BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION to the ARAB REPUBLIC of EGYPT

Headed by H.R.H. Prince Philippe of Belgium

24 • 28 May 2008


FLEMISH REGION / The participants

The Flemish Foreign Trade Agency


Flanders Investment & Trade

Chamber of Commerce

• Chamber of Commerce East Flanders - VOKA

Research Center / Institute

• Nuclear Research Center - SCK.CEN • Flanders Institute for Logistics - VIL

Ports / Airport

• Port of Ghent (Ghent Port Company AMC) • Port Authority Zeebrugge (MBZ) • Antwerp Port Authority • APEC - Antwerp / Flanders Port Training Center • Ostend-Bruges International Airport

INDUSTRIAL & SERVICE COMPANIES

ACS & A - Advanced Communication Strategies & Auditing Belberry Preserves Betafence CDM Daikin Europe Distritrade Dredging International Dupont Durot Shipping Europowers Generators Exmar Marine Fos&S Jos Vanneste Mickey Weinstock Nine Arts Gallery Richard Vrand Forest Engineering Sarens Speed Handling Services The Sniffers Van De Wiele Volys Star Vulga Waterleau

Last update: 20.05.2008
Print version: 12 pages

Mr Gilbert HERTECANT, Managing Director

ACS&A - Advanced Communication Strategies & Auditing is an autonomous office, created in 1992 by Gilbert Hertecant, with more than 30 years experience in corporate communication (internal and external), audits (financial, communicational and logistical), and assistance/on the job training of sales managers IT and industrial sectors. ASC&A developed several training programs on topics such as crises management, group dynamics, teambuilding, negotiation skills, … and provides consulting in the same topics. Gilbert Hertecant has been training, consulting and auditing internationally, in countries such as Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Uzbekistan, Egypt,… He is also administrator of the Association of the Belgian Periodical Press. ACS&A collaborates with members of Flag (Flemish Aerospace Group ) for instance with BAFA (Ben Aviation Flight Academy / www.bafa.be ). Stierstraat 32 • B - 2018 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 294 68 51 • Fax: + 32 3 / 294 68 56 Email: media@flag.be • Web: www.flag.be

Mr Yves DAELE, Sales Executive

The history of BELBERRY started in 1956, when André Vandererfven acquired a small grocery store ("épicerie fine") that existed since the late 19th century in the West-Flemish city of Kortrijk. He started with the production of preserves for the local market. This happened after the wife of the neighbourhood’s pharmacist asked André to make her original marmalade with an ancient recipe, after she became too old to do this heavy job. When his son Thierry Vandererfven took over in 1990, he started with expanding the home made production and to export these delicious preserves all over Europe. Nowadays, you can find Belberry preserves and delicatessen in the best department stores, the finest deli shops and gourmet stores all over the world. Nothing beats the exquisite taste of traditionally-made food, carefully crafted with the best ingredients. Doenaertstraat 11 • B - 8500 Kortrijk Tel.: + 32 56 / 22 05 60 • Fax: + 32 56 / 22 15 60 Email: info@belberry.com • Web: www.belberry.com

Mr Olav BOEL, Manager Global Account - Perimeter Protection / Export Manager

BETAFENCE is the world leader in design, production and commercialization of fencing and access control system. With more than 125 years of experience in the field, 13 production facilities and 25 sales offices and agencies, Betafence has built up a worldwide coverage. The broad range of professional fencing products and access control equipment (gates, barriers, turnstiles, ..), offers a complete custom-made solution for the airport, port, highway, railway, military and industrial sector. Deerlijkstraat 58A • B - 8550 Zwevegem Tel.: + 32 56 / 73 45 00 • Fax: + 32 56 / 73 45 99 Email: info@betafence.com • Web: www.betafence.com

Mrs Stéphanie CARELS, CEO of CDM Group Mr Joseph TORBAY, Area Manager

CDM (= Customized Design of Mass-spring-systems) has specialized since 1951 in the design, production and implementation of noise and vibration isolation systems. CDM is active worldwide in the segments building, industry and railway infrastructure (track), and consists of a multifunctional engineering team, continuously in search of the most economical way to isolate noise and vibrations. This is done in relation to the project requirements and related budgets. Regarding the design, CDM is not bond in its choice of materials, which creates a state of independancy with respect to the proposed solutions (solids - springs - air cushions). Reutenbeek 9-11 • B - 3090 Overijse Tel.: + 32 2 / 766 02 39 • Fax: + 32 2 / 687 35 52 Email: general@cdm.be • Web: www.CDM.be

