Lorenzana recalls that companies can still join the partnership agreements to boost major industrial projects in security, defence and aerospace in Galicia
The deadline for submitting applications is open until next 30 September The Xunta will allocate 40 million euros to these agreements, one of the main measures of the Strategic Initiative for Security, Defence and Aerospace (Iesda) The minister stressed that companies such as Centum show that in Galicia it is possible to produce top-level technology […]
Lorenzana discusses with Metaldeza the opportunities offered by the security and defence sector
Santiago de Compostela, 5 August 2026 The Minister of Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, highlighted, in a meeting with Metaldeza executives, the company’s potential to diversify its activity and enter the security and defence sectors. Thus, she pointed out that the company, based in Lalín (Pontevedra), can become a benchmark thanks to its commitment […]
Xunta is advancing with the sector on the launch of the Business Factory Energy to boost business innovation in energy
The Business Factory Energy seeks to accelerate startups and innovative projects, facilitating their connection with the market and with the real needs of the energy sector Within the framework of a working meeting with the lead companies, progress was made on validating the first challenges of the BF Energy and on strengthening collaboration between the […]
Rueda highlights the Cándido Hermida Group as a benchmark for Galicia’s international prestige in the contract sector
He thanked the company for its entrepreneurial vision and its commitment to innovation, talent and training, highlighting its pioneering collaboration with Dual Vocational Training in the area He reaffirmed the Xunta’s commitment to the business community and to the timber and wood industry through measures such as the Master Plan, endowed with 114 million euros, […]
Lorenzana announces that from 29 July, aid worth 45 million euros for companies in the automotive sector can be applied for
The programme is structured in three lines of action, each with an amount of 15 million euros The aid, designed following a process of dialogue with the cluster, can reach up to a maximum of 10 million euros, and companies will be able to access several lines Lorenzana states that Galician industry is in a […]
Lorenzana announces that on 28 July, aid will be launched to help Galician wineries purchase grapes, with a budget of 2 million euros
Applications may be submitted from Wednesday 5 August It states that this is a line of support that the Xunta has been calling since 2023 to help wineries from the five denominations of origin cope with one of the most financially demanding periods of the year Its aim is to provide them with liquidity and […]
Rueda praises Galicia’s talent and innovation ahead of the upcoming launch of OSSIE, the first Spanish vehicle that will move satellites in space
He emphasised the “pride” that this cutting-edge aerospace milestone of international significance carries the Galicia Calidade seal and positions the region as a global technological benchmark He also highlighted the 40 million euros that the Galician Government will invest to attract major industrial security, defence and aerospace projects to Galicia through Pre-Commercial Public Procurement, a […]
Xunta is advancing the procedures to expand the surface area of the Corgo business park to 347,000 square metres
The territorial delegate for Lugo, Alfonso Villares, and the manager of Xestur, Diego Toja, explained that the Galician Government expects to definitively approve in September the Project of Autonomous Interest (PIA) to drive the action The initiative will make it possible to add a further 203,089 square metres to the park, of which 118,244 will […]
Xunta and Repsol are assessing joint collaboration avenues
Santiago de Compostela, 14 July 2026 The Secretaries for Environment and Climate Change, Ángeles Vázquez, and for Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, met today with Berta Cabello, Director of Renewable Fuels at Repsol, and Natalia Barreiro, Director of the Industrial Complex in A Coruña, to assess joint collaboration avenues between the two entities. During […]
Lorenzana highlights that around fifty Galician companies have benefited from the first line of grants for certifications in the defence sector
These are companies from areas such as the naval, metal-mechanical, aerospace, technological, transport, industrial maintenance, automotive, electricity and electronics, consultancy, construction, engineering or additive manufacturing sectors This line of support is one of the measures that the Galician Government is developing within the Strategic Initiative for Security, Defence and Aerospace, where association agreements play a […]
