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Issue 12 Wednesday 6th May 2015
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3D PRINTING: FROM DESIGN TO OBJECT IN 30 MINUTES

F�rum Inversi� 2016

3D technology will radically change current business models in all sorts of industries. The possibility to print objects whenever and wherever needed, not only cuts transportation and warehousing costs, but also saves time. The distribution industry may completely change if we send a digital pattern and print the product directly at its destination and with all the features we want it to have. This will foster local production and will focus on the design rather than just production, which definitely implies a change in current manufacturing values..

SUCCESS STORY

Big Data is one of the growing sectors in business nowadays, as seen during the celebration of the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona. Companies and cities are both fully aware of this increasing need to make informed decisions and undertake actions based on data analysis. Bismart knows how useful it is to transform data into knowledge, so it offers solutions that help institutions such as City Councils manage huge amounts of information, transforming them into an automated format in order to facilitate decision-making.

SUCCESS STORY

Videogames are a regular part of our entertainment and it is logical that they find room in our mobile phones. We now have access to an immense range of apps and programs that cover many of our different needs, including amusement. But although mobile videogames are a reality today, Digital Legends entered this business when they were just a promising idea.

BRIEF

EU economies face challenges generated by social change, globalisation and global trade, the evolution of productivity, pressure on resources, and environmental issues. Europe 2020 Strategy is a response to this long-term challenges and has established targets to achieve by 2020 in different fields. In this framework, ECAT 2020 is the Catalonia 2020 Strategy, which identifies the priority areas of action to ensure that public policies in Catalonia help to achieve the targets and priorities established by Europe 2020.

STATISTICS

Between 1985 and 2014 there have been 844 foreign investment decisions directly linked to foreign investment attraction policy. Almost 5,000 projects have been managed and 40,000 jobs created.

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