Industrial

The CZFB has participated in major Industry 4.0 events, including 4YFN at Mobile World Congress, Smart City Expo, and Advanced Factories 2025. At these events, they showcased District 4.0 and the DFactory Barcelona expansion project, while highlighting the full innovation ecosystem through the participation of numerous companies based in District 4.0, DFactory Barcelona, or the…

From 16–18 September, DFactory Barcelona – driven by the CZFB – reaffirmed its position as a leading international Industry 4.0 ecosystem by hosting the Global AM Hubs Summit. The inaugural edition of this summit brought together the main additive manufacturing (3D printing) hubs and organisations across Europe, along with industry leaders, experts, associations, universities, and…

The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, attended the 6th edition of the Barcelona New Economy. Week (BNEW), organised by the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB). The event took place at the end of September at DFactory Barcelona. Sánchez was accompanied by CZFB CEO Blanca Sorigué, who guided him on a tour of…

The CZFB is advancing the creation of a reference laboratory for intelligent connected driving to improve mobility and road safety. In May, Calle 3 in the Free Zone became a real-world testbed to validate a connected vehicle and 5G network coverage. The laboratory analyses vehicle-to-infrastructure communication using 5G and C-V2X technologies, with the aim of…

This project, developed in collaboration with Goodman in Barcelona’s Free Zone, will be GLS’s first multilevel facility in Europe and is set to be fully operational by 2026. With a total surface area of 20,298 m² spread across three floors on a 17,500 m² plot, the complex will include 13,189 m² of state-of-the-art warehouses and…