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New 7.5 billion investment for Blackstone data center campus in Aragón

The President of the regional Government of Aragón, Jorge Azcón, announced the approval this Monday by the Governing Council of a Declaration of Autonomic Interest with General Interest (DIGA) that will allow the promotion of a new 224-hectare data center campus that Blackstone, one of the world’s largest investment firms, intends to develop in the Zaragoza town of Calatorao.

The proposed development represents an important business investment of up to 7.5 billion Euros, with a potential contribution of between 16.5 and 25.45 billion Euros to Aragon’s Gross Domestic Product over the next 25 years.

As explained by the head of the regional Executive during the presentation of this initiative, which took place in the Crown Hall of the Pignatelli building, headquarters of the Government of Aragon.

The planned investment will be made in the municipality of Calatorao, in industrial land located next to the A-2 motorway, seven kilometers from the urban center of Calatorao and in the area of influence of municipalities such as Lucena de Jalón, Épila or La Muela.

The project can generate up to 1,400 direct jobs in Calatorao and its surroundings in the technology and construction sectors.

“Without a doubt, Blackstone has been able to glimpse the immense potential that Aragón has. This great company is aware that no other territory in Europe has the conditions to host data center campuses in the way that Aragon does”, said Azcón.

The Aragonese president remarked the ‘great project’ of the company in ‘a strategic sector for the future’ and recalled that this bet responds to the fact that ‘Aragon has the talent, a privileged geographical location, an enviable ability to generate clean energy, natural resources, industrial land in large quantities and at a very competitive price and an unalterable social peace’.

Blackstone sources have expressed their satisfaction at being able to land in the autonomous community: “We are delighted with this announcement and to be able to work with the Government of Aragon and the rest of the parties involved in this project.

About Blackstone

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. The firm seeks to deliver attractive returns to institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which it invests.

Its assets under management, in excess of $1 trillion, include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, real assets, secondary assets and hedge funds.

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Aragon Technology Hub Sin categoría

New 15.7 billion euro investment by Amazon Web Services to expand its data centres in Aragon

The Amazon Web Services project will support the creation of 6,800 full-time jobs annually in Aragon between 2024 and 2033. 
The President of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, announced this Wednesday the investment of 15.7 billion euros that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is going to make through its Cloud Region, located in Aragon, between 2024 and 2033, to expand its availability areas in the region, the largest economic investment by a company in the history of the autonomous region and the largest technological investment in Spain and southern Europe to date.  

In the words of the head of the regional government, ‘this new investment by AWS positions Aragon not only as a technological power in Spain, but also as a technological hub of the first order on a continental and global level’. 

Over the next decade, this project will support the creation of 17,500 full-time jobs per year in Spain, of which 6,800 will remain in Aragon. Of course, these new jobs will have an impact on the technology sector, but also on other economic areas of the autonomous community, which will benefit from the tractor effect of this initiative.  

The impact of this investment on Aragon’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be colossal, around 12,900 million euros (of the 21,600 million euros expected to have an impact on Spain’s GDP), according to initial estimates. This figure is equivalent to more than 30% of Aragon’s current GDP which, at the end of 2022, the latest figure available, totalled 41,763 million euros. 

Also speaking at the announcement event was Suzana Curic, Managing Director of AWS in Spain and Portugal, who said: ‘Aragon was always our winning horse when we were considering where to locate our Region and our data centres. The availability of land, access to sustainable energy sources, a solid and consolidated business network, local talent and the huge growth potential were the main reasons why we had to be here. A year and a half after the opening of our centres, and with this new investment we are announcing today, we at AWS reinforce our commitment to Aragon and its people, as well as to Spain’. 

After announcing the investment, Azcón thanked Amazon Web Services for its decision to ‘choose our region to develop this historic project’. ‘Thank you for driving the transformation of our economy towards a more technological and sustainable model with such a promising future,’ he added. 

The president also congratulated the company ‘for having chosen the best possible place’. ‘Aragon has the talent, the natural resources, an international vocation and the privileged position to lead the changes that are going to shape our society’, he added. 

‘The Government of Aragon applauds your commitment and we will redouble our efforts to lead the European technology sector. We are going to do this through education, by multiplying the number of university places and vocational training degrees that are most in demand by companies. And, of course, as we announced last week, we are going to promote business activity related to technology through a large technology park of more than 40 hectares in Zaragoza that will come into being soon”, he added. 

