The President of the Government,

Pedro Sánchez,

held a meeting this morning with the CEO of GlobalLogic,

Nitesh Banga,

in which they discussed the establishment in Spain of

several digital engineering centers that will involve the hiring by this Hitachi subsidiary up to 2,500 to 3,000

high value-added employees and software engineers.

GlobalLogic, specialized in advanced software, has decided to establish its first two operations centers in southern Europe in Valencia and Malaga in 2023 with the intention of later expanding its activity to Madrid and Tarragona as well.

The top executive of GlobalLogic has highlighted

the commitment to Spain and the commitment to digitization

in his meeting with the President of the Spanish Government, who has highlighted the strengths of Spain, with human capital of high added value.

Likewise, Sánchez has also highlighted the important attraction of Spain to attract international talent, after the approval of the startup law and has emphasized the Executive's commitment to the digitization of the country in areas such as 5G, semiconductors, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and the economy. of the data

"Spain attracts green and digital investment", the President of the Government highlighted on his official Twitter profile.

"We are committed to territorial cohesion and an inclusive digital transformation, with public-private collaboration", he added.

On behalf of the Generalitat Valenciana, the general director of Coordination of Government Action, Juan Ángel Poyatos, has highlighted that this is "great news for the Community" which confirms the announcement made by the 'president' Ximo Puig in September .

"With the decision of the Hitachi subsidiary, the position of the Valencian Community is reinforced as an axis of attraction for investments from multinationals, as happened with Volkswagen. In addition, it places us as a territory in which technology companies can invest, since We have great talent in our universities, which allows us to have an ecosystem of innovation that guarantees that many multinationals bet on the Valencian Community. I am convinced that it will not be the last", he stated in statements sent to the media.

The

attraction of foreign investment

continues to be one of the Executive's priorities and, precisely this Monday, the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, Reyes Maroto has met with the firm Inobat Auto to negotiate the installation of a battery plant for electrified cars in Valladolid.

If it occurs, the installation of the industrial complex would mean an investment of 3,000 million euros in the capital of Castilla y León.

Likewise, the President of the Government has

several meetings in Davos with leaders of multinationals

with the same objective.

This is the case of the CEO of Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon, with whom he already met in the previous edition;

Dow Chemical CEO Jim Fitterling;

or the president of Air Liquide, Benoît Potier.

In addition, he will also hold meetings with the CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, and the CEO of Mubadala, the sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates, Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

These meetings take place shortly after in the addendum to the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, the Government reserved 2,000 million euros for the launch of co-investment vehicles together with sovereign funds and institutions.

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