The Wallonia Patrika

December 2016 The Wallonia Patrika > Wallonia is a region structured by comprehensive,expats efecive who truly blossomand here. About 80 Indian companies interconnected transport networks. Travelling through Wallonia, from a variety of sectors have already elected to set up a base in Belgium, is an easy passage through a territory where distance Belgium. has been abolished. Europe in concentrated form, a land of > Through its direct connecion to Brussels, Wallonia beneits contrasts where inspired locaions never end. from its close proximity and immediate access to the European > You can do business in Wallonia with a density and intensity insituions as well as the internaional organizaions and unlike anywhere else: available space, quality infrastructure, associaions located there. In addiion, this locaion at the heart a high level of skills and proximity to research centres make of Europe makes it one of the coninent’s most atracive regions, Wallonia a sustainable locaion for development and a ferile especially for distribuion centres and logisics plaforms. ground for innovaion. > In fact, Wallonia beneits from the densest road and motorway > Wallonia’s doors are open to the world, not just giving access network in Europe. In just 4 hours by road, you can reach to hundreds of millions of consumers in just a few hours, but nearly 60 million people. And in one day, an area of 370 million each year also welcoming millions of tourists, students and consumers can be reached, as well as 20 of Europe’s major ciies. 2 | www.awex.in December 2016 The Wallonia Patrika CONTENTS 4 China invests in business incubator 4 A irst for Wallonia and Europe 6 All about professional cards Editor's Note A headstart for your European plans China invests in 8 Sonaca 200 sets the standard business incubator First aircrat to be assembled in Belgium Dear Reader, 6 10 A revoluionary Fixed Training Device Venyo redeines pilot training Welcome to this latest ediion of the Wallonia Patrika newsleter. We thank you for taking the ime to read the informaion we are 11 Dedicated to excellence Meet the Belgian Flight School providing on our region and its favourable business environment. All about 12 WagrALIM fosters innovaion professional cards 2017 promises to be a historical year for our two countries. It from food 12 will mark the 70th anniversary of diplomaic relaions between Compeiive cluster dedicated to excellence India and Belgium. Our country was indeed one of the irst to recognize the newly independent India in 1947. 14 A new mulimodal logisics plaform Trilogiport at the heart of Europe In addiion, the Wallonia Trade & Investment Agency (AWEX) has WagrALIM fosters 16 Wallonia leads the way innovaion from food named India as its focus market for 2017. Such a focus market is in 3-D Prining designated each year in order to boost business ies between the A closer look at Addiive Manufacturing 16 Wallonia region of Belgium and the focus country in quesion. Numerous iniiaives will therefore be taken throughout 2017, 18 A Belgian quality label Monde Selecion recognized internaionally including trade missions to India and events to atract Indian investors to Wallonia. 20 Two Indian researchers on Wallonia leads the life in Wallonia way in 3-D Prining About 80 Indian companies have already invested in Belgium and Meet Atri and Rama Krishna are beneiing from our country’s unique geographical locaion 23 in the heart of Western Europe, as well as from our unmatched 22 A boat lit unique in its kind 73-meter height diference overcome experise in areas such as logisics, warehousing and distribuion (page 14). Companies large and small prosper in the atracive 23 An Indian castle in the Belgian iscal environment that is ours. In this issue, we provide you with Radhadesh, an Indian countryside castle in the Belgian useful basic informaion on applying for a professional card when Radhadesh temple in green surroundings countryside you start your business in Belgium (page 6). Invesing in Wallonia also means becoming a part of a hi-tech CONTACT US environment. In the next pages, you will, for example, read about Mr. Christophe Van Overstraeten the irst aircrat to be enirely manufactured in Belgium (page 8), First Secretary – Trade & Investment as well as about our state-of-the-art pilot training technologies Wallonia-Brussels Economic Representaion (pages 10 and 11). You will also discover the unique funcioning Embassy of Belgium of the Strépy-Thieu boat lit (page 22) that operates south of Brussels. And we present you the irst Chinese incubator in 50-N Shanipath, Chanakyapuri Europe – an investment that is bound to boost business relaions 110021 New Delhi between China and Belgium (page 4). Tel.: 011 4242 8200 Last but not least, we have featured some inspiring tesimonials newdelhi@awex-wallonia.com • www.wallonia.in from Indians living and working in Wallonia (page 20), as well as informaion about places that will make you feel you’re in India – Mrs. Emmanuelle Timmermans even though you’re not (page 23)! Trade & Investment Commissioner AWEX Mumbai We wish you a pleasant read and remain at your disposal for any Belgian Consulate General quesion