Mr Ruben DECUYPERE, Area Sales Responsible Mr Philippe DE SPLENTER, Area Sales Responsible

DAIKIN is an innovative leader in the air conditioning market and this on the residential, commercial and industrial market. Daikin is the world's only manufacturer that combines research, development and manufacturing of air conditioning systems, refrigerants and compressors. Daikin Europe is the sales and manufacturing headquarters covering Europe, Africa, Middle East and some Central Asian countries. Zandvoordestraat 300 • B - 8400 Oostende Tel.: + 32 2 / 529 61 11 • Fax: + 32 2 / 529 61 99 Email: info@daikineurope.com Web: www.daikineurope.com

Mrs Annemie DE JONGE, General Manager

Thanks to over 20 years experience in the field, DISTRITRADE disposes of an exceptional know-how in full handling export services specialized to Africa. We supply chemicals and allied products for all kind of industries, such as water treatment chemicals, acids, solvents, dry chemicals for building industry and chemicals for detergents, also chemicals for pharmaceutical and agricultural purpose. We are mainly specialized in pigments and dyestuffs for the paint industry, cement colours, iron oxides, as well as in dyestuffs for textile, leather, paper, etc. At this field we are sales representative for a Belgian company. Our strength is the personal contact with our clients, which we visit as many times as possible. Our added value to the market is the supply to small companies with small needs of different products for their final production and this at the best import price. Eethuisstraat 38 • B - 2170 Merksem Tel.: + 32 3 / 644 07 30 • Fax: + 32 3 / 644 07 16 Email: distritrade@skynet.be • Web: www.distritrade.be

Mr Bart RUMES, Business Development Manager

DREDGING INTERNATIONAL is a Belgian hydraulic engineering, dredging and offshore contractor with current works under construction on every continent of the globe. The company is specialised in the construction and development of harbours, artificial islands, estuarial dams, canals and inland waterways, dike construction and reinforcement, beach replenishment and coastal protection, supply of dredged aggregates and salvage activities. Dredging International nv was established in 1974 by the concentration of the dredging division of Ackermans & van Haaren, which was founded as early as 1852, and Société Générale de Dragage. As a result a company was created that offers over 100 years of experience and which is to be found at top level in the international dredging business. Haven 1025 • Scheldedijk 30 • B - 2070 Zwijndrecht Tel.: + 32 3 / 250 52 65 • Fax: + 32 3 / 250 55 87 Email: info@deme.be • Web: www.deme.be

Mr Vany BEERNAERT, Export Manager

DUPONT - Activities/Products: We are manufacturer and wholesaler of high qualified acryl products for the presentation of food in the food business. We sell plates, salad dishes, catering bowls etc. for the presentation of meat, fish, cheese etc. in a cool counter and buffet. An extensive range of measures and colour options assures the customer a high-class presentation. Customers: We also sell abroad and are still expanding our activities. At this moment we are selling our products in more than 20 countries. In foreign countries we sell to distributors. 't Hoge 98 • B - 8500 Kortrijk Tel.: + 32 56 / 20 32 09 • Fax: + 32 56 / 22 80 29 Email: info@dupont.be • Web: www.plexiline.be

Mr Patrick DUROT, Managing Director

DUROT SHIPPING - Our company is generally specialized in logistic arrangements and more precisely in chartering of vessels to all Egyptian ports. We are general agents for Emroll Ltd. A 10 day frequency RO/RO service from Hamburg and Antwerp to Alexandria. We also can offer spot vessels to and from all Egyptian ports for project cargoes and large parcels. We have vessels ranging between 2000 T DWT and 10000 T DWT. All inquiries are welcome. Van Meterenkaai 1 • B - 2000 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 202 03 01 • Fax: + 32 3 / 202 03 96 Email: durot@durot.be • Web: www.durot.be

