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La Seda Barcelona announces an international contest for the design of silk Tower
18/12/2007
December 18, 2007
The Executive Committee of La Seda Barcelona has approved to begin the process of convening of an international competition for the design of silk Tower. The chemical multinational bid to maintain its corporate headquarters in El Prat de Llobregat, where will head the Group subsidiaries in Europe.
This decision-making body intends to establish a technical Committee which will be responsible for protecting the process and, among other functions, pre-qualify two national studies of architecture and two international which pass to the final stage of the competition. The winning project shall be determined by a jury composed of members of the Council of administration of La Seda De Barcelona and the Town Hall of El Prat de Llobregat. Chemistry and the consistory have become a principle of agreement for the development of this project.
The company plans to begin work on its new headquarters in mid-2008 through InmoSEDA, property to 100 per cent of La Seda De Barcelona corporate and subsidiary that manages all land not required for the industrial activity of the group. InmoSEDA screen the suite of offices which will be the nerve center of the management and administration of the multinational. A headquarters strategically located next to Barcelona International Airport and the railway national connection and high speed network.
The new Tower of La Seda Barcelona offices will also host a centre of excellence for research and development of new technologies related to the PET; Center to provide service to the 22 production plants that make up the group present in 11 European countries.