AWS also highlighted its commitment to the training of talent and the
creation of technological jobs, recalling some of the different initiatives underway in Aragon, such as its Think Big Space programme to train students from local schools, or the different educational programmes available at a national level to help all kinds of audiences, from unemployed people looking to retrain, to more technical profiles who want to specialise, including programmes focused on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) initiatives to inspire young people to pursue technical studies in the future. 

The immense technological potential of Aragon 

President Azcón wanted to highlight that this new investment by Amazon Web Services responds to ‘the incredible potential of our land’. ‘Our geographical position allows us to be one of the main logistic hubs at national and European level and we have exceptional natural resources, which allow us to lead the generation of renewable energies’, he said. 

Furthermore, Aragon ‘enjoys a consolidated social peace, the same peace that has helped us decade after decade to grow within the competitive industrial market, because in Aragon we are all on the same side, on the side of dialogue and progress, of growth’. 

Source: Aragonhoy

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Aragon Technology Hub

Microsoft announces its intention to build a data centre campus in Aragon to provide intelligent cloud services to European companies and public organisations

This new investment project by the company in Spain is in addition to the one already undertaken for the creation of Microsoft’s data centre region in Madrid, which will be available in the coming months. 
Microsoft’s planned new infrastructure in Spain could add 8.4 billion euros to national GDP and contribute to the creation of 69,000 indirect jobs in the period 2026 – 2030, according to an IDC analysis. 

Source: Microsoft

Microsoft plans to build a data centre campus in Aragon to provide cloud services to European companies and public bodies. The new infrastructure will add to the investment the company has made for the implementation of Microsoft’s data centre region in Madrid, which will be available in the coming months, and will offer all of Microsoft’s intelligent cloud services (Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform) to private and public customers in Europe, meeting regulatory, compliance and data sovereignty requirements. 

The campus that Microsoft plans to build will be a catalyst for innovation, economic growth and job creation in Aragon and the rest of Spain, helping to accelerate the digitisation of public and private organisations of all sizes and industries and driving the growth of the technology industry in Spain. According to an IDC analysis, the new data centre campus could add €8.4 billion to Spanish GDP and contribute to the creation of 69,000 indirect jobs in the period 2026 – 2030. 

Aragón, home to the new Project 

Aragon has positioned itself as one of the most important regions in Europe for the implementation of data centres, thanks to the availability of highly qualified talent, public support for innovation projects, the existence of high quality infrastructure, available land, and its geographical location. Microsoft’s project will foster innovation and the growth of the local technology industry in Aragon, where Microsoft has more than 300 companies in its ecosystem of technology partners. According to IDC, Microsoft’s data centre campus project could add 264 million euros to regional GDP and contribute to the creation of more than 2,100 technology jobs in Aragon between 2026 and 2030. 

“It fills me with great satisfaction that Aragón is consolidating its position as one of the leading European regions in a cutting-edge and strategic technological sector for the development of digitalisation and business innovation. The Microsoft project is a new incentive to Aragon’s vocation for attracting companies, especially those that, due to their international relevance and innovative nature, represent an extraordinary added value to the economy and the generation of wealth in our Autonomous Community.”

“The Government of Aragon is going to make every effort to implement this type of investment projects in the Autonomous Community, which will make a difference in generating a cutting-edge, highly technological economy and creating skilled jobs.” 

Jorge Azcón, President of the Government of Aragon

“Microsoft’s new investments in Spain will enable us to provide intelligent cloud solutions and services to businesses and public entities in Europe, fostering the digital transformation of businesses and public entities, driving innovation and contributing to the generation of new jobs in the technology sector in Aragon and the rest of Spain. We will work closely with national and regional governments and local authorities in building the data centre campus to ensure that people, businesses and society can take full advantage of the benefits of a digital world.”

Alberto Granados, president of Microsoft Spain
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Aragon Technology Hub Green Energy

BWB will invest 230 million in a new data center and four solar plants in Aragon

Aragon continues to position itself as a benchmark in the digital economy as well as in the renewable energy sector

BWB's investment, born from the heat of Amazon Web Services, will create 2,200 jobs

The company Best Wonder Business (BWB) will launch a new data center in the Huesca Logistics Platform (Plhus) that will be powered entirely by solar energy produced by four photovoltaic plants that the company will install in the province of Zaragoza, in the municipalities of Perdiguera and Alfajarín, and which will connect with the Peñaflor substation.

