Author: Alexandre Rocha
The company has just invested US$ 8 million in the construction of an 18,900 square metre complex in the city of Jundiaí, in the interior of the southeastern state of São Paulo to answer to the needs of Cessna and King Air aeroplane, and Bell helicopter owners. With this, the hope is to take over a large part of the executive aircraft technical service market and double maintenance department revenues in five years.
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared yesterday (09), during his fortnightly radio broadcast, Breakfast with the President, that the measures announced last Friday will help the business community to make investments, buy equipment and hire more workers. "Produce more, earn more, generate more jobs and more riches," was the
Japan has shown interest in increasing import of the Brazilian product, which may generate additional shipping of another 1.8 billion litres per year. Today (09), a Chinese mission is going to meet representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture to discuss the matter. Considering the possibility of the Kyoto Protocol entering into force, various nations have already started adopting programs in which they mix alcohol into petrol.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian industrial sector grew 16.8% in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest survey by the National Industrial Confederation (CNI). Growth in the last 12 months has been 27.7%. The growth has been in all economic segments and nationwide. "We
This is the evaluation of the São Paulo Sugar Cane Agroindustry Union (Unica). If the measure that condemned European producer subsidies is confirmed, the country may have extra annual revenues of US$ 400 million. There should be an increase in demand for the Brazilian product, mainly in the Arab countries.
Agência Brasil Recife – The Industrial Port Complex of Suape, in the state of Pernambuco, is going to receive investments totalling US$167 million (R$500 million) for the installation of a shipyard where ships and petroleum platforms will be built. The shipyard is scheduled to begin operating within two years. It will create 5,000 direct jobs
Farm Mister Cayman started selling the caimans in March. Up to the end of the year, owner Maria Cristina Ruffo hopes to ship around 500 skins to Dubai, to be used in upholstering seats and making lampshades for yachts. But the meat is also used, as are the bones, in handcraft, and the fat, for production of cosmetics.
Agência Brasil Rio – Production of iron ore at the Brazilian Vale do Rio Doce Company (CVRD) reached 51,516,000 tons in the second quarter, an increase of 9.3% over the same period in 2003, and 10.7% over the first quarter of this year. According to CVRD spokesmen, it was a quarterly production record, which is
Agência Brasil Rio – The president of Parmalat Brasil, Nelson Bastos, reports that the firm could become a domestic Brazilian enterprise, breaking its ties with the Italian multinational giant that plunged into a financial crisis at the end of last year. Bastos says the firm is going through a strong recovery and that by the
