He President of the Council, Juanma Morenoconcluded this Wednesday its official trip to China with a new investment agreement in the province of Seville value 250 million euros and will also create 80 jobs. The Andalusian leader thus concludes with “success” the institutional visit to the Asian giant, during which he established alliances with different sectors to advance the industrialization of Andalusia.
The Spanish company Coxabengoa and the Chinese energy company Gotionowned by the Volkswagen Group, have reached an agreement to manufacture electric storage batteries generated from renewable energy. The alliance will mean a 250 million investment in the Abengoa factories in Seville and Utrerain addition to the creation of 80 highly qualified jobs. “A new industrial boost for Andalusia,” celebrated the President of the Council on his social networks. The investment will be carried out in different phases, over the next 18 to 24 months.
Moreno also held working meetings in Shanghai with Trina Solar Group and Desay SV Automotivetwo Chinese companies that have already set their sights on Andalusia, but which, after these meetings, could expand their investments in the community.
In the case of Trina SolarA world leader in the manufacture of solar panels and green hydrogen technologies, the company has a clean and sustainable energy project for the province of Huelva with a first investment of 158 million“The company has confirmed its present and future commitment to our territory,” said Moreno.
For his part, Breakfast opted for Linares (Jaén) to install its new European factory for the manufacturing of intelligent display and interaction systems for automobiles. Moreno explained that currently “they are working with great enthusiasm, they already have the land and they hope that this investment can be increased in the coming years.”
Likewise, on the last day of work, Moreno met the Cluster Osbornea renowned Andalusian company that operates in China, among other countries, to know first-hand its work and future projects and extend this support to the rest of the Andalusian companies that already market in this Asian country.
Travel balance
The President of the Council made a “Really positive” results of his institutional trip to China, which “contributed to establishing and strengthening relations of cordiality and complicity” with the Asian country. Moreno recalled that after this trade mission of the Andalusian delegation, on which the Commission had been working for more than a year, the industrial investments planned in Andalusia amount to approximately 2.5 billion euros. “This trip was a success“, he celebrated from Shanghai, where he was received earlier in the day by municipal authorities.
“The most important thing is that each of these investments generates a value chain, an ancillary industry, new highly skilled jobs and new production capacities, for industrialize Andalusiawhich is one of the major objectives that we have set for ourselves,” he stressed.
The most important investment made in China, let us recall, is the one agreed with the Chinese multinational. Hygreen Energy, which will undertake three major projects in Andalusia related to green hydrogen worth 2 billionwith a factory in Huelva to produce green energy and a factory in Malaga.
To this, Moreno added the possibility of “opening the doors” in the direct air connectivity with the Asian giant and “promote Chinese tourism, a very select tourism that spends a lot in Andalusia.” The airline Air Chinawhich already serves Madrid and Barcelona, is looking for a third destination in Spain for 2025, with Malaga and Seville as the main candidates.
On 27 August, the President of the Council began a 10-day official trip accompanied by the advisers of Economy, Treasury and European Funds, Carolina España; of Tourism and Foreign Andalusia, Arturo Bernal; and of Industry, Energy and Mines, Jorge Paradela; as well as representatives and managers of Andalusian companies with interests in the Asian country. The main objectives, largely achieved, were to attract investment in the industrial sectorcapture quality tourism and establish alliances in the sectors of automobile and the renewable energies.
