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Barcelona-Catalonia:
Your Gateway to Europe's
Battery Industry
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Explore Catalonia's Battery Sector
Barcelona-Catalonia is your gateway to the industry of electric vehicles, batteries, and components. All the key players of the production circuit are here, ready to help you develop, validate, and integrate all-electric vehicle components.
Watch the video to explore how Catalonia offers a complete value chain in the battery sector.
A powerful automotive industry in Barcelona-Catalonia
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2nd in Europe
Spain is the 2nd largest car manufacturer in Europe.
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Top manufacturer
Catalonia is Spain's top manufacturing region.
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Spain’s Auto Parts Hub
Catalonia has the highest concentration of auto parts companies in Spain.
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Skilled Automotive Talent
Catalonia provides access to a highly skilled talent pool in the automotive industry.
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Global Auto Distribution Hub
The Port of Barcelona serves as a global hub for distributing components and finished vehicles
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Pro-Business Policies
Catalonia offers pro-business government policies to help your company thrive.
Catalonia's key players in the
battery sector.
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Minister of Business and Labour, Government of Catalonia
Miquel Sàmper
"Catalonia plays a significant role in the electric mobility sector. As an industrial hub in Europe with over 60 years of commitment to the automotive industry, we have developed immense production capacity."
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CEO of SEAT and CUPRA
Wayne Griffiths
“SEAT and the Volkswagen Group are committing significant resources to sustainable mobility. And to move forward in our ambition to make Spain a hub for European electric mobility.”
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Senior Manager e-Powertrain at Applus+ IDIADA
Klaus Kersting
“Applus+ IDIADA is an automotive engineering and homologation supplier located in Catalonia. For electric vehicles we are doing the test and validation for specific components, such as batteries, electric motors and other parts of the high voltage systems.”
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Automotive and Roro Manager at Port of Barcelona
Anna Llisterri
“Thanks to the great location of the Port of Barcelona in Southern Europe, the sea rail and road connectivity and our facilities, we have become a distribution hub for the automotive industry.”