Vial is a logistics hub located in Alava, Basque Country, Spain. It has several competitive advantages for logistics including its strategic location in Southwestern Europe, large logistics infrastructure areas totaling over 9 million square meters, and specialized facilities like the Arasur Multimodal Logistics Platform and Vitoria International Airport. Vial aims to strengthen its position with new infrastructure projects such as an intermodal terminal and industrial air park.

1. V I A L
Vitoria Álava
Logistics
Solution
a top-level large logistical hub
in southwestern Europe

2. The brand that combines and
identifies a set of specialised
infrastructures for logistics use,
located in Álava (Basque Country).
V I A LWHAT IS
BASQUE COUNTRY
ÁLAVA
The strongest logistics
potential
in northern Spain.
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3. Strategic location
Logistical potential
Specialised infrastructures
New infrastructures
Production network
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ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE
V I A L

4. Internationalised economy
Human capital
Commitment to quality
Commitment to innovation
Quality of life
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V I A L
ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE

5. STRATEGIC
L O C AT I O N
V I A L

6. V I A L
At the intersection
between the
European Atlantic
Gateway and
the axis that
joins the Atlantic
Ocean with the
Mediterranean
Sea of the Iberian
Peninsula.
PRIVILEGED LOCATION
IN SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE
1. Strategic location
Midway between
central Europe and
northern Africa.

7. V I A L 1. Strategic location
Liverpool
Milano
ROMA
LONDON
BRUXELLES
Frankfurt
Rotterdam BERLIN
PRAHA
WIEN
LJUBLJANA
München
AMSTERDAM
BERN
Zürich
VITORIA
PARIS
Barcelona
LISBON
Porto
BilbaoA Coruña Bordeaux
MADRID
Sevilla
PRIVILEGED LOCATION
IN SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE

8. V I A L
Land transport network:
Midpoint of the Lisbon-Madrid-Paris route.
Maritime transport network:
Very closely located to important Atlantic
Gateway cargo ports.
Air transport network:
With its own international cargo airport:
gateway for southwestern Europe.
1. Strategic location
INTEGRATED IN THE
PRIORITY TRANSPORT NETWORK
TRANS-EUROPEAN

9. V I A L 1. Strategic location
IN A REGION WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF
PRODUCTIONANDCONSUMPTIONCENTRES

10. V I A L
MÁS DE
13,000
CONSOLIDATED
EXPORT
COMPANIES
20
MILLION
CUSTOMERS
1. Strategic location
More than
3,000
CONSOLIDATED
EXPORT
COMPANIES
4.5
MILLION
CUSTOMERS
100 km
300 km

11. POTENTIAL
LOGISTICAL
V I A L

12. V I A L 2. Logistical potential
9.223.285 m2
for logistics uses
Intermodal transfers
for all modes of transport.
Industrial parks
for logistics uses.
Logistics platforms
with a high infrastructure value.
V I A L 18MILLION
COMPANIES
136MILLION
CUSTOMERS
Daily access to
a market of

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ARASUR
Álava Multimodal
Platform
CTVi
VitoriaTransport
and Logistics
Intermodal Centre
LOS LLANOS 2
Industrial Park
JUNDIZ
Industrial
and Services Park
SUBILLABIDE
Industrial Park
AGURAIN and
GALZAR
Industrial Parks
JUNDIZ
Intermodal
Platform
OKITURRI
Industrial Park
VITORIA
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
ASPARRENA-
SAN MILLÁN
Industrial Park
VIAP
Vitoria Industrial
Air Park
BILBAO
PORT
PASAIA PORT
VIAL LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURES LAND CONNECTIONSPORTS CORES
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURES
TAV
High-Speed
Train Railway
Network
Madrid-Paris
Railway
Main Roadway
Network
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Vitoria
Technological
Parks
Alto-Deba Ind.
Area
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San Sebastián France
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9.223.285 m2
FOR LOGISTICS USESV I A L

14. V I A L 2. Logistical potential
VITORIA
ADIF INTERMODALTERMINAL
CTVI (THE VITORIATRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
INTERMODAL CENTRE).
AIRPORT
ARASUR
Adif IntermodalTerminal in the Jundiz
Industrial Park.
Two spaces that are suitable for truck-
wagon intermodal transfers located in:
CTVi (The VitoriaTransport and Logistics
Intermodal Centre).
The Arasur Multimodal Logistics Platform.
INTERMODALTRANSFERS
FOR ALL MODES OFTRANSPORT.

15. V I A L 2. Logistical potential
INTERMODALTRANSFERS
FOR ALL MODES OFTRANSPORT.
LAND-SEAINTERMODALITYSpecific platforms to be used as dry
ports for the main cargo ports along
Green Spain.
Less than an hour
by truck:
150 km
The Bilbao Port, which represents
10% of Spain’s maritime cargo
volume.
Three ports, 50 million tonnes/
year of maritime cargo.

