The Basque Country reinforces its position as a Technology Entrepreneurship Hub with more than 1,000 start-ups and ?100 million investment in 2022

 Basque Country has more than 1,000 emerging technology companies, employing more than 8,000 people in total, with an estimated value of more than ?1.5 billion. An ecosystem closely linked to its productive sector, where 7 out of 10 start-ups develop solutions aimed at the Basque Country’s strategic sectors.   In terms of investment, the report … Read more

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Sustainable Shipbuilding Challenge – Ekpboat Project

The marinas managed by EKP are occupied to a high degree by boats whose construction has historically generated a large amount of waste and whose recycling and use at the end of their useful life is costly and technically complex. In particular, boats made of composite materials based on fibreglass account for the vast majority … Read more

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Net-Zero Basque Industrial SuperCluster at the Global Industrial Clusters Meeting 2023

The Net-Zero Basque Industrial SuperCluster (NZBIS) is in the Belgian city of Antwerp to take part in the “Global Industrial Clusters Meeting 2023″ of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards net zero” project. Cristina Oyón, the SPRI Group’s Technology, Innovation and Sustainability Director, spoke at the session on decarbonisation policies in Europe, when … Read more

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Aker Solutions selects TUBACEX as a delivery partner for umbilical tubes for key projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

As a result of collaboration between both companies, Tubacex will deliver Aker Solutions AS (the Norwegian energy solutions provider) a total of 1,000 km of umbilical offshore tubes to be installed for three projects in the North Sea. The aim of this important agreement is to manufacture tubes, that are used to control production equipment … Read more

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Net-Zero Basque Industrial SuperCluster at the EPRI European Workshop Week

SPRI, as the coordinator of the Net-Zero Basque Industrial SuperCluster, has presented the progress made in the defining of the roadmaps for the decarbonisation of the energy intensive Basque industrial sectors. Cristina Oyón, the SPRI Director of Technology, Innovation and Sustainability, went over the pinpointed measures that require technological development in the session on industrial decarbonisation … Read more

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The food sector in the Basque Country, a great investment opportunity

The Basque Country, with a long culinary tradition, has become a benchmark in the production of high quality food and drink, as well as for innovation in food technologies and in promoting the local culinary heritage. Business development and boosting the setting up of new companies and businesses are two of the Basque Government’s fundamental … Read more

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The Basque Country, an economy open to the world

The Basque Country is today one of the most open economies in Europe, with more than 5,300 companies exporting or established worldwide Today, exports already account for 33.3% of the GDP of the Basque Country, and represent 45% of the total business of Basque companies. As a result of a unique industrial transformation process, the … Read more

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Investing in the Basque aviation sector: innovation and growth guaranteed

The Basque Country is a region with a long track record in the aviation sector. Leading companies such as ITP Aero, Aernnova and Sener Aeroespacial are based in the Basque Country, which is proof of the region’s importance in the aerospace industry. Furthermore, their presence has attracted a large number of suppliers, which has generated … Read more

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