CEO of cmosis, speaks at the IntertechPira conference on image sensors in London. His talk, entitled 'Increasing Dynamic Range in CMOS image sensors' will focus on the importance of dynamic range for various applications, show where limitations in dynamic range originate from, and illustrate various solutions to increase the dynamic range. | | |
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| CMOSIS creation | 26/3 | Antwerp, Belgium, 15 January 2008
A team of former FillFactory founders and senior staff created cmosis nv, a new supplier of advanced CMOS image sensors solutions. cmosis structured as a VCbacked, privately held company, started operations mid November 2007 providing turnkey image sensor solutions to the industrial and professional markets, ranging from sensor design over prototyping, characterization and packaging to qualification and volume production.
cmosis principals are Guy | | |
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| Metris acquires 100% of Chinese joint venture | 19/3 |
Leuven, March 19 2008 - Metris announces today that it has acquired 100% of the Chinese SLK joint venture. This acquisition will enable Metris to further extend its strong presence in China and to expand its manufacturing capacity for increased production output. Manufacturing CMMs and subassemblies of other Metris products in the newly acquired Chinese manufacturing entity will reduce overall cost of sale.
In 2004, Shanghai Machine Cutting Tool - a division of Shanghai Electric Company | | |
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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.
Neosens was founded in 2001 in Toulouse, France by Laurent Auret after | | |
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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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| TMF lanceert uniek online radioconcept: TMFradio | 19/2 | Jongerenzender TMF lanceert vandaag TMFradio, een gloednieuw en uniek online radioconcept waarbij je als luisteraar helemaal zelf bepaalt wat je graag wil horen. Het nieuwe online radioplatform bevat meer dan 100.000 songs onderverdeeld in verschillende muziekstijlen. Aristo Music, een spin-off van de KU Leuven, tekende voor de technologie. ONE Agency zorgde voor de creatie van de webapplicatie.
TMFradio: op maat van elke luisteraar.
Met TMFradio kiezen luisteraars zelf wat ze graag willen | | |
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| OPTION SELECTED BY QUALCOMM TO COLLABORATE ON GOBIT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY | 18/2 | LEUVEN, Belgium - February 18 2008 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has been selected by Qualcomm to provide complete solutions based on Qualcomm Incorporated's GobiT global mobile
internet platform for laptops to OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) worldwide.
The embedded multi-mode Gobi solution is based on Qualcomm's MDM1000T chipset, includes associated software and API, and a reference design for a software-defined | | |
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| GSMA AWARD-WINNING WIRELESS NOTEBOOK INCORPORATES OPTION EMBEDDED MODULE | 13/2 | BARCELONA, Spain - February 13 2008 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, congratulates Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) on its success in the GSM Association's Mobile Broadband Notebook competition.
ECS' G101L notebook was named as the Best Pre-Commercial Mobile Broadband Notebook in this year's GSMA Mobile Broadband Notebook competition. The judges cited its feature-rich package, its compact and light form factor, and its affordable price as matching | | |
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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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| Holst Centre reports breakthrough in organic RFID | 6/2 | The plastic RFID tag builds on IMEC's plastic rectifier technology combined with Polymer Vision's organic electronics technology and approaches item-level tagging requirements
05-02-2008 - San Francisco, California, USA -- At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Holst Centre - founded by the Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC and the Dutch research center TNO - presents a plastic 64-bit inductively-coupled passive RFID tag operating at 13.56MHz. With a record | | |
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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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| OPTION TO SHOWCASE NEW PRODUCTS AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2008 | 4/2 | LEUVEN, Belgium - February 4, 2008 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced it will unveil several exciting new mobile devices at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 11-14.
These state of the art new product releases include:
- A compact, high performance USB wireless modem which has already received a top industry award for its innovative and stylish design
- The world's first quad-band HSPA ExpressCard, | | |
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| AMI Semiconductor en IMEC bundelen krachten in ontwikkeling van nieuwe generatie Smart Power Technologieën | 28/1 |
28-01-2008 - Oudenaarde en Leuven - Het Amerikaanse AMI Semiconductor (AMIS), een belangrijke chipfabrikant met Europese hoofdzetel in Oudenaarde, en het Leuvense nano-elektronicaonderzoekscentrum IMEC zetten hun handtekening onder een tweejarig samenwerkingsproject. Binnen dit project zullen AMIS en IMEC samenwerken aan de ontwikkeling van nieuwe generatie Smart Power technologieën.
Smart Power technologie integreert functies voor het schakelen van grote vermogens in steeds kleinere chips, | | |
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| OPTION INDICATES PRELIMINARY Q4 AND FULL YEAR 2007 RESULTS | 25/1 | Leuven, Belgium - January 25, 2008 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that pre-audited preliminary revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 will be in the range EUR 67-70 million, which includes certain extraordinary adjustments, representing a minimum growth of 6% over Q4 2006. Full year revenue will be in the range of EUR 298-301 million
representing a minimum growth of 7% versus full year 2006. EBIT for the quarter will be | | |
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| UALBANY NANOCOLLEGE AND IMEC TO COLLABORATE ON EUV LITHOGRAPHY | 21/1 | FIRST EXPERIMENTS TO BE PERFORMED AT CNSE's ALBANY NANOTECH
IBM, ASML researchers will also participate in program designed to advance EUV lithography
(Albany, NY) - The world's two leading centers for next-generation nanoelectronics research and development ('R&D') - the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ('CNSE') of the University at Albany in Albany, NY and IMEC in Leuven, Belgium - today announced plans to jointly perform extreme ultraviolet lithography ('EUVL') experiments | | |
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| LSP co-leads CHF 17.0 million Series A financing of Vivendy Therapeutics AG | 18/1 | Munich, January 15, 2008
LSP today announced the closing of a CHF 17.0 million Series A round of Vivendy Therapeutics Ltd., a bio-pharmaceutical company located in Basel, Switzerland. The round was led by BioMedinvest AG and co-led by LSP and TVM Capital.
Vivendy Therapeutics Ltd. is a pharmaceutical start up company that is developing an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Morbus Morquio (Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA), a rare
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| Former FillFactory Personnel Found Image Sensor Company CMOSIS | 17/1 | Antwerp, Belgium, 15 January 2008 - A team of former FillFactory founders and senior staff created cmosis nv, a new supplier of advanced CMOS image sensors solutions. cmosis structured as a VCbacked, privately held company, started operations mid November 2007 providing turnkey image sensor
solutions to the industrial and professional markets, ranging from sensor design over prototyping, characterization and packaging to qualification and volume production.
cmosis principals are Guy | | |
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| Amplexor lanceert een dedicated helpdesk voor ECM-gebruikers | 17/1 | Customer Application Management Team verleent specifieke en hooggekwalificeerde ondersteuning
Leuven, 16 januari 2008 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), biedt haar klanten vanaf vandaag een uitgebreide en gestructureerde ondersteuning voor al hun ECM-projecten. Bij het Customer Application Management Team (CAMT) kunnen de klanten van Amplexor terecht voor dringende vragen over onderhoud, upgrades en change requests. Hooggekwalificeerde consultants bieden zowel | | |
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| Available space in Leuven to alarming levels! | 17/1 | The availability of office space and warehouses in and around Leuven, rental properties in particularly, has dropped to an alarming level.
There is no office space remaining above 1500 m² and in the 500-1500 m² range offers are limited to only a few properties. Available warehouse units below 1000 m² are virtually non-existing. In combination with the fact that most project developers sitting on permits are not willing to start building (earliest possible new availability in 12-14 months) and | | |
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| Luc Peeters leidt consultancyteam van Amplexor | 19/12 | Leuven, 19 december 2007 - Amplexor, specialist in enterprise content management (ECM), heeft Luc Peeters aangeworven als senior consultant. Hij krijgt de opdracht om de consultancy van Amplexor in goede banen te leiden en verder uit te bouwen om zo een nog betere dienstverlening aan de klanten van Amplexor aan te kunnen bieden.
Luc Peeters stond tot nu toe als freelance consultant in voor strategisch advies en projectmanagement op het vlak van ECM. Hij werkte reeds samen met Amplexor aan | | |
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| OPTION APPOINTS JOHN P. ZIEGLER AS NEW CFO | 19/12 | LEUVEN, Belgium - December 19, 2007 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today appointed John Patrick (J.P.) Ziegler as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ziegler will be responsible for the company's financial management and reporting, strategic and business planning and investor relations. Mr. Ziegler will be a key member of Option's Executive Management Team and report directly to Jan Callewaert, Option's CEO.
Mr. Ziegler, an American who has | | |
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| Soepeler schakelen met behulp van modelgebaseerde regeltechnieken | 6/12 | Flanders' MECHATRONICS Technology Centre vzw (FMTC) toont hoe toepassing van regeltechnieken die gebruik maken van informatie over het dynamisch gedrag van de aandrijflijn toelaat soepeler te schakelen met vorkheftrucks.
De vraag naar steeds nauwkeurigere machines, die sneller draaien, hogere vermogens leveren en bovendien steeds lichter worden, noodzaakt het gebruik van regeltechnieken die het dynamisch gedrag van de machine mee in rekening nemen bij de aansturing van de machine. Dit | | |
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| Gemma Frisius Fonds: 10 jaar zaaikapitaal voor onderzoek | 26/11 | | Het Gemma Frisius Fonds (GFF) bestaat 10 jaar. Het fonds werd opgericht in 1997 door K.U.Leuven Research & Development, KBC Private Equity en Fortis Private Equity, met als doel wetenschappelijk onderzoek te helpen vertalen naar innovatieve, commercieel beschikbare producten en diensten. De visie van het GFF bestaat erin om kansen te geven aan beloftevolle initiatieven en niet onmiddellijk terug te deinzen voor berekende risico's. Het GFF staat open voor elk type technologie ontwikkeld binnen de | | |
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| VLAJO WINT EERSTE ICOS CREATIVITY AWARD. | 20/11 | Heverlee - 19 november 2007 - ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV (Euronext : IVIS), wereldleider in visie- en inspectiesystemen voor de chipindustrie, reikte voor het eerst de 'ICOS Creativity Award' uit.
