- Advanced Manufacturing Programme
Barcelona, thanks to its industrial tradition, is called to play a relevant role in the transition to a new advanced manufacturing paradigm.
The industrial activity represents 19% of the Catalan GDP and employs more than a half million people.
The industrial activity represents 19% of the Catalan GDP and employs more than a half million people.
Applied Digital Technologies
Robotics & Exoskeletons
Data & Advanced Analytics
Internet of Things (IOT)
Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing
Sensors & Monitoring
Fleet Management & Logistics
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
...
Data & Advanced Analytics
Internet of Things (IOT)
Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing
Sensors & Monitoring
Fleet Management & Logistics
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
...
- Advanced Manufacturing
Programme
Barcelona, thanks to its industrial tradition, is called to play a relevant role in the transition to a new advanced manufacturing paradigm.
The industrial activity represents 19% of the Catalan GDP and employs more than a half million people.
The industrial activity represents 19% of the Catalan GDP and employs more than a half million people.
A new industrial model: efficient, sustainable and digital. This programme aims to facilitate the implementation of new digital technologies in 2 areas of action:
/ Advanced Manufacturing
/ Smart Infrastructures
/ Advanced Manufacturing
Industrial Sector (Food, Pharma, Automotive….)
/ Smart Infrastructures
Energy & Utilities Sector
(Telecommunications, Electricity, Oil &
Gas, Water….)
(Telecommunications, Electricity, Oil &
Gas, Water….)
Applied Digital Technologies
Robotics & Exoskeletons
Data & Advanced Analytics
Internet of Things (IOT)
Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing
Sensors & Monitoring
Fleet Management & Logistics
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
...
Data & Advanced Analytics
Internet of Things (IOT)
Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing
Sensors & Monitoring
Fleet Management & Logistics
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
...
Programme Structure
Programme Structure
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Key Aspects
Key Aspects
01/ Key Aspects
Barcelona has a longstanding tradition and a solid industrial implantation in the following sectors
/ Automotive
/ Pharma & Biotechnology
/ Food & Beverages
/ Fashion Retailers
/ Telecommunications
/ Energy & Utilities
/ Pharma & Biotechnology
/ Food & Beverages
/ Fashion Retailers
/ Telecommunications
/ Energy & Utilities
/ Automotive
/ Pharma & Biotechnology
/ Food & Beverages
/ Fashion Retailers
/ Telecommunications
/ Energy & Utilities
/ Pharma & Biotechnology
/ Food & Beverages
/ Fashion Retailers
/ Telecommunications
/ Energy & Utilities
- Automotive
- Automotive
The automotive industry represents 8.66% of the total GDP in Catalonia and employs almost 40,000 people.
Catalonia is a significant automobile industry centre in Spain: one of every five vehicles is produced in the region.
Additionally, Barcelona has a strong network of engineering companies and a range number of suppliers in the automotive sector and also home to a significant number of business providers in the sustainable mobility and smart cities sectors.
Catalonia is a significant automobile industry centre in Spain: one of every five vehicles is produced in the region.
Additionally, Barcelona has a strong network of engineering companies and a range number of suppliers in the automotive sector and also home to a significant number of business providers in the sustainable mobility and smart cities sectors.
- Pharma & Biotechnology
- Pharma & Biotechnology
With a pharma industry as a historical driver of the local economy, life sciences activities account today for 3.4% of Catalan GDP. Top global Pharma companies have installed their productive centres in Barcelona, creating Europe’s densest pharma ecosystem.
Barcelona is the birthplace and headquarters of large companies like Grífols, Esteve, Ferrer, Reig Jofre, Uriach...
Some of the most renowned multinational biotech companies in the world choose Barcelona as a place to invest and develop business: Amgen, Novartis, Sanofi, Roche, Bayer, B.Braun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Hartmann...
Barcelona is the birthplace and headquarters of large companies like Grífols, Esteve, Ferrer, Reig Jofre, Uriach...
Some of the most renowned multinational biotech companies in the world choose Barcelona as a place to invest and develop business: Amgen, Novartis, Sanofi, Roche, Bayer, B.Braun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Hartmann...
