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Catalonia in Business
Catalonia Trade & Investment
Issue 43 | June 20th, 2019
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Is Catalonia the next American dream?
Catalonia, home to 1,300 startups
The United States stands out as one of the world’s top investors in Catalonia. North Americans trust the talent, strategic location, competitive costs and business mindset of Catalonia and in recent years have been actively pushing Barcelona to become a leading, global Tech Hub.
VIDEOGAMES
US gaming company Scopely creates European hub for global expansion in Barcelona
Scopely’s Co-CEO Javier Ferreira talks about the growing gaming market in Catalonia, the attraction of local and international talent, and why Scopely was awarded World’s Most Innovative company in 2018.
VENTURE CAPITAL
Guy Nohra, Alta Life Sciences: “Barcelona has world-class science that needs to be invested in”
Investor Guy Nohra, cofounder of venture capital Alta Partners in the United States, moved to Barcelona with one goal in mind: turning the city into a worldwide leading hub for life sciences.
FOOD INDUSTRY
The Culinary Institute of America selects Barcelona to open its first European campus
One of the best culinary schools in the world is partnering with the University of Barcelona to open its first campus in Europe this coming fall.
DID YOU KNOW?
Top startup investments in 2018
US Tech Investments in Catalonia
The No. 1 sector for US companies operating in Catalonia is ICT. The tech sector is undergoing rapid growth and seeing global multinationals such as Amazon, Microsoft or HP locating their latest technological hubs in the area.
NEWS
Catalan biomedicine cluster and USA’s biggest medtech companies’ association sign an agreement to promote innovation together
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German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim invests 120M€ in new production plant in Catalonia and creates 200 jobs
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Barcelona to host one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers
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Catalonia’s main airport launches new direct route Barcelona-Toronto
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Pharmaceutical giant Grifols to invest €1.4B by 2022
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Barcelona, the world’s most popular international conference city in 2018
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Foreign investment record: 84 projects attracted by the Catalan Government and 5,455 new jobs created in 2018
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Catalonia Exponential, a new innovation program connecting the US and Catalonia
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Barcelona-based IESE Business School, first centre for executive education training in the world according to 'Financial Times'
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HP opens new 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center in Catalonia
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Entrepreneurial activity rate in Catalonia keeps growing and surpasses European figures
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Henkel invests €35 million in new European hub for aerospace solutions in Montornès del Vallès
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Barcelona inaugurates new innovation and technology hub Pier03
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Nestlé to invest €17.2M in biomass boiler in Girona plant
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Richard Schrock, Nobel Prize winner: “The chemical cluster in Tarragona is very competitive”
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AGENDA
Bio€quity Europe 2019
ITMA (Textile & garment exhibition)
20-26 June 2019
Barcelona
Bio€quity Europe 2019
SIL Barcelona Expo & Congress
26-28 June 2019
Barcelona
 
 
Fine Food Business Forum
 
3-4 July 2019
Barcelona
 
 
 
Affiliate World Europe 
 
8-9 July 2019
Barcelona
 
 
 
Catalan startups at Rise Hong Kong
 
8-11 July 2019
Hong Kong
 
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