Business

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.

An amazing dental success story

26 July 2022

The biotech Wishbone has developed a novel product based on Belgian cattle bones that increases the success rate of bone grafts in dental surgery.

Wind farm giant DEME is forging ahead

13 July 2022

Now DEME, a world leader in the highly specialised field of dredging, is at the forefront of offshore wind energy.

The world's first land-based "interceptor"

13 July 2022

Created by the Belgian John Cockerill Group, this all-terrain military vehicle is based on new technologies considered revolutionary for land forces.

Ménart has broken through in the international composting market

07 July 2022

The Ménart family business from the town of Dour, in the province of Hainaut, started out producing agricultural equipment in 1961.

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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