BLBA Annual General Meeting – 11 January, 2012 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi

On January 11, 2012, the BLBA held its Annual General Meeting at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi. The meeting was well attended, and about 30 people were present at the meeting. H.E. Mr. Pierre Vaesen graced the occasion with his presence. The meeting started at 7.30 pm with good news. Mr. Anil Anand, Managing Director of the Luxembourg company Paul Wurth India pvt. Ltd. was introduced as the new BLBA President until March 31st, 2013. Vice-President Mr. P. Ratna Rao also announced that the treasurer position of Mr. …

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9 Dec 2011 | No Comment
Europalia.India.2013

After Russia, China and Brazil, India will finally have its Europalia season in Brussels in 2013. A 5 month long program of exhibitions, concerts, movies, dance and theatre that will give the Belgian public a unique opportunity to get to know Indian culture. Events will be organized not only in Brussels but in other parts of the country as well as in neighboring countries too.

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9 Dec 2011 | No Comment
A new Wallonia business centre/incubator in Pune, Maharashtra

The Walloon Export and Foreign Investments Agency (AWEX) proposes to the Walloon companies interested in the Indian market to settle in an incubator in Pune, Kalyani Nagar, in the State of Maharashtra, 160 km from Mumbai.
The incubator is located 5 minutes away from the international airport and at 10 minutes distance from the Pune station.
The incubator offers to the Walloon entrepreneurs all the related services with comfort and optimization of their local integration: an equipped office, air-conditioned, with internet access. With framing and support of an experienced international team who …

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9 Dec 2011 | No Comment
An Indian company to set up a new PET plant in Geel

An Indian based company – JBF Industries – is to set up a new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant in the town of Geel. PET is an extremely important industrial polymer which has a wide spectrum of uses, ranging from food packaging to engineering glass fibers. JBF Industries, which was established in 1982, is one of the top players in the Polyester Partially Oriented Yarns (POY) in India. The new PET facility in Geel is said to be ready in 2014 and will have an impressive capacity of 390,000 ton per …

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14 Oct 2011 | No Comment
Belgian Beer Friday

On Friday September 23, 2011 the BLBA, along with Cerana, The Embassy of Belgium, AWEX, FIT and the Royal Plaza organized an afterworks networking Belgian Beer Friday at The Royal Plaza Hotel in Cannaught Place, New Delhi.
Belgium is home to a legendry beer culture with more than 800 brands of Beer. At Belgian Beer Fridays one can discover the best that Belgium has to offer whether it is the Trappist Beers of Chimay, still brewed by monks in an abbey, or the iconic Duvel, a “Devil” of a beer at …

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14 Jun 2011 | No Comment
TNT Express launches a dedicated freighter service between India & Europe

Logistic service provider TNT Express has launched a dedicated B767 freighter service between India and Europe. The service will run five times a week between New Delhi and TNT’s European air hub in Belgium, with a stopover in Dubai on the way back to India. The new service will enable TNT Express customers to enjoy faster transit times for shipments moving between India and Europe.
The new B767 freighter service has a weekly capacity of 210 tonne.
Shipments will depart from New Delhi at the end of each working day …