Expansion project and international aims for Mercamadrid
Spain
Friday 23 July 2010
FJ
Mercamadrid, food logistic center of the capital and of Spain, will have 25 % of additional surface.
Mercamadrid, Spanish wholesale market, is going to get bigger and wishes to increase its international fame.
With a current surface of 222 hectares, Mercamadrid will be widened by a new zone of 453.492 m2 that is 25 % of additional surface.
The investment will be of 300 million euro, and will allow the creation of 200 new companies which will offer 1.400 jobs.
2 strategic axes of Mercamadrid for this decade will be "to obtain an international position and to exploit the possibilities offered by the new technologies " said the Mayor.
Mercamadrid is the food logistic center of Madrid Community but also besides Spain. Between January and June 2010, Mercamadrid marketed 939 000 tons of products.
Source: ABC, that, press europa