Flanders Investment & Trade can assist with your plans to locate your operational base in Flanders, at the heart of Europe. We provide you with useful insights and up-todate information on a wide range of aspects relating to business relocation, such as:

• site selection and local labor supply;

• legal aspects, tax benefits and government incentives;

• business, government and academic contacts;

• integration into local community life.

Once established in Flanders, we assist you, among other things, with your expansion plans and help you identify new export markets.

If you are a company selling foreign products, Flanders is a place worth running your ruler over. Its industries offer many high-quality, innovative and semi-manufactured products that will astound you. This region is noted, the world over, for its

• renowned chemical, logistics, automotive and life sciences industries;

• cutting-edge building materials, interior design and environmental technology firms;

• top fashion designers and diamond cutting industry;

• breweries and producers of delicious chocolates.

We can help you get in touch with the many suppliers of profitable products developed and produced here in Flanders.

Flanders Investment & Trade supports both local and foreign companies in their ongoing quest for innovation. We provide, among other things, expert advice and guidance for:

• Obtaining government subsidies for innovation projects;

• Tax incentives for R&D staff and for patentderived income;

• Partnerships with our research centers and knowledge cluster;

• Joint ventures and transfer of technology with Flemish hi-tech companies.

To encourage the flow of innovative and technological know-how between Flemish and foreign companies, centers of knowledge and government bodies, Flanders Investment & Trade had posted several technology attachés around the globe:

• Information and Communication Technology (Mumbai, India);

• Biotechnology and Nanotechnology (Tokyo, Japan);

• Biotechnology (New York, USA); • Environment & Energy (Beijing, China);

• Information and Communication Technology (Los Angeles, USA).

Flanders Investment & Trade has an extensive network of representatives in over 90 cities around the globe. To find out more on what Flanders has to offer foreign companies looking to do business in and with the European region of the future, visit: www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com.