Mr Yves HEYLANDS, Export Manager

EUROPOWER GENERATORS started trading in 1990 in Limburg, Belgium. Through the constant drive for complete client satisfaction and through the delivery of excellent quality, the company is now the largest manufacturer of small generators and welding generators in the Benelux. To arrive at a continuous level of improvement in quality, the company invested in the market, in their customers, in their personnel, in the product quality and in the constant control of the entire process. Europower Generators became the first ISO 9001 certified manufacturer of small generators in Europe. This success has been built through offering a full range of first quality products, supported by a superb delivery and technical back-up. Europower Generators trades with leading telecom organisations, railroad companies, fire brigades, major construction companies, rental companies, international traders, humanitarian agencies and non-governmental organisations. Industriezone 1019 • B - 3850 Nieuwerkerken Tel.: + 32 11 / 58 61 61 • Fax: + 32 11 / 58 28 38 Email: info@europowergenerators.com Web: www.europowergenerators.com

Mr Bart LAVENT, Director LNG Up & Downstream Mr Pascal EMSENS, Manager Business Development

EXMAR is a diversified and independent shipping group that serves the international oil and gas industry by providing ships for the overseas transport of those products and by performing studies or undertaking the management of commercial, technical or administrative activities. - LPG/NH3/Petchem - The transport of liquid petroleum gas, ammonia and chemical gases, primarily on ships of the midsize-type (20.000 to 40.000m³) and VLGC (70.000 to 85.000 m³) vessels; - LNG - Transport of liquid natural gas, with delivery in either liquid or gas form enabled by and on-board regasification installation (LNGRV); - Offshore - Services provided to the offshore oil and gas industry, encompassing offshore processing, storage and transhipment of oil and gases, as well as development, consulting and new designs for floating installations. De Gerlachekaai 20 • B - 2000 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 247 56 11 • Fax: + 32 3 / 248 27 40 Email: chartering@exmar.be • Web: www.exmar.be

Mr Marc VOET, CEO & President

FOS&S (Fibre Optic Sensors & Sensing Systems) is a company specialized in the development and implementation of fibre optical sensing systems. The company is operating on a worldwide scale with branches in Belgium and Hong Kong and is active within different market segments: aerospace, oil industry, process industry, mining industry and civil engineering. We have developed a wide range of sensors to measure all kinds of physical parameters like: temperature, strain, pressure, earth pressure, load, water leakage, humidity, displacement, deformation,… FOS&S is able to provide a total solution to its customers. Cipalstraat 14 • B - 2440 Geel Tel.: + 32 14 / 58 11 91 • Fax: + 32 14 / 59 15 14 Email: info@fos-s.com • Web: www.fos-s.com

Mr Werner VANNESTE, Chairman

The JOS VANNESTE company covers three majors activities: • Mechanical transformation of flax fibres to make them suitable to be blended with either short staple natural, artificial or synthetic fibres, or long staple fibres such as wool and converted synthetic fibres (acrylic, polyester..). Destination of this production is the fancy yarn spinning, either cotton or worsted (wool) spinning companies. • Flax spinning mill, both wet and half wet. Spinning 100% long fibre flax into fancy yarns. The yarns are either natural look or chemically processed - bleached, or uni-dryed, or multicolor-dyed. Also blended yarns with chief-content flax are in program. Destination of these yarns are the weaving mills specialized in upholstery, curtains and high standard hand tufted carpets. • Trading in all types of flax raw materials and flax yarns. Kortrijksesteenweg 283 • B - 8530 Harelbeke Tel.: + 32 56 / 71 24 13 • Fax: + 32 56 / 71 12 85 Email: info@jos-vanneste.com Web: www.jos-vanneste.com

Mr Michel WEINSTOCK, CEO Mr Ronald DAEMS, COO Mr Tamjid ABDULLAH, Middle East Representative

Situated in the heart of the Antwerp diamond district, our company MICKEY WEINSTOCK specializes in "excellent make", ideal cut diamonds. Our expertise lies specifically in the "Hearts & Arrows" diamond cut, which displays a pattern of eight perfect hearts and arrows in a diamond. Using only the most experienced craftsmen in Antwerp, we manufacture our own line of fine round diamonds from 8 pointers up to 5 carats. Every diamond is carefully checked at each stage of the manufacturing process, giving the finished product the cut, clarity, and brilliance you would expect to find in top quality gems. In 1997 we created an exclusive brand of Hearts & Arrows diamonds: the Love Diamond™. This diamond is hand cut to perfection for ideal proportions and perfect symmetry. The Love Diamond has reached international acclaim and has been exported across Europe, the Middle East, the United States and South East Asia. Hoveniersstraat 53 • B - 2018 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 401 17 00 • Fax: + 32 3 / 401 17 10 Email: info@mickeyweinstock.com Web: www.mickeyweinstock.com

