The Free Trade Zone of Cádiz has taken advantage of the tenth edition of Navalia, the International Naval Industry Fair held in Vigo from May 19 to 21, to showcase the capabilities and strengths of the Blue Economy and innovation ecosystem that has been consolidated in the province of Cádiz. The State delegate in the Cádiz Consortium, Fran González, accompanied by the financial director and Blue Economy chief, José Manuel Fedriani, and by the director of Business Promotion and Foreign Trade, Marta Domínguez, has led the Cádiz delegation at an event that this year has gathered 602 exhibitors and nearly 1,200 represented brands, with delegations from all five continents.
The Free Trade Zone's stand has received numerous visits from authorities, institutional representatives, and companies interested in learning about the services, advantages, and synergies offered by the Consortium. The Cádiz presence has been supported by a large group of firms from the naval sector linked to the institution, including Elecam, Quest Global, Cayco, Surcontrol, and Frizonia, which have projected themselves as benchmarks of the Cádiz naval industry both nationally and internationally. The ecosystem has been completed with the presence of the Blue Core-Incubazul projects, with five of its startups, as well as entities such as the Cádiz Maritime Naval Cluster, the Port of Cádiz, Cadiz Port, and Navantia.
González emphasized the relevance of the naval sector on a global scale and, particularly, in the province of Cádiz. "Talking about the naval sector in general and in Cádiz in particular is talking about an industry with real historical weight, but currently also a strategic lever at a time when Europe is once again looking to the sea as a space of industrial sovereignty," stated the delegate of the Cádiz Consortium. In this same vein, González has highlighted the leading role of Navantia in the province, which articulates a network of highly specialized SMEs and constitutes one of the most relevant naval clusters in the country. "The much-demanded public-private collaboration for many strategic projects to see the light is a reality in Cádiz," he added.
The head of the Free Trade Zone has also acknowledged the work of the Cádiz companies present at the fair, thanking them for choosing the Consortium's facilities for their location. "These are companies that are creating an important innovative fabric around the Cádiz fiscal enclosure and that complement and enrich our ecosystem day by day," he pointed out.