De hoofdprijs ging naar Vlajo dat met zijn Small Business Plan project de hogeschoolstudenten in Vlaanderen aanzet om hun technologische kennis te koppelen aan creativiteit en duurzaam ondernemerschap. Als runner up koos de jury met Link in de Kabel voor een sociaal project dat | | |
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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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| First Edition of Materialise Innovation Forum Great Success | 9/10 | Leuven, September 27, 2007. On September 12 and 13, 2007, the Provinciehuis in Leuven, Belgium, has been the setting for the Materialise Innovation Forum, a successful symposium consisting of three different sessions. On September 12, Magics users, clinicians and medical scientists from all over the
world gathered to attend sessions at the Magics International Summit or the Rapid Implant Manufacturing Forum, the latter hosted in cooperation with EOS. On September 13, Materialise's
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| Materialise Rewards Top Level Research | 2/10 | Materialise NV, world leader in software development for medical image processing rewards top level research conducted with the assistance of Mimics with a money prize up to 5,000 EUR. Winners in each category will be announced at the Medical Innovations Conference 2008, May 30-31, in Vienna, Austria. Researchers all over the world are kindly invited to send in their research case and take their chance at 5,000 EUR.
Please read the press release for more information.
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| METRIS LAUNCHES MCA | 21/9 | Leuven, September 18th 2007 - Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) announces today the launch of the MCA (Manual Coordinate measuring Arm), a new, highly accurate and easy to handle measurement arm.
Lightweight components and innovative design turn the Metris MCA into a portable articulated arm that can be put to work just as easily in the metrology laboratory as on the shop floor. The manual coordinate measuring arm supports a wide range of measurement tasks, as it can be equipped with a | | |
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| ZION SECURITY breidt dienstenaanbod, beveiligingsoplossingen en team verder uit | 12/9 | ZION SECURITY, de Belgische start-up in informatiebeveiliging, groeit organisch verder met eigen middelen.
Na verhuis van het Gentse naar het Leuvense eerder dit jaar, zijn bijkomende IT experts aangesproken om de nieuwe afdeling KMO IT & Security verder uit te bouwen.
Wouter Avondstondt is aangetrokken als security architect. Wouter is van opleiding handelsingenieur met meer dan 10 jaar ervaring in informatiebeveiliging. Na een carrière bij verschillende Belgische consultancy bedrijven en | | |
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| ICOS Vision Systems creëert ICOS Creativity Award | 6/9 | Leuven, 3 september 2007
Naar aanleiding van haar 25-jarig bestaan creëert ICOS Vision Systems NV uit Leuven een jaarlijkse prijs om projecten te belonen die op duurzame wijze bijdragen tot het stimuleren van creativiteit in technologie. Aan deze jaarlijkse prijs is een bedrag van ?25,000 verbonden. Het is de bedoeling om een brede waaier van projecten aan te spreken in industrie en onderwijs.
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| TiGenix - Business Update and Financial Results for First Half of 2007 | 3/9 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - August 30, 2007 - TiGenix (EURONEXT: TIG) gives an update of its business activities and announces its financial results for the half year ending June 30, 2007.
Business Highlights
- Successful completion of ChondroCelect pivotal phase III trial
- ChondroCelect enters registration phase
- Strategic alliance with Fidia Advanced Biopolymers
- Next generation ChondroCelect 3D (TGX002) development on track
- US manufacturing facility acquired and team in place
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| QUALCOMM Joins IMEC's Technology-Aware Design Program on Design Solutions for (sub-) 45nm scaling | 3/9 | August 30, 2007
IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute, today announced that QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and mobile data solutions, has joined IMEC's technology-aware design program (TAD). IMEC and QUALCOMM will be collaborating on innovative circuit and system design methodologies.
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| ICOS Vision Systems creëert 'Creativity Award | 3/9 | Leuven, 3 september 2007
Naar aanleiding van haar 25-jarig bestaan creëert ICOS Vision Systems NV uit Leuven een jaarlijkse prijs om projecten te belonen die op duurzame wijze bijdragen tot het stimuleren van creativiteit in technologie. Aan deze jaarlijkse prijs is een bedrag van ?25,000 verbonden. Het is de bedoeling om een
brede waaier van projecten aan te spreken in industrie en onderwijs.
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| MDA and AnSem validate Design Tool | 22/8 | Switched-capacitor circuit captured and optimized using MDA's M-DESIGNT analog, mixed-signal and custom digital design tool leads to considerable performance and robustness gains over manual design.
Leuven, Belgium, August 22, 2007 - Mephisto Design Automation (MDA), a leading analog EDA innovator and provider of analog EDA tools and services, and AnSem, a leading analog design services company, today announced the successful validation of MDA's M-DESIGNT tool capabilities.
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| Amplexor creëert kenniscentrum bij de CBPL | 10/8 | Commissie voor de Bescherming van de Persoonlijke Levenssfeer kiest voor oplossing van ECM specialist
Leuven, 6 augustus 2007 - Amplexor, het Leuvense bedrijf gespecialiseerd in Enterprise Content Management, heeft bij de Commissie voor de Bescherming van de Persoonlijke Levenssfeer (CBPL) een document management oplossing en een web content management systeem geïnstalleerd. De volledige bibliotheek van de CBPL werd gedigitaliseerd en zeer makkelijk ontsluitbaar gemaakt. Tegelijkertijd werd | | |
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| Chipidea Flexible Mixed-Signal IP Platform Architecture Provides Unprecedented Analog Integration | 26/7 | Innovative technology streamlines electronic system design for communication and consumer applications by leveraging the industry's largest analog IP portfolio
LISBON, Portugal - July 17, 2007 - Chipidea, the world's leading provider of analog/mixed-signal subsystems and intellectual property, today announced the industry's first Flexible Mixed-Signal IP Platform ArchitectureT (FLEMIA), a highly innovative approach to integrating multiple blocks of analog functionality into a single chip to | | |
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| METRIS EXPANDS SHAREHOLDER BASE | 19/7 | Leuven, July 19th 2007 - Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) has been informed today that 811,608 existing shares have been successfully placed outside the order book with existing and new institutional European investors through KBC Securities.
Given the broad appetite for Metris' shares amongst renowned institutional investors, 811,608 shares from various NIF funds have been successfully placed on July 18th 2007.
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| JSR Corporation benoemt nieuwe President voor haar Europese vestiging | 3/7 | - 3 Juli 2007 - JSR Corporation heeft aangekondigd dat, met ingang van 15 juni 2007, Bruno Roland de positie bekleedt van president van JSR Micro N.V., een 100% dochtermaatschappij gevestigd in België. Het bedrijf verwacht een versnelde globalizatie door het aanstellen van een lokaal management team. Precedent hiervoor werd gezet bij haar dochtermaatschappij in de Verenigde Staten, JSR Micro, Inc. waar Eric Johnson sinds 2005 met succes de plaatselijke organisatie leidt.
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| EconCore, a spin-off from the KUL expands in Haasrode | 20/6 | Econcore has rented a unit in the Haasrode Business Estate consisting of 567 m² warehouse and 132 m² offices. The site is located in the SMSE business park of Haasrode and consists of several business units offering offices and warehouse facilities.
EconCore is a spin-off company of the University K.U.Leuven and provides core technologies for most economic honeycomb sandwich panels and parts and supports customers and licensees in their application development.
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| Pharma Diagnostics | 20/6 | BRUSSEL - 19 juni 2007 - Het Vlaams Innovatiefonds (Vinnof), Capital-E ARKIV en Allegro investeren 1,25 miljoen euro in de biotechnologische spitstechnologie van Pharma Diagnostics.
Dankzij de participatie van Capital-E (750.000 euro), Vinnof (250.000 euro) en Allegro (250.000 euro) verankert Pharma Diagnostics biotechnologische spitstechnologie in Vlaanderen. Pharma Diagnostics is een start-upbedrijf in de bio- en nanotechnologie dat werd opgericht door dokter Patrick Englebienne en zijn | | |
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| TiGenix files for marketing approval of ChondroCelect® in Europe | 19/6 | | Leuven (BELGIUM) - June 19, 2007, 8:30 CET - TiGenix (EURONEXT: TIG), the biomedical company focused on innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints, announced that is has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA). The submission of the MAA initiates the process to obtain central approval for ChondroCelect, the Company's lead product candidate for the treatment of full thickness | | |
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| ICMS lanceert TINKmail | 18/6 | Beheers de almaar toenemende stroom e-mailverkeer
Boortmeerbeek, 7 juni 2007 - ICMS, een Belgisch bedrijf gespecialiseerd in kennis- en informatiebeheer, heeft een softwarepakket ontwikkeld om op een zeer gebruiksvriendelijke manier het toenemende e-mailverkeer in bedrijven en organisaties te beheersen. TINKmail is een dynamisch archiveringssysteem, waarmee bedrijven hun opslagkosten gevoelig terugdringen, de productiviteit verhogen en alle elektronische informatie op een eenvoudige, | | |
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| Metris acquires Italian metrology company Garda | 15/6 | Leuven, June 15th 2007 - Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) announces that it has signed a share purchase agreement with the shareholders of Garda S.r.l. for the purchase of 100% of the Garda stock. Metris has also signed asset purchase agreements with Tomelleri S.r.l. and Mr. Tomelleri for the acquisition of the underlying IPR. These purchases are considered as technology acquisitions to further complete the Metris product portfolio.
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| Elsyca, a spin-off from the VUB, will be moving to Campus Remy in Leuven | 11/6 | Elsyca will be occupying the major part of the 1000+ m² 6th floor in Campus Remy, besides some 600 m² private office area, there is a large lounge available for relaxing area, events, terraces and meeting rooms with facinating views. The tower silo of the 6th floor remains available and can be offered with the same facilities such as use of the lounge and meeting rooms.
Elsyca's core technology is electrochemical modelling, encapsulated in engineering services and software solutions. Our | | |
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| OPTION EXPANDS DESIGN AND ENGINEERING CAPACITY | 7/6 | LEUVEN, Belgium - June 7, 2007 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, announced today the acquisition of a team of engineers and laboratory facilities from BenQ Mobile GmbH & Co, the former Siemens AG mobile devices business.
Located in Kamp-Lintfort near Düsseldorf, Germany - a renowned centre for mobile telecommunications companies - the team of 50 highly qualified engineers adds more than 750 man-years of wireless experience and expertise to Option's global | | |
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| TiGenix announces the acquisition of a US cell expansion facility | 1/6 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - June 1, 2007, 8:30 CET - TiGenix (EURONEXT: TIG), the biomedical company focused on innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints, announces today that it has acquired the assets of a Memphis, Tennessee (US) based cell expansion facility from Cell Genesys.
The recently formed joint venture asset management company between TiGenix and Cognate BioServices entered into an agreement with Cell Genesys for the acquisition of the assets of a fully equipped cell | | |
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| Annual report 2006 of FMTC is available | 28/5 | Flanders' MECHATRONICS Technology Centre vzw (FMTC) 2006 annual report can been downloaded from the organisation's web site (www.fmtc.be).
