Until the 1970s, one in three workers in the Balearic Islands was employed in industry. The islands manufactured a large part of what they used and even exported to mainland Spain and abroad. Today, the figures are different and show how this sector, considered strategic and essential for creating quality jobs, is practically negligible in the overall economy and continues to lose ground. Tourism has become so dominant that, at best, industry represents 5% of economic activity. According to data from the Balearic Government, which uses less restrictive parameters, there are approximately 6,000 companies. According to the Impulsa Foundation database, the figure is less than 700.

Damm has announced that, after the closure of the Agama factory in Palma, will do everythingLaccaoin Catalonia, but will maintain its traditional recipe. Furthermore, the company has also assured that there will be no changes to the production quantity of this traditional Balearic Islands beverage, nor to its marketing or distribution; the only change is that, from now on, Laccao, one of the flagship products of the islands' industry, will be a 100% Catalan product.

Agama, owned by the Damm Group, announced this Tuesday the final closure from the Palma plant and brought an end to the last large dairy with its own production in Mallorca. The immediate impact, for now, has been felt in the countryside. Three Mallorcan livestock farms, which They depended on the central office as their main buyerThey are left in a situation of extreme fragility. progressive reduction of orders Its viability had already been strained, and the announcement of the closure confirms an uncertain scenario for farms conditioned by the additional costs of insularity and by competition from foreign products at lower prices.

Fina Olivas is still going strong. At 68, she's the fourth generation to keep Can Candu alive, one of Menorca's oldest and most iconic businesses, along with Ca na Genera (Ferreries) and Ca n'Hernando (Ciutadella). Nearly 140 years later, it's surviving the onslaught of e-commerce. Her husband is ill at home, but every morning and evening, Fina heads to number 38 on the central Ramal street in Alaior to sell sheets, towels, and underwear to a loyal and large clientele. "And not just from Alaior. People from Mercadal and Migjorn Gran also come here to shop," she says. She laments that the recent traffic changes implemented by the City Council have reduced traffic in the town center, making it more difficult for customers from out of town to reach the shop and park nearby. "If they find the streets closed, it won't make things easy for me, because I'm barely scraping by with just the people from Alaior who come on foot."

Majorica now has a new CEO. Isabelle Aberman, who thus becomes the first woman to lead the Manacor-based company since its founding in 1890. Aberman officially assumed the position on October 1, according to a statement released by the company on Wednesday, highlighting her outstanding professional career. retail and fashion.

Students and staff behind the "Carot, Enough Complicity" campaign are calling on the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) rectorate to sever ties with companies and entities that have ties to Israel and whitewash "its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people."