16. V I A L 2. Logistical potential
INTERMODALTRANSFERS
FOR ALL MODES OFTRANSPORT.
LAND-AIRINTERMODALITYAn international airport specialised in
goods and perishable goods that is the
leading cargo airport in Spain as well as
the fourth in terms of cargo volume.
Its infrastructures make it suitable for the
largest cargo planes in the world.

17. SPECIALISED
INFRASTRUCTURES
V I A L

18. V I A L 3. Specialised infrastructures
V I A L
ARASUR
Multimodal Logistics
Platform
2,000,000 m2
SPECIALISED
INFRASTRUCTURES
LOS LLANOS 2
Industrial Park
226,140 m2
CTVi
Vitoria Transport
and Logistics
Intermodal Centre
718,141 m2
SUBILLABIDE
Industrial Park
994,685 m2
VITORIA
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
3,900,000 m2
AGURAIN and
GALZAR
Industrial Parks
701,155 m2
VIAP
Vitoria Industrial Air
Park
933,835 m2
ASPARRENA
SAN MILLÁN
Industrial Park
1,317,700 m2
VIT
Vitoria
Intermodal Terminal
484,000 m2
OKITURRI
Industrial Park
145,322 m2
INDUSTRIAL PARKS
FOR LOGISTICS USES
9,223,285 m2
for logistics uses

19. V I A L 3. Specialised infrastructures
ARASURMULTIMODALLOGISTICSPLATFORM
The largest logistics platform in northern
Spain.
2,000,000 m2
for logistics uses.

20. 718.141 m2
for logistics uses.
Located 10 minutes from the airport and the
epicentre of the Jundiz Industrial Park.
In continuous expansion since 1989.
V I A L 2. Specialised infrastructures
CTViVITORIATRANSPORTANDLOGISTICSINTERMODALCENTRE

21. With twelve daily direct destinations,
shipments are able to reach any country in
the world within 12 to 36 hours.
V I A L 3. Specialised infrastructures
VITORIAINTERNATIONALAIRPORT
Hinterland of 18 million companies and 136
million customers.

22. Aeropuerto
Internacional de Vitoria
V I A L 3. Specialised infrastructures
INDUSTRIAL PARKSFORLOGISTISCSUSES
SIX SPECIALISED
A thoroughfare for European transport:
more than 15,000 trucks each day.

23. NEW
INFRASTRUCTURES
V I A L

24. Total surface area: 484,000 m2
This Intermodal station will channel all
the traffic between continental Europe
and the Iberian peninsula through the
western Pyrenees.
A twin-gauge track infrastructure, Iberian
and international, that will be 2.200
metres long x 220 m. wide, with 48 ha of
surface area.
NEW INTERMODALTRANSFERTERMINAL
A1
EXISTING ADIF INTERMODALTERMINAL
VitoriaTransport and Logistics Intermodal Centre (CTVi)
E-5
E-80
J Ú N D I Z I N D U S T R I A L PA R K
MADRID-IRÚN RAILWAY
V I A L 4. New infrastructures
VITORIAINTERMODAL TERMINAL

25. V I A L 4. New infrastructures
VIAPVITORIA INDUSTRIAL
AIR PARK
Total surface area: 933,835 m2
The creation of an industrial park tied to the
aeronautical sector, integrated with the airport,
and with the profile of a technological park with a
high infrastructure value, is in progress.
An attractive location for industrial and service
companies linked to exports.
VIAL strengthens its competitive advantages with
the development of this logistical area where the
Vitoria Industrial Air Park converges with airport
and railway transport nodes:
The Vitoria International Airport and the Jundiz
IntermodalTerminal.
VITORIA INDUSTRIAL AIR PARK (VIAP)
A1
E-5
E-80
N-622
V I A P
NEW VITORIA INTERMODALTERMINAL
EXISTING ADIF INTERMODALTERMINAL
CTVi
VIAP
AIRPORT
A I R P O R T
J Ú N D I Z I N D U S T R I A L PA R K
V I T O R I A
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MADRID-IRÚN RAILWAY
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26. PRODUCTION
N E T W O R K
V I A L

27. V I A L 5. Production network
THE BASQUE COUNTRYIS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT
PRODUCTION AREAS IN SPAIN
The Basque Country, with a surface area that
represents 1.4% of Spain, generates 9.1% of the
nation’s export volume and 6.1% of its imports.
The Basque Country’s industrial sector represents
24.1% of its GDP, as well as 19.5% of the EU 27
and 16.9% of Spain.

