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.
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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.
The Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency and the Brazilian Machinery Manufacturers Association (Abimaq) are going to invest 17.2 million Brazilian reais in a new project for commercial promotion of Brazilian capital goods. The agreement, the 16th of the kind, forecasts a series of activities in Brazil and abroad and the objective is to expand the sales of participating companies to US$ 142 million.
In an interview to ANBA, the manager of the OrganicsBrazil Project, Ming Liu, speaks about the potential of the emirate for Brazilian exports of organic products and about the results of the program, established in 2005 with the objective of promoting products free of pesticides and chemicals on the foreign market.
The line of organic cookies launched by brand Native at Biofach Latin America 2007, is going to be added to the coffees, juices and chocolate drinks produced by the main Brazilian producer and exporter of organic sugar. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon are among the 57 countries that imported products made by the company.
Biofach Latin America 2007, which began yesterday in São Paulo, confirms the rising trajectory of the organic sector, which has a turnover of US$ 40 billion a year worldwide. A space at the fair that is calling the attention of buyers and specialists is the Northeast & Savannah-Eco-Productive Communities, which includes investment from 14 Brazilian states.
