On 18 January Mercabarna and the Institute for Agrofood Research and Technology (IRTA) signed an agreement to work together in the areas of research and technology transfer.
Mercabarna is spearheading the project to draft the Strategic Plan for the Food Business Cluster in Barcelona.
Mercabarna’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (EDAR) is equipped with a new facility for purifying the wastewater from activity at the Slaughterhouse and Central Fish Market - a biological purifier which further enhances the process of eliminating waste from water.
“We Want to Work Together with Mercabarna Businesses” The Institute for Agrofood Research and Technology (IRTA) is a public company, created 25 years ago, whose purpose is to promote food research, innovation and development in Catalonia. From the office it will open in Mercabarna, the IRTA will now endeavour to makes its services available to all precinct businesses.
The health centre run by Asepeyo, the occupational accident-insurance company, has acquired a new ambulance.
Since the end of 2009, Mercabarna has been collaborating with Saó, a reflection group that seeks to foster discussion and dissemination of the situation of the rural world and agrofood sector.
Spanish company Mercasa has published its annual Food in Spain 2009.
Improvements were made to the Mercabarna Training Area in January with the purpose of adapting the facilities to the current standards the Catalan Occupation Service (SOC) requires of all collaborating entities.
The car park of the Makro warehouse, located next to the Mercabarna precinct, has been a fee-paying facility since mid-January.
The work material and equipment business Ryddet has opened a new store in the banks and offices area (c/Longitudinal 4, store no. 17).