Business

A Metaverse coloured by Belgian holographic creations

06 October 2022

Swave Photonics, a company based in Leuven, is emerging as one of the world's leading players in the creation of hyper-realistic virtual images.

Walloon start-up Synergia Medical's implant to fight epilepsy

20 September 2022

Tech start-up Synergia Medical of Mont-Saint-Guibert in Walloon Brabant has developed a revolutionary device that uses laser, electrodes and mini solar panels to prevent epileptic seizures.

Sioen, world market leader in coated technical textiles

01 September 2022

Whether it is boat sails, truck tarpaulins, gym mats or other fabric products, it is highly likely that the textiles used to make them were designed in Belgium.

Transporting human tissue by drone above Antwerp – a first

31 August 2022

Speed is vital in the medical field, especially when transporting medication, medical materials, and blood and other samples.

Brussels native remediates heavily contaminated soil in Vietnam

24 August 2022

The mining engineer and geologist, Jan Haemers, founded Haemers Technologies in the late 1990s.

Location, infrastructure and a quality workforce

Belgium occupies an important position on the economic chessboard. It is ranked 11th country in the world for the export of merchandise (WTO-2019 Report) and is a favourite destination for investors. Every year, billions of euros of foreign direct investment are made in Belgium.

Belgium offers the opportunity to reach 200 million consumers in a radius of 500 kilometres thanks to its central geographic position and its quality logistics infrastructures. Sea ports, inland ports, canals, airports, rail, road and motorway networks: the various communication channels in Belgium are constantly being adapted to the needs of the economy. For example, the port of Antwerp is the 2nd busiest European port and has the largest petrochemical complex in Europe. The city of Antwerp is the diamond capital with 80 % of the market in rough diamonds and 50 % in polished diamonds.

There are many other reasons to explain Belgium's economic success including a highly-qualified, multi-lingual and flexible workforce, proximity with the international decision-making sphere based in Brussels, many financial and tax incentives, affordable property prices, legendary hospitality, excellent social security and more.

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