Invest Week Edition 2022 – West Flanders day – M&M / Food / New Materials

Discover investment opportunity in West-Flanders for companies active in the New Materials, Food, and Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics industry.

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West Flanders – your Gateway to Europe – offers a unique blend of advantages and opportunities to businesses looking for a strategic location for a new project, in any shape or form. During the Invest Week - West Flanders day, we introduce you to the investment opportunities that await you in the New Materials, Food and Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics industries in our region.

Thousands of foreign companies are already benefiting from these assets. Interested?

Discover the full programme:

Day Captain:

FIT: Dominique Vanderhaeghen (+32 471 0588473899905)

POM WFL: Kristien Vandamme (+32 497051869)

Timing & activity

  • 07:44 Leave BXL by train (IC 1529) - Brussels North - Blankenberge
  • 08:53 Arrival at Brugge station - Day Captains await the group on the platform
  • 09:00 Bus transfer to Zedelgem
  • 09:30 Visit to CNH Industrial, Léon Claeysstraat 3A 8210 Zedelgem - https://cnhind-zedelgem.be
  • 09:30 Welcome by Stefaan Verhamme, Clustermanager POM WFL
  • 09:35 Welcome and introduction to CNHi by Plantmanager CNHi
  • 09:45 Link to GAP Analysis M&M by Lothe Verstraete, Deputy Director Inward Investment FIT
  • 09:55 Guided visit CNHi
  • 11:50 End of the visit
  • 12:00 Bus transfer to Roeselare
  • 12:30 Visit to House of Food (Huis van de Voeding) – Factory of the Future, Spanjestraat 141, 8800 Roeselare - https://fabriekenvoordetoekomst.be/huis-van-de-voeding

Programme

  • 12:30 Welcome by Jean de Bethune, Member of the Executive Committee WFL
  • 12:35 Opportunity in West-Flanders for companies active in the food industry by Geert Dangreau, Head of Unit Knowledge Economy POM WFL
  • 13:00 Lunch
  • 14:00 Bus transfer to Kortrijk
  • 14:30 Visit to VEG-i-TEC - living lab for the vegetable processing industry, Graaf Karel de Goedelaan 44, 8500 Kortrijk - https://www.ugent.be/veg-i-tec/en
  • 15:30 Bus transfer to Circular Material Center (CMC)
  • 15:45 Visit to Circular Material Center (CMC), Etienne Sabbelaan 49, 8500 Kortrijk - https://fabriekenvoordetoekomst.be/circular-materials-center
  • 15:45 Investment opportunity in West-Flanders for companies active in the New Materials industry by Stefaan Verhamme, Clustermanager POM WFL
  • 16:15 Guided visit to CMC
  • 16:45 Bus transfer to Kortrijk Station
  • 17:11 Leave Kortrijk by train (IC 2315), Kortrijk – Brussels Airport
  • 18:32 Arrival in Brussels-North station

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