Mrs Halina MARKOWICZ, Director

NINE ARTS GALLERY, established in 1987, specializes in Belgian contemporary works and international masters. The gallery is located in the heart of Antwerp in the former home of the Belgian Count Legrelle, built in 1913. Its 1200 m² of space comprise a split-level exhibition hall and a sculpture garden for summer shows. The gallery promotes the best of Belgian and international contemporary art by exhibiting paintings and sculptures. In addition, we evaluate and purchase modern art for collectors worldwide and also source art for both private and corporate collectors. We have acquired and placed valuable works for a number of international foundations and collectors. Nine Arts Gallery participates in major international art fairs and has representatives in the United States, Europe and Japan. Lange Lozanastraat 238 • B - 2018 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 216 27 48 • Fax: + 32 3 / 248 46 96 Email: halina@nineartsgallery.com Web: www.nineartsgallery.com

Mr Richard VRAND, General Manager Mr Arnaud VRAND, Manager

RICHARD VRAND FOREST ENGINEERING is a 6th generation family business of wood producers of established renown on the European market. Acting on a strong technical knowledge, our company does all of the exctracting of the wood itself in Belgium, France and Luxemburg. Richard Vrand is able to offer its customers a broad supply of high-quality European wood: • Round wood: oak / beech / ash / sycamore / poplar / pine and many other varieties; • Sawn wood: square-edged timber / oak beams / beech for stairs; • Solid plankwood flooring: oak / beech. We offer competitive prices, high-quality wood, a swift delivery and an excellent service! All our logs are PEFC-certified and we were the first hardwood company in Belgium and Northern France which was PEFC-certified. We supply logs to the primary woodworking industry such as furniture factories, veneer factories, flooring factories, moulding factories, etc. in Europe, Asia and North Africa. Oudstrijderslaan 29 • B - 8930 Lauwe Tel.: + 32 56 / 41 21 25 • Fax: + 32 56 / 40 15 91 Email: info@vrand.or • Web: www.vrand.org

Mr Gert HENDRICKX, Area Sales Manager

The SARENS Group can be described as "specialist of the extra-ordinary". Our activities are transport and handling of heavy goods, rental and operation of cranes, problem solving linked with crane works and this on a worldwide scale. Because of a permanent focus on the future, we have a highly skilled crew and very advanced equipment to satisfy the often "extra-ordinary" needs of our customers. With the opening of the borders, we entered the European market with a lot of self-confidence. It brought our company an explosive worldwide growth, well beyond the European boundaries. Prevention and security are priorities to Sarens. We’d "better be safe than sorry", when it comes to personal injuries and damage to material or the environment. Sarens has set the example to its competitors and still takes the leading position in this field. Vision and expertise: that is what made Sarens, a Flemish family business, evolve into an international group. Autoweg 10 • B - 1861 Wolvertem Tel.: + 32 52 / 31 93 19 • Fax: + 32 52 / 31 93 29 Email: info@sarens.com • Web: www.sarens.com

Mrs Nathalie VAN ACKER, CEO Mr Hamdy HAFEZ, Manager

SPEED HANDLING SERVICES ICAL operates weekly services to Lagos and Accra and specialises in the following areas: - Airline operating services to West Africa; - Logistics/market development to West Africa and the Middle East; - Airline representation/GSA in West Africa, namely in Nigeria and Ghana; - Import/Export to the United Emirates and Egypt; - Charter brokers. Ostend Airport - Hangar 1 • B - 8400 Oostende Tel.: + 32 59 / 33 38 25 • Fax: + 32 59 / 33 39 32 Email: info.shs@skynet.be