The annual report includes an overview of FMTC's evolution and research activities in 2006.
In 2006, just three years after its founding, FMTC bridged the gap between research and practice. The Orocos control technology, which was originally conceived at the K.U.Leuven,
was adapted for machine control in an FMTC project and is now being used in one of | | |
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| METRIS APPOINTS LUC VERSTUYFT AS CFO | 25/5 | Leuven, May 25 2007 - Metris (MTRS- Euronext Brussels) announces the signing of an agreement with Luc Verstuyft for the position of Chief Financial Officer at Metris. Luc Verstuyft will apply his wide range of experiences in corporate finance, finance management and investor relations to support the continuing growth of Metris.
Luc Verstuyft (°1961), occupied since 2002 the CFO position at Resilux, an international group listed on Euronext Brussels since 1997 active in the manufacturing and | | |
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| Hynix joins IMEC's (sub-)32nm CMOS research platform | 24/5 | LEUVEN, BELGIUM AND ICHEON, KOREA - May 24, 2007 - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (Hynix), a world leading memory semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips (DRAMs) and Flash memory chips, has entered into a strategic partnership with IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research center, to perform research and development for the (sub)-32nm memory process generations.
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| Kennis gaat niet met pensioen ! | 21/5 | Wordt het pensioen onvermijdelijk gevolgd door het gevreesde 'zwarte gat'? Niet als het van Indie Group afhangt. Deze West-Vlaamse webontwikkelaar lanceert, in samenwerking met Voka West-Vlaanderen en Innovatiecentrum West-Vlaanderen, eLAN² (www.elan2.be), een online netwerk waarlangs gepensioneerde ondernemers hun kennis en ervaring kunnen doorgeven aan een nieuwe generatie. En die doet daar alleen maar voordeel bij.
Ook voor gepensioneerde ondernemers geldt dat 'oud' niet noodzakelijk 'out' | | |
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| MDA rolls out unique analog design tool | 15/5 | New M-DESIGNT release offers innovative, patent-pending technology to address complex analog design problems through multi-level optimization.
Leuven, Belgium, May 14, 2007 - Mephisto Design Automation (MDA), a leading analog EDA innovator and provider of analog EDA tools and services, today announced its latest M-DESIGNT tool release.
M-DESIGN is the first analog design tool that allows to completely capture any analog, mixed-signal and custom digital design problem. M-DESIGN successfully | | |
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| OPTION ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM | 11/5 | LEUVEN, Belgium - May 11, 2007 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Frederic Convent, the company's Chief Financial Officer, is stepping down citing personal reasons.
Mr. Guy Schroyen has been named as Interim Financial Manager pending the appointment of a replacement for Mr.Convent. A seasoned financial executive with 17 years experience in the telecommunications and media industry,Mr. Schroyen assumes responsibility for all | | |
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| TiGenix and Cognate BioServices join forces for the for the management of a US cell expansion facility | 9/5 | Leuven (BELGIUM) - May 8, 2007, 18:00 CET - TiGenix (EURONEXT: TIG), the biomedical company focused on innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints, announced today that is has entered in a strategic partnership with Cognate BioServices for the management of a US based cell expansion facility.
TiGenix and Cognate BioServices have created a US based joint venture asset management company with the objective to acquire and manage the assets of a production facility located | | |
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| METRIS ACQUIRES ITALIAN METROLOGY COMPANY COORD3 | 7/5 | Leuven, May 7th 2007 7h30 a.m - Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) announces today that it has signed a share purchase agreement with the shareholders of Coord3 S.p.A for the purchase of 100% of the Coord3 stock. The Coord3 acquisition fits in the Metris strategy to expand its market share by acquisitions.
Coord3 S.p.A. is an Italian Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) manufacturer with headquarters in Bruzolo, Torino. The purchase agreement is subject to due diligence and certain closing | | |
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| Van Hoecke Automation wordt lid van Flanders'Mechatronics Technology Centre | 26/4 | Van Hoecke Automation is lid geworden van het Flanders' Mechatronics Technology Centre v.z.w. (FMTC). In totaal heeft FMTC nu 19 industriële en 2 geassocieerde leden.
Van Hoecke Automation (VHA) is een technologiebedrijf, systeemintegrator en constructeur van mechatronische machines met een veertigtal medewerkers. VHA is gespecialiseerd in ontwerp en realisatie van gespecialiseerde machines met kleine seriegroottes, zoals testbanken, flexibele assemblagesystemen, markeringsmachines en | | |
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| MDA's M-DESIGN tool key for the design of a challenging IP block at Eqcologic | 29/3 | Tool is used to formalize the specification, to size and optimize the circuit, and to visualize the design trade-offs
Leuven, Belgium, March 16, 2007 - Mephisto Design Automation (MDA), a provider of analog EDA tools and services, announced today that its M-DESIGNT tool has been used successfully to design a key IP block at Eqcologic, a fabless developer of high speed, low power analog and mixed-signal ICs.
'MDA's tools allowed us to formalize the design procedure and verification for one | | |
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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
The Telenet Mobile Data Card is the first mobile data card in the European Union that guarantees a seamless | | |
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| Quest for Growth: Net Asset Value per share on 21 March 2007 | 23/3 | As from 22 March 2007, Quest for Growth shares will be quoted ex-coupon.
Based on the European closing prices of Wednesday, March 21st and the dividend payment of the following day, the NAV at the market opening on Thursday, March 22nd is estimated at 10.47 euro.
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Quest for Growth last week approved a proposal to increase the company's share capital. Quest for Growth will issue a maximum of 2,333,715 new ordinary shares at a price
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| Quest for Growth, best communicator to the broad market. | 23/3 | The weekly magazine Cash today announced the winners of its Cash Investor Relations Award. The prize acknowledges the company listed on the Brussels Euronext stock exchange which best communicates with its shareholders. For companies outside of the Bel-20, the award goes to Quest for Growth and Cumerio.
In order to qualify for this prize, companies must pass through a two-part selection process. To begin with, the websites of various companies are reviewed. Things they look for include the | | |
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| LEUVENSE FONSKES now customized by your logo. | 23/3 | Leuvense Fonskes are not new : this gourmet specialty of Louvain is on the market since almost 15 years. New is that the boxes of 100gr, 250gr and 500gr can be customized with your logo.
Each box of chocolates contains 50% milk chocolate , 25 % pure chocolate, and 25 % white chocolates, with a filling of praliné.
They are sold by the best praliniers of the city and also by many pastry-bakeries.
See also www.leuvensefonskes.be
Please do not hesitate to contact us, we will be honored | | |
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| TiGenix to raise up to EUR 40 million through IPO | 9/3 | Price range set at EUR 4.20 to EUR 5.50 per share -
Leuven (BELGIUM) - March 9, 2007 - TiGenix, the biomedical company focused on innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints, today announces the details of its planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) and listing on the Eurolist by Euronext Brussels.
Please find more details in attached press release.
Kind regards,
Gil Beyen
CEO
TiGenix
investor@tigenix.com
www.tigenix.com
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| Voorintekenactie Martin Hinoul - De dreiging van de draak | 19/2 | Teken nu in op het nieuwe boek van Martin Hinoul
De dreiging van de draak: waan of waarheid
Uitgeverij De Cavalerie, 224 p, verschijnt einde maart 2007
'De dreiging van de draak: waan of waarheid' (ca. 224 p.) is een uiterst goed gedocumenteerd en zeer vlot leesbaar boek over de toekomst van China in de wereldeconomie. Dit uitmuntende werk van Martin Hinoul verschijnt uiterlijk einde maart 2007 bij De Cavalerie.
Tot 1 maart kan u bij De Cavalerie voorintekenen door overmaking van | | |
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| Jobpunt Vlaanderen to Haasrode Research Park | 15/2 | Jobpunt, the recruitment agency for government and public companies, has taken permanent residence on the Haasrode Research Park where they will move into 463 m² offices in a prestigious office building on Technologielaan.
In the building now remains only 196 m² offices vacant. | | |
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| Visionary seminar: Can technology cope with the challenges of the 21st century? | 19/1 |  
'Special edition' - the 25th Visionary Seminar - March 22 , 2007
You can also find all the information on the Special Edition website.
By the midst of the 20th century, scientists had discovered nearly all basic laws of nature and life itself, upon which engineers built three industrial revolutions (fossil fuels, electricity and ICT), not to mention the enormous potential of nanotechnology, biotechnology and the growing convergence between these and other technology disciplines. This | | |
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| Exercise of the Over-Allotment Option of Metris public offer | 16/1 | Leuven, January 15th 2006 - Metris (Euronext Brussels: MTRS), the total metrology solution provider and Belgium's 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2006', today announces that following its successful IPO and listing on Eurolist by Euronext Brussels the Over-allotment Option was exercised by KBC Securities, the Lead Manager, at the offer price, i.e. ?12, in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the prospectus.
Following the exercise of this option with respect to 1,044,790 existing | | |
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| OPTION indicates preliminary full-year revenues | 5/1 | Leuven, Belgium - January 5, 2007 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that its pre-audited preliminary revenue projections for fiscal year 2006 will be 278 million Euro, representing an increase of 40 per cent compared with 198.6 million Euro in fiscal 2005.
Before year end, management secured substantial savings in the cost of goods sold and IPR and royalty payments that resulted in a higher than anticipated full year EBIT margin of | | |
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| Cingular introduces the newest Option GlobeTrotter GT MAX laptop card | 20/12 | Worldwide HSDPA connectivity, Advanced Receiver Technology and Peak 3.6Mbps Data Rates Enhances Performance and Throughput Speeds
Leuven, Belgium - December 20, 2006 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY) and Cingular Wireless today announced that the newest version of Option's GlobeTrotter GT MAX HSDPA laptop card is now available for purchase from Cingular.
Along with providing global mobile data roaming in more than 115 countries (with access to mobile broadband connections in more | | |
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| Prof. Koenraad Debackere laureaat VBO-prijs met baanbrekend onderzoek | 31/10 | De VBO-prijs voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek werd dit jaar toegekend aan professor Koenraad Debackere, hoogleraar technologie en innovatiemanagement aan de KU Leuven.
