Stand 1616
Malaga, Andalucia
SPAIN
URL malaga.eu
Company Profile
Malaga, Spain is an Entrepreneurial Smart City with a surrounding innovative ecosystem called Malaga Valley known for its high-tech industry, its Smart City initiatives & its entrepreneurial spirit.
Google, Oracle, IBM, Accenture, Ericsson, Fujitsu and others have benefited from operating in Malaga. Low labor costs juxtaposed with a high quality of life & an airport with 84 international destinations make Malaga one of the best places to live, work and invest.
Malaga is a dynamic Southern European hub which boasts one of the largest European incubator networks, consisting of 14 facilities with capacity for more than 300 startups. Malaga has more than 45 "Smart City" initiatives and a municipal Urban Laboratory where companies can certify their pilot projects. The Andalusian Technological Park is home to 626 companies and employs 16.774 people. Software development, wireless solutions, radio frequency identification, aeronautics, biotechnology and renewable energies are the main sectors. The first Spanish National Digital Content Center of Excellence will open in June.
The city has a metropolitan population of 1.1 million. In 2015, its economic growth was 3.5 % and it is projected to be 3 % in 2016. It is also the birthplace of Pablo Picasso & Antonio Banderas.