This new business project that will involve a total investment of 230 million euros and the creation of 2,200 jobs is divided into three phases. The first phase is the construction of the four photovoltaic plants that will generate 178 MWp. Subsequently, the data processing center that will be installed on a 40,000-square-meter plot of land in Plhus generating 8 MW each phase. Both projects will be completed by the end of 2024.

The BWB project is almost the same size as that of the large multinationals but in this case it serves a complementary objective because they create a cabin where technical services are provided but the data is not processed. In other words, BWB offers a place to store and process information with all the redundant security systems, three individual power lines and restricted access.

Among the 2,200 jobs created, they will mostly require highly specialized personnel such as telecommunications and systems engineers, electrical and industrial engineers, as well as chemical and environmental engineers. 

For their operation, these centers require high energy consumption, hence the importance for BWB of simultaneously promoting the four solar plants planned in Alfajarín and Perdiguera, which will also allow it to guarantee the use of 100% renewable energy. Thus, the project will be considered eco-sustainable because it has large-scale batteries to reduce the price of electricity during peak hours, aerothermal energy for cooling and construction materials with a footprint carbon neutral.

A strategic sector

Antonio Macías, CEO of Bester – group where BWB is a part of – has assured that Aragon and Huesca in particular offer magnificent conditions for the installation of this type of company since the trunk fiber optic line that nests in Spain and joins the big capitals passes through here.

With this new business investment, Aragon continues to position itself as a benchmark in the digital economy, as well as in the renewable energy sector. The BWB center will be located in Plhus next to one of the three data centers promoted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in our Autonomous Community, which will come into operation this year and in which the company estimates a total investment of 2,000 million euros and the generation of up to 1,300 jobs over the next ten years.

ICT infrastructures are the basis of the entire value chain of the new digital economy, which generates quality employment, improves services, encourages the creation of start-ups and companies with greater added value and facilitates equal opportunities.

Source: Aragonhoy

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Pharmaceutical

The world’s leading company in hormonal therapies, Besins Healthcare, installs its newest factory in Aragon

Aragon attracts another pharmaceutical company to install its first factory in Spain
The 25-million-euro investment will create 150 highly qualified jobs

Besins Healthcare, world leadeing company in novel therapies for gynecology, fertility, obstetrics, endocrinology and andrology, has chosen the town of Muel (Zaragoza) to install its first factory in Spain. The pharmaceutical multinational acquired a 9,800-square-meter warehouse in the industrial area El Pitarco to carry out this investment, which will reach 25 million euros and create 150 stable highly qualified jobs.

The plant is expected to start manufacturing in the second half of 2022. Construction works are already underway, soon part of the equipment will be installed so that it can be tested starting this summer. According to company sources, there could be additional future investments, “given that we are talking about a stable process of decades.” Besins has assured that, as a company in a constant research process, they contemplate the production of new creation products at the Muel plant destined for the whole world.

This new business project will be declared of Regional Interest by the Government of Aragon, which will make it possible to shorten administrative process times. In addition to this declaration, the Department of Economy, Planning and Employment is already processing, together with the company, its application file for Regional Economic Incentives. The President of Aragon, Javier Lambán, declared that this investment is particularly welcome as it is implanted in a rural area, contributing to its revitalization.

Why did Besins choose Aragon?

Besins Healthcare has chosen Aragon to install its first plant in Spain due to factors such as its geographical location and communication routes. In addition, the proximity of Muel to the University of Zaragoza facilitates the hiring or attraction of qualified personnel. Another decisive cause that has led the managers of the company to settle in Muel is the immediate availability of a spacious and empty warehouse that allows, in a short time, the integration of all the necessary facilities for the production of medicines. 

Besides, according to the president of the French company, Antoine Besins, choosing Aragon has responded to objective industrial parameters. Although, among all the candidate countries -mandatorily belonging to the European Union for the application of mandatory pharmaceutical standards-, the “excellent” reception of the authorities and the facilities for the establishment of companies in the sector has entailed a keypoint to make this decision.

The Department of Economy, Planning and Employment, through Aragón Exterior (AREX), began working in 2019 on attracting the investment project of this company. Up to 14 Autonomous Communities presented location proposals in their territory. Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium or Ireland have competed with Spain, and within Spain, Aragón was the most competitive region for its dynamism and adaptation to the needs of the company. 

A leading company

Besins Healthcare is a family business specialized in the development and commercialization of hormonal therapies for the treatment of gynecology and obstetrics, fertility, endocrinology and andrology. It currently produces and markets more than thirty different products that are prescribed in one hundred countries around the world.