Professor Debackere is een uitstekend onderzoeker, hij is een schitterend manager en hij belichaamt de optimale samenwerking tussen universiteit en onderneming. Zijn onderzoek op het domein van technologie en innovatiemanagement is in die zin baanbrekend, dat hij elk element van de waardeketen die het succes uitmaakt van een | | |
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| Uniwill, a leading manufacturer of notebooks, selects Option's embedded wireless module | 31/10 | Leuven, Belgium - October 31, 2006 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today unveils Uniwill, Taiwan's leading manufacturer of ultra-portable notebook solutions, as the Company's third design win for its embedded wireless modules.
Commercial shipments of the wireless module to Uniwill have started in support of the further roll-out in 2007 of the X20 and L51 notebook platforms, both incorporating the Intel Core
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| Option reports third quarter 2006 results | 26/10 | | Leuven, Belgium - October 26th, 2006 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC:OPNVY), the wireless technology company, announced today its results for the third quarter and first nine month period ended September 30th, 2006. The financial information reported in this release is presented in Euro and has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of IFRS as adopted by the European Union (IFRSs). The accounting policies and methods of computation followed in the | | |
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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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| Option Celebrates 20 Years of Innovative Entrepreneurship | 8/9 | Leuven, Belgium - September 8, 2006 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today celebrates '20 years of Innovative Entrepreneurship'. Since its foundation in 1986, Option has been transformed from a start-up with just five employees into the global leader in the field of broadband wireless with nearly 580 employees and offices in Belgium, Ireland, Germany and Stockholm and sales and support offices in the US, Japan and Taiwan.
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| Option to Supply Samsung with Embedded Wireless Module | 1/9 | Leuven, September 1st, 2006 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it is to supply the GTM351E embedded wireless module to Samsung Electronics. Samsung will integrate the modules in notebooks and Ultra-Mobile PCs.
Commercial shipments of the GTM351E to Samsung are planned to support the commercial roll-out of a new range of wireless enabled products.
The new products, the Notebook Q40 and a new model of the Ultra-Mobile PC, will be | | |
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| Metris announces new releases of scanning and point cloud inspection software | 1/9 | Metris has released new versions of its laser scanning application and point-cloud-based inspection software.
Metris Scan 4.2 enables automation of the whole scanning process including the tuning of scanning parameters to the current material properties. Focus Inspection 8.2 offers more intelligent pre-processing of raw point cloud data, faster processing of large point clouds and meshes, and also includes additional inspection and reporting features. Focus Automation 2.1 ties scanning and | | |
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| Metris strengthens its worldwide organization with the opening of Metris Japan | 30/8 | Leuven, Belgium - August 31st , 2006 - Metris, the provider of reliable, innovative solutions for dimensional metrology, announces the opening of a local office in Nagoya, Japan. With the opening of the new Metris Japan office, Metris further strengthens its worldwide network of sales offices and establishes a support point for its local customers and distributors in Japan.
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| Advertise your jobs, press releases, news, technology, events,.. on the Leuven.Inc website! | 18/7 | Leuven.Inc Company and Associate Company Members can post jobs, press releases, news, technology, events on our website for free!
Jobs, press releases, news, technology, events,...are submitted directly into our website using a username and password which is issued when you join Leuven.Inc.
You are not a Company or Associated Company Member yet and you want to make use of this right and privilege?
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| Vector International relocates on the Haasrode research park | 30/6 | Vector International has re-located from his building on Interleuvenlaan to new premises on Technologielaan 4 where it will occupy a 222 m² office unit with individual entrance and private parking.
Vector International was founded in 1977 by a team of microprocessor design, production and marketing specialists. The original aim of the company was to be a 'specialist in the application of microprocessors' in order to meet the explosive demand for microcomputer technology. This commitment is | | |
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| Option selected for membership of the Kempen/SNS Social Responsible Investment Index | 7/6 | Leuven, Belgium - June 6, 2006 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has been selected for membership of the Kempen / SNS Smaller Europe SRI (Socially Responsible Investment) Index, effective as from end June 2006. Membership is only available to companies with the very highest standards and practice in the three areas of business ethics, human resources and the environmental consciousness.
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| LMS Test.Lab helps streamline body design at Toyota¡¯s European Technical Center | 24/5 | NVH group relies on advanced test system to shorten turnaround time and increase throughput
May 23, 2006 - Leuven, Belgium - LMS International today announced that LMS Test.Lab has been deployed as one of the primary systems for vehicle noise and vibration testing at Toyota¡¯s European Technical Center in Zaventem, Belgium. The expanded center was recently inaugurated as part of Toyota¡¯s initiative to localize its European design and engineering operations. LMS Test.Lab was deployed | | |
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| Bouygues Telecom picks Option's GlobeTrotter FUSION + | 18/5 | For more information please contact:
Douglas Ros, Vice President Business Development & Marketing
Tel +32 (0)16 317 411
E-mail: d.ros@option.com
Frederic Convent, CFO
Tel +32 (0) 16 317 411
E-mail: investor@option.com
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| Bekaert en het Holst Centre werken samen op microvermogenopwekking en systemen-in-folie | 18/5 | Eindhoven, 18 mei, 2006 --- Bekaert, wereldleider in geavanceerde metaaltransformatie en geavanceerde materialen en deklagen, heeft een samenwerkingsovereenkomst getekend met het Nederlandse onderzoeksinstituut, het Holst Centre. Bekaert zal toetreden tot de twee programmalijnen van het Holst Centre nl. draadloze autonome sensorsystemen en producten en productie van systemen-in-folie.
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| Transcom to create 100 up-to 300 new jobs on Greenhill Campus | 17/5 | TRANSCOM, one of Europe's leading CRM and credit management service providers, has selected Greenhill Campus on the Haasrode research park in Leuven to set-up its second site in Belgium.
With their premier call-centre in Liege, their fast growing business also created the need of being present in Flanders and preferably close to Brussels. Their internal research came up with Leuven as their ideal location, mainly for the large number of linguistic skilled people residing in the Leuven (as | | |
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| Smith & Nephew set-ups orthopaedics laboratory on the Haasrode Research Park. | 9/5 | Smith & Nephew has rented through the intermediation of AXIMAS an office building for their offices as well to set-up a brand new orthopaedics laboratory for mechanical and software research.
After reviewing office buildings on the Haasrode research park and around the Brussels airport in Zaventem, finally a 1027 m² office building on Technologielaan (former Epiq Sensornite) has been selected, by coincidence right next to BSN Medical, a former Smith & Nephew division. The choice for Haasrode | | |
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| Option Q1 2006 Financial Results | 4/5 | Please find enclosed the Option Q1 2006 Financial Results.
The information can downloaded, see Press Release
For further information please contact:
Jan Callewaert, CEO or Frederic Convent, CFO
Kolonel Begaultlaan 45
B-3012 Leuven Belgium
T +32 16 317 411
F +32 16 207 164
e-mail: investor@option.com
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| Nieuwe generatie van zoekmachines K.U. Leuven ondergebracht bij ICMS | 4/5 | Injectie technologie bij het Belgische ICMS
Boortmeerbeek, 3 mei 2006 - Aan de Leuvense universiteit zijn algoritmen ontwikkeld voor een nieuwe generatie van zoekmachines of kennisbeheersystemen. De technologie wordt ondergebracht bij ICMS, actief op het vlak van informatie- en kennisbeheer. De K.U. Leuven opteert hierbij niet voor een klassiek spin-off model, maar voor de minder gebruikelijke instap in een bestaand bedrijf.
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| Opstart Cera Expertisecentrum Ondernemen- Cera, HIVA en CES bundelen krachten | 27/4 | Leuven, 24 april 2006 - Cera, HIVA en CES slaan de handen in elkaar op het vlak van coöperatief en maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen en sociale economie. De samenwerking kadert in het Cera Expertisecentrum Ondernemen en bundelt de krachten van twee belangrijke partners van Cera: het Steunpunt Coöperatief Ondernemen van het HIVA en de Cera Leerstoel aan de Universiteit Luik. Vandaag hielden de vertegenwoordigers van de drie partijen dit initiatief boven de doopvont.
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| IMEC heeft meer dan veertig vacatures in alle opleidingsniveaus | 26/4 | LEUVEN - 26 april 2006 - Het Leuvens onafhankelijk onderzoekscentrum voor nano-elektronica en nanotechnologie IMEC heeft momenteel meer dan veertig openstaande vacatures. In tegenstelling tot wat sommigen verwachten van een geavanceerd onderzoeksinstituut, zijn een heel aantal plaatsen weggelegd voor niet-universitairen. Samen met de IMEC-NL vestiging in Eindhoven komt het totale aantal vacatures zelfs op meer dan zestig.
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| IMEC jaarcijfers bevestigen gestage groei | 26/4 | LEUVEN - 26 april 2006 - Het Leuvens onafhankelijk onderzoekscentrum voor nano-elektronica en nanotechnologie IMEC bevestigt tijdens de Algemene Vergadering de groei van de voorbije jaren. De indicatoren wijzen sterk in de juiste richting, waarmee de Leuvense vzw ongetwijfeld scoort in een jaar waarin de beheersovereenkomst met de Vlaamse overheid wordt hernieuwd. Die heeft een aandeel van 18% in de financiering van IMEC's onderzoeksactiviteiten.
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| Metris wint Frost & Sullivan Award als snelste groeier en grootste vernieuwer in zijn sector. | 20/4 | Leuven, 20 april 2006 - Metris is door Frost & Sullivan verkozen tot winnaar van de '2006 Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year Award'. Deze prijs wordt ieder jaar door onafhankelijk marktonderzoeks-bureau Frost & Sullivan uitgereikt aan het bedrijf dat zich meest onderscheiden heeft door zijn expansieve groei en innoverende activiteiten in zijn sector.
Metris ontvangt deze onderscheiding enerzijds voor de realisatie van zijn enorme expansie van het afgelopen jaar en | | |
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| Johan Verhaegen versterkt Raad van Bestuur van The Human Interface Group | 6/4 | The Human Interface Group is het leidende usability consultancy-bureau in de Benelux. Het bedrijf, dat gespecialiseerd is in gebruiksvriendelijkheid van ICT-toepassingen, bereikte onlangs de kaap van 30 werknemers en is daarmee één van de grootste Europese spelers inzake usability.
Sinds 1 januari van dit jaar wordt de Raad van Bestuur van The Human Interface Group, die bestond uit Kris Vanstappen en Christel Dehaes, versterkt met een derde Managing Partner, Johan Verhaegen.
