From http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/life-style/tagamanent-hong-kong-explain-catalan-cuisine (in English)
Catalan chef Mercè Brunés, from restaurant El Folló (Tagamanent, Barcelona), has been invited to cook in Hong Kong to promote Catalan cuisine. Mercè Brunés's cooking was discovered by Chinese gastronomy and travel journalist Annie Leong, who convinced her to travel to Hong Kong. Mercè Brunés will record five recipes for Sing Tao News and she hopes that after their broadcast Catalan cuisine will be less unknown by Chinese people. The selected dishes that will be cooked are duck with pears, vegetable omelette, paella with seafood and meat, cod with spinach and chickpeas, Catalan tomato bread, Romesco sauce and Catalan custard.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Polymita will open offices in Shanghai
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/03/08/catalunya/1299573113.html (in Spanish)
Catalan technological company Polymita is determined to establish offices in Shanghai by the end of 2011, in order to be closer to clients in that area. These new offices in China will add to those already existing in New York, London, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid and Amsterdam. As explained in their website, Polymita is "an Enterprise Software Company that helps companies to improve their productivity by automating business processes and managing enterprise contents and portals". Polymita, that in 2010 saw a global increase of 20% in sales, will improve the chances of growth in Asia that until now had through the German company Bertelsmann.
Catalan technological company Polymita is determined to establish offices in Shanghai by the end of 2011, in order to be closer to clients in that area. These new offices in China will add to those already existing in New York, London, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid and Amsterdam. As explained in their website, Polymita is "an Enterprise Software Company that helps companies to improve their productivity by automating business processes and managing enterprise contents and portals". Polymita, that in 2010 saw a global increase of 20% in sales, will improve the chances of growth in Asia that until now had through the German company Bertelsmann.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Chinese group Twoten Valves opens distribution center in Sant Boi de Llobregat
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/03/09/catalunya/1299657773.html (in English)
Chinese group Twoten Valves has established a base in Spain by opening a distribution center in Sant Boi de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat, Barcelona). Twoten Valves supplies industrial and nautical machinery and with this new distribution center improves the facilities that until now they had in Santa Coloma de Gramanet (Barcelonès, Barcelona).
Chinese group Twoten Valves has established a base in Spain by opening a distribution center in Sant Boi de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat, Barcelona). Twoten Valves supplies industrial and nautical machinery and with this new distribution center improves the facilities that until now they had in Santa Coloma de Gramanet (Barcelonès, Barcelona).
Debris management company Gestora de Runes lands in China
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/03/09/catalunya/1299657554.html (in Spanish)
Gestora de Runes de la Construcció SA is a mixed-capital Catalan company (45% public - 55% private) that helps construction companies and municipalities by managing the construction debris and thus protecting the environment. It was created in 1994 and by 2009 it already had 27 controlled dumping sites in operation. During 2011, the company is set to start working in China, managing the construction debris of the ports of Rizhao and Wenzhoux.
Gestora de Runes de la Construcció SA is a mixed-capital Catalan company (45% public - 55% private) that helps construction companies and municipalities by managing the construction debris and thus protecting the environment. It was created in 1994 and by 2009 it already had 27 controlled dumping sites in operation. During 2011, the company is set to start working in China, managing the construction debris of the ports of Rizhao and Wenzhoux.
Catalan clothing company Mango opens new corporate office in China
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/03/09/catalunya/1299661122.html (in Spanish)
Catalan clothing company Mango has reinforced its presence in Chinese market by opening a corporate office in Shanghai. It will initially be run by a mixed staff of 50 people from both countries. The company aims at opening 60 new shops during 2011, which will add to the 77 that already opened only in 2010. Annual sales worlwide in 2010 reached 1,44 billion euros, thanks to the existing network of more than 1,300 shops in 95 countries.
Catalan clothing company Mango has reinforced its presence in Chinese market by opening a corporate office in Shanghai. It will initially be run by a mixed staff of 50 people from both countries. The company aims at opening 60 new shops during 2011, which will add to the 77 that already opened only in 2010. Annual sales worlwide in 2010 reached 1,44 billion euros, thanks to the existing network of more than 1,300 shops in 95 countries.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Pharmaceutical Catalan group Uriach enters Chinese market
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/02/17/catalunya/1297978427.html (in Spanish)
Pharmaceutical Catalan group Uriach has decided to enter the Chinese market through an alliance with a local partner which has not been disclosed. With this agreement, Uriach will have its first facilities abroad, which will add to those existing in Palau-solità i Plegamans and Sant Fost de Campsentelles. Another pharmaceutical company with a local Chinese partner is Esteve, which opened his second production plant in October 2010.
Pharmaceutical Catalan group Uriach has decided to enter the Chinese market through an alliance with a local partner which has not been disclosed. With this agreement, Uriach will have its first facilities abroad, which will add to those existing in Palau-solità i Plegamans and Sant Fost de Campsentelles. Another pharmaceutical company with a local Chinese partner is Esteve, which opened his second production plant in October 2010.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Unemployment increases in Catalonia in February
From http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/business/unemployment-list-increases-13000-people-february-catalonia (in English)
Bad news about employment in Catalonia. 13,000 people lost their jobs during February, which represents an increase of 2.2% as compared to January. Total figure of unemployed people in Catalonia is currently slightly over 600,000 people.
Bad news about employment in Catalonia. 13,000 people lost their jobs during February, which represents an increase of 2.2% as compared to January. Total figure of unemployed people in Catalonia is currently slightly over 600,000 people.
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