One of the mainstays of the company is constant research. Thanks to it, it has been possible to discover innovative technologies that have an impact on improving the health of women and men throughout their lives. Besins Healthcare products include natural progesterone for pregnant women, transdermal gel for testosterone deficiency syndrome, or estradiol replacement therapies during menopause.

Source: Aragonhoy

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Magna will invest 15 million euros and create 50 new jobs backed by aid for R&D from the Government of Aragon

Magna Automotive expands its production in Aragon boosting their line of electric vehicles
Aragon consolidates its commitment to R&D subsidizing 28 new business projects that promoted an investment of 60 million euros

Magna Automotive will invest 15 million euros in its Pedrola plant over the next two years, which will be allocated mainly to new production lines for components for electric vehicles and the improvement of current processes, supported by aid for R&D in mobility of the Department of Economy, Planning and Employment of the Government of Aragon. With these projects under development and other products in the launch phase, the company expects to generate 50 new jobs.

Magna Automotive has been awarded a total of nearly 1.2 million euros through the two calls for R&D grants aimed at the automotive sector launched to date by the Department of Economy. The last of them, published last year, has made it possible to support one of Magna’s experimental development projects and ten other business proposals linked to sustainable mobility, in addition to four business initiatives in the pharmaceutical sector and 13 in the circular economy. These 28 subsidized business R&D projects in 2021 have made it possible to promote an investment of 60 million euros in Aragon.

In 2019, the Department of Economy had convened for the first time this type of R&D aid aimed exclusively at the development of the electric vehicle, subsidizing another nine different projects that have generated an investment of 53.9 million euros in Aragon. In that first call, Magna received a grant to create a hot stamping battery tray for electric vehicles.

The company has thanked the Government of Aragon for its support in their current and future plans which reinforces the commitment to the territory, people and industry as an economic engine for development.

Producing in Aragon since 2016

The Magna group is one of the main suppliers in the automotive sector, being a leading company in the use of technology and offering advanced solutions to facilitate mobility. Globally, the company has more than 161,000 employees and an organizational structure designed to innovate and adapt with agility. Magna’s 60 years of experience are supported by a unique systems approach for design, engineering and manufacturing that encompasses most vehicle components. Their global network includes 340 manufacturing operations and 89 sales, engineering and product development centers in 28 countries. The company is committed to a business model based on long-term sustainability and integrates Corporate Social responsibility policies into its processes.

After managing its implementation in our Autonomous Community with the support of Aragón Exterior / Invest in Aragon, this Magna division has been operating in Pedrola since 2016. At this time, the plant is focused on the manufacture of components for vehicle bodywork with a high level of automation and has a workforce of more than 300 people. The company expects to reach a turnover of close to 75 million euros in 2022 due to the specialization in hot stamping processes, laser cutting and assembly of parts through resistance welding and MIG/MAG. Components are served to the main automobile manufacturers, not only in Spain but also in several European countries.

As a complement to its productive work and to give greater impetus to its innovation and development activities, the company has been working for several years with the University of Zaragoza and has its own Collaboration Chair. The commitment to local talent and internal development has allowed the company to consolidate a high-level production and technical team through specific qualification programs.

Source: Aragonhoy
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Doing Business in Aragon

The Walqa Technology Park , the place to be

Walqa Meeting, Walqa Grow and Walqa Cloud are the newest ideal business ecosystem in Aragon

60 companies already take part in Walqa, one of the main concentrations of human capital and innovative business activity in northern Spain

Changes in the way companies work and relate to each other that digitalization has favored have been accelerated by the outbreak of the pandemic. In this context, the Walqa Technology Park has carried out a renewed service proposal.

With this expansion and updating of services, the Walqa Technology Park reaffirms its status as a strategic project for the development of the city of Huesca, its province and the entire autonomous community. Promoted by the Department of Industry, Competitiveness and Business Development of the Government of Aragon, it is one of the main concentrations of human capital and innovative business activity in northern Spain, involving half a thousand people and nearly 60 companies in its ecosystem.

This project is based on three pillars: Walqa Meeting, Walqa Grow and Walqa Cloud. Under these names are included the services and advantages that make this Park the ideal ecosystem in Aragon to carry out any activity or business meeting, grow a new project or develop it in a connected environment in which attendance is no longer decisive.

Walqa Meeting, Walqa’s proposal for business meetings

Within Walqa Meeting, meeting rooms, training rooms and an assembly hall are offered, equipped with audiovisual media, capacity up to 200 people and catering services in the park itself.  Designed for companies whose staff is geographically distributed, a new product has been offered: offices for temporary use with a capacity of up to 24 workstations.

