Top International R&D players in Catalonia
Catalonia is the region that received the most R&D investment projects in all of Europe (fDi Markets, 2021), making it a key innovation hub in the continent. See below some cases of cutting-edge multinationals performing R&D in Catalonia.

Discover the R&D hubs’ locations.
Top International R&D Players in Catalonia.
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ABB
Catalonia is home to ABB’S first collaborative innovation center (CIC) in Europe working on robotics, augmented reality and 3D vision technologies.
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MICROSOFT
With Microsoft's R&D Hub in AI in Barcelona, the US company works in advanced software engineering areas, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning, with a UX team working on products like Bing, Edge, Windows and Azure.
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AMAZON
Amazon has based its R&D Center in Catalonia, specializing in Machine Learning and Big Data and employs 100 software scientists and engineers.
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HP
HP has based its global 3D printing and large format printing center in Catalonia. 2,300 professionals from 60 nationalities work in the world’s largest laboratory for research, development and innovation in 3D plastics and metal printing.
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FICOSA/PANASONIC
Ficosa/Panasonic's Viladecavalls Technology Center works as a driving force for the group's global research and powers the 14 development centers they have around the world.
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ASTRAZENECA/ALEXION
Alexion, AstraZeneca’s Rare Disease group, has established a global Development Hub in Barcelona to support the creation of innovative medicines for rare diseases, forecasted to employ 100 R&D specialists.
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ROCHE
Roche chose Catalonia to base its digital research and development center dedicated to the design, construction, implementation and maintenance of the Roche Diabetes Care digital platforms worldwide.
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DANONE
Home to one of Danone’s main global scientific centers, unique in having three facilities in the one location: a new product development pilot plant, a packaging design laboratory, and a ferments manufacture center.
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OMRON
OMRON bases its European Automation Center and R&D Center in Barcelona to develop state-of-the-art automation solutions for industry.
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INTEL
Intel has based its pioneering RISC-V microchip design laboratory in the Barcelona Supercomputing Center with a preliminary team of 300 people.