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The new logistics center will, together with three satellite centers, centralize the activities of the current 15 centers. It will reduce the number of steps in the chain, with medicines going directly from the factory to the European distribution center, from which they will go directly to the customer

In the race for foreign investments, Wallonia attracted 67 new projects in 2009, creating 2,038 new jobs compared to the 78 projects in Flanders. These are the findings published by the annual PLI (Plant Location International) study, an IBM division specialised in investment consultancy on a global scale

One year after opening a store in Mons, the sporting equipment supply chain has accelerated its installation in Wallonia by opening a new store in La Louvière.
The investment involved 7 million Euros, 4,400 square metres of sales area and 400 car park spaces.

The new head office of AGC Glass Europe, the European company specializing in flat glass, will be built in Louvain-la-Neuve and during the first half of 2013 will accommodate almost 500 Belgian employees from its management and administration departments.

The BJA (Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce) has put all of its research ducks in a row by focusing them on Belgium's investment climate, and has come to the conclusion that the country is an excellent investment environment

In 2009, Belgium ranked 3rd in the table of world productivity published annually by the Conference Board, thereby ousting the USA from its position in the top three.

482,121 tonnes of freight transited Liège airport in 2009.
The strong performance was mainly due to the upturn in sales posted by TNT during the 4th quarter, good performances by El Al, Ethiopian and Southern Air, and the arrival of ABX Air and Avient.

The Swedish giant Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has acquired the plot in the Ghlin-Baudour industrial estate where it will locate its future European distribution centre. More than 400 new jobs will be created.

Already in Belgium since 2007, Huawei is a 87.500 staff worldwide enterprise. The company enjoys already 4 European R&D centers. The Louvain-la-Neuve centre will be added to the list of R&D centers located in Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam and Munich.

Wallonia is the first logistic region in Europe. This is the conclusion of a survey lead by Cushman & Wakefield and published by Logistics in Wallonia and AWEX.