Investment in Talavera
A city full
of opportunities
Investing in Talavera de la Reina is different, because Talavera is different. A city that’s continually growing, ready to welcome your business.
Excellent location
Capital city of the West
Located on the Atlantic axis between Madrid and Lisbon
Located in the province of Toledo, it has an important role upon the surrounding area, which comprises around 185,000 inhabitants, bringing together important urban services.
Talavera de la Reina is the connecting point between Madrid and Lisbon, halfway between the two cities. Geo-strategically located between A 5 and A 6 highway, between Madrid, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura, its location is an alternative to other economic centers, with more competitive prices, excellent services and lots of land for development.
- 84.429 inhabitants
Total population
in the surrounding area
Industrial fabric
Talavera currently offers companies from different sectors an opportunity for industrial relocation at a European level.
New sectors that multiply and complement the basic economic sectors in Talavera are key to its urban economy transformation. Talavera's logistics, the advanced services, and its technology improve and modernize the traditional consolidated fabric, adding value and competitiveness.
Transformative Industrial Fabric
Technology and Logistics
Industrial
Space
Talavera
Ferial
Institutional
support
Plan
Adelante
Incentives
Agri-food sector
Talavera was and will be the Livestock Market capital city. It accounts for 80% of the milk bovine herd in Castilla-La Mancha, and houses large and important companies from this sector.
For an agri-food company, being in Talavera has key competitive advantages:
- It represents 30% of industrial activity, being this the most important activity.
- Local human capital with training background in agri-food industries through several vocational programs in Talavera.
- Being close to the raw material — the livestock in the region.
Inter-professional Dairy Laboratory in Castilla-La Mancha (LILCAM)
Talavera equals milk quality control. LILCAM has brought together farmers and entrepreneurs to carry out milk quality control for more than 20 years. This lab analyzes milk’s composition and its hygiene-health quality, while carrying out milk control to select animals genetically, thus guaranteeing the herds’ excellence.
This inter-professional space analyzes samples from more than 5,000 stockbreeders, for more than 300 top-level industries. DANONE, GARCIA BAQUERO or LACTALIS support this laboratory, as members of its Board.
LILCAM has positioned Talavera’s dairy sector at the same level as other well-known ones in Germany, Holland and France. Its staff is mainly nourished by students from agri- food industries Vocational Education Programs in San Isidro high school, in Talavera.
Services Sector
The fact that Talavera is the most important city in the area has enabled the existence of highly diversified services. About 70% of the companies belong to this sector (40% non-commercial services and 29% commercial services).
Percentage of the Services sector
The strong traditional commercial fabric has learned how to coexist with large multinationals arriving in Talavera; such as Carrefour, Leroy Merlin, or Decathlon.
Much of the commercial activity can be found in the city center. Large companies, such as El Corte Ingles, and internationally renowned fashion firms, along with traditional shops have adapted to new times, making the city’s commercial landscape livelier, more diverse and attractive.
Parks and shopping areas are arranged in various areas of the city, creating a commercial map that covers the whole urban topography.
Textile Sector
Talavera is a source of knowledge regarding the textile sector, built up thanks to clothing companies, suppliers, a textile technology center, as well as qualified human capital.
Following the global relocation of the textile sector towards more competitive markets, and as a result of the new economic paradigm, a new relocation phase opens up in Talavera.
- Talavera’s workshops manufacture for national and international reference brands.
- It represents 21% of the industrial activity in Talavera, being this the second most important activity.
The platform “Talavera Textil” was born as a result of the recent health crisis and the will to put Talavera again on the European textile industry map.
The quality and the label “Producto de Talavera” will be the signature of those companies that adhere to this new textile ecosystem: from logistics companies, to the manufacture of clothing elements, garment treatment and even recycling materials.
Talavera’s Institute for Economic Promotion has already launched www.talaveratextil.es platform. It aims to attract, facilitate and help every company in the sector interested in becoming part of this added value ecosystem.
Technology Sector
Talavera gets into the technological scene strongly, with the creation of the Regional Center for Digital Innovation, a space for research in cybersecurity and cloud technology.
The Regional Center for Digital Innovation embodies the city’s commitment to the growing technology sector, with the presence of powerful multinational companies such as Red Hat, Palo Alto Networks, IBM International Business Machines and ORACLE, which will take the city’s business fabric to the next level, increasing its competitiveness in international markets, adapting to the new reality. Another one of the Center’s cross-cutting goals is to help the government of Castilla La Mancha fulfill the objectives set in their Digital Agenda.
The field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) is getting better. This is proven by the talent and technological knowledge from the UCLM Computer Engineering Degree and several other Vocational Education programs. Relying on the education and development in the technology sector is a firm bet towards employment and growth in an innovative city. This standpoint has been key when the time came for the Junta de Castilla la Mancha to consider Talavera as the ideal city to set up the Regional Center for Digital Innovation, according to the 2030 Agenda. For them, development, smart growth and sustainability are key elements in creating an economy based on knowledge and innovation.
Setting up in Talavera means seizing the opportunity.
