Bankinter Luxembourg, chosen as “Company of the year 2022”
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg recognises, in the VIII Edition of its “Company of the Year” awards, the great track record of Bankinter Luxembourg, which landed ten years ago in the Grand Duchy to complement its private banking strategy.
Through this award, the Chamber aims to contribute once again this year to the promotion of Spanish economic and business development in Belgium and Luxembourg, rewarding the experience and demonstration of leadership and competitiveness of companies in their sector of activity.
Thus, the Chamber has highlighted the international presence of a company that was the first Spanish bank with a banking licence to operate in Luxembourg, the country with the highest credit rating by the three rating agencies and which holds, among other achievements, second place in the world ranking in terms of both the volume of investment funds deposited and the highest GDP per capita ratio.
Bankinter chose Luxembourg because it is a country that fosters a solid culture of investor, economic and regulatory protection. The regulatory environment and the quality of supervision are two of the main reasons why financial firms choose Luxembourg as their EU headquarters.
For Héctor Esteban, General Manager of Bankinter Luxembourg, this award is “recognition of our activity in this country, where we were the first Spanish institution to set up our own bank. From this jurisdiction we have been able to offer a global and clearly differentiated financial proposal to our high net worth clients, as well as having a much more in-depth perspective of the international financial markets, which has been enormously useful for us”.
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FCC Construcción chosen as “Company of the Year 2021”
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg recognises, in the 7th edition of its Company of the Year Award, the great track record of FCC Construcción and its relevance in the international and especially in the European market.
With this award, the Chamber rewards the international presence of a company with more than 120 years of history, with activities in more than 25 countries around the world and whose strategic lines are based on innovation, technology and sustainability. Pablo López Álvarez, President of the Chamber, underlines that “the Haren mega-prison work is an ambitious Spanish engineering project in Belgium in which green technological innovation and the social dimension are cornerstones. This combination has meant that the jury has had no doubts in choosing FCC as the Company of the Year Award”.
In October 2018, FCC won the contract for the design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance and concession, for 25 years, of the new Haren prison complex, located near Zaventem Airport (Belgium). This construction, that has been classified by the Belgian government as the largest infrastructure under construction in the country, will be completed in the second half of 2022 and will involve an investment of more than 382 million euros.
This new penitentiary infrastructure will replace the prisons of Saint-Gilles, Forest and Berkendael. It will cover an area of 116,000 square metres and will be able to accommodate up to 1,190 inmates.
Haren is FCC’s first concession project in Belgium and joins many other national and international projects developed by the company, including urban transport infrastructures (roads, metro, high-speed, railway lines…) and non-residential building projects (hospitals, sports, cultural, social and health infrastructures, etc.). For Pablo Ovejas, FCC Construcción’s Country Manager for Belgium and the Nordic countries, “this award is an incentive to continue developing our activity in Belgium, thus being able to continue contributing to the growth of the country’s economy, contributing to the local value chain with our social values and environmental protection, and ultimately improving the quality of life of its citizens”.
You can read the full press release here.
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg announces the VII Edition of the Company of the Year Award
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg has opened the call for nominations for its Company of the Year Award 2021, which recognises the experience, demonstration of leadership and competitiveness of companies with commercial activity in Belgium and/or Luxembourg maintaining a business relationship with Spain.
In 2013, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Chamber, the Board of Directors decided to create this award to contribute annually to the promotion of Spanish trade and business development in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Previous awardees include Indra, Orona and Grupo Social ONCE.
The deadline for applications is 15 October 2021 at 12:00 (Brussels). The jury will announce the award-winning company through the Chamber´s official website within a maximum period of one month.
You can check the rules here.
More information: secretariogeneral@e-camara.com
Cacesa chosen as Company of the Year 2020
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg recognizes, in the VI Edition of its “Company of the Year” awards, the great trajectory of Cacesa and its relevance in the international and European market and especially in the Belgian one.
With this award, the Chamber of Commerce rewards the international presence of a company with more than 30 years of history, with operations in the 5 continents and with one of the most advanced messaging systems in the market. Cacesa has known how to adapt, at all times, to the needs of the market and its customers and has demonstrated leadership and competitiveness within its sector. In Belgium, the company has been able to accredit its quality and state-of-the-art technology for the massive and agile data processing and information exchange with customers, suppliers and customs authorities, deriving an image of excellence for the benefit of the Spanish industry.
The Spanish company is 75% owned by Iberia, which, since 2011, has been part of IAG, one of the world’s largest airline groups. It is a logistics operator specializing in transporting goods by air, land and sea with 6 complementary areas of services ranging from customs management to transport for e-commerce, a sector in which Cacesa has grown dramatically in recent years thanks to its collaboration with major online shopping platforms and the increase of this industry since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2019 they began their international expansion to other countries of the European Union and established at Liège Airport its third logistics hub for the reception and processing of e-commerce goods, logistics centre that this year has seen a large increase in the volume of parcel services. The advanced technological tools that they have developed internally, as well as their know-how, are their spearheads and have allowed them to advance into other markets, such as the one that is opening after Brexit. This has been the reason for the opening of the new delegation in Mouscron (Wallonia), to carry out the e-commerce customs activity between the European Union and the United Kingdom from the 1st of January. Without a doubt, for Cacesa, Belgium is the most important country after its Spanish parent company and its objective is to continue advancing in new activities and investments to be developed in the country throughout the following years.
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