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ACC1Ó impulsa un plan integral de competitividad del sector del metal en CataluñaACC1Ó promotes a comprehensive plan of competitiveness of the sector of the metal in Catalonia
July 30, 2009
With the purpose of promoting new strategies and actions in the field of innovation and internationalization to promote the competitiveness of the sector of the metal,
ACC1Ó allocated approximately 650,000 euros in the start-up of a new comprehensive plan of competitiveness of this sectorIt will help more than 2,200 Catalan companies.
The general director of ACC1Ó, Carme Botifoll, has signed this morning the Convention that will push this plan with representatives of the six entities of the sector in Catalonia: Associació Catalana d'Empreses Motlles i Matrius (Ascamm), Centre d'Estudis i Assessorament Metal·lúrgic (Ceam)Centre Metal·lúrgic (Centrem), Unió Empresarial Metal·lúrgica (EMU), Unió Patronal Metal·lúrgica (UPM) and Unió Patronal Metal·lúrgica of L'Hospitalet i Baix Llobregat (UPMBALL).
In the center of the image Carme Botifoll, general director of ACC10, during the signing of the agreement with six Catalan institutions of the sector of the metal.
The plan includes actions aimed to boost the competitiveness of the sector through joint actions of companies, such as the creation of groups of exports formed for clusters with the aim of jointly introduce your products or services in foreign markets determinants; the creation of units of the outsourcing to facilitate the search for suppliers by a group of companies and encourage purchases in countries of low-cost and participation in international fairs of reference for the sector. In addition, the plan will boost promotion actions to publicize the products and services of the Catalan industry of the metal, which include seminars for dissemination throughout the territory, the creation of a 'newsletter' sectoral and a virtual catalog, realization of thematic classroom on e-commerce, etc.
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