- The Government representative visited the facilities of the company Calor Color, a beneficiary last year of the grants under this programme, which aims to promote international outreach and enhance the international competitiveness of Galicia’s production fabric
Ames (A Coruña), 29 April 2026
The Xunta’s delegate in A Coruña, Belén do Campo, accompanied by the territorial director of the Department of Economy and Industry, Isidoro Martínez, visited today in Ames the facilities of the company Calor Color, which benefited last year from the grants under the Galicia Exporta Empresas programme, a scheme promoted by the Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (Igape) to foster international outreach and improve the international competitiveness of Galicia’s production fabric.
During the visit, the Galician Government representative saw first‑hand the initiatives carried out by the firm thanks to this regional support, which has enabled it to strengthen its presence in international markets and progress in its digitalisation strategy for internationalisation. Belén do Campo highlighted that the company employs 24 workers and exports to countries such as Italy, the United States, Dubai, Germany, Mexico and Ecuador, among others.
In particular, Calor Color implemented a comprehensive international promotion project with a total investment of more than 103,000 euros, for which it received a contribution from the Xunta of over 74,000 euros.
Belén do Campo explained that this grant made it possible to finance international marketing and communication activities, as well as digitalisation measures aimed at opening new markets. These include participation in the international trade fairs Euroluce 2025, held in Milan, and Light Design Expo in San Francisco, the preparation of specific promotional catalogues for both events, the company’s inclusion on the specialist platform Archiproducts and the creation of a new sales channel through an e‑commerce platform.
The delegate stressed that “this type of initiative enables Galician companies to achieve a qualitative leap in their external presence, reach new customers and consolidate their brand in increasingly demanding and competitive international markets.”
Boosting business internationalisation
Belén do Campo recalled that the Xunta keeps supporting Galician SMEs in their process of opening up to the outside world as one of its priorities, “because internationalising means gaining competitiveness, growth capacity and stability”.
In this regard, she highlighted that the Galicia Exporta Empresas programme backs external‑promotion activities that help improve the positioning of Galician firms and strengthen their international presence, through participation in trade fairs and events, marketing and communication campaigns in foreign markets, commercial prospecting, analysis of new destinations and digitalisation and e‑commerce projects.
The call for this year 2026, she recalled, has a total budget of 9 million euros and keeps the application deadline open until 30 September.
“The Xunta has already activated, at the beginning of the year, most of the support schemes offered by Igape so that Galician businesses can plan their investments and growth strategies in good time. We want to be a useful partner so that our SMEs can compete under solid conditions in international markets,” she said.
More than 1.5 million for 64 companies in the province of A Coruña
Belén do Campo recalled that last year’s call had a budget of 8.3 million euros for the whole of Galicia. Within this framework, she emphasised the impact of this support line in the province of A Coruña, where in the 2025 call 64 companies from 25 municipalities were beneficiaries, with a total regional investment of more than 1.5 million euros, which mobilised over 2.5 million euros.
In the specific case of the Santiago region, 16 grants were awarded to companies in the municipalities of Santiago, Teo and Ames, for an amount exceeding 377,000 euros, which mobilised more than 377,000 euros.
Belén do Campo underlined that these figures “show the dynamism of the business fabric in the region and the ability of our SMEs to make their way abroad with innovative products, design, quality and added value.”
