The country will be the first to be visited by the Brazilian construction sector delegation that will be in the Gulf in the second half of the current month. According to the Brazilian ambassador in the country, Mario Roiter, this is a good moment for the mission to go to Kuwait, due to the good phase that the local economy is experiencing, driven by the price of oil.
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The Brazilian manufacturer of electric engines is negotiating with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of the largest petroleum corporation in the Arab country. Exports from Weg to Kuwait started this year, when the company closed a deal with a local distributor.
The Qatari ambassador to Brazil, Jamal Al Buder, believes that the visit of a Brazilian delegation to the Arab country, to take place this month, will help Brazilians to become familiar with local market needs. The mission, promoted by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, is turned to the construction sector, and should also include Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Vitrolar, a maker of steel doors and windows based in the city of Mirassol, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, should sign an export contract with a distributor in the Arab country. The signing will take place during the trade mission that the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency should promote to the Gulf between November 18th and 30th.
This information was disclosed to ANBA yesterday by the Algerian minister of Agriculture, Said Barkat, who visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. He said that partnerships guarantee long-term economic relations and that Brazilian producers may use his country as an export platform to the rest of Africa and to Europe.
Brazilian ecodesigner Pedro Petry creates furniture and utilitarian products with wood scraps and damaged tree trunks. Imperfections, like knots and cracks, are part of the proposal of producing art without threatening the environment. The work has already attracted the attention of buyers in Europe and the United States.
A meeting between Arab and Latin American businessmen in Chile ends with the promise of building a more and more solid bridge between both nations. There is even a possibility of organising a Global Action Forum in Latin America, in 2009, organised by the Young Arab Leaders, which took 22 members to the event.
This is the opinion of representatives of companies that were present yesterday (31) at the Arab Brazilian Chamber. They participated in a preparatory meeting for the construction sector trade mission that is going to visit three countries in the Gulf and participate in the Big 5 Show. SBC Pierres, for example, is going to open an office in Dubai, whereas Docol wants to expand its presence in the region. Other companies are seeking a market privileging quality instead of low pri
Based in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, Eurobras manufactures and exports residential metal modules for use at construction sites. The company wants to enter the Arab market and will participate, in November, in the mission promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency to Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Ceramic tile manufacturer Gabriella Revestimentos Cerâmicos, based in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, specialises in decorative items such as listels, fillets and mosaics. It already sells to customers all over the Americas and in South Africa. Now, the company will take part in the mission to the Gulf organised by the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency.
In November, the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency will take more than 20 Brazilian businessmen in the field of construction material on a trade mission to Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Ongoing projects in the Gulf region total US$ 1 trillion. The trip will end in the Big 5 Show, the main fair for the sector in the Middle East.
This week, a group of artisans from the city of Canoas introduced to the public their first collection of purses, lighting fixtures, costume jewellery, and panels made of petroleum residue. The pieces are manufactured using materials that otherwise would be disposed of by the oil industry, such as rubber.
