Biologistics in Wallonia

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SNAPSHOT OF THE BIOLOGISTICS INDUSTRY

Rixensart

5

more good reasons to invest in Wallonia

Helsinki Oslo

Wavre

Located at the center of economic Europe :

Amsterdam

Optimum localization: Wallonia is located at the heart of the golden triangle between Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt and close to 8 of the top 10 cargo airports with direct connections to the main seaports of Antwerp and Rotterdam.

Köln

Braine l’Alleud Lessines

400 million consumers

Herstal Waremme

Liège

Paris

Namur

Houdeng-Goegnis

Copenhagen

Dublin

Brussels European institutions Multinationals headquarters

4 hours by road

Courcelles

London

Favorable business environment :

200

8000

6

business parks

1000

Total number of jobs in the pharmaceutical industry

competitiveness clusters

Luxembourg

4,200 acres

Paris

of buildable commercial land

Number of jobs in the pharmaceutical industry supply chain Dedicated wholesalers

Source : «Expert Logistic Files N°5 (Biologistic)» , page 14-15. By «Logistics in Wallonia».

Supply chain excellence: qualified services providers that are GDP compliant (E.U. Good Distribution Practice), IATA (International Air Transport Association) & CEIV (Center for Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics) certified, highly qualified logisticians, home to several R&D centers and presence of « contract manufacturing organizations» .

Amsterdam Warsaw Luxembourg Frankfurt

Prague

Strasbourg Vienna

R&D Culture :

Third party accessible temperature controlled warehouses

Biopharma European Distribution Center

Brussels Wallonia

Biologistics activities in Wallonia

100

Stockholm

Antwerpen

Bruxelles

Our key assets

State of the art transport, distribution facilities and infrastructure: « recent investments in cold chain infrastructure and equipments ensure a quality treatment of your products. Other processes with customs and regulatory authorities do facilitate transport and transit of shipments ».

Milan

7

Universities

Science parks

R&D in Life Sciences

80

Madrid Spinoffs

Istanbul

Economy open to the world : WAL=70% EU=30%

Favorable framework for optimizing investments: from national interest deduction to specific VAT regime, to favorable rulings and to grants made available for research, etc.

% of average export turnover

Quality of life :

BIOLOGISTICS IN WALLONIA Multicultural/Welcoming Region

Healthcare sector

INVEST IN WALLONIA Namur Office Park Avenue des Dessus de Lives, 6 B-5101 Loyers (Namur) - Belgium www.investinwallonia.be

Attractive incentives & tax regime: opportunities to use systems such as bonded warehouses, ET14000 tax deferment to the next period and no VAT prefinancing, depot transit, easy customs declarations.

Contact : Franck Toussaint Tel. : +32 81 33 28 62 ftoussaint@investinwallonia.be

Culture/Gastronomy

Nature

Worldwide center of excellence: the Region hosts « Biolog Europe », a NPO that puts through world-class leaders with young enterprises often arising from university research. Highly trained staff and availability of workforce with life sciences supply chain background.


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