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El Consorci de la Zona Franca de BarcelonaThe consortium of the Franca area of Barcelona (CZFB) is already working on the relaunch of the industrial area of the free trade area of Barcelona, thinking new perspectives for the future that is planned for this area. An important point in the evolution of the polygon will be the arrival of the metro area for 2009 (industrial park, which today has no metro service, will be supplied by lines L2 and L9 and the network of suburban will have 6 stations). Among other projects for the future, in this geographical area, also planned the construction of new links road and rail to the course of the Llobregat Delta, the launching of a polygon of socio-health research (Bellvitge Bio-pol), expanding major infrastructure of transport (port of Barcelona and El Prat Airport)facilitate the growth of the operators of Mercabarna, and install in the polygon utilities of general interest. In addition, the entity publishes aims to also attract new industrial activities that generate maximum added value and help define the free zone of the twenty-first century. While thought on the improvement of the conditions for mobility of densely busy industrial area, the Consorci plans to offer complementary services to the industries installed there.
The Agency has decided to lend its support to the measures of industrial opening to the outside which is promoting the administration. In this sense, explains the agreement established with the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce to explore whether they can promote an industrial area in Algeria, accompanying the industrial initiatives of Catalan companies wishing to establish there.
Benefits of 2005
The Consorci de la Franca zone of Barcelona won year 2005 income of 43,812 million euros. That means payout is 36.8 per cent larger than the previous year. The sharp rise in income for this period is due, in large part, to the income from the sale of real estate assets, which have become 656.000 euros in 2004 33.600.000 the year 2005.
The Consorci also operates out of Barcelona, where he has promoted more than 6 million m2 of new industrial land, and its corporate function counts with a wide range of activities ranging from the promotion of industrial and technological projects to the Organization of trade fairsthe promotion of unique buildings and the generation of new urban tissue.
