Assisting international companies with business location, expansion and relocation services free of charge
The WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency (WFIA) serves as the one stop shop for assisting and advising international companies regarding business location, location expansion and relocation services in WestHolland, the Netherlands, Europe.
All WFIA business location services are "free of charge" and include fact finding, expansion abroad, setting up a business entity, opening bank account, finding a strategic business location, legal & tax issues, assistance with visa & permits and finding residential housing & schools for your family.
Through the WFIA Investor Relations Program, we assists international companies, already located in the Netherlands, with business expansion and relocation.
Reasons to invest in Europe
WestHolland is a strategic location for business located between Schiphol Airport and Rotterdam and therefor has great connectivity to the European Markets. WestHolland is the western region of The Netherlands and includes the cities of Delft, The Hague, Lansingerland, Leiden, Rijswijk, Zoetermeer as well as the surrounding communities.
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- 03-02-'12
Aeon Astron Europe B.V., receives a grant of EURO 500,000 from AgentschapNL, Department of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands for its BioLens project
Aeon Astron Europe B.V., has been awarded a governmental grant up to EURO 500,000 from AgentschapNL for its BioLens projects. This is an international collaboration project among Aeon Astron Europe B.V. (AAE), Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Netherlands and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan, R.O.C. The grant will be used to begin development of a multipurpose collagen-based ophthalmic lens for use in refractive correction, corneal repair, and drug delivery. The “International Innovation” subsidy program is an initiative of Agentschap NL, an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, to encourage the development of bold and unconventional innovations. read more >>> - 17-01-'12
Finance minister to open international financial tribunal in The Hague
Finance minister Jan Kees de Jager will Monday open the new international financial tribunal in The Hague which will mediate in disputes about complicated financial products.The tribunal’s secretary-general Gerard Meijer told Nos television there is great demand for an independent body to examine financial differences of opinion involving financial firms and investors. read more >>> - 16-12-'11
Astellas wins Deshima Netherlands Award 2011
Leiderdorp, Netherlands. 15 December 2011 – Astellas has been awarded the Deshima Netherlands Award 2011 in the ‘well-established' company category, recognising the important contribution that the company has made in the Netherlands over the years. The award was presented by the Dutch State Secretary for Finance, Frans Weekers, at the annual Dutch-Japanese Trade Federation (Dujat) December Dinner on Thursday 8 December 2011, in Amsterdam. read more >>>
"We formed a European company in the Netherlands to meet the region's increasing demand for reliable, scalable, high-performance storage systems designed specifically to meet the needs of today's media marketplace." Harry Aine managing director of SAN Solutions Europe BV, The Hague