you might have about Wallonia. TCG Financial Centre, 7th Floor, C-53 G-Block Sincerely yours, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai - 400051 Tel.: 022 2652 1025 Christophe Van Overstraeten mumbai@awex-wallonia.com • www.wallonia.in First Secretary – Trade & Investment Wallonia-Brussels Economic Representaion Embassy of Belgium, New Delhi www.awex.in | 3 December 2016 The Wallonia Patrika Welcome China! Construction to begin in Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, on China’s first business incubator in Europe. ow do you lure more Chinese innovaion in Europe? Build Han ‘intelligence valley’ where high-tech companies can set up shop, work side-by-side with industry peers and researchers, and develop their technology for the European market. That’s the vision behind the future China-Belgium Technology Center (CBTC) business incubator in Louvain-la-Neuve, set to be ready in 2018. Building work was due to start in October 2016, several years ater Wallonia’s Export-Investment Agency (AWEX) and the Walloon Science Parks Associaion opened the China Welcome Oice in Mons and a Belgian Welcome Oice in Wuhan, to help companies expand into each other’s markets. The CBTC will do the The aim of the CBTC is to foster commercial and technology partnerships between Chinese and ©Archipelago / Bureau Architecture Engineering Verhaegen European companies. JuXing Internaional Technology, betweena European companies – consorium of the Wuhan Eastlakeparicularly in Wallonia – and Chinese Internaional Business Incubator companies," AWEX CEO Pascale (Whibi) and Wuhan TechnologyDelcomminete said in June. same on a much grander scale for Investment. "We’re all conident thatAter several years of planning, the some 200 companies acive in ields the CBTC is the best opportunityproject for is moving ahead quickly. such as green technology, electronic Chinese companies to explore commerce, and the Internet of Things the European market in a great network connecing objects like environment and ind new home and car electronics and remote THE FIGURES business opportuniies," said health monitoring systems to the Zhang MinRong, General Manager • Total investment amount: €200 Internet. Half of the companies will be of UIG Europe. million. Chinese, the other half from Europe. On the Belgian side, AWEX played • Area of business incubators + hotel: a key role in geing government 97,000 square meters. €200 million in funding support for China’s irst business • Number of companies expected: Chinese investors will provide €200 incubator on European soil. "As 200 (50/50 Chinese/European). million in funding for the project the irst Chinese technological via United Investment Group (UIG). • Jobs to be created: 1,600 (60% showcase of its kind in Europe, Belgian, 40% Chinese). Investors are the Hubei United the CBTC will ighten the bonds Development Investment Group and 4 | www.awex.in Building work will start later this year, four months ater construcion began on a public road that will traverse the enire CBTC site. It will be strategically located inside the Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park, with access via the E411 highway on one side and the naional N4 road on the other. Architecture irms from both countries are collaboraing Proximity to the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) will allow companies to work with the academic community. on the design and planning: from the Belgian side, Brussels’ Bureau Architecture Engineering Verhaegen. Academic proximity a plus Most importantly, proximity to the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) will allow companies to work with the academic community – and with each other – to test their technologies and get them ready for the market. With that goal in sight, Wuhan University ©Archipelago / Bureau Architecture Engineering Verhaegen and Huazhong University of Within the incubator, irms will Science and Technology, also in THE FACTS have access to oices, laboratories Wuhan Province, are already and a service center with rooms • What? The China-Belgium Technology collaboraing with UCL on for seminars and dining. There Center (CBTC) business incubator. research. will also be a 160-room hotel for The ulimate aim of the CBTC is to • Where? An 8.3-hectare site at Louvain Chinese visitors here on short foster commercial and technology la-Neuve Science Park. assignments as well as for the partnerships between Chinese • Who? UIG Europe. Investors are Hubai public. Companies that choose to and European companies. United Development Investment (90% set up in the incubators will also Philippe Barras, Managing shareholder) and JuXing International get business support and advice, Director of the Louvain-la-Neuve Technology (10% shareholder), an including for paperwork and Science Park, said the locaion in vestmentwas consortium of the Wuhan inding housing. chosen for three main reasons: Eastlake International Business Of the 1,600 jobs expected to proximity to Brussels, UCL’s status Incubator (Whibi) and Wuhan be created, about 60% will go to as a world-class university, and Technology Investment.

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