E-news July 2020
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The EU approves the cross-border Mediterranean 5G Corridor between Catalonia and France
● It is one of the three pilot programs chosen by Brussels to develop 5G technology in road and long-distance rail transport. ● The 5GMed Corridor project is promoted by a consortium made up of 21 entities, companies and technology centers from six states. The...
The technology sector, Barcelona’s main strong point to face the crisis
● The current situation will provide new opportunities, especially in sectors such as biomedical technology or research in medicine. ● Barcelona raised 112 million euros of investment last year in companies of the biomedical sector, 5% more than the previous year. The...
Barcelona, the fourth most attractive European city for fintech
● The Catalan capital is behind London, Berlin and Paris, and ahead of Manchester ● The Barcelona Stock Exchange will host the Fintech Barcelona Tech City Hub from 2021 Barcelona is the fourth most attractive European city for technology companies in the financial...
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Seat announces 5 billion investment in Martorell to manufacture electric cars in five years
Seat recently announced an investment of € 5 billion through 2025, which will go mainly to boost the electric car business. The figure made public exceeds by 52% the 3,300 million that the car company invested in the period 2015-2020. The objective is to be able to...
Foreign investment in Catalonia will increase 13% in 2019
Foreign investment captured by the Generalitat de Cataluña in 2019 reached 365.2 million euros, a figure that represents 13% more than in the previous year, and which has led to the creation of more than 5,700 jobs (+ 5.5%) and the maintenance of an additional 1,350...
Amazon will open a logistics center in Rubí, its eighth investment in Catalonia
The e-commerce giant Amazon has announced the opening of a new logistics center in the Can Roses area of Rubí. The new facilities will occupy 25,540 square meters and add to the rest of those that Amazon already has in Catalonia: the logistics and distribution...