Mr Hans HOOYBERGHS, Sales & Technical Director

THE SNIFFERS is specialised in delivering emission monitoring services and has more than 16 years of experience in delivering a wide range of services including: - Fugitive emission monitoring programs (Leak Detection And Repair programs); - Flare loss and internal process loss monitoring programs; - Steam loss monitoring programs; - Tank emission monitoring programs. These services do not only considerably reduce the impact on the environment, but they also offer a great financial payback (through the reduction of raw material losses). The Sniffers is European market leader in emission monitoring and has a very extensive reference list, including a multitude of major oil and gas companies and chemical companies. Since 2005, The Sniffers have also performed several projects in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Qatar. In 2007, we also received an ADNOC HSE Award for one of our projects of 2006 at ADGAS, Das Island, UAE. Graaf de Broquevillestraat 4 • B - 2400 Mol Tel.: + 32 14 / 31 88 88 • Fax: + 32 14 / 32 11 11 Email: info@the-sniffers.be • Web: www.the-sniffers.be

Mr Charles BEAUDUIN, CEO Van De Wiele Group

VAN DE WIELE is a leading manufacturer of textile machines and bulk handling equipment. Turnover: US$ 620 million with 2140 staff members and affiliates in about 40 countries. Main activities: Carpet and velvet machines, Jacquard machines, Feeders and accessories for weaving and knitting machines under the names "Iro", "Roj", "Memminger", "Bonas" and "Van de Wiele". Michel Vandewielestraat 7 • B - 8510 Kortrijk (Marke) Tel.: + 32 56 / 25 65 24 • Fax: + 32 56 / 24 55 70 Email: info@vandewiele.com • Web: www.vandewiele.be

Mr Yves DAELE, Export Manager

VOLYS STAR, the creative poultry specialist from Lendelede/Belgium, occupies a unique market position. It fully integrates all production steps: from the egg and the rearing, over the slaughtering, cutting and processing to the final sale of the product. Hence, Volys Star can offer full traceability to the trade. Volys Star carries three types of poultry based products: traditional charcuterie, breaded products and its unique range of fully-cooked marinated poultry portions for both hot and cold meals. These meal components offer a high level of convenience: they only need re-heating. As Volys Star disposes of its own Halal-approved slaughterhouse we supply all Halal markets with our range of high quality processed poultry products. The factory is ISO-9001 and BRC certified. Oudstrijderslaan 11 • B - 8860 Lendelede Tel.: + 32 51 / 33 50 30 • Fax: + 32 51 31 48 15 Email: info@volysstar.be • Web: www.volysstar.be

Mr Didier HUMBERT, General Manager

The products/services of the company VULGA Resins Engineering & Contracting are: • Engineering and application of synthetic resins as: - grouting, injecting, repairing, flooring, carbon patching, tank repairs; - chockfast and escoweld product line distributor; - sicomin distributor; - stoppani distributor; - vubonite for high temperature applications; - durcel distributor. • Bolt engineering: - in situ spark erosion; - bolt tension calculation and application; - hydraulic bolt troque. • Cimentitous grouting applications: - pagel application; - cemart application; - cryogenics applications. J. Van Hovestraat 35 • B - 1950 Kraainem Tel.: + 32 2 / 720 23 56 • Fax: + 32 2 / 720 16 00 Email: info@vulga.be • Web: www.vulga.be

Mr Luc VRIENS, CEO

The core activity of WATERLEAU is offering technology and solutions for environmental problems in a wide spectrum of environmental fields such as treatment of wastewater, sludge, polluted air and solid waste, production of process or drinking water and generation of renewable energy from waste or bio-fuels. Waterleau’s proven track record is reflected in the design, construction, operation & maintenance of more than 1000 references. A team of 175 engineers, a worldwide turnover of US$ 75 million and a US$ 100 million order portfolio. Waterleau serves its clients all over the world, either through its Belgian offices or through offices abroad or via its joint venture companies. Field of activities: • Process & drinking water, desalination (brackish water & seawater); • Industrial & municipal wastewater; • Water reuse & effluent recycling; • Off-gas treatment & VOC control; • Sludge & bio-waste treatment; • Waste-to-energy plants. Radioweg 18 • B - 3020 Herent Tel.: + 32 16 / 65 06 57 • Fax: + 32 16 / 65 06 63 Email: info@waterleau.com • Web: www.waterleau.com

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Mr Stefan DERLUYN, Manager International Entrepreneurship

