EXCAL (ADE Internacional - EXCAL, S.A.) is a company whose majority
shareholder is the Agency for Economic Development of Castilla y León
(dependent on the Government of the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León).
Other shareholders in EXCAL are the Regional Council of Chambers of Commerce
and several financial institutions operating in the region.
Although EXCAL has the
legal status of a business, it is a non-profit making organisation that
operates as a government agency, in charge of the international promotion of
companies from Castilla y León and the provision of professional consultancy
services to the Regional Government in the field of economy and international
trade. EXCAL receives public funds to finance its activities in the field of
information provision and consultancy services to companies, business training
and international promotion, through the participation in major events and
fairs organised around the world in a wide variety of economic sectors.