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The Dutch company is transforming the Barcelona site, which already employs 566 people, into AkzoNobel's main European production center for automotive coatings.

The French company expects to accelerate the development of its hydrogen refueling network in the Iberian Peninsula, where they have already sold nine hydrogen stations.

The multinational has inaugurated the center in Barcelona, planning to hire 100 people for its global and regional hub in various functions, such as finance, IT, business intelligence, human resources, and commercial activities.

With this new project, Kronospan's total investment in Catalonia would amount to more than 600 million euros, creating 250 direct jobs and more than 1,500 indirect jobs.

The new hub aims to create local jobs, foster global collaboration, and develop sustainable packaging solutions.

The Swiss multinational has chosen the Catalan capital to set up its Center of Excellence, which will serve the company at a global level.

German chemical company BASF will build a new international engineering hub based in La Canonja plant (Tarragona) and in Madrid. The sites will operate projects at a European level.

The German company has started up a new world-scale facility for the production of chlorine in Tarragona.