The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace) is going to take place in São Paulo between April 15 and 17. Over 100 companies are going to exhibit and 3,500 visitors are expected. The sector has a turnover of US$ 300 million per year in the country.
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In the last day of the event, another two companies from Saudi Arabia visited the Brazilian stand. One of them got in contact with Sansuy plastics, which already sells to the Arab market and intends to increase trade with the region this year.
The exhibition, which is the largest business event in Egypt, was considered "excellent" by the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Paulo Atallah. For this purpose, in 2005, the CCAB stand at the event will be doubled in size.
The Brazilian Zebu Breeders Association, which has a stand at the 37th Cairo International Fair, is going to export 300,000 heads of cattle per year to Egypt. Two Brazilian companies, Criogen, a producer of tanks and containers for compressed and liquefied gas, and Ataforma, which makes extractors and moulds for ice-cream, both participating in the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB) stand, have announced good results. The first is negotiating a joint venture with an Egyptian company, and
Agência Brasil Brasília – The number of merger and takeover operations increased 50% in 2003, compared with 2002. According to the ranking prepared by the National Association of Investment Banks (Anbid), 42 operations occurred last year, as against 28 the year before. The financial, steel, and information technology/telecommunications sectors accounted for 75% of the total
The objective of the National Investment Information Network (Renai) is to centralize federal government and state government data and make investment "more transparent," informed project coordinator Denise Andrade Rodrigues to ANBA. The site will have a new company databank, which is not complete yet: an English version, for example, is missing.
Businessman Stephen Mazyuk visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce stand at Cairo International Fair, showing interest in establishing a partnership for toy import and export, and for technology transfer between both countries. Brazilian company Ataforma, which works with ice-cream moulds and extractors, is in negotiation with two Egyptian importers.
The export consortium Brazilian Cattle Genetics (BCG), established by the Brazilian Zebu Breeders Association (ABCZ) to increase export of semen and live animals, counts on the support of the Brazilian Export Promotion Agency (Apex) and is planning to invest around US$ 900,000 in marketing for promotion of the Brazilian cattle genetic material. ABCZ has a stand at the Cairo International Fair.
Two large Saudi companies interested in sectors that include building material and consumer goods, like shoes, cosmetics, and food, have started negotiating with Brazilian businessmen. Cairo International Fair makes business opportunities with around 80 different countries possible.
With investment of around US$ 480,000 and actions for promotion, plus participation in international fairs, the Brazilian government and the Union of the Industry of Rubber Devices in the State of São Paulo (Sindibor), hope to increase sector export, mainly by small companies, from U$ 560,000 to US$ 610,000. Another target is to open 1,164 new jobs in 22 companies participating in 2004, and another 1,257 in 2005.
Even before official opening of the fair, which is at its 37th edition and includes various industrial sectors, a Brazilian company has already done business. Businessmen from South America see the fair as an opportunity to enter the Egyptian market, already the main buyer of Brazilian products in the Arab world.
Falacal produces and exports infant shoes to Latin and Central America, and to countries in the Middle East, such as Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The great target for 2004 is to return to trading and increase export to the Arab market, through a partnership with an export agent or a local distributor.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Members of the British Industrial Confederation (BIC) and the consul general of the United Kingdom in Rio de Janeiro, Paul Yahmourian, are visiting the city and meeting with members of the local industrial federation (Firjan) and small business administration (Sebrae) for talks on business opportunities. The British are led
The owners of company Guanabara, from the centre-western state of Mato Grosso do Sul, intend to expand their product mix by including food and shoes to their current trade basket of bed, table, and bath fabrics. In the plans of the businessmen is the opening of a distributor or a representation office in the region.