VOKA Chamber of Commerce East Flanders aims to be the most representative, leading, interprofessional and independent employer organisation in East Flanders. It currently has about 3000 members, representing 60% of all companies in the province of East Flanders. VOKA East Flanders is part of VOKA Flanders, representing 18.000 companies in Flanders, Belgium. The mission of the Department of International Entrepreneurship of Voka- Chamber of Commerce East Flanders is to open the doors of the global economy to all companies in East Flanders. Services: • providing information to our members regarding foreign trade in all its aspects; • facilitating international expansion of our members; • issuing certificates of origin and related services; • construction of learning networks abroad, to be connected with local employers (Plato networks); • organisation of IE related events, missions, welcoming foreign delegations; • providing assistance and answers to helpdesk questions posed by members; • trans border projects with neighbouring countries; • economic missions to emerging markets & company guidance projects, assisting Belgian companies to foreign markets. Martelaarslaan 49 • B - 9000 Ghent Tel.: + 32 9 / 266 14 46 • Fax: + 32 9 / 266 14 41 Email: stefan.derluyn@voka.be • Web: www.voka.be

RESEARCH CENTER / INSTITUTE

Mr Frank DECONINCK, Chairman of the Board

The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, is a centre of excellence with 600 highly skilled collaborators. It has 50 years of experience and a tradition in "first-of-a-kind" type of research projects. Among its unique assets we find the BR2 reactor, the materials research laboratory LHMA as well as the 220 meter deep underground research laboratory Hades. SCK•CEN features the MYRRHA ADS-project, combining waste transmutation with a versatile irradiation R&D facility. Next to education and training in reactor physics, operation, engineering, radiation protection, decommissioning and waste management, SCK•CEN offers a master's degree in nuclear engineering (BNEN) in collaboration with the six major Belgian universities. Boeretang 200 • B - 2400 Mol Tel.: + 32 14 / 33 25 97 • Fax: + 32 14 / 31 89 36 Email: info@sckcen.be • Web: www.sckcen.be

Mrs Helen DE WACHTER, Expert

The Flanders Institute for Logistics (VIL) helps to support and enhance the competitiveness of the logistics sector in Flanders. It is a platform with answers to relevant logistics problems. This way, the VIL aims to be the centre that gathers, builds and spreads logistics knowledge. It innovates and encourages innovation. It pushes the promotion of the Flemish logistics sector and of the logistics services in Flanders. Jordaenskaai 25 • B - 2000 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 229 05 00 • Fax: + 32 3 / 229 05 10 Email: info@vil.be • Web: www.vil.be

PORTS / AIRPORT

Mr Sas van ROUVEROIJ van NIEUWAAL, President of the Ghent Port Company AMC

Port of Ghent (Ghent Port Company AMC) Seaport of Ghent (Belgium): large enough to cope, small enough to care. The Port of Ghent is a congestion-free seaport, home of global leaders in the steel, automotive, agro, chemical and bio-energy industry (> 250 companies, 67,000 jobs). Turnover is 43 million tons a year of water-borne cargo; nautical access for vessels up to 80,000 DWT. The Port of Ghent offers a choice of well equipped terminals for handling and storing all types of commodities. A wide range of stevedores, agents, forwarders and other maritime services are available. We offer 400 ha area with ready-to-build "Greenfield" plots for warehousing and industrial developments at the Kluizendock and near the new container terminal (450,000 TEU capacity). Egypt represents 42,000 tons of trade with Ghent; 32,000 tons of foodstuff imports and 10,000 tons of fertilizers exports. We aim to establish relations with ports, shipping lines, logistics companies and industry. John Kennedylaan 32 • B - 9042 Ghent Tel.: + 32 9 / 251 05 50 • Fax: + 32 9 / 2651 54 06 Email: info@havengent.be • Web: www.portofghent.be

