The chemical and process industry in Asturias reaffirms its commitment to innovation, sustainability and collaboration
This year marks two decades since the creation of the Association of Chemical and Process Industries of Asturias (AIQPA), which represents a key sector in the regional economy and is a flagship for the promotion of Asturias as an industrial region.
The association and the IQPA Cluster have been sponsoring the collaboration between professionals from companies in the sector for twenty years with a technical approach and a commitment to innovation, sustainability and cooperation.
The chemical industry led the entry of inflows into the region
Foreign productive investment grew by 886% in Asturias in 2019 compared to 2018. It is the fourth position at national level in terms of annual increase, according to data made public by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
Specifically, gross investment (discounting Foreign Securities Holding Entities) increased in our region from 11 to 117 million euros. Asturias increased its inflow thanks to significant investment from the Chemical Industry, specifically the Artificial and Synthetic Fibre Manufacturing subsector, whose investment in the first quarter of 2019 represented an injection of 103 million Euros into the region. It is followed by Wholesale Trade and Programming and Consultancy sectors.
With respect to Spain as a whole, foreign productive investment fell by 54.8% in 2019, to 22,376 million euros gross. This represents a drop of half compared to the investment generated in 2018, a year in which a historical maximum of 49,549 million euros was set, which was almost double that of 2017.
In relation to the rest of the Autonomous Communities, the Community of Madrid is in first place in terms of gross productive investment in 2019 with 13,702 million euros, 67.5% less than in 2018. It is followed by Cataluña, Castilla León and Andalucía.
Are you looking for a European territory where your company can set up and grow in a safe environment with great potential for economic development? We offer you Asturias. And we invite you to visit us to see first-hand that we are what you are looking for.
We will design a personalized agenda for you, free of charge and confidential, for two days in Asturias so that you can get to know all the tools that the Institute for Economic Development of the Principality of Asturias (IDEPA) offers you to invest in the region with total security and possibilities of success.
During your stay with us, we will show you the values that define the identity of Asturias, a region with a secular industrial tradition that is moving towards a sustainable economy, in a spectacular natural environment that sets us apart from the big cities of Spain. And with an unbeatable quality of life!
We will explain to you which are the main sectors of regional economic activity and we will help you to fit the main lines of your project with the potential that Asturias offers you.
We are the main instrument of economic promotion in Asturias and we will provide you with technical and financial assistance to help you in any way you need. We will keep this attention during all the phases of your project: analysis, implementation and development.
Do you want to know more? Then organize your agenda with us to visit Asturias by calling +34 985 980 020 (Invest in Asturias program) or send an e-mail to investinasturias@idepa.es. Your successful project in Asturias starts here!
IDEPA’s XXVIII Business Forum reinforces the position of the region as an ideal destination for investment
Asturias is an attractive place to invest. The region presents ideal conditions to host industrial investment projects aligned with the ecological transition and others based on the talent and knowledge generated by innovative and technology-based companies.
This is the main conclusion drawn from the XXVIII edition of the Asturias Business Forum, organised by the Economic Development Agency of the Principality of Asturias (IDEPA) and held last Thursday 12th. December at the Hotel de la Reconquista, Oviedo.
A large delegation from Asturias was present this week in Copenhagen (Denmark) at ‘WindEurope Offshore 2019’, the most important international conference of the offshore wind industry and in which our region demonstrated that it has a very important role to play in the future of this sector.
Invest in Asturias was part of the Asturian institutional delegation at the conference, organised by the Sociedad de Promoción Exterior Principado de Asturias S.A. (ASTUREX) and integrated by the Ports of Gijón and Avilés, the technological centre IDONIAL and a representation of Asturian companies that already work for the offshore wind sector.
The Swiss multinational will build a state-of-the-art warehouse in the Asturiana de Zinc industrial site in San Juan de Nieva
The investment ensures a bright future for one of the most outstanding success stories of companies with foreign capital established in Asturias
The Swiss multinational Glencore will invest 100M euros in the modernization of the industrial site that its subsidiary Asturiana de Zinc, S.A. (AZSA) has in San Juan de Nieva (Castrillón, Asturias), which employs almost 800 workers.
Specifically, Glencore foresees the construction of a new electrolysis plant that will replace two of the current ones. Electrolysis is one of the final processes in the production of electrolytic zinc.
An Asturian
delegation will show in ‘WindEurope Offshore Copenhagen 2019’ the capabilities
of the region in the field of energy at sea
Asturias will have
a very prominent presence in ‘WindEurope Offshore 2019’, the cutting-edge
international conference for the offshore wind industry and where our region
will be shown as an integral partner for investments in the offshore wind
sector.
The region achieved the highest score on the ‘EIP on AHA’s Reference Site’ accreditation for its good practice programmes with the elders
The European Commission has awarded Asturias the highest score in the ‘Reference Site’ accreditation, linked to the promotion of active and healthy ageing. This measure ratifies our region as a model in policies and programmes of good practice with the elderly.
The alliance between ArcelorMittal and Frankstahl innovates from Asturias in the field of additive manufacturing
TheSteelPrinters, the alliance between ArcelorMittal and the Austrian company Frankstahl with its factory in the Principality of Asturias Business Park (PEPA), begins to bear fruit. It projects to manufacture around 2,900 spare parts for the industrial sector in two years.
This recognition represents a boost to the Asturian agri-food industry, the third sector of activity in the region
Oviedo will become in November 2020 the world capital of cheese by hosting the 33rd edition of the World Cheese Awards, the most important competition in the world in which more than 3,000 varieties will be evaluated by 250 international judges.
In Asturias, tradition is mixed with academic training, technology and innovation, which creates the ideal ecosystem for companies to have decidedly committed to quality and adaptability to market demands.
Examples such as Nestlé, Reny Picot, Danone and other large agri-food companies with a strong presence in Asturias demonstrate the strength of the companies’ commitment to this sector and its great potential as an investment destination.
The branch of dairy products is what produces the highest turnover in the regional sector. Asturias is one of the areas with the greatest number of cheese industries in Europe, with more than twenty official varieties. All this is highlighted by bringing the World Cheese Awards to Oviedo.
18 September, 2019/
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