Nahid Chicani, who is also a director at the Centre of Industries of the State of São Paulo, is going to receive Citizen of São Paulo Award from the Legislative of the City of São Paulo. Apart from being an executive and businessman, Chicani has already headed various initiatives in the social area.
Author: Mark Ament
Nahid Chicani, who is also a director at the Centre of Industries of the State of São Paulo, is going to receive Citizen of São Paulo Award from the Legislative of the City of São Paulo. Apart from being an executive and businessman, Chicani has already headed various initiatives in the social area.
Around 60 Brazilian companies participated in business roundtables with 16 Saudi businessmen yesterday at the Arab Brazilian Chamber. Vitrolar sold 98 doors to Saudi importer Bo Saad Group Trading. Saudi businessman Khaled A. Al-Hamdan, in turn, wants to open an office in Brazil.
The agreement was announced today by Saudi state-owned company Sabic and by the North American GE and should be consolidated in the third quarter of this year, after regulatory approval by authorities.
The Central Pharmacy of the Arab country, an institution linked to the Ministry of Health, is launching an international tender for purchase of hospital medication for 2008. Tunisia imports 57.3% of the medication consumed in the country. Interested companies must submit their bids by May 25.
The Arab nations are going to import US$ 632 billion in products and services this year, according to estimates by the International Monetary Fund. The value represents growth of 22.4% over 2006. Petroleum is still the greatest powerhouse of these purchases, turned mainly to the improvement of infrastructure and of the local quality of life.
In the sidelines of a meeting between Arab and South American ministers, to take place this week in Morocco, the former vice president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Paulo Atallah, will give a talk and present proposals for joint activities between South American countries to expand business with the Middle East and North Africa. The delegation from Brazil will be headed by the minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Economist Alessandro Teixeira will be sworn in as president of the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) today (18), taking over from Juan Quirós, who is leaving the position to become a vice president at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp). Teixeira is
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Economist Alessandro Teixeira will be sworn in as president of the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) today (18), taking over from Juan Quirós, who is leaving the position to become a vice president at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp). Teixeira is
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – The president of Petrobras Distribuidora (BR), Graça Foster, and the logistics executive director at mining company Vale do Rio Doce, Eduardo Bartolomeu, signed today (17) a contract for the supply of B20, a mixture of 20% biodiesel and 80% common diesel to the mining company. The fuel will be
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian government is going to develop an emergency industrial policy for five sectors directly affected by the depreciation of the dollar against the Brazilian real. At the end of the day yesterday (15), one dollar could be bought for 1.98 Brazilian reais (below 2 Brazilian reais for the
Agência Brazil* Brasília – The possibilities of cooperation between Brazil and India in the space area is the theme of a meeting between the heads of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Sergio Gaudenzi, and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Madhavan Nair, today (16) in Brazilian capital Brasília. The delegation has, among its members, the
