Business Chief Europe Magazine January 2019 | Page 62

CITY FOCUS | LUXEMBOURG
62 from Trade and Invest Luxembourg . The country has a high concentration of cutting-edge aerospace companies including Euro-Composites , Gradel , Hitec Luxembourg , LuxSpace to name but a few and around 700 employees work in the aerospace sector in Luxembourg in research and development , manufacturing and operation .
Undoubtedly , it seems the capital has put its weight behind this space adventure – and its wallet too . The Grand Duchy channels 0.03 % of its GDP to the ESA and , in doing so , it ranks fourth amongst European countries in terms of space

“ This partnership with Luxembourg , has really allowed us to actually start implementing the technology that we have been working on for some time now ”

— Meagan Crawford , Deep Space Industries
JANUARY 2019