Industry in Vigo

Ins lvarez Luca Castro Javier Filgueira

INDEX
1. Origin of the industry in Vigo
2. Types of industries in Vigo 3. Facts 4. Self

5. Bibliography

15Th 18th Centuries

Craft and trade became very important during this period, although the most important activity lied in the sardine fishing.

Finally, the arrival of Catalan industrialists and traders to the city in the second half of the 18th Century, meant a small economic revolution. They sat up salting fish factories, soap, leather and linen factories. (canning was important).

Age XIX
During this period salting fish factories and factories devoted to sea products were established in the city. This fact caused the growth of the working class, the merchant class and the financial class. The outskirts of Vigo expanded with the opening of new roads and the building of noble stone buildings.

In 1880 the Savings Bank is sat up in Vigo (now called Novagalica Bank).

20th Century
During this century important industries started up in the city. Some of them were Barreras or Vulcano shipyards. There was also the car industry with Citroen, the now disappeared Astron, and the freezing industry, heir to the first fish salting and canning industries.

The merchant class, heiress of Catalan immigrants settled in salting factories, gaining in importance in the development of the city as evidenced by the growing construction of beautiful modernist buildings. Electric bill at that time.

The port became a departure point for hundreds of thousands of Galicians who set sail to America, at that time a land of opportunity.

End of the 20th Century

Completing the century and now living in a democracy, the impact produced by naval crises struck hard to the city during the decade 1975-1985. This situation increases social conflicts and destroys part of the traditional industrial base, linked to the sea. But since the late 80's an economic recovery is observed.This recovery strengthens the region as an important modern industrial and service area, a trend that continues now.

In Vigo, the most demanded type of industry is the one related to naval industry, since all Vigo industry sources are based around it. Generally speaking, we can say that there are two main types of industry:
* Heavy Industry: It involves huge factories where working with large quantities of raw materials and energy. Steel: transforming iron into steel. -Metallurgical:It works with metals other than iron such as copper, aluminum, etc.. -Cement: Cement and Concrete manufactured from industrial rocks. Chemical-based: it produces acids, fertilizers, explosives, paints and other substances. -Petrochemical: it produces plastics and fuels. * Light industry: it transforms raw materials or semi-finished products that are intended for direct consumption of individuals and service companies. -Food: it uses agricultural, fishery and livestock to make drinks, preserves, etc.. -Textile: It manufactures fabrics and makes clothes from plant fibres, such as linen and cotton, and animal fibres such as wool and synthetic fibres such as nylon and polyester.

News of the 21st Century

The industry is one of the main economic sectors in Vigo. There is an important textile industry. There is also a publishing industry, whose first reference is the city of Vigo. We can also found the food industry, which construction industries, or industrial machinery industries. , shipbuilding and, to a lesser extent, the aviation industry. The School of Industrial Engineering and the Univerisade of Vigo, tend to the integration of Technical School of Industrial Engineering and Industrial Engineering University in a single entity, dedicated to the teaching in the field of Industrial Engineering. The EU shipbuilding rate Vigo as a " Technological reference". The automotive Vigo achieved 37 million in credits for investments Industry according to records this year. Citroen produces 15,000 electric vans from 2013 in Vigo.

Important news
A naval build Vigo offers top twenty fishing ports of the future Russian fleet. The shipbuilding industry is currently going out much in the media. In 1960, during Franco's dictatorship, Coia began as a sleeping area, and soon became part of the neighborhoods so people could live there. Houses were also built in the road to Pontevedra . In the 60's people came to look for work from Ourense to Vigo. At this time many movements were generated. The tram was closed because there were new roads.

Took forever to make the port of Vigo

Important news
The port of Vigo is the best port in Spain and the third in Europe. At the beginning of the 19th century the fishing buildings moved to el Berbes.

Citron has over 50 years of activity in Vigo. If Citron closes today, it would affect not only workers, but also to other companies . And transport and the Zona Franca. And companies that transport cars abroad. So this is a salary less that will generate less money to spend on other industries.
Pescapuerta everything was inside a vending the Marine Science Institute at the Antarctic. The Zona Franca is very important for industries. A free zone is a zone that began as a tax free area. This generated a great movement due to the port.

Division of labor:
Lucia helped in the search for information in class and elaborated the presentation using the information provided by Ins. Ins: helped to look for the class information, and presented a model for helping Luca to make the presentation. Javier: helped to find the information in class.

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Sources taken to do the job:

Various websites: www.wikipedia.org

www.google.es
www.vigo.com www.industria/viguesa And the images of: www.google.es