Industrial employment hits record highs in Galicia with 192,300 people employed and sectoral growth already exceeding Spain’s average by nearly four points
Rueda highlights that the data “endorse the policies of the Galician Government” to attract new investments and foster the growth of companies already established in Galicia A report on industrial policies for 2023-2025 reveals that the sector accounts for 16.4% of total employment and closed 2025 with the highest year-on-year growth in the industrial production […]
Lorenzana highlights the good health of the Galician shipbuilding industry, which accounts for nearly a third of national orders
Santiago de Compostela, 2 March 2026 The Regional Minister for Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, today underlined the strong period the Galician shipbuilding sector is going through, with productive capacity utilisation already averaging around 80% and accounting for approximately one third of national orders. Lorenzana highlighted these figures at a working meeting held this […]
The Xunta informs in As Pontes of the “historic package” of grants activated this year to support the Galician productive fabric
Igape’s director, Covadonga Toca, takes part in the opening of the “Grants and support instruments for businesses” seminar, organised by the SEARA Business Association She recalls that the Galician Government has active in 2026 support lines worth more than €280 million to strengthen competitiveness, innovation, internationalisation and business financing She highlights the new call for […]
Work begins on the Master Plan for the metalworking industry, which the Xunta regards as the backbone of the industrial fabric
Margarita Ardao, Director of Industrial Strategy and Business Premises, took part this morning in the presentation of the Observatory for the Construction, Metal Structures and Cladding Industry, promoted by Asime with the support of Igape Vigo, 4 February 2026 The Director General of Industrial Strategy and Business Premises, Margarita Ardao, announced this morning the start […]
Lorenzana discusses possible innovative projects with Binarial to position Galicia at the forefront of technology
Santiago de Compostela, 4 February 2026 The Councillor for Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, highlighted Galicia’s potential to position itself at the forefront of technology and innovation. With this aim in mind, she said, her department has made business innovation one of the central pillars of action, with 47 million euros in grants within […]
Lorenzana highlights the financial support that the Xunta is providing this year to Galician businesses with a credit access grant line open for an amount of 19 M€
These subsidised loans, with terms from three to 15 years, can be applied for until 30 September for amounts between 3,000 and 1 M€ for productive investments or working capital Lorenzana describes Panificadora Mencer as “an example of a company that performs a very important social function insofar as it helps the labour market insertion […]
The Xunta is allocating 100 million euros from the Just Transition Funds to promote reindustrialisation and employment in the areas affected by the closure of As Pontes and Meirama
The Xunta is today publishing in the Official Gazette of Galicia the new calls aimed at attracting major flagship projects and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the province of A Coruña “We are not here to talk about closures, but about openings, about new projects in these districts,” said Lorenzana Corgos points out that […]
The Xunta supports 19 companies in Lugo with more than 2 million euros for the improvement of infrastructures and equipment
The territorial delegate for the province, Javier Arias, explained that SME expansion projects are being promoted with average aid of 30% of the eligible investment. Lugo, 30 January 2026 The Xunta de Galicia has allocated 2,096,000 euros in recent months to 19 small and medium-sized enterprises in Lugo to support their expansion projects through the […]
Lorenzana recalls that until next 17 March Galician companies may now apply for the Regional Government’s aid for artificial intelligence
Galigrain was one of the companies that benefited from this line of support from the Regional Government last year, with which it is implementing a storage planning system based on artificial intelligence This new call has a budget of 10 million euros and is part of the package of grants that Igape published in advance […]
Rueda recognises Cándido Hermida as a benchmark of the community’s industrial prestige and of the Galicia Calidade label worldwide
He underlines that the success of the award-winner, who became an entrepreneur at the age of 45 and today heads a business group with a presence in more than 500 cities in 80 countries He reaffirms the role of the Xunta as a facilitating administration that removes bureaucratic obstacles and provides stability and predictability He […]
