From http://www.expansion.com/2012/12/04/catalunya/1354636661.html (in Spanish) and http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/12/04/509418/10014509/en/SMTC-and-FICOSA-Announce-Strategic-Arrangement.html (in English)
SMTC Corporation, a Canadian global electronics manufacturing services provider, and Ficosa International S.A., a global leader in automotive systems and parts, have signed a strategic manufacturing agreement. Founded in 1949, Ficosa has its headquarters in Barcelona and has an operating presence in 19 other countries across the globe. Under this agreement, Ficosa will transition the manufacturing of selected programs to SMTC's Suzhou plant in China, including production engineering, system integration and logistic services, among others. The Catalan company will benefit from SMTC experience in the control services of the supply chain, whereas SMTC is expected to grow as provider of automotive industry.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Workshop in Barcelona on the challenges for importing and exporting from China
From http://www.eic.cat/wps/PA_Jornades/fitxa.jsp?codi=1086247 (in Catalan)
The Commision on Industrial Policy and Technological Innovation of the College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia is organizing a workshop in Barcelona on 9 January 2013 aimed at contributing with some useful information for companies willing to establish some kind of trade agreement with China, either for importing or for exporting products. Some of the topics that will be covered are the details to be checked before starting the import/export process, how the process itself shall develop and what are the organizations that are involved in it, among others.
The event will be introduced by Mr. Jordi Guix, president of the Commission of Industrial Policy and Technological Innovation and coordinator of the China Working Group and the speakers will be Mrs. Cristina Castillo, Port of Barcelona Chair of Logistics Research Associate, Mr. Víctor Urruchi, Global Logistics and Trade Manager at Arola Comercio Internacional, Mr. Xavier Lluch, freelance consultant for Port de Barcelona, and member from the China Certification & Inspection Group (CCIC). The final discussion will be conducted by Mr. Albert Ferrari, industrial director at Sedal, S.L..
This workshop will start at 6:30 pm and it will be held at the headquarters of the College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia, Via Laietana, 39, 5th floor, Barcelona.
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For further information, call +34 933 192 304 (from 9 to 14 h and from 16 to 18 h).
Downloadables:
- Registration form for members
- Registration form for non-members
The Commision on Industrial Policy and Technological Innovation of the College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia is organizing a workshop in Barcelona on 9 January 2013 aimed at contributing with some useful information for companies willing to establish some kind of trade agreement with China, either for importing or for exporting products. Some of the topics that will be covered are the details to be checked before starting the import/export process, how the process itself shall develop and what are the organizations that are involved in it, among others.
The event will be introduced by Mr. Jordi Guix, president of the Commission of Industrial Policy and Technological Innovation and coordinator of the China Working Group and the speakers will be Mrs. Cristina Castillo, Port of Barcelona Chair of Logistics Research Associate, Mr. Víctor Urruchi, Global Logistics and Trade Manager at Arola Comercio Internacional, Mr. Xavier Lluch, freelance consultant for Port de Barcelona, and member from the China Certification & Inspection Group (CCIC). The final discussion will be conducted by Mr. Albert Ferrari, industrial director at Sedal, S.L..
This workshop will start at 6:30 pm and it will be held at the headquarters of the College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia, Via Laietana, 39, 5th floor, Barcelona.
View Larger Map
For further information, call +34 933 192 304 (from 9 to 14 h and from 16 to 18 h).
Downloadables:
- Registration form for members
- Registration form for non-members
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Water management in Taiwan
Because of my work as member of the technical staff in a public water utility and because I happen to know a little bit about water resources management in Taiwan, I have written a short piece about this issue for the Spanish website iAgua. The article is written in Spanish and the title is "La gestión del agua en Taiwán" (Water management in Taiwan) and you can access to it by clicking on the link. I shall attempt to translate it into English as soon as possible, but for the moment I wanted to share the text already published
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