In contrast to the forecasts of reduced fish resources, an increase in production of mollusk in the region has been projected.
In the region there are about 150 thousand artisanal fishermen of which about 2,500 are devoted to the cultivation of oysters, especially in Costa Rica and El Salvador. Although it is a small amount the Organization of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Central America (OSPESCA) argues that the idea is to create a new alternative.
Small construction and packaging manufacturers are the companies that sell to large multinationals, through so-called productive chaining.
According to the director of the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer) Rolando Dobles, this level of chaining is the most basic form and is what normally occurs in any economy, being far from the chainings which result in more elaborated products .
The tuna company will invest between five and ten million dollars this year in order to increase its production infrastructure.
Grupo Calvo’s CEO in Central America and the Caribbean, Michelangelo Peñalva, without specifying the amount, said that the planned investments will contribute to the creation of 400 new jobs. "Every year investments have always hovered between five and ten million dollars, but what is happening is that we are redefining a bit what the determining factors will be."
The Guatemalan PreCon Group has opened its production plant at km 17.5 on the road to Leon.
Investment in new plant was $2 million, and the production area is 1,400 square meters.
An article in Trincheraonline.com reports that "The products that will be marketed in Nicaragua are building materials such as blocks, ‘Blocón’ system, paving stones, curb stones and slabs or beam with with LK moldsh."
In 2011, 237.57 million liters of spirits were produced in Panama, up 6% from a year earlier.
The production of alcoholic beverages increased in 2011 to 237,570,000 gallons, a growth of 6.1% compared to 2010.
The registration period covers January to November last year. In the same period in 2010, there were 223, 826,000 liters produced, reported Prensa.com.
The tuna company has invested $10 million in improvements at the industrial plant and in ship repairs.
In order to increase its production capacity, the processor and marketer of tuna has invested $5 million to improve the operating plant in La Union, El Salvador.
Since its establishment in the country in 2003, the company has expanded its operations and increased exports to over twenty countries.
The company will increase its production of detergents by 33% by 2014, with the introduction of new machinery and technology.
Ernesto Pastore, plant manager, told the media that the project is expected to start in October 2011.
Currently the detergent plant produces a total of 75,000 tonnes annually, of which 94% is distributed in Central America and El Salvador and the remaining 6% is exported to the Dominican Republic.
The multinational company will inaugurate in January its new crackers production line.
Felipe González, production manager at the new Chimaltenango plant, reported that exports to the Dominican market will begin on the same date, and that 54 new jobs will be created.
"Currently, the plant outputs 2.500 monthly tons of various products like breads, cookies and cupcakes, which represent 2.344 exported containers each year", reported local newspaper Prensa Libre.
Mexican corporation 'Grupo Bimbo' launched two new breads exclusively for the Panamanian market.
They are completely produced in Panama, and the idea is to market them abroad in the medium term, remarked Claudia Montiel, brand chief at "Grupo Bimbo".
They are "raisin bread and butter bread, two flavors highly demanded in the local market. They were not part of the company's 5.000 product portfolio", reports local newspaper La Estrella.
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