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| The Human Interface Group wint met Telenet Digital TV-gids prijs voor beste Europese handleiding | 6/4 | STC, de Society for Technical Communication, heeft de onderscheidingen 'Excellence' en 'Best of Show' toegekend aan de handleidingen voor de Digital TV van Telenet en de score 'Merit' voor de RF Externder User Guide van Philips. STC is de vakorganisatie voor technical communicators met wereldwijd 18.000 leden.
In deze wedstrijd voor de beste gebruikersdocumentatie oordeelden 23 juryleden uit 8 landen over tientallen Europese inzendingen inzake gebruikersdocumentatie.
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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.
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| Central & Eastern Europe - Summary Report on Investment Incentives and Corporate Taxes - 2006 edition | 29/3 | What tax and grants incentive schemes are available in Central and Eastern Europe as of 2006?
The answers can be found in this new report by Business Mobility International. It presents an up-to-date summary on the major tax incentive schemes in 10 Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia. For each available tax incentive scheme a description of the eligibility criteria allows the | | |
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| Leuvens investeringsfonds Capital-E wil dé referentie worden in Europa | 22/3 | Leuven, 22 maart 2006 -- Het investeringsfonds Capital-E, nauw verbonden aan het Leuvense onderzoekscentrum voor nano-elektronica en nanotechnologie IMEC, kondigt vandaag het succesvol afsluiten van een eerste kapitaalronde aan van 35,5 miljoen euro. Capital-E mikt per jaar op twee tot drie startende micro-elektronica bedrijven in verschillende sectoren. Op termijn wil het fonds de Europese referentie worden in zijn domein.
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| Essensium NV and Mind NV join forces | 10/3 | Mind NV and Essensium NV join forces on System-on-Chip Development.
Leuven, Belgium, 10th March 2006 - Essensium N.V., a fabless provider of SoC ASICs (system-on-chip application-specific integrated circuits), today announced that is has acquired all shares of Mind N.V., a leading provider of embedded Linux, eCos and DSP software integration services.
Essensium is a fabless semiconductor company that provides system-on-chip products and design services to original equipment manufacturers, | | |
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| Option Q4 2005 Financial Result | 24/2 | Please find enclosed the Option Q4 2005 Financial Results.
See Press Release
For further information please contact:
Jan Callewaert, CEO
or
Frederic Convent, CFO
Kolonel Begaultlaan 45
B-3012 Leuven Belgium
T +32 16 317 411
F +32 16 207 164
e-mail: investor@option.com
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| Monard-D'Hulst verkozen tot 'Vlaams advocatenkantoor van het jaar' | 17/2 | Op 6 februari 2006 werd Monard-D'Hulst door een jury van ruim 100 personaliteiten uit de economische, juridische en academische wereld bekroond als 'Vlaams advocatenkantoor van het jaar'. Eind 2005 kwam Monard-D'Hulst in een Trends enquete reeds naar voor als het op een na beste Belgische kantoor voor het bedrijfsleven.
Monard-D'Hulst heeft vestigingen te Brussel, Hasselt en Kortrijk en biedt een volledige zakelijke dienstverlening aan Belgische en buitenlandse ondernemingen o.a. op het vlak | | |
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| Het Innovatiecentrum West-Vlaanderen vindt in Greenbridge een nieuwe uitvalsbasis | 24/1 | Oostende, 21 januari 2006 - De voorbije jaren organiseerde het Innovatiecentrum West-Vlaanderen innovatieontbijten, researchmeetings en seminaries op diverse locaties. Het Innovatiecentrum maakt nu ook gebruik van de infrastructuur van Greenbridge Incubator om deze events te organiseren. Het is tevens de bedoeling om er individuele bedrijfsbegeleiding (zoals creativiteitssessies en strategiebegeleiding) voor de West-Vlaamse KMO's te laten plaatsvinden.
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| ICOS Vision Systems' Preliminary Fourth Quarter Revenues Estimated to Increase 75% over prior year. | 5/1 |
Heverlee, Belgium, January 5, 2006 -- ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV (Nasdaq and Euronext: IVIS), a leading supplier of inspection solutions for the semiconductor industry, expects, based on a preliminary review of the results, fourth quarter revenues of approximately 28.6 million Euro, representing an increase of 45% over the third quarter of 2005 and an increase of 75% over the fourth quarter of 2004. This estimate is greater than the earlier guidance given by the company, which called | | |
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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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| Laboratory specialists TCPS to Wingepark | 23/12 | T.C.P.S., a company specialised in the equipment of laboratories, has bought through the intermediation of Aximas real estate agents, a semi-industrial building on Wingepark in Rotselaar near Leuven. The newly constructed building consists of 733 m² warehouse and 287 m² offices.
Wingepark is an industrial business park which houses a number of medium sized enterprises and government services with focus on production and logistical activities. Wingepark is ideally located between Leuven and | | |
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| Satelite specialist Defisat acquires semi-industrial site in De Vunt. | 23/12 | Defisat, a marketleader in distribution of satelite dishes and applications, has bought through the intermediation of Aximas real estate agents a 4768 m² semi-industrial site in De Vunt with 1400 m² building (with expansion potential) on it. Besides distribution, Defisat is also active in the engineering of software application adaptations and has a test labo to prepare products for the European market.
The SMSE businesspark DE VUNT is located just outside Leuven and has been developed to | | |
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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.
Saddleback tested SmartSpace software on the Sinterstation HiQ (381x330x457 mm) and | | |
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| Option ships 1 millionth 3G UMTS wireless data card | 10/11 | Leuven - Belgium, November 10, 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that it has shipped its 1 millionth 3G UMTS wireless data card. The millionth data card, a customized Vodafone version of the GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD, rolled off of the production lines at Option's logistics facility in Cork (Ireland) this week and was delivered to Vodafone D2 in Germany.
Option announced the development of the first 3G UMTS wireless data card at ITU | | |
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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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| ICT reuzen verzamelen in Leuven | 19/10 | IMEC brengt wereldleiders in de micro-elektronica en Vlaamse bedrijven samen op jaarlijks industrieforum
Leuven, 19 oktober 2005 - Naar jaarlijkse gewoonte haalt IMEC, het Leuvens onderzoekscentrum voor nanotechnologie en nano-elektronica, de wereldleiders in de micro-elektronica-industrie naar ons land. Tijdens het driedaags onderzoeks- en industrieforum ARRM praten ze over de evoluties in de halfgeleiderindustrie. Voor het eerst wordt ook een volledige sessie gewijd aan getuigenissen van | | |
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| Seminar with workshop 'Investment and tax incentives in Central & Eastern Europe', Tuesday 13 September 2005 | 29/8 | BUSINESS MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL in partnership with AGORIA, the Belgian multi-sector federation for the technology industry, and BEPOLUX, the Belgian-Luxembourg-Polish Chamber of Commerce, announce their joint seminar 'Investment and tax incentives in Central & Eastern Europe'.
In Part 1 of the seminar, Business Mobility International will provide a country-by-country overview of incentive schemes funded by national governments in Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, | | |
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| Fortis neemt Atradius Factoring over | 25/7 | Brussel/Utrecht,/Amsterdam, 25 juli 2005
Fortis neemt Atradius Factoring over.
Fortis en Atradius maakten vandaag bekend dat zij een overeenkomst ter overname van Atradius Factoring hebben getekend. Fortis wil de factoring-activiteiten van Atradius in Denemarken, Zweden, Frankrijk, Duitsland en Italië integreren in haar dochteronderneming Fortis Commercial Finance (FCF). De overname heeft geen noemenswaardige invloed op de nettowinst per aandeel of de solvabiliteitspositie van Fortis.
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| AIRTEL GIVES 'EDGE BOOST' IN INDIA | 11/7 | Leuven - Belgium, July 11 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Airtel India has selected Option's GlobeTrotter EDGE data card as wireless data solution for their mobile users. The data card is being marketed directly by Airtel to its customers whilst nationwide in-country support and supply logistics are provided by Option's Indian based partner Capitel Wireless.
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| Ricardo selects LMS Test.Lab for global powertrain and vehicle NVH development | 7/7 | Leuven, Belgium - July 6, 2005 - LMS, the engineering innovation company, announces today that leading automotive technology and engineering services provider, Ricardo plc, has selected LMS Test.Lab as its new standard environment for noise and vibration testing and engineering. The company intends to deploy over 20 LMS Test.Lab systems for powertrain and full-vehicle NVH engineering at its technical centers throughout Europe and the USA.
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| KPN LAUNCHES OPTION'S GLOBETROTTER FUSIONTM | 7/7 | Leuven - Belgium, July 6 2005 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that KPN (Euronext: KPN KON), the leading Dutch mobile operator has selected Option's GlobeTrotter FUSIONT as the wireless broadband data solution for its mobile customers. The data card is supplied and supported by Option's partner DAI Telecom/Telit. KPN commercialises the data card as 'Mobile Connect Card Wi-Fi/UMTS/GPRS'.
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| Grote Europese bedrijven lanceren samenwerkingsplan om competiviteit in Europese embedded technologie te verzekeren | 7/7 | | ARTEMIS, een Europees technologieplatform rond embedded technologie lanceerde op 1 Juli 2005 zijn strategisch onderzoeksagenda. Op deze manier wil het de Europese leiderschap op het gebied van embedded technologie verzekeren en versterken. Het project moet een verhoging van 40% in het budget voor onderzoek en ontwikkeling bij Europese bedrijven teweegbrengen tussen 2005 en 2010. Hiervoor zal 640 miljoen ? worden uitgetrokken. Europa is momenteel koploper in embedded technologie voor | | |
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| A major step in the Fortis growth plan: new BCs in The Czech Republic, in Austria and in Hungary | 5/7 | Having received the authorisation from the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission and by the Czech National Bank, the Austrian Financial Market Authority and the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, Fortis Bank, in line with its strategy to open Business Centres in 15 additional countries, has opened another three: in Praha (Czech Republic), in Wien (Austria) and in Budapest (Hungary).
The Czech team is headed by BCM Hans Broucke.
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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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| IMEC spin-off XenICs moves to Haasrode | 6/6 | XenICs has rented through intermediation of AXIMAS a floor of 362 m² offices in the Ambachtenlaan 44, the former Jungheinrich building and recently refurbished by the new owner who occupies the main building. Part of the building has already been let by AXIMAS to ISS and only one floor remains for rent. Again proof that there is a market for reasonably priced but nicely renovated older buildings.