Mr Miel VERMORGEN, Director Sales & Logistics

Port Authority Zeebrugge (MBZ) As a major coastal port on the Belgian North Sea coast, the Port of Zeebrugge offers a highly productive hub for a wide range of shipping companies. The port’s logistic links with the markets on Continental Europe and nearby UK are manifold by rail, barge, road and feeder network. Zeebrugge is the prime continental port serving the UK and Irish markets. Daily 14 services cover all major destinations on the UK East Coast. With an array of both deep sea and short sea distribution capacities, a network of intermodal services to reach the markets and distribution facilities within the port area, the site is a logistic turntable that meets the demands of a very diverse customer base. Zeebrugge is the most important port of call for a number of container services. The port is thus looking to provide its unique and specialised advantages and to offer its existing and new customers reliable export tools into the European market. Moreover, the port is global leader in car trade with more than 2.2 million units handled per annum. All related services, both technical and logistic, are provided for. Zeebrugge has the ambition to be a major gateway into Europe. Isabellalaan 1 • B - 8380 Zeebrugge Tel.: + 32 50 / 54 33 25 • Fax: + 32 50 / 54 32 70 Email: commercial.department@mbz.be • Web: www.portofzeebrugge.be

Mr Eddy BRUYNINCKX, CEO

Antwerp Port Authority The Port of Antwerp is the second largest port in Europe and growing fast. We have the largest warehousing capacity in Europe and our port is European market leader in coffee, fruit, forest, steel, project cargo,... Furthermore we are home to the biggest chemical cluster in Europe. And with our new Deurganckdock, we are the only Northern European port with ample and congestion-free container capacity, totalling 15 million TEU. Therefore we are ready to increase our share particularly in the China trade with a focus on inbound traffic. The port of Antwerp handled a freight volume of 46,198,546 tonnes in the past three months, an increase of 3.4% compared with the first quarter of 2007. Italiëlei 2 • B - 2000 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 205 23 22 • Fax: + 32 3 / 205 23 27 Email: apec@haven-antwerpen.be Web: www.portofantwerp.com

Mr Paul VERKOYEN, CEO

APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center - This training organisation organises short, practice-oriented, interactive seminars for people from other ports, enabling them to acquire the Antwerp know-how in modern port operations. One of the main features is collaboration between public and private port authorities. APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center is affiliated with Antwerp Port Authority, and receives support from the Flemish Government and from Alfaport, in collaboration with the Province of Antwerp and Belgian Technical Cooperation. Italiëlei 2 • B - 2000 Antwerp Tel.: + 32 3 / 205 23 22 • Fax: + 32 3 / 205 23 27 Email: apec@haven-antwerpen.be Web: www.portofantwerp.be/apec

Mrs Cathy LATTREZ, Customer Relations & Sales - Ostend-Bruges International Airport Mr Geert KEIRENS, General Manager Cargo Handling - Aviapartner

Ostend-Bruges International Airport is a major gateway to Europe, the UK and beyond. Because of its perfect location in the heart of Europe, the airport is a fast and flexible alternative to the congested airports in the regions of Schiphol, Frankfurt, Paris and London. The airport is specialised in the handling of all cargo operators handling needs, ranging from outsized general cargo to perishables. Due to the high amount of perishables passing through the airport, most of which is in transit for other European destinations, a great deal of investment has been made for the storage of this commodity. Commodities such as fruit, vegetables and flowers retain their freshness in order to reach markets and auction houses in peak condition. The distance between the apron, the warehouses and the international highways can be measured in meters resulting in fast turnarounds. Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 887 • B - 8400 Oostende Tel.: + 32 59 / 80 20 08 • Fax: + 32 59 / 70 55 12 Emails: pr@ost.aero / geert.keirens@aviapartner.aero Web: www.ost.aero

EXPORT & INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY

Mr Koen ALLAERT, Director General Mrs Sabine SOETENS, Area Manager Africa Mrs Conny DE KEUKELEIRE, Assistant Area Manager Africa

The Flanders Investment & Trade Agency - FIT promotes sustainable international business, in the interest of both Flanders-based companies and overseas enterprises. Whatever sector you are involved in, Flanders Investment & Trade will help you establish contact with the Flemish companies you are looking for. This includes not only products or services you may be sourcing, but also various types of business relationships, from joint ventures to technology transfers. At another level Flanders Investment & Trade enhances Flanders’ position as the gateway to Europe for inward investors. The agency identifies, informs, advises and supports overseas enterprises by establishing production and research facilities, contact centres, headquarters, logistics operations and the like in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium. Do visit our website and discover our worldwide network. Gaucheretstraat 90 • B - 1030 Brussels Tel.: + 32 2 / 504 87 11 • Fax: + 32 2 / 504 88 99 Email: info@fitagency.be • Web: www.flanderstrade.org