The boom in the emirates’ civil construction industry paved the way for several high-end projects. Hotel Al-Masyaf, for instance, is entirely inspired on a palace of the Ottoman Empire. Much of the money invested in the buildings comes from re-exports and tourism. Dubai receives five million visitors every year.
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Porto Ferreira, a maker of floor tiles, ceramics and facing, is going to start exporting to Kuwait, Oman, Yemen and Iran. The company closed new export contracts during the Big 5 Show, in Dubai, and is going to ship 120 containers to the region. Brazilian participation in the fair is promoted by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) and by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
This was the result of the First National Business Roundtables of Organic Products in São Paulo, which took place last week during the Biofach LA, the Latin American edition of the international organic product fair.
The Fawaz Alhokair group intends to establish a partnership with Milano, an energy transmission tower manufacturer, in order to build a 1,000-kilometre-long energy transmission line in the Arab country. The contact took place after ANBA published a news story on Milano, a company based in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
International Commercial Center, which operates in various sectors, plans to invest US$ 50 million in mills in the country. Directors at the company met yesterday in Kuwait with the delegation of Brazilian businessmen that is organized by the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
The agreement is going to help Brazilian products enter the Arab countries. The document was signed by representatives of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina, during a mission organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil, are taking representatives of ten companies and organizations in the construction industry to seek new business opportunities in Kuwait, the Emirates, and Qatar. The executives will engage in business meetings, visit large construction companies, and participate in trade fair the Big 5 Show.
Project Jordan, in the construction material sector, is going to take place between November 06 and 10 in Amman, the Jordanian capital. The organization is going to have an institutional stand and invites Brazilian companies that have representatives in Jordan to participate in the event.
BioFach LA, the Latin America version of the largest organic product fair in the world, is scheduled to start tomorrow in the city of São Paulo. In the sidelines of fair, ExpoSustentat, an event turned to the sustainable goods and services sector, will also take place. Importers from 12 countries, 5,000 visitors and another 300 exhibitors are expected.
Some of the highpoints of the 24th edition of the event are technology, concept cars, sports cars and off-road vehicles. The organization hopes to receive over 550,000 people, including visitors from the Middle East. The fair ends on October 29.
Seleme, a maker of wooden panels and frames for civil construction, exports 100% of production and wants to diversify markets. Businessman Gilberto Seleme is going to participate in the trade delegation from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina that is going to visit three countries in the Gulf starting on October 26, as is businessman Nagib Daher, from ironworks Metalúrgica Duque.
According to the president of the southern Brazilian state’s Chamber of Construction Industries, José Antonio Vieira, who is going to participate in the trade mission to the Gulf, to begin on October 26, the state is a good option for investment in tourism.
Businessman Guido José Burigo, from Milano Estruturas Metálicas, wants partnerships in the area of electric energy transmission. He is going to participate in a trade delegation promoted by the state of Santa Catarina to begin on September 26, as is entrepreneur Ingelore Werner Eipper, who exports ornamental plants.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina are taking companies in the construction sector to seek new business opportunities in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Stone Control, which sells marbles and granites, for example, wants long-term partnerships.