Technology companies find themselves in the perfect ecosystem for innovation and technology transfer, while having a chance to collaborate in large scale projects.
This scenario also spurs on a consolidated business fabric, regarding software development, digital services, data analysis, or applied artificial intelligence.
CAU
The new User Support Center in Educational Centers (CAU-Edu) will count with professional workers to coordinate the delivery and commissioning of the 57,000 electronic devices acquired for the digitization of educational centers in the region; as well as the subsequent resolution of queries, requests, and incidences throughout the school year.
Spanish headquarters of the Gaia-X European project
Talavera is the national epicenter of a Big Data ecosystem
seeking European independence in the cloud
The Talavera Regional Center for Digital Innovation hosts the national headquarters of this important European project that places us at the level of the main technological capitals of Europe, since the headquarters of France is in Paris; that of Germany in Berlin and the headquarters of Spain is located in Talavera de la Reina.
Gaia-X implies for Talavera growth, retention and attraction of talent and quality employment. It favors the creation of new synergies with technology-based companies that are attracted by the presence of this headquarters and are seeking to develop their professional experience within the framework of a transcendent project that uses Artificial Intelligence to transform the economy and seeks European independence in the cloud to become an alternative to the cloud services of the American and Asian giants.
Logistics Sector
Talavera’s geostrategic location, in main communication roads, with competitive storage prices, land acquisition opportunities, and the existence of traditional industries have boosted a modern logistics sector with great growth potential.
Transport and logistics companies already located in Talavera defend this option because of the proximity, and all the money their businesses have saved.
Logistics hub between Madrid and Lisbon, competitive prices and industrial sectors demanding automated supply chains, such as agri-food and textiles, are key attraction factors.
- 116 Km from Madrid
- M2 cost of logistic storage: up to 50% less than in Madrid.
- Creation of the “TT Space Transport and Technology” with 2,6 M of m2 for transport & logistics, and technology companies.
Industrial Space
An opportunity for relocation
Talavera de la Reina wants to become a relocation option for businesses at a European level.
For this purpose, there is a significant amount of land available, with different uses matching each business need:
Torrehierro Industrial Site
With 1.8 million m2, it is located just 115 km away from Madrid. There is land available for Industries, Services and Businesses, and its urban design adapts to different business needs. Well-connected via A-5 / E-90 highway, with a specific exit for it. It is 5 minutes away from Talavera de la Reina’s train station, on the Madrid-Lisbon railway line.
The public land business entity (SEPES) is carrying out a 1,8 million m2 expansion of the Industrial site, thus doubling its current surface area.
TT Space "Transport and Technology"
Creation of more than 2.6 million m2 of industrial land. This future development will provide new space where large companies related to transport, logistics and technological services can set up.
The public land business entity (SEPES) is carrying out a 1,8 million m2 expansion of the Industrial site, thus doubling its current surface area.
The creation of the new “TT Space Transport and Technology” strengthens Talavera de la Reina’s commitment to be a logistics center on the Atlantic axis, but also as a budding technological knowledge hub.
Talavera has started to develop industrial land in two locations in the municipality with capacity to host future companies: PAU Injertillos (industrial land) offers 135,000m2 and PAU Rio Tajo (Services land use) offers 231,800m2.
Talavera Ferial
World-class facilities and infrastructure
Talavera Ferial has a privileged location. It offers first-rate infrastructures, both for its facilities, and its good connections, since it can be easily reached from any place in the Iberian Peninsula.
Its economic offer is significantly more competitive than that of other trade fair facilities from the outskirts of Madrid.
Talavera Ferial hosts sector-specific fairs, many of which are linked to Talavera’s traditional economy, but also others at an international level, making it easy for people from all over the world to attend.
The space is divided into three pavilions. There are areas for events with capacity for 200 people, meeting rooms, as well as cafeterias and restaurants easily accessed, and a parking area that turn Talavera Ferial into the ideal spot for fairs or events.
With more than 47,000 m2, Talavera Ferial can hold up to 40,000 visitors and 150 exhibitors.
Institutional support: committed to a sustainable urban economy
Talavera de la Reina supports companies through institutions and organizations, both from the public and private sectors, favoring an ideal urban environment for employment and competitiveness.
Do you know Plan ADELANTE?
Plan Adelante 2020-2023 is a business support services strategy in Castilla-La Mancha
Incentive and grants for companies
that want to set up in Talavera
Subsidy from the Economy, Business and Employment Office of Castilla-La Mancha
Talavera de la Reina receives funds through Plan Adelante reaching amounts up to 40% to set up a business. Up to 20% can be added to this amount since Talavera is ITI zone.
Bonuses from the City Council administration
- Up to 95% bonus on the IAE (Economic Activity Tax)
- Up to 95% bonus on the IBI (Real Estate Tax)
- Up to 95% bonus on the ICIO (construction work and installations tax)
- en el ICIO (Impuesto sobre construcciones, instalaciones y obras)
Specific FOCAL subsidy for the agri-food industry
Quality Development Program funded by FEADER . Subsidies available between 15% and 30% for civil engineering work, installations, and machinery.