XenICs is a worldwide manufacturer of infrared detectors for infrared spectroscopy,
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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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| IMEC en Stichting RVO tonen jong technologisch talent in nieuw bezoekerscentrum | 28/4 | Leuven, 27 april 2005 ---
Vandaag opende IMECEXPO zijn deuren, een interactief 'doe'-centrum waar scholen en IMEC's bedrijfsbezoekers technologische evoluties kunnen ervaren vanuit het dagelijkse leven. Op deze manier wil IMEC bijdragen tot de technologische geletterdheid in Vlaanderen. IMECEXPO is gebouwd rond een aantal interactieve demonstraties van hogeschoolstudenten.
Tijdens de opening van IMECEXPO toonden jongeren van het basis- en secundair onderwijs hun visie op de technologie | | |
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| Metris acquires Krypton and MetricVision | 18/4 | Leuven, April 14th 2005 - Metris, the market leader for CMM based laser scanning applications today announces the simultaneous acquisition of Krypton N.V. (Leuven, Belgium) and MetricVision, Inc. (Virginia, Washington, USA). Total funds in excess of 20 million euro have been raised to finance the acquisition and integration of the two privately held companies.
'We are proud to position Metris through these acquisitions as a center of excellence for optical metrology,' says Bart Van | | |
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| Fortis Bank opent Business Centres in Firenze (Italië) en Hamburg (Duitsland) | 18/4 | Geheel in overeenstemming met de Fortis-strategie van groei in Europa werden recent twee nieuwe Business Centres geopend: één in Firenze (Italië) en één in Hamburg (Duitsland).
De Italiaanse streek Toscane, met meer dan 400 000 geregistreerde ondernemingen, wordt gekenmerkt door een zeer sterk ontwikkelde ondernemingsgeest. 71 000 van die ondernemingen zijn aandeelvennootschappen. De aanwezigheid van Fortis Bank in Firenze is dan ook een bijkomende troef voor de unieke financiële | | |
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| LMS opens representative office in Russia | 13/4 | | Leuven, Belgium - April 5, 2005 - LMS, the engineering innovation company, announces the opening of a representative office in Moscow, Russia. With the opening of the new office, LMS further strengthens its worldwide network of sales offices and establishes a local commercial and support contact for its customers and distributors in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Over the past decade, the LMS customer base in the Russian automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries has grown | | |
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| Summary Report on Investment Incentives and Corporate Taxation in Central and Eastern Europe | 12/4 | | What tax and grants incentive schemes are available in Central and Eastern Europe as of 2005? The answers can be found in this new report by Business Mobility International (www.bmintl.com). It provides the reader with an up-to-date summary on the major tax incentive schemes in 10 Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia. For each available tax incentive scheme a description of the | | |
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| Materialise presence in China meets the rising demand for advanced Materialise technology | 14/3 | Shanghai office to provide local sales and support for Magics and Mimics software
Just 5 months after establishing its South Korean liaison office, Materialise announces the setting up of a representative office in Shanghai, China. With this latest office Materialise Software is set to offer more localised support, take on new business and strengthen the company's existing relationships in China. Strategically located in Shanghai, the office is the latest addition to the fast growing | | |
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| CINGULAR SELECTS OPTION'S GLOBETROTTER COMBO EDGE DATA CARD | 7/2 | Leuven - Belgium, February 7 th 2005 -
Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OPIN.BR), the wireless technology company, today announced that Cingular, the largest wireless network operator in the U.S., has selected the company's recently introduced GlobeTrotter COMBO EDGE data card enabling subscribers high-speed wireless access across EDGE, GPRS and WLAN/Wi-Fi networks. Product shipments will begin following Cingular's commercial roll-out plans.
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| TiGenix completes recruitment of multinational Phase III clinical trial for cartilage repair | 10/1 | LEUVEN (BELGIUM) - January 10, 2005 - TiGenix announced today that it has successfully completed patient recruitment for its ChondroCelect® landmark trial: a prospective randomised multi-centre clinical trial comparing ChondroCelect® to the current standard of care (microfracture) in the repair of symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee.
ChondroCelect ® is an innovative product for the functional repair of cartilage defects of the knee. It is an autologous cell therapy product | | |
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| EMD and Securitas win first KMO IT Rally | 4/1 | The EMD/Securitas team succeeded in setting up a performant IT system for a KMO within 4 hours !
The contest was organized by Smart Business Strategies and took place on December 13th at the IBM Forum in Brussels. Participants got a tender of a fictive KMO and had to submit an offer. The offer was part of the assessment. Seven teams participated of which 3 teams used the Microsoft Small Businss Server. The others worked with Linux variants. Our team came up with a solution based on | | |
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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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| IC-4S takes permanent residence on Haasrode. Buidling fully let. | 26/11 | On the office market, the representative office building Technologielaan 11 is fully-let again. Aximas has filled-up the vacant space as well as the units for which notice had been given by the tenants for 100% (totalling 1.390 m²) to companies such as Data4S, Terayon and IPCOS.
Just before the end of the year the last unit of approximately 200 m² has now been rented to IC-4S.
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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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| ZLB Behring regroups in Haasrode | 28/10 | ZLB Behring, the merger company of ZLB Bioplasma and Aventis Behring has rented the remaining office space (350 m²) in the prestigious Famiboss building on Technologielaan in Haasrode. The vacant space in the building has now been let 100% by Aximas.
ZLB Behring is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies specializing in the manufacture of plasma products. Its comprehensive line of therapies include products for the treatment of hemophilia and other coagulation disorders, | | |
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| The oldest Rapid Prototyping technique catches a new breath. | 12/8 | Materialise broadens once more its stereolithography range.
In the past, the SLA technology has often been criticised on the lack of functionality of its materials. Materialise is now doing field-tests on new kinds of resin that have a superior functionality. In that way, the company and its material suppliers exceed the limitations of the 'old-fashioned' stereolithography.
NEW STEREOLITHOGRAPHY MATERIALS AT MATERIALISE
Rubber and nano resin
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| OPTION Q2 04 REVENUES OF EURO 30 MILLION CONFIRM LEADERSHIP IN 3G DATA CARDS | 3/8 | Leuven, Belgium - 03 August 2004 - Option N.V. (EURONEXT: OPTI), the wireless technology company, today reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2004.
The results are reported in Euro and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP).
The highlights of the second quarter and first half included:
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| PaleA.MGX wins FNAC competition | 2/8 | At this year's Salone del Mobile fair in Milan, our latest lamp design 'PaleA.mgx' - presented on the Materialise.MGX stand - was discovered by FNAC's* purchasing commission for decorative arts.
* FNAC = Fonds National d'Art Contemporain - National Contemporary Art Foundation
PaleA.MGX is a pending lamp designed by Dan Yeffet (Jelly Lab) and manufactured by Materialise.MGX using a rapid prototyping technique (stereolithography). PaleA derives its name from the Greek word 'paleo', meaning | | |
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| Aximas moves Bayersdorf Smith & Nephew to the Haasrode Research Park | 28/7 | BSN Medical, the recently founded merger company between two leading multi-national pharmaceutical companies Bayersdorf and Smith & Nephew has rented 714 net m² (844 m² gross) in Technologielaan 13, probably one of the most prestigious office building in the Haasrode Research Park near Leuven.
In a long negotiation process with multiple buildings in the Brussels airport area on their shortlist, Aximas Real Estate agents has managed to close a deal nevertheless to bring this prestigious name | | |
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| Proximus and EMD offer mobile access for Lotus Notes | 19/7 | Time and mobile access to information are key factors in the success of your corporation.
Providing your mobile workers with the tools to have access to business information anywhere and anytime becomes very important.
Therefore EMD and its partners provide a solution to help reducing time efforts and accelerating decisions. At the same time you can increase employee productivity and optimize your customer service.
Mobile Access for Lotus Notes® offers mobile access to Lotus® Domino | | |
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| EMD nominated finalist for IBM 'Hot Linux Solution' | 19/7 | Belgian IBM Business partner nominated finalist in the category 'Hot Linux Solution'
Announced at IBM's PartnerWorld 2004 conference in Las Vegas, the awards were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and key IBM brand and marketing executives.
A total of 25 winners and 47 finalists from 21 countries were recognised at the event for their solutions which represent the top ten per cent of outstanding innovation in e-business selected by the judges from all submitted | | |
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| XenICs sluit overeenkomst met distributeur LOT-Oriel voor haar sales en marketing activiteiten in Europa | 22/6 | Leuven, België, 21 Juni, 2004
XenICs, Europa's toonaangevend ontwikkelaar van innovatieve infrarood beeldsensoren, kondigde vandaag aan dat het een akkoord heeft gesloten met LOT-Oriel, Darmstadt, Duitsland, voor de verdeling van haar nabij-infrarood InGaAs camera productgamma in Europa.
LOT-Oriel, één van de grootste verdelers van o.m. lasers, optische instrumenten en optische componenten, zal XenICs' nabij-infraroodcamera's toevoegen aan haar productassortiment. Het bedrijf heeft een | | |
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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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| Mathys Orthopaedics rents complete floor on Greenhill Campus. | 7/4 | Mathys Orthopaedics moves from Brussels to Leuven and has rented 472 m² offices on the ground floor of the former Lant building on Greenhill Campus. The building was already well-fitted for the activities of Mathys Orthopaedics who were attracted to Greenhill Campus not only because of the attractive conditions offered by the landlord and his flexible disposition but for it's ideal location in the immediate proximity of the E40 motorway to Brussels and the international airport in Zaventem (12 | | |
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| VODAFONE WINS THE '2004 GSM ASSOCIATON AWARD' WITH MOBILE CONNECT CARD MADE BY OPTION | 25/2 | CANNES, France, February 25, 2004 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI), the wireless technology company, today congratulated Vodafone on winning the GSM Association Awards 2004 in the category for Best Mobile Application - Corporate Market. Vodafone won the award with the Mobile Connect Card.
The Mobile Connect Card is developed and manufactured by Option.
The GSM Association presented its 9th annual GSM Awards yesterday, 24th February 2004.
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| Cabot has rented 2600 m² offices on Greenhill Campus | 23/1 | Cabot has rented 2600 m² offices on Greenhill Campus in Leuven and has become the principal tenant on the site. Cabot intends to increase here its employees from 30 to approximately 100 people. Already in 2000, when the construction works of this well-know office park had started, the commercial real estate agent Aximas was contacted by Cabot and when Cabots expansion plans were fixed mid 2003, Aximas was able to finalise the transaction in December 2003.
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| Materialise Lights Collection: immediately shoots to the top | 22/12 | NEW POTENTIAL FOR INNOVATIVE DESIGN UNVEILED
Elle Decoration UK January edition 2004 announces:
Lotus.mgx, and Lily.mgx, designed by Freedom Of Creation for Materialise, are placed first in Elle Deco's list of 30 hottest buys of the new year.
