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Issue 11 Thursday 26th February 2015
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MORE THAN 90.000 PEOPLE ATTENDED MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2015 IN BARCELONA

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The Mobile World Congress was held this year once again in Barcelona, with an attendance of around 93.000 people, more than what was initially expected. The MWC is just one more reason to discover Catalonia’s appeal as the ideal location for new business opportunities. Barcelona, as the first Mobile World Capital until 2018, is the perfect place to bring together all the key actors of the mobile industry: local and foreign companies, start-ups and major consolidated businesses, institutions and people.

SUCCESS STORY

E.G.O is an international company specialized in the development, production and supply of high-tech products for washing machines, stoves, driers and other home and commercial appliances. Over the last year, the German company has been working on a new business area: induction systems for commercial kitchens. To this end, E.G.O has now decided to focus on the expansion of its R&D department, one of its main values and an important area of activity for the high-tech sector. This is why they have decided to enlarge their state of the art Catalan plant, as part of a larger project to increase its R&D activity.

BRIEF

Barcelona China's European Logistics Center, BARCELOC, is a joint initiative by Catalonia Trade & Investment and the Port of Barcelona to support Chinese companies that want to use Barcelona as a hub for their logistics and commercial operations in Europe and/or the Mediterranean area. Likewise Barcelona serves as a solid base for operations with South America.

BRIEF

The Corporation Tax Law 27/2014 introduces significant developments that benefit companies and affect their tax rates, specifically the tax base, deductions and amortizations, etc.

STATISTICS

Invest in Catalonia analyses quarterly and yearly data of the investments flow in Catalonia. We elaborate our reports on the basis that a foreign investment is achieved when the participation of a foreign firm in a Catalan company’s share capital is equal to or higher than 10% of this share capital. We also analyse local expansions made by Catalan and Spanish companies, with the exception of M&A and JV, which are only included when they have a foreign origin.

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