The International Sweets and Biscuits Fair (ISM) is the sector’s first event of the year, and producers see great potential in exports to North Africa and the Middle East.
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Established in the UAE as the Middle East’s largest building trade fair, the exhibition will be held for the first time in the African country on September 20 to 22. Registrations are open.
Based in Alexandria, Spinalex produces 118 tons of cotton yarn per month. The company is interested in hiring a representative in the country.
More than ten buyers from the Middle East are attending the fair that runs until Thursday in São Paulo. Walid Tarabey, from Dubai, is one of them – and it’s his first time in Brazil.
The 14th edition of Medibat is scheduled for March 8 to 11 in Sfax. The highlight is the space dedicated to the reconstruction of Libya, where over 200 projects will be presented.
New set of norms for the Jebel Ali Free Zone grants more freedom to companies and allows them to list their stocks in the local stock market.
Defense fair IDEX takes place from February 19 to 23. Brazilian defense sector’s association will take 18 companies. Embraer and the Ministry of Defense are also expected to attend.
The sector’s association is expecting over USD 13 million in orders in the Arab Health and MedLab fairs scheduled between the end of January and beginning of February in the United Arab Emirates.
The organization registered 16,800 new companies last year, bringing the total number of members to 201,000.
The Arab country is seeking buyers interested in visiting the fair Cairo Interleather from March 2 to 5 in the capital. The selected business owners will have expenses with lodging and air tickets covered.
The Arab country will be one of the countries to receive greater attention in the 2017-2018 period by the program, a partnership between the sector’s association, Abicalçados, and Apex-Brasil.
The sector’s association renewed its agreement with Apex-Brasil for the 2017-2018 two-year period. In all, BRL 36.46 million will be spent in promotion actions for the sector abroad.
A Brazilian entrepreneur had the idea to create men’s-only brand Male after getting a haircut and a shave at an establishment in Marrakech two years ago. The brand opened a store last month.
The Doha-based carrier’s Boeing 777 cargo planes will travel to Brazil twice a week. The new route will include stops in Buenos Aires, Quito and Miami.
