The Japanese-based company Nitto has opened its first ever test center in Europe following a two million euro investment at its facility in Genk, Flanders. More...
Ford is to produce its new ‘cross-over’ model at its Flanders plant in Genk from next year, the company has announced. Production will go hand-in-hand with that of the Ford Galaxy and, in 2007, the new Mondeo will also start rolling out of the plant. More...
Atlas Copco, the Swedish compressor manufacturer, is to invest seven million euro in a new state-of-the-art testing center and in improving its training center at its Wilrijk facility near Antwerp. More...
The Tokyo-based chemicals firm Sumitomo Bakelite has acquired all shares in Vyncolit Belgium and Vyncolit North America, the company has announced. More...
Siemens Business Services (SBS) has opened a new data and communications center in the Flanders town of Huizingen to meet the increasing trend of businesses outsourcing ICT activities. More...
The Government of Flanders has established a “task force for foreign direct investment” in order to make the process for foreign investors much more efficient and simple, and to attract more investors to the region. More...
Belgium, Finland and Austria have the highest quality of life in the European Union, according to a study produced by the EU’s Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. More...
The German-based chemicals company Lanxess, a spin-off from Bayer, has confirmed it is to make investments of some 20 million euro in its Antwerp facilities, notably Lanxess Rubber. More...
Volvo Cars in Ghent, Flanders, is now producing more than half of the Volvo cars manufactured around the world and last year saw production rise by more than 50%, the company has announced. More...
The Belgian Government has implemented a tax deduction for risk capital aimed at boosting the country’s attractiveness to local and foreign direct investors. More...
The Port of Antwerp’s vast new Deurganck Dock was officially opened yesterday in the presence of HM King Albert II and with the Chinese-flagged vessel Cosco Tianjin becoming the first ship to be handled in one of the two new container terminals. More...
The Indian airline Jet Airways has announced that it is to fly directly from Belgium to India six times a week from the end of this month. The airline will operate from Bombay to New York via Brussels and return. More...
Export Vlaanderen, the foreign trade division of the Flanders Government, and the Flanders Foreign Investment Office, the direct investment department, have been brought together as a new agency, Flanders Investment & Trade. More...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Flanders fell slightly last year but included more projects and created more new jobs than the previous year, according to figures produced by the Flanders Foreign Investment Office. More...
EDS, the US-based IT company with its European headquarters in the Flemish city of Mechelen, is to add another 50 staff this year taking the total in Mechelen to 1,550. More...