'A hit at Milan and then at 100% Design, these lights from Amsterdam duo Freedom Of Creation (FOC) draw 'oohs' of delight from everyone who sees them. A state of the art 3 D printing process means they may look delicate but are reassuringly tough.
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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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| Amplexor neemt Pro Text over en verstevigt aanbod inzake Enterprise Content Management | 11/9 | Leuven, september 2003 - Amplexor, de Enterprise Content Management solution provider uit Holsbeek bij Leuven, heeft zopas het bedrijf Pro Text uit Boortmeerbeek overgenomen. Met de overname haalt het bedrijf een specialist in informatie-architecturen en XML-technologieën in huis en breidt hierdoor zijn aanbod inzake Enterprise Content Management aanzienlijk uit. Amplexor en Pro Text werkten reeds eerder samen voor verschillende projecten.
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| LEA start chipontwerpcentrum in Antwerpen | 19/8 | Leuven, 19 augustus 2003 - Het Franse bedrijf LEA dat gespecialiseerd is in xDSL-oplossingen opent een chipontwerpcentrum in Antwerpen en verbindt zich met het Leuvense IMEC via IMEC's Europractice IC Service om de volgende generatie geïntegreerde xDSL-producten te ontwikkelen.
LEA SA, met hoofdkantoor in Rennes (Frankrijk), richt LEA ABC (LEA ASICs for Broadband Communications) op, dat het nieuwe competentiecentrum voor chipintegratie binnen het LEA-concern zal worden. Tegelijkertijd heeft | | |
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| Japanese joint venture secures Materialise presence in Asia | 14/8 | Japan, August 1st, 2003 - Materialise and Yokogawa Techno-Information Service (YTI) create the Joint Venture Materialise-Yokogawa Inc. of which Materialise has become the major shareholder. Materialise Yokogawa will represent the Materialise products in the dental and head-related clinical market in Japan. The new company will provide technical support to the existing distributors as well as making direct sales.
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| AnSem announces its own product development | 1/8 | AnSem announces its own product development targeting IC/IP vendors, system houses and module makers who are looking for a dedicated state-of-the-art chip or silicon IP
AnSem recently started developing a short-range, low-power, high sensitivity transceiver chip for wireless ISM applications. AnSem will start developing two other products in the near future: a transceiver chip for ultra low-power WBAN applications and a high-end Sensor Interface chip. AnSem's products will be developed under | | |
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| HyperTrust haalt 1,3 miljoen euro kapitaal op en mikt op Nederland | 22/7 | | Leuven, 15 juli 2003 - HyperTrust, de Leuvense aanbieder van actieve opslagtoepassingen via internet, heeft ruim 1,3 miljoen euro vers kapitaal opgehaald. De middelen werden ter beschikking gesteld door de bestaande aandeelhouders, waaronder een consortium privé-investeerders, de KU Leuven, IT Partners en Advalvas Group, en een aantal nieuwe privé-investeerders. Tegelijk wordt de heer Joop Van Aard voorgedragen als lid van de raad van bestuur van HyperTrust, die wordt voorgezeten door Prof. Dr. | | |
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| IMEC geselecteerd als Alcatel Research Partner | 8/7 | | Antwerpen, 8 juli 2003 - Alcatel kondigt vandaag aan dat IMEC werd geselecteerd als bevoorrechte onderzoekspartner voor de ganse Alcatel groep. Deze nieuwe raamovereenkomst voor het uitvoeren van onderzoeksactiviteiten vervangt het bestaande contract tussen Alcatel Bell en IMEC die in voege was sedert juni 1997. Het Alcatel Research Partnership Programma, dat bij Alcatel van start ging begin 2002, heeft als doel om technologische innovatie te promoten via samenwerkingsverbanden (zogenaamde | | |
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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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| Klooster Hotel : opening in July | 17/6 | From July onwards, a new 'boutique' hotel of incomparable charm in Leuven, Het Klooster Hotel will be open.
A former convent, an unquestionable haven of peace for the uninitiated. Nestling secretly at the end of a discreet cobbled street and surrounded by Flemish architectural masterpieces form the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Peace, charm and refinement.
A cloister with a soul ... and a prestigious past. In the heart of the 'Ile de la Dyle', the historic centre of the city of | | |
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| EUROPEAN BIOTECH IS SURVIVING THE STORM | 19/5 | SECTOR SURVEY OF 2002 SHOWS REVENUES AND EMPLOYEE NUMBERS FALLING FOR THE FIRST TIME
Brussels, 7th May 2003 - Ernst & Young publishes the results of its 10th Annual European biotech report 'Endurance'. This international survey shows an overview of the development and trends in the European biotech sector in 2002.
The report reveals that after a decade of 30-40% year on year growth in revenues and 10-20% increases in employee numbers, the European biotech sector stalled in 2002.
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| ACUNIA UNVEILS HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE SOLUTIONS FOR FLEET OPERATORS AND OEM B2B | 19/5 | ACUNIA Telematics Solutions bridges today's fleet operators demands and requirements with automotive industry specifications for B2B telematics and fleet applications.
Leuven, May 19, 2003 - Today, the European telematics technology specialist ACUNIA unveiled a newly created business unit ACUNIA Telematics Solutions.
Leveraging its expertise in automotive telematics and the advantages of the automotive validated ACUNIA Open Telematics Framework® (OTF) software, the company meets the many | | |
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| Hypertrust expands on the Haasrode research park. | 19/5 | Hypertrust has rented approximately 400 m² fully fitted office space on Geldenaaksebaan 329, a brandnew high quality 2.600 m² office building with attractive architecture and green surroundings. The building is of quality finishing and strongly unite the functionality with a pleasant working environment. The building has an exceptional parking ratio of 1/33 m².
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| HyperTrust lanceert nieuwe Staatsblad-dienst voor ondernemingsakten | 8/5 | Leuven, 7 mei 2003 - HyperTrust, de Leuvense aanbieder van beveiligde
opslagtoepassingen via internet, heeft 'OndernemingsClip' gelanceerd. Dat is een nieuwe internetdienst waarmee ondernemingen dagelijks de voor hen relevante ondernemingsakten uit het Belgisch Staatsblad via e-mail kunnen
ontvangen. Ondernemingsclip is een aanvulling op de 'Staatsbladclip', een
gratis dienst van HyperTrust die het Staatsblad vlotter en veiliger bij de lezer brengt en na drie maanden activiteit al op 8.300 | | |
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| Amplexor versterkt Content Management Service met zwaargewichten | 8/5 | Eric Pieters, Peter Hinssen en Steven Roels gaan groei mee ondersteunen.
Leuven, 23 april 2003 - De Belgische dienstverlener in Enterprise Content Management Amplexor, heeft haar managementteam uitgebreid met Eric Pieters in de rol van Chief Operations Officer, Peter Hinssen als hoofd ECM Business Consultancy en Steven Roels als Sales Consultant.
Eric Pieters zal bij Amplexor verantwoordelijk zijn voor het stroomlijnen van Amplexor's interne organisatie: finance en administratie, legal, | | |
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| Canalist leads IT Rental Company to an international niche market. | 2/4 | Europe's largest IT rental company, Livingston, retained Belgium/US-based Canalist to guide its Computer Products Division safely onto a new market. The economical situation forced the company to look for profitable niche markets. Canalist assisted the company with the identification of potential market segments and developed a strategic approach.
Sustainable Adaptation to Change
When an organization changes course or enters a new market, the biggest challenge is to 'prepare' the | | |
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| Synes offices on rental market | 25/2 | Interleuven has instructed Aximas to find a new tenant for the offices of the spinoff company Synes. Synes, specialised in datamining, has ended recently all activities.
The 463 m² offices +P located on Technologielaan are fully fitted (mixed partitioned and landscaped offices, fully cabled, large kitchen, patchpanel, etc).
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| Egova (Cronos) expands on SMSE business park De Vunt. | 24/2 | The ICT consultancy firm Cronos has used in the past already on several occassions the services of Aximas to find offices.
In 2001 Aximas located for their newly found subsidiary Egova the right offices in De Vunt 13. In 2002, Aximas already helped expanding the successful and fastgrowing ITC company specialised in E-government by taking over the surface of Layers within the building and in 2003 Egova has taken up another 300 m² on De Vunt.
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| Netsize and Iomega to Greenhill Campus. | 24/2 | Netsize is the first companies that has seized the opportunity to rent one of the small units made available with the help of Aximas in order to stimulate smaller companies. The smallest unit on Greenhill Campus is normally 250 m² but because of the important demand for smaller units, Aximas managed to convince the landlord to split-up a floor in smaller units of 57 up to 206 m².
Netsize will move out of the regional business centre into 206 m² prime office space on Greenhill Campus.
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| Dag van de Technologie': brug tussen mens en technologie | 18/12 | De 'Dag van de Technologie' is een nieuw initiatief van de Vlaamse regering dat officieel gelanceerd wordt in Technopolis op 18 december 2002. De 'Dag van de Technologie' vindt plaats op verschillende locaties in Vlaanderen en wil zoveel mogelijk Vlamingen laten kennismaken met technologie in Vlaamse onderzoeksinstellingen, bedrijven, universiteiten en hogescholen.
Op zaterdag 29 maart 2003 wordt het startschot gegeven met een academische zitting en de ondertekening van het Innovatiepact voor | | |
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| Xplanation (Lant) to 4-ST building | 12/12 | Xplanation (Lant) has signed a lease contract for the 736 m² former Alcatel offices on Technologielaan 21, a quality office building in the Haasrode research park.
The immediate availability, attractive rental conditions and that the offices were fully fitted to their needs regarding partitioning and cabling were the principal criteria's of decision.
Xplanation specializes in automated translation. Today, they are using translation memory and machine translation technology to help | | |
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| DSP Valley and Socware close strategic cooperation agreement | 2/12 | DSP Valley (Leuven, Belgium) and Socware (Stockholm, Sweden) join R&D forces in their networks to create next generation applications in multimedia, consumer electronics, health care and automotive.
November 13th, 2002. Leuven (Belgium) and Stockholm (Sweden). Today, DSP Valley and Socware announced the signature of a memorandum of understanding, aiming at setting up a strong European network in microelectronics design activities and at deepening the cooperation in scientific, technological | | |
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| HyperTrust innovates with e-mail driven services in addition to reliable storage | 17/10 | Functional 'Send2Store Demo' available free of charge from today
LEUVEN, 17 October 2002 - HyperTrust, the Leuven-based provider of secure storage applications via the internet, is launching a new suite of services for storage and distribution of digital information, under the name 'Send2 Services'. 'Send2Store Premium', the basic service in the suite, will be introduced in the fourth quarter of this year. HyperTrust is already making a 'Send2Store Demo' available free of charge.
