According Anpanama.com review, the minister Augusto Arosemena announced that the food company Nestle has opened a regional purchasing center in Panama.

In the article Arosemena said that "... 'They (Nestle) currently have two regional centers of this kind, one in Switzerland and one in Malaysia. And now they have invested in Panama in order to handle all of their purchases at the regional level '... the aim is to serve the Latin American market.

"... The information was announced during the presentation of a strategic logistics plan for 2030 whose purpose is to promote the value of Panama as a strategic point and all the facilities that the country has to offer to all national and transnational corporations. "

Source: anpanama.com

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