Industry Hilê, from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, as well as trading company Business closed agreements during the roundtables with Arab businessmen that took place at the Arab Brazilian Chamber offices in São Paulo, yesterday. Hilê sold teas and Business sold juices made by company Mitto, from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The meeting was part of the activities of the Arab delegation that is going to be in Brazil up to Wednesday.
Browsing: Business Opportunities
In order to promote exports from the Arab country to the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, this Tuesday the Arab Brazilian Chamber will promote, with the Federation of Industries of the state, a presentation of business opportunities.
The company from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo has included more sophisticated ornaments in the shoe racks it produces, and typical Brazilian raw materials in its mirror frames. The changes were effected in order to appeal to markets such as the United States and the Arab countries, and to increase exports. The company already exports to Portugal and Spain, and wants to enter new countries.
Seven businessmen in the food sector from Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and Bahrain are going to participate today in meetings with over 40 Brazilian exporters. The Arab delegation is interested in several products, from meats, eggs and biscuits, to coffee, oil and tinned products.
Most of the Brazilian companies that participate in the Buyer Project at the International Trade Show for the Furniture Industry are interested in starting exporting to the Middle East. Of the 20 importers that the fair organizers intend to invite, five should come form Arab countries. The event, to take place in August, in São Paulo, is organized by the Brazilian Furniture Industry Association.
MA Medical, a maker of disposable products in the medical-hospital sector, is interested in opening a factory in Brazil. The idea is to sterilise and pack products in Brazil. For this purpose, the company, which is participating in Hospitalar, the health sector fair in São Paulo, is after a partner in the country.
Yesterday, the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, gave a talk about the Arab world and about the business potential for Brazilian companies. The talk was in the city of Jundiaí, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. He was also received by city mayor Ary Fossen who pointed out the industrial and export talent of the city.
Seven businessmen from food industries and distributing companies in Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, and Bahrain will be in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo from June 25th to 27th. They will participate in business roundtables and fairs such as the Fispal and the ABF Franchising. The mission was organised by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
Ameco Medical Industries, a maker of catheters, started exporting to Brazil last year. The company is participating for the second time in the Hospitalar, the largest health sector fair in Latin America, which began yesterday. With the office, the company intends to simplify contact with clients and to expand sales.
Brazilian consultants helped establish, in both countries in the Middle East, the Empretec, a United Nations entrepreneurship training program. The professionals who operated in the Arab world are connected to the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service, an organization that develops the Empretec in Brazil.
Five companies from the Arab country have returned to the medical-hospital product and equipment fair that starts today in São Paulo, the largest business centre in South America, after new business. Most of the companies already export to Brazil. During the fair, there will also be business roundtables with entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and Yemen.
The Brazilian photographer Morgana Festugato applies painting to photographs, and transforms portraits into works of art. She started her work in southern Brazil, and currently has customers in Germany and Holland. The artist is now wanting to find partners to offer her services in the Arab world.
This figure was supplied by the Tunisian Privatisation Office. The director general at the organization, Essi Béchir, granted an interview to ANBA early this month. Privatisation began in the country at the end of the 1980s, but gained strength starting in 1997. A total of 150 of the country’s 200 state-owned companies have already been privatised. Companies may now send proposals for the acquisition of STIA, a vehicle assembly line and the only bus body maker in Tunisia.
During the six days of the Algiers International Fair, an exhibition that ended on Thursday in the capital of Algeria, the stand of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce received approximately 70 contacts. Besides furniture, the Algerian importers displayed interest in Brazilian wood and foodstuffs in general.

