Peru's Ministry of Production, Promperu and the ACP Group have signed an agreement to jointly promote exports of cotton garments from Gamarra to Brazil. As per the agreement, the goal is to achieve textile and garment exports of US$ ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Global beverage can manufacturer Rexam has announced the launch of new technologies with two customers in South America. New Age, a beverage company, collaborated with Rexam to launch its Classic drink in a can with a thermochromic ...
Tags: Rexam, New Can Technologies, Beverage
It’s reported that the Brazilian steelmakers may fail to raise prices for steel flat products due to weak steel prices in international market and low-priced imports into the Brazilian market. In the first quarter of ...
Tags: Steelmakers, Prices, Brazilian
According to the latest data released by the Brazilian Institute of Non-ferrous Metals (ICZ), the country's nickel production amounted to 6,839 mt in April this year, rising strongly by 43.2 percent compared to March and up 32.8 percent ...
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According to the latest data released by the Brazilian Institute of Non-ferrous Metals (ICZ), the country's nickel production amounted to 3,547 mt in March this year, falling 27.1 percent compared to February and down 45.5 percent compared ...
Tags: Nickel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The North African country of Egypt would benefit from the reduction in cotton import tariff announced by Brazil’s Foreign Trade Board (Camex) last week. As per the announcement, duty on import of cotton, classified in product ...
Tags: Cotton Import, Cotton
Automotive supplier Continental has commenced the manufacturing of the anti-lock brake systems (ABS) at its site in Varzea Paulista near Sao Paulo in Brazil. The company has invested about EUR10m in the international project to combine ...
Caixa Seguros, a Brazilian subsidiary CNP Assurances, has signed an agreement to purchase 70% of the outstanding shares of Previsul, for a sum of BRL70m (€27m). Acquisition of Previsul, a Porto Alegre-based life insurance specialist, ...
Tags: health insurance, insurance, life insurance
According to the latest data released by the Brazilian Institute of Non-ferrous Metals (ICZ), the country's nickel production amounted to 4,867 mt in February this year, faling 15.5 percent compared to January and down 14.1 percent compared ...
Tags: Nickel Output, Metallurgy, Mineral
Cotton prices have increased significantly over the last eight months, a period when the harvesting is intensified and Brazilian cotton exports move up. The 2011/12 season (harvested in 2012) was the second highest in history, and ...
Tags: Cotton prices, cotton exports, cotton
Biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company OPKO Health has acquired Brazilian pharmaceutical company Silcon Comércio, Importacao E Exportacao de Produtos Farmaceuticos e Cosmeticos. The acquisition is expected to expand OPKO's ...
Tags: OPKO Health, Silcon, Biopharmaceutical
According to German media reported on Saturday (January 12), Europe's largest car manufacturer Volkswagen Group (VW) had to recall up to 400,000 vehicles in the Brazilian market. According to report, the court has ordered the Volkswagen ...
Tags: Volkswagen, recall, Brazilian market
“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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OPKO Health has signed a definite agreement to acquire Sao Paulo, Brazil based pharmaceutical company Silcon Comércio, Importacao E Exportacao de Produtos Farmaceuticos e Cosmeticos. The acquisition is expected to expand OPKO's ...
Tags: OPKO, pharmaceutical company, test cassettes, commercial synergies
Taipei, Dec. 25, 2012 (CENS)-- Wistron Corp., one of the world’s biggest five contract manufacturers of notebook PCs by shipment, and Acer Inc., one of Taiwan’s top two brand vendors of PCs by market shares, will reportedly ...