Business Memo from Belgium articles from September 1991

Business Memo from Belgium archives from September 1991

Investment Company for Flanders. (Special Issue: Venture Capitalists in Belgium) (Company Profile)
September 22, 1991... INVESTMENT COMPANY FOR FLANDERS The INVESTMENT COMPANY FOR FLANDERS (GEWESTELIJKE INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR VLAANDEREN or G.I.M.V.) was founded in 1980 as a limited company. The Flemish Government is the controlling shareholder of...

National Investment Company.
September 22, 1991... NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (S.N.I.) The NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (S.N.I.), the public holding company, has created a jointly-owned company with the Dutch Nederlandse Participatie Maatschappij. AMBRULUX, an acronym for Amsterdam, Brussels...

Brussels Region Investment Company. (Special Issue: Venture Capitalists in Belgium) (Company Profile)
September 22, 1991... BRUSSELS REGION INVESTMENT COMPANY (S.R.I.B./G.I.M.B.) The BRUSSELS REGION INVESTMENT COMPANY (S.R.I.B./G.I.M.B.) is a limited liability company with a capital amounting to 3 billion BEF. The company's portfolio exhibits investments embracing...

Wallonia Investment Company. (public interest holding company in Belgium) (Special Issue: Venture Capitalists in Belgium) (Company Profile)
September 22, 1991... WALLONIA INVESTMENT COMPANY (S.R.I.W.) The WALLONIA INVESTMENT COMPANY (S.R.I.W.) is a public interest holding company dedicated to promoting and developing the French-speaking regions of Belgium by the provision of investment funding to...

Care International. (transfers headquarters to Brussels, Belgium)
September 22, 1991... CARE INTERNATIONAL CARE INTERNATIONAL, the world's largest non-governmental development and emergency aid agency has transferred its headquarters from Paris to Brussels.

Sandoz. (builds new research facility in Belgium)
September 22, 1991... SANDOZ SANDOZ, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company, is to invest 500 million BEF in a research center in Louvain-la-Neuve. The new facility, located next to the firm's production unit, will open at the end of 1992.

Nissan. (to build research center in Belgium)
September 22, 1991... NISSAN NISSAN, the Japanese car manufacturer, has cleared one of the remaining hurdles in its project to set up a European research center in Belgium. The commune of Mont-St-Guibert, near Wavre, has given the go-ahead for the sale of 3.65...

Pilkington. (establishes headquarters in Belgium)
September 22, 1991... PILKINGTON PILKINGTON, the innovative British glassmaker, has decided to establish a Brussels-based headquarters to manage its European activities. The move is part of Pilkington's decision to cut costs and to integrate its European operations...

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (establishes headquarters in Belgium)
September 22, 1991... COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. Anticipating heightened competition in the European Community, COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO., the consumer-goods maker has followed in the footsteps of such rivals as Procter & Gamble Co. and has situated its European...