Optomec has announced it has reached a distribution agreement with Viwa to carry its LENS family of 3D metal printers in Mexico and Central America. The LENS family can repair, rework and create metal components using super alloys, titanium and stainless steel. Read More »

Argentina´s state oil company YPF has paid $122 million for a 50 percent stake in LyondellBasell´s Petroken, which it will now control with Grupo Inversor Petroquimico, and a 46 percent stake in Petrocuyo, a second petrochemical plant. Read More »

Emirates Airlines & Group has announced it will start a new daily service to Panama City that will offer 15 tons of cargo space and 266 seats. At 17 hours, 35 minutes, this service will set a world record as the longest nonstop daily commercial flight. Read More »

The Brazlian agency Empresa Baiana de Águas e Saneamento S.A. has signed a grant agreement with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency that will fund a feasibility study of possible improvements to the city of Salvador’s wastewater treatment system. Read More »

Thanks to its recent partnership with Brazilian firm Seal Broadcast & Content, Unlimi-Tech Software will be able to showcase its new FileCatalyst system at the SET EXPO in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The software is adept at managing large data transfers. Read More »

Carlyle received shares from Inversions Centenario, Scotiabank, and Wiese and De Osma families Read More »

Group EFE will use ROGER600 to monitor national railway network. Read More »

The Argentinian Platform for Food Allergens is organizing its first international conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 25-27. The conference will give an extensive overview of food allergens, detection methods and risk management. Read More »

Pure Hospitality Solutions Inc. announced today that the company is making arrangements for its Central American-Caribbean online travel hub, Oveedia, to be a prime exhibitor at Expotur 2016, one of Central America's largest travel and industry conventions. Read More »

Top Image Systems (TIS) Ltd., a global innovator of intelligent content processing solutions, is a sponsor of the ASUG Brazil 18th Annual SAP Users Group Conference and was presenting at the conference Tuesday. Read More »

Fitch Ratings last week upgraded Banco Davivienda S.A.'s viability rating to "BBB" from "BBB-" and Issuer Default Ratings to "BBB" from "BBB-." The ratings have been upgraded because the bank restored its capital to levels in line with its peers. Read More »

Mesa Engineered Tank Products (Mesa ETP) announced this morning that it has renewed its business agreement with Eduardo Betancourt to focus on continued expansion of MESA ETP products. Mesa ETP is a manufacturer of products for refineries and fuel storage. Read More »

Atento has launched its customer relationship center in Guarulhos, São Paulo today, bringing the company to 34 centers in Brazil, including 23 in São Paulo. The new center also brings the number of Atento's employees in the state of São Paulo to 57,000. Read More »

Recent drill hole at Mariana lithium-potash brine project continues to show promising metal concentrations Read More »

Doxee, a provider of cloud-based, enterprise-class customer communication management, Tuesday announced a new partnership with GEOCOM Uruguay to sell and support the Doxee platform to enterprise accounts in Uruguay. Read More »

Jewelers in Colombia, a country which centuries ago attracted gold searchers due the myth of the El Dorado, have produced a joint study in which they show that even as the country exports tons of gold annually, local jewelers are unable to buy even a few kilograms. Read More »

CPP Inc., developer of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment, today announced that its partner and only authorized distributor of its products in Mexico, Human Development Solutions (HDS), is expanding into Central America. Read More »

Fitch Ratings has launched a series of five reports covering corporate credit trends in Latin America with an Outlook Report for Brazil. One report will be released each day through Friday. Reports released Monday and Tuesday covered Brazil and Chile. Read More »

Brazilian confectionery Peccin is betting that the combination of local energetic fruits guarana and acai in chewing candy will greatly increase the company exports that already reach 70 countries, company export manager Alain Wehbe told Latin Business Daily in a recent interview. Read More »

Sojitz Corporation of America reached an agreement with Grupo T-Solar Global, S.A. and to invest in the Majes and Reparticion Solar Power Plants in Peru, the first mega solar business in the country. Read More »