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Catalan carmaker Seat also accepts funds to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and build battery factory

Catalan government lobbied for months to prevail in race to have facility

After 40 years, carmaker wraps up production in biggest plant in Catalonia with a pickup truck

Monarch was met with widespread protests on last trips to Catalonia

German manufacturing conglomerate to close 336 jobs in Lliçà d'Amunt to transfer production to Poland

Workers protest will see the N-340 highway cut as they hope to avoid over 120 job losses

Potential €3.5 billion deal could create 3,000 jobs directly and a further 18,000 indirectly

After weeks of protests, the car manufacturer puts off the layoff of 2,525 workers until December 2021

Company gives Tuesday deadline on final offer, but union heads reject and say they will take dispute to court

Employees from automaker's Zona Franca factory begin protests after production cuts see capacity drop to 20%

Three people confirmed dead, one due to metal piece thrown off from blast, one body found on site, one worker died later in hospital, and seven more people injured

Using coffee grounds as biofuel, the new facility in northern Catalonia will generate up to 125,000 tonnes of steam every year

The new ‘Metropolis’ trains will be manufactured at the company factory in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, in Barcelona. Alstom has signed a €200 million contract with Graña y Montero Ferrovías to supply 20 train sets (120 cars) for Line 1 of the Lima Metro, in Peru, and 19 additional new carriages to complete the existing train sets already in use on the line. The Catalan factory will design and manufacture the new carriages, which are inspired by the Barcelona Metro. With the new trains the Lima Metro will more than double its transportation capacity, from 20,000 passengers per hour to 48,000.