An inventory of wild-caught caterpillars, its food plants and parasitoids, has been going on for more than 34 years in Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), a protected area of approximately 1200 km2 in northwestern Costa Rica. As a ...
Tags: ACG, Local Parataxonomist, ZooKey, parasitoid wasp
Now that Mexican President Enrique Pera Nieto has signed the Pacific Alliance between Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica, Mexican steel companies await notice that Mexico is excluded from the application of trade safeguards ...
Tags: Steel Exporters, Mineral
China has made some changes to its leather products’ import tariff, with effect from January 1, 2014. According to the information released by China Leather Network, there is no change in average MFN tariff of 12.6 percent for ...
Tags: Leather Products, Import Tariff
Freewaters, makers of casual and conscious footwear, welcomed Jose “Nono” Sierra to its sales team. Nono brings over 21 years of experience representing brands across the surf market in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Costa Rica. ...
Tags: Freewater, Nono, surf market
Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced its expansion plans for Central and Latin America, including the startup of a steel fibre plant in Costa Rica, the acquisition of ...
Tags: Bekaert, Metallurgy
The trade barriers between the European Union and Guatemala, have been lifted with effect from December 1, 2013, which effectively means that the whole region of Central America can now benefit from the EU–Central America Association ...
Tags: trade barriers, Textile
The scent of diesel, rusting anchors and fish slurry hung in the humid air of the harbor. I was in Puntarenas on the western shore of Costa Rica, waiting to leave on a scuba-diving trip to Cocos Island – often called an "underwater ...
Tags: Costa Rica, Agriculture
Packaging materials supplier Sealed Air has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its rigid medical packaging business to Mason Wells Buyout Fund III, a private equity firm, for $125m. Sealed Air's rigid medical packaging business ...
Tags: Sealed Air, Medical Packaging
When Guangxi Liugong Machinery was bidding to sell wheel loaders to a Thai rice merchant a few years ago, company president Zeng Guangan knew he needed to customize his equipment to beat off Komatsu Ltd and other Japanese rivals. ...
Tags: Heavy Gear, Wheel Loader
Incrediwear, a division of Star Nutrition, Inc., a California-based diversified health and wellness industry firm, has announced a new agreement with Laro Suplidora, a Costa Rica-based provider of health, wellness and sporting goods ...
Tags: Incrediwear, wellness industry
Sharing experience for the promotion of green jobs can play a key role in helping countries to advance towards a greener and a more sustainable future. This is the aim of the ILO Solution Forum that’s taking place this week in ...
Tags: Green Projects, ILO
The University of Ceramic Tile and Stone (UofCTS) has increased the renewal date of the Tile Installer Thin-set Standards (ITS) Verification certificate, to two years from one. This means that every two years the tile installer must retake ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Alfa, a Mexican conglomerate engaged in car parts and petrochemicals, is looking at options to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for its processed foods division Sigma Alimentos. Sigma produces dairy and meat products under Fud and ...
Tags: Sigma Food Unit, Food
Tucked away in the rainforests of Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio National Park lies a land bound airplane that will no longer take flight. In what looks like an accidental crash landing is actually a deluxe aviation inspired hotel suite. ...
Tags: hotel, Construction
Panamanian market is the ideal destination for the development of Peru's non-traditional exports, including textiles and garments, Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva Velarde-Alvarez, has said. Speaking at ...
Tags: Peruvian Textiles