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DAM: Valencian Liquid Know-how

DAM: Valencian Liquid Know-how

Amsterdam, Rotterdam; where there is water to be channeled there will inevitably be a dam and an occasional reservoir, with or without the dogs. In Valenciadam, Dam is ‘Depuración de…

Bread on Wall Street

Bread on Wall Street

It’s not actually called Wall Street but Calle Roteros, and the bread is the kind you eat not the kind you make by selling sub prime loans to pension funds.…

Hemingway and Valencia

Hemingway and Valencia

A journalist from Valencia’s biggest selling Spanish newspaper, EMV Levante followed the merry band of brothers (and sisters) who inaugurated Valencia International’s Hemingway and Welles route. An extensive article was…

Pillow Talk etc

Pillow Talk etc

When a man is contented he belches, farts, spits or snores; this is his nature, and it is good. These things are however, unbecoming in a woman.   Recently a…

Ibi Bike Wins Over the Dutch

Ibi Bike Wins Over the Dutch

Kinethic Bikes will take you a long way, as flying Dutchmen Patrick Bos and Stephen de Vries found out at Apeldoorn in March 2015 when they rode to victory in…

Valencian Brain Drain Payback

Valencian Brain Drain Payback

Kratschmayer Gruppe is a German company that has known how to take advantage of Valencian know-how. The company, that manufactures air conditioning systems, has seven Valencian specialists working in southern…

Grupo San Ramón: Love & Milk

Grupo San Ramón: Love & Milk

Grupo San Ramón is based near Requena and has been gently squeezing milk from cows since 2005, although the organisation has thrived in the sector since the 1970s. Now the…

IES Ribalta and Treasure Island

IES Ribalta and Treasure Island

Students of 1st and 3rd ESO at IES F. Ribalta, Castellón, had the opportunity of reading the book Treasure Island, by Stevenson, in front of an audience. The event was…

Indigraf: Philosophical Design

Indigraf: Philosophical Design

There might be more profitable design companies than Indigraf, or even better ones, but you certainly won’t find a more philosophical company than this Valencia-based company that counts among its…

Xkuty is a Bike, You Can Ride it if You Like

Xkuty is a Bike, You Can Ride it if You Like

If God had meant Man to ride a bike, then He would have given Him pedals I’m sure. And yet there are still people around who insist that bicycles are…