Uniweld and Articco Inc. recently announced that they have partnered to organize the Dominican Republic HVAC/R Tradeshow on Sept. 3 and 4 at the Club Los Prados located in Santo Domingo. Read More »
South America will invest $38.1 billion in modernizing the region’s power infrastructure from 2015 to 2025, according to a new study published on Monday by Northeast Group LLC. Read More »
Timetric recently published a new market research report that shows the customer demand for contactless cards is prepared to grow in Brazil. Read More »
Textron Aviation Inc. announced Tuesday at the Latin America Business Aviation Convention that it has widened its relationship with TAM Aviação Executive with the approval of its Jundiai, Brazil, facility as an authorized service facility for Beechcraft King Air turboprops. Read More »
Textron Aviation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., this week announced plans to headline the Latin American Convention & Exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with its three newest aircraft models, all of which have been certified in the last year. Read More »
Colombian vehicle sales are down in the first half of this year compared with 2014, in part due to new restrictions related to the use of ride-sharing company Uber, in part due to fewer imports of public transportation buses, and in part for cyclical reasons. Read More »
The Bolivian government, which faces a limit of hydrocarbon reserves for another decade, has reached accords with native populations to obtain infrastructure projects while the government will be able to explore and produce gas in protected areas. Read More »
Brazil-based Braskem said it is the first company in the world to produce “green” plastic on an industrial scale. Unlike traditional polyethylene, “green polyethylene is made from ethanol obtained through the processing of sugar cane,” a Baskem official said. Read More »
Skechers USA, Inc. announced on Tuesday the company is transitioning its business in Latin America from a third-party distributor to a wholly owned subsidiary, Skechers Latin America, LLC. Read More »
PriceSmart Inc., a company with headquarters in California that operates 37 membership warehouses in Latin America and the Caribbean, plans to add two new sites in Nicaragua and Colombia. Chile and Peru are also of interest to the company. Read More »
For the ninth time, Fluke Corp. is one of the sponsors of WorldSkills São Paulo 2015, a global skills event that promotes and celebrates vocational education. Read More »
With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games one year away, Panasonic Brazil (PANABRAS) announced that they have signed an agreement with Panasonic Corporation to be the official technology partner for Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Read More »
Opera Software announced on Aug. 7 that it has acquired Bemobi, a subscription-based, mobile-app-discovery service in Latin America. Read More »
WindStream Technologies Inc. on Tuesday announced it has completed the manufacturing and shipping of the first 360 kilowatts for Phase 1 of its 2 megawatt installation in Argentina. The first phase of the project totals 1.35 megawatts. Read More »
RIC TV, a branch of TV Record in Brazil, recently expanded its investments in its HD production solutions by adding LDX 80 series cameras as well as a Karrera K-Frame S-series switcher to Grass Valley, a Belden Brand. Read More »
The contact center outsourcing services market in Latin America have showed mild growth in 2014, mainly driven by good performance in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and the Central America and Caribbean (CaCar) market, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. Read More »
ETL Systems, a worldwide designer and producer of RF distribution equipment specifically for satellite communications, has announced that it will display its RF technologies at the 2015 SET Expo in Brazil. Read More »
Waypoint Leasing Limited, based in Ireland as the biggest independent global helicopter leasing company, recently announced that it will open its first Latin America office this coming Jan. 2016. Read More »
The Honda Aircraft Company’s HondaJet, the most advanced light jet in the world, debuted in South America at LABACE 2015, which is the largest business aviation show in Latin America, and it has now gained several orders for the HondaJet. Read More »
Chocolate and candy producers hope to expand export markets Read More »
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