BELGIAN FOREIGN TRADE AGENCY


flag usa flag canada BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION to the USA (Seattle) and CANADA (Vancouver)

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

8/14 March 2008




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Last Update:
February 28, 2008

Flanders Investment & Trade

Walloon Export & Foreign Investment Agency

Brussels Export


File's Summary
Overview & Contacts
Officials & Public Sector (6 p.)
Participants Flemish Region (22 p.) Participants Walloon Region (12 p.)
Participants Brussels Region (11 p.)

Flemish Region FLEMISH REGION


Government of Flanders
- HE Patricia CEYSENS, Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation & Foreign trade


Export Promotion Agency
Flanders Investment & Trade


Chamber of Commerce

- Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mechelen


Private / Public Organizations

- Unizo - Organisation for Independent entrepreneurs & SME’s
- Belgian Aerospace / Flemish Aerospace Group
- GIMV - Investment Company


Research Center / University

- Interdisciplinary Institute for BroadBand Technology

- University of Antwerp



Industrial & service companies:


4ALL NETWORKS ADAM SOFTWARE AD ULTIMA ADVANCED PRODUCTS AGFA HEALTHCARE ASCO INDUSTRIES BARCO BARCO AVIONICS BELVI BMT AEROSPACE-EURAIR BROTHERS OF CHARITY CEGEKA CUSTODIX DEDUCO EUROPE DE KRINGWINKEL ZUIDERKEMPEN ECO PROJECTS ELECTRONIC APPARATUS e-POWER EUROPLASMA EURO-SUPPORT HICT IHC GROUP IOK AFVALBEHEER JETAIRFLY JET AIRWAYS JOBS INTERIM / BIS METRIS MICROSOFT MOSTforWATER MUNIC GEMS OPTIZEN PAUWELS TRAFO BELGIUM SEPTENTRIO SPRONKEN ORTHOPEDIE STRAALTECHNIEK INTERNATIONAL TOTALHARMONY TRIPHASE UCOMAR WATERLEAU WINKING






For more information about the mission, please contact:

In the USA:

Belgian Embassy

arrow Washington / HE Dominicus STRUYE de SWIELANDE, Ambassador
3330 Garfield Street
N.W. Washington D.C. 20008
Tel.: + 1 202 333 69 00
Fax: + 1 202 333 30 79
Email: washington@diplobel.org
Web: www.diplobel.us


Consulate General of Belgium

arrow Los Angeles / HE Ronald DE LANGHE, Consul General
6100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Tel.: + 1 323 857 12 44
Fax: + 1 323 936 25 64
Email: losangeles@diplobel.org


Honorary Consulate of Belgium

arrow Seattle / Mr Ronald MASNIK, Honorary Consul
The World Trade Center Seattle
2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 470
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel.: + 1 206 728 51 45
Fax: + 1 206 770 79 23
Email: seattle@diplobel.org

In CANADA:

Belgian Embassy

arrow Ottawa / HE Jean LINT, Ambassador
& Mr Filip VANDENBROEKE, Embassy Attaché
360 Albert Street, 8th floor - Suite 820
Ottawa - Ontario K1R 7X7
Tel.: + 1 613 / 236 72 67
Fax: + 1 613 / 236 78 82
Email: ottawa@diplobel.org
Web: www.diplomatie.be/ottawa


Consulate of Belgium

arrow Toronto / HE Christine HABIG, Consul
2 Bloor Street West - Suite 2006 - Box 88
Toronto - Ontario M4W 3E2
Tel.: + 1 416 / 944 14 22
Fax: + 1 416 / 944 14 21
Email: toronto@diplobel.org
Web: www.diplomatie.be/toronto


Honorary Consulate of Belgium
arrow Vancouver / Mrs Monique PONCELET-GHELEYNS, Honorary Consul
Tel.: + 1 416 / 944 14 22
Email: moniqueponcelet@telus.net

In BELGIUM:

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arrow Mrs Rosemary DONCK, Attaché, Coordinator of the mission
BFTA - Belgian Foreign Trade Agency
Tel.: + 32 2 / 206 35 45
Fax: + 32 2 / 203 18 12
Email: rosemary.donck@abh-ace.org


arrow Mrs Catherine VAN RANSBEECK, Attaché
FIT - Flanders Investment & Trade
Tel.: + 32 2 / 504 88 62
Fax: + 32 2 / 504 88 95
Email: catherine.vanransbeeck@fitagency.be


arrow Mr Francis KANIA, Coordinator North America
AWEX - Walloon Export & Foreign Investment Agency
Tel.: + 32 2 / 421 84 98
Fax: + 32 2 / 421 87 75
Email: f.kania@awex.be


arrow Mrs Isabelle LAVERGE, Sector Attaché
BRUSSELS EXPORT - Foreign Trade Department of the Brussels-Capital Region
Tel.: + 32 2 / 800 40 85
Fax: + 32 2 / 800 40 01
Email: ilaverge@mrbc.irisnet.be


BELGIUM / ECONOMIC REPRESENTATIONS of the REGIONS

In the USA


Flemish Region
arrow Los Angeles / Mr Dirk VERLEE
Economic Representative of Flanders
c/o Consulate General of Belgium
6100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Tel.: + 1 323 / 857 08 42
Fax: + 1 323 / 938 40 24
Email: losangeles@fitagency.com
Web: www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com


Walloon Region
arrow San Francisco / Mr Frédéric DELBART
Trade & Investment Commissionner
Belgian Trade Commission / Wallonia Export & Investment Office
155 Montgomery street, suite 207
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel.: + 1 415 / 546 52 55
Fax: + 1 415 / 341 65 13
Email: sanfrancisco@awex-wallonia.com
Web: www.belgiantrade.org
arrow Chicago / Mr Jean-Pierre VASAUNE
Business Development US Investments
Chicago Office
Wallonia Export and Investment Office
333 North Michigan Avenue - Suite 905
Chicago, Illinois 60601-4186
Tel.: + 1 312 / 961 77 38
Fax: + 1 312 / 357 10 76
Email: jpvasaune@ewallonia.com
Web: www.belgiantrade.org


Brussels-Capital Region
arrow New York / Mr Luc LIPPENS
Economic & Commercial Attaché
1065 Av. of the Americas - 22th fl.
New York, NY 10018
Tel.: + 1 212 / 399 85 22
Fax: + 1 212 / 399 85 17
Email: brusselsusa@msn.com
Web: www.brussels-usa.com


In Canada


Walloon Region, the B-C Region & the Flemish Region
arrow Toronto / Mr André MATHIEU
Trade Commissioner for the the Walloon Region, the B-C Region & the Flemish Region
Trade Commission - c/o Consulate of Belgium
2 Bloor Street West - Suite 2508 - Box 86
Toronto - Ontario M4W 3E2
Tel.: + 1 416 / 515 77 77
Fax: + 1 416 / 515 77 74
Email: tradecommission@on.aibn.com


HOTELS of the MISSION

USA / Seattle

* THE FAIRMONT OLYMPIC HOTEL SEATTLE
411 University Street
Seattle, Washington
United States, 98101
Tel.: + 1 206 / 621 17 00
Fax: + 1 206 / 682 96 33
Email: olympic@fairmont.com
Web: www.fairmont.com/seattle/

Canada / Vancouver

* THE FAIRMONT HOTEL VANCOUVER
900 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6C2W6
Tel.: + 1 604 / 684 31 31
Fax: + 1 604 / 662 19 29
Email: concierge@fairmont.com
Web: www.fairmont.com/HotelVancouver/
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