Mortadelo has found a new job in Cerdanyola del Vallès. From now on, the popular secret agent created by Francisco Ibáñez It will be installed in the new logistics center that Penguin Random House has just opened in Cerdanyola del Vallès, becoming one of the robots that fulfill orders day and night, from Monday to Friday, although these weeks before Sant Jordi it also works Saturdays and Sundays. From this large 42,000 m warehouse², which cost 36 million euros, an average of 135,000 books will be published every day.

It is not easy to find such a large stretch of undeveloped land in the middle of Barcelona's dense metropolitan area. The 400-hectare Parc de l'Alba in Cerdanyola del Vallès, next to Sant Cugat, is to be completely transformed over the next decade. The consortium formed by Incasòl and the Cerdanyola City Council plans to build a new neighbourhood with 5,733 homes where 15,000 people could potentially live. It will also include a business area around ALBA Synchrotron and create a commercial area and a large park that will occupy 200 hectares.