13 March 2020
The coronavirus and the according measures by the governments of Belgium and Flanders have an effect on the entire country. What is the impact on the services and activities of Flanders Investment & Trade?
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11 February 2020
Barry Callebaut, Inari, Nike and INEOS are winners at the Foreign Investment Trophy event
22 January 2020
An additional 150 Brexit-related investments are currently in the pipeline
22 January 2020
Foreign investments reached an all-time high in terms of investment amount, number of projects & job creation.
16 January 2020
Barry Callebaut, DAF Trucks, Heyaru Engineering, Hologic and International Car Operators (ICO) are the five nominees for the 2020 Foreign Investment of the Year Trophy, as announced by Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT).
28 October 2019
Members from the informal platform Comité de Liaison (CDL) and the European Trade Promotion Organisations’ Association (ETPOA) have gathered today in Brussels for the official Signing Ceremony of their merger agreement.
18 September 2019
Luminex Network Intelligence and Sioen Industries win the Export Lion Award 2019
1 April 2019
In 2018, Flanders-based companies realized exports amounting to no less than EUR 328 billion. Claire Tillekaerts, CEO of Flanders Investment & Trade: “In 2018, Flanders’ exports increased by 3.45% compared EUR € 317 billion in 2017. This is the 9th export increase in a row and one of the highest growth rates since 2010, the year in which our exports emerged from the economic crisis.” Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) based the analysis on the 2018 import and export figures of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB).
18 March 2019
Borealis (Austria), Daikin (Japan) and AGP (Peru) claim victories at the Foreign Investment Trophy
22 January 2019
In 2018, foreign companies channeled a total of EUR 4.24 billion into sites and activities in Flanders, Belgium’s autonomous northern region. Not only does this represent the highest total annual investment amount ever in Flanders, it’s also twice as much as the year before.
17 January 2019
Flanders Investment & Trade will present Japanese air-conditioning specialist Daikin with the Lifetime Achievement Trophy for 45 years of investments in Flanders.
Borealis, CPMC, Mainfreight and Nipro are currently competing for the Foreign Investment of the Year Trophy.
8 May 2018
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) – the agency responsible for attracting and guiding foreign investors to Flanders, Belgium’s northern region – has launched a new promotional film called ‘Invest in Flanders’.
9 April 2018
Trade in goods exports by Flemish companies amounted to EUR 317 billion in 2017, which was a 5% increase compared with 2016, thus reaching a new all-time high. This analysis, compiled by Flanders Investment & Trade, is based on the annual trade figures published by the National Accounts Institute at the National Bank of Belgium.