Walqa Grow, a fountain of growth for projects 

To the current 12-seater coworking, called Cowalqing, a new space will be added in the upcoming months, with new membership formulas. It covers the needs of both people who undertake individually and larger teams who want offices for rent, rentals with the option to buy or even build your own building on the available land.

Currently 70% of the space is in use or reserved for future implementations. Spaces have opened up at the Ramón y Cajal Building, the María Josefa Yzuel Building, or the Félix de Azara Building.

The companies established in Walqa have advantages such as a lower price of the plots, a line of aid for investments and hiring from the Aragonese Development Institute, preferential conditions in aid from the Government of Aragon or reductions in municipal taxes.

Walqa Cloud, new solutions for companies in a global world

Walqa Cloud offers the possibility of belonging to the Park’s ecosystem without the need for a permanent physical presence. Thus, Cloud Home allows you to establish your virtual headquarters in the Park, make use of its facilities and participate in activities. Cloud Nomad is designed for the traveling professionals or those who only need sporadic use of coworking. Lastly, Cloud Nine is a powerful network that connects those companies with their own buildings in the Park with a group of companies and entities essential to the ecosystem.

The activities organized by the Park are included under the Walqa Roots brand, and include actions to attract talent, promote the professional growth of workers, spread technology, create an innovative culture and consolidate a professional and business network in Huesca and Alto Aragón.

Source: Aragonhoy
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Doing Business in Aragon

The Zaragoza area, a magnet for new investments

The municipalities located within a radius of 30 kilometers from the capital await a shower of projects

Certest, Amazon Web Services, Becton Dickinson and BonÁrea are the first firms to make the most of Aragonese attractive assets

The ring that surrounds Zaragoza has become in recent years a magnet for business investment. Zuera, Villanueva de Gállego, San Mateo de Gállego, La Muela, El Burgo de Ebro, Épila, La Cartuja and Pedrola are part of the list of municipalities that surround the Aragonese capital and that will be the focus of a shower of projects that will boost the corridors and regions in which they are located. Some of these initiatives may have not seen the light yet, but the Government of Aragon has rushed to enable industrial land at the request of numerous companies.

Among these investments, we find:

  • The Aragonese biotechnology company CerTest plans to disburse 100 million euros to light, among other projects, a factory for vaccines against COVID-19.
  • The giant Amazon finalizes the start-up of its three data centers (El Burgo, Huesca and Villanueva) with an investment of around 2,500 million euros.
  • Becton Dickinson recently announced an investment of 200 million euros and the creation of 600 jobs at the Empresarium of La Cartuja.
  • BonÁrea works are advancing at a good pace in a project that will generate 4,000 jobs in Épila.

But these projects are only the spearhead of many others that will arrive and serve as a driving force for attracting more companies. This diversified productive fabric will include the following sectors: logistics, automobile, renewable energies, new technologies, agri-food and biotechnology.

In order to make it happen, industrial land is needed in that golden ring. Therefore, the Governing Council approved land to build a logistics-industrial estate of 1.5 million square meters in Zuera in which 28 million euros will be invested over the next three years. In addition, the Government of Aragon and Sareb recently signed an agreement so that the grounds of the Recycling Technology Park (PTR) in Zaragoza, a total of 175 hectares, can house companies that are not just recycling.

Attractive Assets

There are several reasons why companies want to locate their facilities within this ring. Large firms are looking for administrative agility, adjusted land and logistics costs, good communications – all municipalities are located in corridors -, proximity to the airport or the railway and economic aid. Alongside these assets, they value stability and its proximity to Zaragoza guarantees qualified labor for these projects.

“Our concern is to be able to respond to the lively and growing demand of investors, but with Malpica, the PTR, the extension of Plaza and the Zuera industrial estate, a good supply is guaranteed, and sufficient in the medium term, in real estate logistics”, affirmed the Executive. In this sense, they add that “the generation of employment is guaranteed in good numbers.”

The Government of Aragon trusts that the implementation of projects will improve communications, boost growth in population, promote residential areas and, ultimately, provide employment and wealth to their neighbors.

