From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian airline Gol has increased its number of firm orders from Boeing from 65 to 67 aircraft, as part of the company expansion plan. This information was supplied by a company spokesperson. The aircraft will be delivered between 2006 and 2012. The new Gol 737-800 will come equipped with
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The city hall of Mossoró, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, intends, in partnership with the National Service of Industrial Education (Senai), to establish the School of Petroleum, turned to training technicians in the sector. The state is the largest producer of the commodity in onshore fields in Brazil. The city is the main oil hub in the state, with over 100 companies directly connected to the sector.
The businesswoman Maria Cecília Machado started using taboa – a kind of reed very common in the interior of Brazil that grows by rivers – to produce accessories, in 2003. The experience worked out so well that, eight months after beginning the activities, she was already selling the handbags to renowned boutiques in the country. This month Cecília is going to ship 30 handbags to Germany.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) registered its largest daily turnover since the beginning of the Real Plan, halfway through 1994, in which the current Brazilian currency, the real, was installed. In the month, an average of 89,088 deals were made a day, with an average turnover of R$
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil may become the fourth largest economy in the world by 2050, according to a report by international consultancy company PricewaterhouseCoopers, published in British newspaper The Times. According to Price, Brazil will lose only to China, the United States and India. The report is based on demographic tendencies and
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais had revenues of US$ 1.029 billion with exports in February, a historic record for exports in this month of the year. Minas Gerais is the second largest Brazilian export state, losing only to São Paulo, also in the southeast. In the first
The funds will be invested over the next three years in the development of new products. In the last ten years, the company of Swedish origin has invested US$ 400 million in its operations in the country. In 2005, Volvo Brazil sold over 12,000 vehicles, between lorries and buses, on the domestic and foreign market.
Tecsis exports fans and industrial air conditioners to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Apart from industrial cooling and ventilation systems, the company also develops equipment for the wind energy market. The list of clients includes large companies, among them Siemens, Hamon Group, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and Petrobras.
The company BSBios Biodiesel Sul Brasil is going to establish a plant for the production of the fuel in the city of Passo Fundo, in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The unit will have investments worth US$ 17.4 million and will start operating next year.
