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Oliveira Group, responsible for brand New Line, has developed a disposable product that is more hygienic in caring for nails and feet. The company entered the European market one year ago and now seeks distributors in the Arab market. Currently, 40% of production is exported.

Kosper, a company based in Niterói, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, has been operating on the medication and hospital product market for ten years. Now the company wants to start operating in the world of exports and also to intermediate business between Brazilian and Arab companies. The organisation is also specialised in tenders.

The decorative articles made by sisters Ana Maia and Rosa Piatti attracted the attention of businessmen and architects in the last edition of the Index furniture fair in the Middle East, which took place in November in the United Arab Emirates. It was at the event that a businesswoman from Dubai showed interest in opening a showroom with the work by the designers.

Omnis Sélix, based in Juiz de Fora, is exploring two ore mines in Bahia. The bet to start exports to the Middle East is mainly barite and bentonite, greatly used in exploration of oil. Apart from mining, the group plans to invest in a ceramic tile factory in the city of Paraíba do Sul, in Rio de Janeiro.

Investors from the Middle East will have their capital invested in enterprises in the country by means of a fund established by real estate developer Tishman Speyer. The company is based in the United States and has raised 1.2 billion reals (US$ 666 million) to invest in Brazil.

One of the markets in which the National Confederation of Industries (CNI) plans to develop trade promotion activities in 2008 is the Gulf. The institution plans to organise events in eight countries, one in the Gulf, said the executive foreign trade manager at the CNI, José Frederico Álvares, in an interview to ANBA.

Cristais São Marcos, from the city of Poços de Calda, exports decoration objects to the Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain, among others. The products shipped to the region have different, high-end design. The company is now working on entering new markets.

Representatives of the Arab Brazilian Chamber and of the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism are now in the Emirates to present Brazil as an attractive destination for investment in hospitality. They have already visited large companies in the field, and on Thursday should leave to Qatar.