{"id":3303,"date":"2022-09-12T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2024-09-25T08:49:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T05:49:58","slug":"potential-new-markets-in-spain-as-its-economy-goes-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/news\/potential-new-markets-in-spain-as-its-economy-goes-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential new markets in Spain as its economy goes green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spain is starting the process of transitioning towards a greener economy. This is a long-term project with a clear need for innovative and forward-thinking solutions across a multitude of sectors. Due to the wide-ranging technological expertise of the Oulu ICT ecosystem, there are plenty of opportunities for member businesses to showcase themselves and find customers in a new and diverse market that is competitive but has enormous potential for growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Spain plans to be sustainable<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a aria-label=\"Europe Sustainable Development Report 2021 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sdgindex.org\/reports\/europe-sustainable-development-report-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Europe Sustainable Development Report 2021<\/a>, Spain ranks 21st in Europe when it comes to reaching the\u202fsustainable development goals. This means there is room for improvement, which provides new business opportunities for high-growth companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This improvement is part of a 140-billion-euro National Recovery Plan, supported by the European Union. This plan includes an unprecedented commitment to\u202fgreen transition\u202f(37% of the funds) and\u202fdigitization\u202f(33% of the funds).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bikes-in-barcelona.png\" alt=\"Bikes in Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-3360\" width=\"331\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bikes-in-barcelona.png 708w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bikes-in-barcelona-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bikes-in-barcelona-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bikes-in-barcelona-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bikes-in-barcelona-560x560.png 560w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bikes-in-barcelona-360x360.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the key sectors for investment?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-arrow wp-block-list\"><li>Automotive<\/li><li>Infrastructure (Ports &amp; Railway)<\/li><li>Digitization (Administration, eHealth, edTech)<\/li><li>ICT (5G, cybersecurity)<\/li><li>Energy (hydrogen, smart\/flexible grids, energy efficiency, solar &amp; wind)<\/li><li>Water management<\/li><li>Biotechnology\/Pharma<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spain&#8217;s economic driving force &#8211; a case study<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One example of a potentially accessible market is automotive. The Spanish car sector is a major contributor to Spain\u2019s economy; it\u2019s the second-largest auto manufacturer in Europe and the eighth largest in the world. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icex.es\/icex\/es\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Instituto de Comercio Exterior (ICEX) (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Instituto de Comercio Exterior (ICEX)<\/a>, there are several key sectors for investment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-arrow wp-block-list\"><li>Industry 4.0 (the digital transformation of manufacturing\/production and related industries and value creation processes)<\/li><li>Digitization<\/li><li>Vehicle lightening (sustainable materials reducing the mass of the vehicle for CO2 improvement)<\/li><li>Recycling in the automotive industry<\/li><li>Safety and connectivity<\/li><li>New propulsion systems and energy storage batteries<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Oulu region\u2019s know-how and competence in areas such as Industry 4.0, wireless antenna testing and simulation, sustainable materials promoting to lightening of vehicle mass weight and recycling process, can help the traditional automotive ecosystems in their strategic development projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>It is very important to gain visibility and understand what and how companies are going to undertake their projects linked to EU funds. <strong>The moment for Nordic countries to look for partnerships is right now.<\/strong> <\/p><cite>Ms Sari Rautio, Ambassador of Finland to Spain<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Interested in expanding into the Spanish market?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-arrow wp-block-list\"><li>Fill in a <a aria-label=\"Spanish market survey (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyyti.fi\/questions\/f0ceaf140f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Spanish market survey<\/a>. The more specific you are in your answers, the better. Additionally, you can name your dream customer.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain is starting the process of transitioning towards a greener economy. This is a long-term project with a clear need for innovative and forward-thinking solutions across a multitude of sectors. Due to the wide-ranging technological expertise of the Oulu ICT ecosystem, there are plenty of opportunities for member businesses to showcase themselves and find customers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"9293,8960,10613,9546,8312,2308","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17,25,31,41,43,45],"tags":[88,90],"class_list":["post-3303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5g-6g-connectivity","category-automotive","category-cyber-security","category-edtech","category-green-ict","category-health-tech","category-industry-4-0","tag-automotive","tag-barcelona"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3613,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions\/3613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}