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| Boston Scientific to choose Leuven as location for their offices. | 3/10 | Aximas has rented offices to Boston Scientific in the Challenge Office Centre in Korbeek-Lo near the Haasrode research park. Boston Scientific, already teaming up over 200 people in Maastricht, will open a Belgian representation office. Besides Boston Scientific, Aximas has brought several new companies to this location during the past months such as Dexx (until their new offices are completed), Snoeks Automotive and Broker Dhoker.
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| The Chrysler Group selects LMS Virtual.Lab for next-generation, computer-aided engineering desktop environment. | 3/10 | Leuven, Belgium and Detroit, Michigan - September 18, 2002
Multi-million dollar project will deploy LMS Virtual.Lab to over 300 users.
LMS International today announced that the Chrysler Group unit of DaimlerChrysler AG has signed an agreement for products and services, which will significantly improve the Chrysler Group's engineering productivity in the areas of Noise, Vibration & Harshness (NVH), Durability and Impact simulation.
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| HyperTrust uses latest EMC technology | 18/9 | The Leuven-based hi-tech company is becoming a development partner of EMC for 'Centera', and the driving force behind the development of Content-Addressed Storage
LEUVEN, 18 September 2002 - HyperTrust, the Leuven-based provider of secure communication and storage services over the Internet, will be using the Centera technology from EMC, the world leader in information storage networks, for the development of a brand-new generation of Internet services. Centera is a storage architecture that | | |
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| Federatie van Kamers voor Handel en Nijverheid van België en HyperTrust sluiten strategische samenwerkingsovereenkomst | 12/9 | BRUSSEL, 12 september 2002. Vandaag werd er een samenwerkingsovereenkomst getekend tussen de Federatie van Kamers voor Handel en Nijverheid van België, en HyperTrust, één van de marktleiders in de markt van beveiligingsdiensten.
Email is de meest gebruikte toepassing op het Internet. Elektronische berichten worden in het algemeen geschreven en verstuurd vanuit een vertrouwde omgeving zoals thuis of op kantoor. Dit zorgt voor een vals gevoel van veiligheid. Evenwel vergelijken experten de | | |
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| Amplexor To Drive XML Publishing in through Partnership with Easypress Technologies | 4/9 | Amplexor to resell, integrate and support Atomik XML software for QuarkXPress
LONDON AND LEUVEN - September 4, 2002 - AMPLEXOR, a leading XML content management service provider, has signed a partnership with Easypress Technologies to resell its Atomik XML software solutions for QuarkXPress. The partnership includes Atomik 3.0 - software for automated QuarkXPress-to-XML conversion and Atomik Roundtrip - the ground-breaking, soon-to-be released software that enables full, bi-directional XML | | |
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| Cypress Semiconductor relocates from Waterloo to Leuven. | 2/8 | Aximas has rented 463 m² offices to Cypress Semiconductor in the new Interleuven building alongside the Geldenaaksebaan.
Cypress will use the offices for their HQ in Belgium as well as for setting up a research & development center. The presence of IMEC and DSP Valley was an important factor in their decision to move to Leuven
Cypress is a diversified, broadline supplier of high-performance integrated circuits for network infrastructure and access equipment.
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| Spirit of Enterprise Group launches the 11th EUROWARDS Competition | 19/7 | EUROWARDS, the new name for the European Awards for the Spirit of
Enterprise, has just launched its entrepreneur competition for 2002.
Run by Spirit of Enterprise Group, EUROWARDS is being held in more than 25 European countries. It is open to companies in all sectors and is organized in four categories: Encouragement, Seed, Start-up, Expansion.
Frédéric Béguin, President of Spirit of Enterprise Group, states: 'It is not only the best opportunity to test your business plan against
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| Gemma Frisius Fonds II launched | 16/7 | | On July 3, 2002 the Gemma Frisius Fund II was established. Continuing the work of its predecessor Gemma Frisius Fund I, this is a venture capital fund providing seed capital and start-up capital to spin-off companies intending to commercialize knowledge and research developed at K.U.Leuven. Following the success of the first edition of the Fund, the three partners - Fortis Private Equity, KBC Investco and K.U.Leuven Research & Development - unanimously decided to extend this unique form 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.
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| AMI-C SELECTS ACUNIA'S XINGU® TELEMATICS DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS | 3/5 | DETROIT/LEUVEN, Belgium, April 30th, 2002 - The Automotive Multimedia
Interface Collaboration (AMI-C) has selected ACUNIA's XINGU® two-chip processing platform as one of the development systems on which to test its embedded software and API specifications, according to AMI-C Assistant Vice President Scott McCormick.
AMI-C is a global consortium of the world's leading vehicle
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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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| Spin-offs win 'Trends Gazelle award 2002' | 15/3 | On Wednesday, March 6, several spin-offs from the university of Leuven received the nomination as 'Trends Gazelle 2002' from the Belgian Economic Magazine 'Trends'.
The title 'Gazelle' goes to the 200 fastest growing companies in a region.
Criteria are growth of turnover, cash-flow and personnel.
The nominated companies are considered as fast, dynamic and operating in a competitive environment, hence the link with the African gazelle.
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| ** ACUNIA LANDS 2.9 MIO EURO WITH CURRENT INVESTORS ** TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR ACUNIA ** | 14/3 | ACUNIA RECEIVES FROST & SULLIVAN'S
'TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR' AWARD
FOR ITS ACUNIA OPEN TELEMATICS FRAMEWORK® (OTF)
Pioneering telematics company lands 2.9 million euro ($2.5 million US) first close with current investors
Leuven (Belgium), Boston (US) March 13th 2002 - Frost & Sullivan has selected ACUNIA as the 2002 Market Engineering Technology of the Year Award recipient for its pioneering efforts in developing a global open architecture standard for automotive telematics. In an | | |
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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.
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| Netmining launches HitsIntoMetrics for comparative click stream analysis across multiple websites | 12/2 | HitsIntoMetrics compares the success of web content and marketing campaigns
Leuven, Belgium, 12 February 2002 - Netmining, a Leuven-based developer of software for e-Business Intelligence (e-BI), is proud to announce the launch of 'HitsIntoMetrics'. The latter is a modular software solution whereby large companies can, from a business perspective, analyse, comparatively, the visitor traffic or 'click stream' its various websites are getting. Thanks to that analysis they enjoy ready access | | |
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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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| 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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| Lexmark Analyses Worldwide Web Site Traffic Using Netmining Technology | 3/1 | | Leuven, Belgium, 3 January 2002- Lexmark, a global supplier of printing solutions, has chosen Netmining, the Leuven-based supplier of software for e-business intelligence, to develop its worldwide web monitoring software. To that end, Netmining has developed and implemented their new 'Netmining Data Collector', (now part of Netmining's HitsIntoMetrics and HitsIntoLeads solutions) that was engineered in collaboration with Lexmark. The software application has now also been made generally | | |
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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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| Solar power: Electrabel and TotalFinaElf join with IMEC to produce photovoltaic cells and modules | 14/12 | BRUSSELS, 12 DECEMBER 2001 · Electrabel, TotalFinaElf, IMEC and Soltech have today set up the company Photovoltech for the production of photovoltaic cells and modules which form the basic components for photovoltaic systems.
In this venture, the energy companies Electrabel and TotalFinaElf are pooling their skills with those of IMEC, Europe's largest independent research centre for microelectronics, located in Leuven (Belgium). The stakes put up by the respective companies amount to 42.5% | | |
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| HyperTrust is laureaat van het 'Fonds jonge ondernemingen' | 6/12 | Leuven, België, 3 december 2001. HyperTrust, de eerste Application Service Provider voor beveiligingsdiensten in Europa wordt maandag gehuldigd als laureaat van het 'Fonds jonge ondernemers' van de Koning Boudewijn Stichting. HyperTrust wendde deze beurs aan voor het behalen van een Systrust Certificatie.
HyperTrust NV zal maandag 3 december 2001 worden gehuldigd als één van de laureaten van het 'Fonds Jonge Ondernemers' van de Koning Boudewijnstichting. Het Fonds stelt consultancybeurzen | | |
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| Leuven (Belgium) and Tampere (Finland) close deal on strategic cooperation in regional development. | 29/11 | Leuven and Tampere have the ambition to rank in Europe's Top 10 of regions of expertise in high-tech, including infocom technologies and life sciences.
Today, November 28, 2001 Leuven and Tampere have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), expressing intentions to set up interdisciplinary research activities and cooperation in scientific, technological, socio-economical, industrial and cultural areas.
Belgian participating parties for Leuven in this MOU are:
· the Katholieke | | |
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| PIMC nv and the 'Lion of Export' | 21/11 | PIMC NV are delighted to receive, from Flemish Minister Gabriëls, the first edition of the newly created trophy 'Lion of Export'; category 'Young Exporter'.
The Lion of Export for Young Exporter rewards PIMC for the its recently commenced efforts in export activities and the already accomplished results. Decisive criteria used to select the laureate from the 5 nominees, out of the original 52 participants were growth of personnel, extent of export and
added value during the last few years.
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| ACUNIA lands 'IT Award of Excellence 2001' by UK Institute of Transport Management | 13/11 | The Institute of Transport Management (UK) has awarded ACUNIA with the prestigious 'IT Award of Excellence 2001'.
The Institute of Transport Management was formed in the UK in 1977 with the express aim of providing further education and information to transport managers as its raison d'être.
The Institute would work as a forum for the exchange of ideas and solutions in the building of what were then the equivalents of today's supply chains. The idea for the Institute was based on the | | |
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| Netmining aanwezig op Amerikaanse IT-beurs Comdex | 25/9 | Leuven, 24 september 2001 - Netmining, de Leuvense ontwikkelaar van software voor e-Business Intelligence, presenteert zichzelf tussen 12 en 16 november aan de Amerikaanse markt via een aanwezigheid op de vakbeurs Comdex Fall 2001 in Las Vegas. Die eerste deelname aan de beurs kadert in de Amerikaanse expansie-ambities van Netmining.
Comdex is een van 's werelds grootste IT-vakbeurzen. Er worden 35.000 aanwezigen verwacht uit meer dan 130 verschillende landen. Netmining is er terug te vinden | | |
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