From the Newsroom* São Paulo – A Chinese mission will arrive in Brazil on Monday (11) to see the production of ethanol, alcohol extracted from the sugar cane and used as fuel. According to information from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, the Chinese, lead by the engineer Sun Xiaocang, want to learn
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Company Kepler Weber, from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, has just signed a US$ 1.44 million contract with company Middle East Factories Vegetable Oil Co., that belongs to Syrian group Akharas. The Brazilian company is going to build four silos in the city of Homs, with a capacity for storage of 10,000 tonnes of grain each. The equipment should be shipped between July and August.
According to the president of the board of Al Ahram, Ibrahim Nafie, the company shows interest in publishing books turned to Brazilians of Arab origin and to people who want to learn more about the culture of the Middle East and North Africa. Nafie, who is also the editor-in-chief of the newspaper that goes by the company name, was in Brazil this week heading a delegation of Egyptian journalists.
The company Ecom will increase their current production of 13,000 square metres to 30,000. The company uses typical Brazilian raw materials, such as coconut and chestnut shells and exports 80% of the production. Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, the United States, Portugal, Spain and Italy are amongst the importer countries.
Businessmen from Tunisia and Egypt participate as of today in the Fimec, the shoe and leather component exhibition, which takes place in the city of Novo Hamburgo in the south of Brazil. The Tunisians, businessmen in the shoe sector, will make official the signing of a cooperation agreement with Brazilian suppliers.
This will be the first result of a partnership between the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the state government. The Hotel Show is going to take place between May 22 and 24. Companies to participate include those in hotel equipment, decoration, bed, table and bath equipment, and services sectors.
Spezzato, a brand of clothes and accessories turned to the A and B classes, is getting ready to sell to the United Arab Emirates. The company already exports to the United States and to some European countries. Abroad, the differential of the brand is the customized products that use handicraft.
Last year the company from the state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil, sold dark glasses to Saudi Arabia, and they are already negotiating with buyers from the Emirates and Kuwait. Mormaii is the main maker of neoprene suits for surf and water-sports in Brazil. In all, 40 factories in the country and around the world are licensed to produce company products.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The third edition of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) starts this Thursday (31), in São Paulo. The event, which goes until the 2nd of April, will take place in the Congonhas airport, where there will be an aircraft exhibit, and in the Transamerica Expo Centre,
The 38th edition of the multi-sectorial event ends today in the Egyptian capital. The number of trade contacts was high and some of the Brazilian companies closed deals on the spot, such as the trading company Double Port, which received an order in the sum of US$ 40,000 and selected two local representatives.
The peanut sweets, caramels, lollypops and gum sweets made by Kiuti are being very successful in the Middle East and North Africa.
The city of Marília in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, one of the main food production hubs in the country, exported US$ 19.1 million in sweets last year against US$ 14.5 million in 2003. New opportunities coming up in Arab countries such as Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are helping to increase external sales.
Representatives of the two entities will meet today in Cairo. In the agenda, subjects such as activities parallel to the summit for South American and Arab heads of state, the organisation of the Egyptian Week in Brazil in the second semester and the next meeting of the Brazil-Egypt Business Council. In the meantime, Brazilian companies exhibiting their products at the Cairo Fair will participate in business roundtables with Egyptian companies.
For the first time Brazil won the gold trophy at the main international design award, iF Product Design Award 2005. The main award in the lighting category this year was won by designer Fernando Prado, who developed lighting fixture Luna, with black and white rotating shades. This was also the first time that Latin America won gold in the 50 years of the award. Last year, the country won three silver trophies.