28. V I A L 5. Production network
In the centre of V I A L
THE JUNDIZ BUSINESS PARKONE OF THE LARGEST
BUSINESS PARKS IN EUROPE
Total surface area : 6,514,204 m2
More than 500 companies.
A productive concentration that comprises an
important critical mass for logistics activities.

29. INTERNATIONALISED
E C O N O M Y
V I A L

30. V I A L 6. Internationalised economy
CONSOLIDATED EXPORT
COMPANIES IN A 100 KM
RADIUS
Following Barcelona, Álava is the Spanish
province with the highest percentage of
internationalised companies in its business
network.
Álava is home to a number of important
multinationals.
3,000

31. V I A L 6. Internationalised economy
MAIN COMPANIES LOCATED IN VIAL AND ITS CATCHMENT AREA
MERCEDES BENZ • MICHELIN • AERNNOVA • PEPSI • NESTLÉ • FOURNIER • GUARDIAN • ABB •
BOMBARDIER • SAUNIER DUVAL• PFERD • SMC • GENERAL ELECTRIC • BRIDGESTONE • KIMBERLY-
CLARK • OTIS • BBVA • IBERDROLA • CAF • TALGO • IRIZAR • PETRONOR • TUBACEX • GRUPO MCC •
EROSKI • EUSKALTEL • GRUPO EULEN • BATZ • ULMA • IDOM • VIDRALA • SENER • GAMESA •TUBOS
REUNIDOS • CIE AUTOMOTIVE • TECNALIA • PERFUMERÍAS IF • ATUSA • ONA ELECTROEROSIÓN • ZF
GROUP•GUASCOR•LANTEK•AEGPOWERSOLUTIONS•COMPAÑÍALOGÍSTICADEHIDROCARBUROS•
CONDESA GRUPO • OMRON • ZAYER • DHL • TNT • FEDEX • DECOEXSA • VIAS • IBERIA • MORGAN AIR •
PATINTER • NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE • BARLOWORD LOCISTICS • BLG LOGISTICS • DB SCHENKER
SPAIN-TIR • LTK SERVICES • CEGA LOGISTICS • FCC LOGISTICS • TRUCK AND WEEL • GEFCO •
VICARLI • COMPASS TRANSWORLD • AZKAR • SEUR • CHRONO EXPRESS • CORREOS Y TELÉGRAFOS •
ZELERIS • BUYTRAGO • PALLEX • UTI• EMDIPA • GRUPO TT • GRUPO VIA AUGUSTA • NACEX • EYNORTE•

32. HUMAN
C A P I T A L
V I A L

33. V I A L 7. Human capital
THE BASQUE COUNTRY
The population level in the Basque
Country with degrees exceeds the
average of Spain and the EU 27.
It has specific advanced education
in logistics and an extensive training
offering with European certification for
businesses.
The Basque Country is an international
meeting point for forums aimed at
promoting, debating and conveying
knowledge about the commerce,
transport and logistics sector.
HUMAN CAPITAL
HAS A HIGHLY QUALIFIED

34. COMMITMENT
TO QUALITY
V I A L

35. Basque Country companies are leaders
in the number of quality certifications for
sectors such as: Products and Services,
Eco-Design, Sustainability and ICT.
V I A L 8. Commitment to quality
THE BASQUE COUNTRY
AS A DIFFERENTIATING AND
COMPETITIVE VALUE
BUSINESSES FOCUS ON QUALITY

36. COMMITMENT
TO INNOVATION
V I A L

37. V I A L 9. Commitment to innovation
For a number of decades,
the Basque Country has
consolidated an extensive
network of technological
centres and parks that have
been conceived based on the
corporate reality.
It participates in important development
programmes within the European framework.
The GDP expenditure on innovation surpasses the
average of Spain and the EU 27.

38. QUALITY
OF LIVE
V I A L

39. V I A L 10. Quality of live
Due to its environmental and sustainable
development policies, it was named the 2012
European Green Capital.
A number of indicators rank Vitoria as one of the
cities with the best quality of life in Spain.
VITORIAA MODEL OF
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

40. V I A L 10. Quality of live
A recent socio-economic study based
on 12 indicators ranks Álava as the most
sustainable competitive development
model of all Spanish provinces,
highlighting its economic, social and
environmental equilibrium.
ÁLAVALEADS THE SPANISH
RANKING OF
COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE

41. Thank you very much!
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Álava
Council of
Vitoria-GasteizProvincial Council of Álava
All of the VIAL Project’s actions and publications are sponsored by the Basque Government’s Department of Economic Development and
Competitiveness and have received collaboration, funding and support from this department.
Vitoria Álava
Logistics
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