Fishing and research in Spain
(WorldNews Norway)

`We`ve doubled our turnover in the last five years`, says Agustin Mayans Fernandez, managing director of Simrad`s business in Villajoyosa. Villajoyosa is situated about a 30-minute drive north of Alicante on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The department was established in 1995, and according to Agustin they ended up here because there were good links with Norway. Torrevieja, the Norwegian colony in Spain where over 20,000 Norwegians live, is not far from here. So is the Norwegian community in Alfás del Pí. The Simrad department in Villajoyosa currently has 63 employees who recently moved into a new, specially-adapted building. From here Simrad is targeting markets in Spain, Portugal,...