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the region at a glance

Euregio Meuse-Rhine is the European region situated at the crossroads of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, which includes the cities of Aachen, Hasselt, Liège and Maastricht. Due to the proximity of the borders, much of the working population is multilingual (German, French and Dutch) and English is widely spoken.

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine

The region displays an advantageous and classic "in-between position" between the economic centers of Northern France, Brussels, Randstad Holland, the harbors Rotterdam and Antwerp and the Rhine-Ruhr belt, but without the overcrowded areas and high costs. Euregio Meuse-Rhine is centrally located within the so-called economic banana stretching from Milano via Germany to London.

Five international airports are within an hour's drive away, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Liège and Maastricht-Aachen.

The Euregio is located at the intersection of the main European highways and European high-speed rail networks (the connections from London and Paris to Cologne stop in Liège and Aachen).

The Euregio offers one of the best ISDN and ATM networks in the world.

Four major universities, including one of the leading German universities of technology (RWTH Aachen), public and private research and competence centers, three medical schools, four university hospitals and a medical technology center are located within a 15-mile radius and represent Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The Euregio hosts 30 technology centers, from incubators, business innovation centers to university science parks. Many companies are direct spin-offs from the universities. In short, thanks to its top European research institutions, this is an ideal location for establishing a European marketing and sales representation, for assembly and logistics and especially for research and development.

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine is rapidly consolidating its position as one of the top European centers for life sciences with a considerable network of major medical device companies, innovative spin-offs, leading European research institutions, medical universities and hospitals. All this makes it a truly transnational top research region. By tapping into this academic powerhouse, you can run your clinical trials with ease and achieve an excellent entry into the European market.

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