Source: El Periódico de Aragón
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Green Energy Pharmaceutical

Aragon triples funds raised in the H2020 program and is now among the leading Autonomous Communities in European resources for R + D + i

Regional companies and public entities achieve a return of 176.3 million euros from their participation in 500 EU-funded projects
SMEs, public technology and research centers, and the university achieve the highest funding in strategic areas such as clean energy, industry and agri-food

Aragon has achieved a return of 176.3 million euros in the European Horizon 2020 program to promote research and innovation, tripling its result from the previous funding plan of the European Commission and placing the Autonomous Community as the sixth in Spain in terms of fundraising.

This number is the result of the efforts of 145 Aragonese entities and agents, who have participated with excellent results in H2020. 

The biggest share of this amount was achieved by Aragonese companies, and especially small and medium-sized ones (SMEs), who have participated in 500 financed projects, accounting for almost 50 million euros (27.9% of total return).

The performance of the Aragonese technology centers such as the Technological Institute of Aragon ITAINNOVA and Aitiip Technological Center has also been remarkable, with 26.7% of the total funds obtained and a global amount of 47.16 million euros. University of Zaragoza, with 34 million euros, represents 19.2%; public research centers, 13.7% with just over 24 million euros; while the public administration represents 4.8%, exceeding 8.5 million euros.

Among the main participating agents, there are also the Institute of Materials Sciences of Aragon and the Institute of Carbochemistry, both dependent on the Higher Council for Scientific Research, as well as the Foundation for the Development of New Hydrogen Technologies, the Zaragoza Logistic Center Foundation, the Aragonese Health Service, the Iberus Campus of International Excellence or the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza.

From the sectors’ perspective, those who have obtained the highest returns are clean, safe and efficient energy (29.9 million); nanotechnologies, materials and biotechnology (26.5 million); and bioeconomy and food security (13.7 million). In fact, they account for 40% of the funds capitalized by Aragon and confirm the Community’s strategic specialization in the fields of energy (hydrogen and fuel cells), industry and agri-food.

In addition, this program has been supported by all actors of the Aragonese science and technology system, which speaks of good health and coordination of the regional ecosystem. The excellent results obtained by the Aragonese entities participating in the program, as well as by the rest of the Autonomous Communities, have led Spain to rank fourth in volume of subsidies received, only behind Germany, the United Kingdom and France.

The new Horizon Europe framework program, endowed with 95,517 million euros for the next seven years, aims to achieve the greatest scientific, technological, economic and social impact of EU investments in R & D & I, promoting the competitiveness of the regions and Member States. It is estimated that it could generate 11 euros for every euro invested and create up to 320,000 new highly-skilled jobs by 2040.

Source: Aragonhoy

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Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical investments in Aragon are on the rise

More than 50 companies of the biomedical sector have established facilities in Aragon
CerTest Biotec, a local manufacturer of antigen tests, will invest € 100 million euros in the next three years, creating 205 new jobs

Nowadays, around 50 pharmaceutical companies have established their installations in Aragon, manufacturing a variety of  pharmaceutical products, radiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment, and medical and dental instruments and supplies.

BD‘s recent investment in Zaragoza has helped boosting the industrial sector in Aragon, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular. This project is part of its business unit specialized in the manufacture and marketing of preloaded drug administration systems, mainly glass syringes, that are supplied to pharmaceutical companies to be filled with the drugs they produce.

Other notable companies, in addition to Becton Dickinson, have also set their eyes on Aragon:

  • Novaltia, the sixth pharmaceutical distribution company by national market share, has invested in two logistics centers in Zaragoza and Calatayud in 2020.
  • One of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Teva will invest 40 million until 2025 in its Zaragoza plant and will create new 60 jobs, to increase its production by 20%
  • Alliance Healthcare has hired about 200 people – half of them in the company’s international digital innovation center WBA Digital – in Villanueva de Gállego.

Another  project that is already being developed is part of the industrial park Polígono Río Gállego II, in San Mateo de Gállego, where local antigen test producer CerTest Biotec  is installed and whose presence and expansion is serving as a tractor for the installation of other projects in the biomedical sector.

CerTest will invest € 100 million in the next three years creating 205 new jobs. After the seventh phase of its initial development project to double the area and number of employees, construction of a  vaccine factory has also started, with an investment of 10 million euros, out of the 100 announced last year in the presence of the Spanish Minister of Science. The company is  already working on the earthworks, the total estimated  execution period will be of 15 months.

The pharmaceutical industry reveals  to be one of the strategic sectors that contribute to the economic reactivation of Spain and attracts new international investments to our country, being a driving force for science and the economy, contributing to its revitalization. Each euro invested in this sector generates between one and two in other sectors, and each direct job generates up to four additional ones.

Source: Aragonhoy