Tag «Brazil»

THE VEUVE CLICQUOT WORLD’S BEST FEMALE CHEF 2014: HELENA RIZZO

 Helena Rizzo of Mani Restaurant, in São Paulo, Brazil has been named the 2014 Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef and will be honoured at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, in London on the 28th April. Winner of last year’s Veuve Clicquot Latin America’s Best Female Chef award at the inaugural Latin America’s …

ANDRITZ receives major order for supplies to new Klabin pulp mill, Brazil

Graz, March 6,2014.International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Klabin, thelargestintegrated pulp and paper company in Brazil, to supply major production equipment for Klabin’snew pulp mill in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2016. Comparably structured orders typically represent a value approaching 300 million euros booked by the supplier. …

Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA completed

The sale of the ThyssenKrupp Steel USA rolling and coating plant in Calvert, Alabama to a consortium of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation is completed. Upon closing, ThyssenKrupp received a purchase price of 1.55 billion US dollars from the consortium. At the same time a valuable long-term slab supply contract has been …

ThyssenKrupp building new automotive supply plant in Brazil

· New production location for cylinder-head modules in Poços de Caldas · Further step in global establishment of new production facilities for the automotive industry · New production process opens up growth options in Asia, South America and Europe ThyssenKrupp today began construction of a new automotive supply plant in Brazil. In the coming months, …

Despite Slower Growth, the BRICS Remain a Dynamic Force

China has embarked on a more sustainable growth course Brazil consolidates reform process and prepares large-scale privatizations India confident about steady GDP growth over the next three years South Africa focused on “new normal” while Russia focuses on better business environment The theme of the 44th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for …

Leaders from Australia, Brazil, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, South Korea and UK to Address 44th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Over 2,500 participants from almost 100 countries representing business, government, academia and civil society will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014 Participants include more than 40 heads of state or government and more than 1,500 business leaders The theme of the Meeting is The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and …

Russian parliament votes for amnesty for Arctic 30

Amsterdam, 18 December 2013 – The Greenpeace activists who spent two months in jail after a peaceful protest in the Arctic have expressed relief after the Russian parliament voted to grant them amnesty. But they also declared: “There is no amnesty for the Arctic.” The Duma today voted for an amendment that extends an amnesty …

GfK signs contract with leading broadcasters to start operating its audience measurement service in Brazil in 2015

Nuremberg/São Paulo, 17 December 2013 – GfK has signed a contract with four of Brazil’s leading broadcasters, Band TV, Record, RedeTV! and SBT, to bring its innovative TV audience measurement experience to the country. The new service is planned to go live in 2015. The cutting-edge measurement service that GfK will bring to Brazil will …

Cessna’s TTx Receives Type Certification in Brazil

WICHITA, Kan., Dec 5, 2013 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, has received type certification of the all-composite TTx aircraft in Brazil from the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil. Deliveries of the world’s fastest certified single-engine fixed-gear aircraft to customers in Brazil commenced in November at Cessna’s facility in Independence, Kansas. The …

ArcelorMittal acquires ThyssenKrupp Steel USA with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation for US$1,550 million

Luxembourg, Friday 29 November 2013 – ArcelorMittal today announces that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture partnership with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (“NSSMC”) to acquire 100% of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (“TK Steel USA”) from ThyssenKrupp for an agreed price of US$1,550 million. TK Steel USA is a steel processing plant situated …