- Food & Beverages
- Food & Beverages
The agri-food industry is one of the major sectors of Catalonia’s economy and one of the most dynamic export sectors. It generates a turnover of €27,940M and employs more than 88,000 people.
Most leading food companies in the world, such as Nestlé, Danone, Unilever, Kellogg’s, Coca-Cola, Agrolimen, Panrico, Bimbo, Damm, Adam Foods, Freixenet, among others, have set up productive centres, R&D departments and laboratories, and logistics activities in the Barcelona Region.
Most leading food companies in the world, such as Nestlé, Danone, Unilever, Kellogg’s, Coca-Cola, Agrolimen, Panrico, Bimbo, Damm, Adam Foods, Freixenet, among others, have set up productive centres, R&D departments and laboratories, and logistics activities in the Barcelona Region.
- Fashion Retailers
- Fashion Retailers
Ever since the industrial revolution, the Barcelona region has always had an important textile and fashion sector. Its geostrategic location enables efficient intercontinental connections to Asia and the Americas and easy, fast distribution to Southern Europe and North Africa.
Barcelona hosts international fashion brands such as Mango, Grupo Inditex, Pronovias, Rosa Clará, Desigual, among others.
Furthermore, major fashion brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci or Prada manufacture part of their bags and other accessories in the Barcelona region.
Barcelona hosts international fashion brands such as Mango, Grupo Inditex, Pronovias, Rosa Clará, Desigual, among others.
Furthermore, major fashion brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci or Prada manufacture part of their bags and other accessories in the Barcelona region.
01/ Key Aspects
Barcelona creates the DFactory to concentrate companies and technologies from Industry 4.0
The project created by the Consortium of the Free Trade Zone and Leitat has 100,000 m2, an estimated total investment of 100 million euros and will bring together the companies and technologies of Industry 4.0.
01/ Key Aspects
Barcelona has the first European system for automating the transport of automotive parts
SEAT (Volkswagen Group) is the first industrial manufacturer in Europe to have more than 200 AGVs (Automated guided vehicles) with SLAM navigation (simultaneous localization and mapping) for the supply of spare parts at the Martorell factory (Barcelona).
01/ Key Aspects
Barcelona host one of the world’s advanced research and development facilities for next-generation technologies in 3D
HP with the Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence brings together hundreds of the world’s leading additive manufacturing experts in more than 150,000 square feet of cutting-edge innovation space to transform the way the world designs and manufactures. Leaders such as BASF, GKN Metallurgy, Siemens, Volkswagen and others across the automotive, industrial, healthcare, and consumer goods sectors collaborates with HP on new 3D printing and digital manufacturing innovations at the centre.
01/ Key Aspects
Digital Innovation Hub for Catalonia (DIH4CAT)
The Digital Innovation Hub for Catalonia is a network of Digital Innovation Hubs established by the European Commission.
DIH4CAT is configured as a networked service community, through which industry and public administrations can access a set of services, infrastructures, capacities and technological and non-technological solutions to boost their digital and technological transformation, acting, in turn, as an advanced connector between supply and demand in Catalonia as a whole.
DIH4CAT is configured as a networked service community, through which industry and public administrations can access a set of services, infrastructures, capacities and technological and non-technological solutions to boost their digital and technological transformation, acting, in turn, as an advanced connector between supply and demand in Catalonia as a whole.
Digital Innovation Hubs in Catalonia:
/ IOT Catalan Alliance
/ Catalunya AI DIH
/ International Advanced Manufacturing 3D Hub
/ 5GBarcelona
/ Catalunya AI DIH
/ International Advanced Manufacturing 3D Hub
/ 5GBarcelona
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Barcelona’s Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem
Barcelona’s Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem
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Barcelona’s Advanced
Manufacturing Ecosystem
Barcelona’s Advanced
Manufacturing Ecosystem
/ Fashion & Retailers
Mango
Grupo Inditex
Desigual
...
Grupo Inditex
Desigual
...
/ Automotive
Seat (Grupo Volkswagen)
Gestamp
Ficosa
Ford
General Motors
...
Gestamp
Ficosa
Ford
General Motors
...
/ Pharma & Biotechnology
Grífols
Boehringer Ingelheim
Braun Medical
Novartis
Esteve
Reig Jofre
...
