Flanders leading bank has sold its Taiwan-based KBC Concord Assets Management affiliate to the Hong Kong-based Value Partners company.
US company Hewlett Packard is seeking an additional 150 employees for its Belgian affiliate. The move follows better than expected sales. The company employs some 2,600 people, many of them based at the Belgian headquarters in Diegem, near Brussels.
The Izegem-based Chauffage Declercq, a leader in heating and climate management systems, has been sold to the French Spie group.
Brussels headquartered non-ferrous metals group Nyrstar, one of the world leading producers of zinc, is believed to be preparing a bid on Lundin Mining, a Canadian group with activities in Portugal, Sweden, Spain and Ireland in partnership with BHP Billiton.
The landmark 45,000 square-metre Capital office building on Brussels Schuman square has finally found a tenant: The EU will rent the space to European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton’s foreign service department for 30 years.
Jenever brand Smeets had been taken over by the Ghent-based Bruggeman group to strengthen its position on the local market.
Bekaert, based in Zwevegem, West Flanders, has sold its Specialty Films division to the French Saint Gobain Performance Plastics company with a book profit of some €10 million.
The federal prosecutor’s office has demanded a payment from internet search giant Google in settlement of a claim that the company breached Belgian privacy law when it collected data from computers of members of the public while its Google Street View cars were travelling around the country collecting map data. If Google refuses to settle within three months, it could face a court case.
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