A program to modernize Brazilian engineering and increase the technological capacity of companies was launched yesterday, in Brazilian capital Brasília. One of the actions will be joining teaching and company needs. Around 20,000 new engineers graduate in the country every year.
Author: Mark Ament
Biofábrica Moscamed Brasil, to be opened in July, is born with the perspective of being an export company. It is going to produce 200 million sterile male flies per week to control pests in crops. Spain and South Africa are among the potential foreign markets.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil is going to adopt the Japanese digital television standard. The European and North American standards were also being evaluated, but the Brazilian government decided to opt for the Japanese. Due to this choice, Japan should agree to study the possibility of building a semiconductor factory in Brazil. *Translated
Brazilian companies participating in Automechanika, the auto parts fair in the United Arab Emirates, have already closed deals. They had made a total of 650 contacts up to yesterday. The fair, which began on Sunday, ends on Tuesday and includes exhibitors from 40 countries.
Factory Soeicom intends to modernize and expand its production in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The company should expand its current productive capacity from 1.9 million tonnes a year to 2.9 million tonnes by 2009, when the expansion plan should be completed.
Advertising agency Young & Rubicam is preparing an advertising campaign to promote Brazilian chicken in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Russia. The initiative is of the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef), which is investing US$ 10 million in the project to launch brand Brazilian Chicken.
For four years, schools, universities and shopping centres in the United Arab Emirates have been supplied with water coolers made by IBBL, a factory based in the city of Itu, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo. The company is currently negotiating with Egypt and wants to increase sales to the region.
Wedding and party dresses made by Comini Fasano, in the city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, are worn to parties in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon, Kuwait and Egypt. Sales to the Arab countries, which are the main destination for brand exports, rose after participation in fair The Bride Show, in Saudi Arabia, last year.
Brazil is a great supplier of agricultural products to the Arab world, but it has also been gaining space in other sectors, like vehicles, aircraft and machinery. The trade between both regions was the theme of a talk that the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., gave last week to members of the São Paulo Rotary Club.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian oil company Petrobras and its Norwegian counterpart, Statoil, who already operate together in petroleum production in Brazil, are extending their partnership to the social sphere. The companies plan to invest a joint total of US$ 359,000 this year in the creation of so-called Water Schools (Escolas das Águas)
Agência Sebrae* Maceió – To expand the participation of micro and small companies in the PVC, petroleum and natural gas productive chain in the northeastern Brazilian state of Alagoas, next Tuesday (30), an agreement will be signed for modification of the Productive Chain Project. The objective is to increase small company participation in the sector
A Brazilian government project together with professional associations is taking Brazilian music to various regions of the world. One of the main actions is the participation of Brazilian musicians in foreign fairs. This year, Brazil will be the theme of an event in Berlin, Germany.
A Brazilian government project together with professional associations is taking Brazilian music to various regions of the world. One of the main actions is the participation of Brazilian musicians in foreign fairs. This year, Brazil will be the theme of an event in Berlin, Germany.
Arrivals on international flights grew 10.3% when compared to the same period last year. This year, Brazil should receive a total of six million foreign tourists, according to government forecasts.
