Business

Belgian brand wins a European award.

17 June 2019

Belgian shoe chain Torfs won the title of Best Employer in Europe for 2019.

Top tennis players swear by Flemish strings

06 June 2019

Luxilon, a portmanteau of ‘luxury’ and ‘nylon’, has been producing high-quality and high-technology tennis strings for over 20 years.

Imec invents ‘unhackable’ car key

20 May 2019

Imec, the Leuven-based research centre, will make electronic car theft via key hacking much more difficult by using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chip technology.

Painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder is now taking the plane too

16 May 2019

Flight operator Brussels Airlines has added a 6th themed aircraft to its Belgian Icons aircraft series.

Belgium exports sand to the Middle East

10 May 2019

The Rolls-Royce of sand is Belgian and can be found on horseracing tracks around the world.

Location, infrastructure and a quality workforce

Belgium occupies an important position on the economic chessboard. It is ranked 12th country in the world for the export of merchandise (WTO-2014 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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