Boehringer Ingelheim
Braun Medical
Novartis
Esteve
Reig Jofre
...
/ Food & Beverages
Nestlé
Agroalimen
Damm
Adam Foods
Bimbo
Pepsico
...
Agroalimen
Damm
Adam Foods
Bimbo
Pepsico
...
/ Energy & Utilities
Endesa
Aigües de Barcelona (SUEZ)
Iberdrola
Naturgy
Repsol
...
Aigües de Barcelona (SUEZ)
Iberdrola
Naturgy
Repsol
...
/ Telecommunications
Telefónica
Cellnex
Orange
Vodafone
...
Cellnex
Orange
Vodafone
...
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European Finance & Programmes
European Finance & Programmes
/ European Funding Opportunities
/ Next Generation EU 2021/27
/ Horizon Europe 2021/27
/ Digital Europe Programme 2021/27
/ Horizon Europe 2021/27
/ Digital Europe Programme 2021/27
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European Finance
& Programmes
European Finance
& Programmes
/ European Funding Opportunities
/ Next Generation EU 2021/27
/ Horizon Europe 2021/27
/ Digital Europe Programme 2021/27
/ Horizon Europe 2021/27
/ Digital Europe Programme 2021/27
Barcelona through its activities and institutions has full access to EU funding instruments.
Next Generation EU (2021-2027)
140 Bn€ (Spain)
140 Bn€ (Spain)
Horizon Europe (2021/27)
25.9 Bn€
25.9 Bn€
- Global Challenges & European Industrial Competitiveness (Cluster 4: Digital, Industry & Space)
15.3 Bn€ - European Innovation Council
10.6 Bn€
Digital Europe Programme (2021/27)
7.6 Bn€
7.6 Bn€
- High Performance Computing
2.2 Bn€ - Artificial Intelligence
2 Bn€ - Cybersecurity
1.7 Bn€ - Advanced Digital Skills
0.6 Bn€ - Ensuring a wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society
1.1 Bn€
Source: European Commission, Horizon Europe
Barcelona through its activities and institutions has full access to EU funding instruments.
Next Generation EU (2021-2027)
140 Bn€ (Spain)
140 Bn€ (Spain)
Horizon Europe (2021/27)
25.9 Bn€
25.9 Bn€
- Global Challenges & European Industrial Competitiveness (Cluster 4: Digital, Industry & Space)
15.3 Bn€ - European Innovation Council
10.6 Bn€
Digital Europe Programme (2021/27)
7.6 Bn€
7.6 Bn€
- High Performance Computing
2.2 Bn€ - Artificial Intelligence
2 Bn€ - Cybersecurity
1.7 Bn€ - Advanced Digital Skills
0.6 Bn€ - Ensuring a wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society
1.1 Bn€
Source: European Commission, Horizon Europe
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Our Method
Our Method
We collaborate with you in three steps:
01 / Opportunity Definition
02 / Project Definition
03 / Project Building
01 / Opportunity Definition
02 / Project Definition
03 / Project Building
01/ Opportunity Definition
We help you to consider
Barcelona as the place to be.
Barcelona as the place to be.
You share with us your goals, your expansion plans and your needs. We prepare a draft of the possible scenarios to analyze and how the Barcelona & Partners value proposition can help you make the decision.
At the first stage of our relationship, we want to help you navigate through the value proposition of our city, understanding its full potential. We can also help by defining the opportunity: from the analysis of your business objectives to the draft of feasible scenarios.
At the first stage of our relationship, we want to help you navigate through the value proposition of our city, understanding its full potential. We can also help by defining the opportunity: from the analysis of your business objectives to the draft of feasible scenarios.
02/ Project Definition
We collaborate with you in
defining the project.
defining the project.
We understand the importance of a corporate investment operation.
We are willing to support in key aspects of the project definition phase:
- Screening of partnership opportunities with local ecosystem
- Financing facilities
- Location analysis
03/ Project Building
We do support you in the
execution of your landing project.
execution of your landing project.
- Access to a project specific key account manager
- Liaison with business landing agencies
- Advice on developing public and private partnerships
- Enablement of quality service providers
- Support in sourcing and recruiting top talent
