Business

A Belgian makes it impossible to unblock an iPhone!

04 March 2016

He is not yet 25 years old and he is already one of the most respected experts in cryptography: Frédéric Jacobs, known over the past few years for his work on data breaches at the Belgian State railwa

CE+T Power winner of Google Little Box Challenge

29 February 2016

At the ARPA-E convention held in Washington from 29 February to 2 March 2016, the Liège SME CE+T Power won the Google Little Box Challenge, a competition organized by Google and the IEEE (Institute of

DEME helps build new offshore wind farm

23 February 2016

GeoSea, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging group DEME, specializing in the construction of wind farms at sea, has won a new large German contract.

MyMicroInvest in Fintech 100

22 February 2016

The Belgian crowdfunding platform MyMicroInvest is listed in the ‘Fintech 100’, the ranking that is created each year by KPMG and H2 Ventures and which lists the world's most innovative fintech c

iMinds and IMEC join forces

19 February 2016

The Flemish organizations iMinds and IMEC will join forces to grow into “a world-class high-tech research centre driving the digital economy”.

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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