In the first nine months of 2019, the region's companies bought electric motors and generators abroad for $127 million, 35% less than what was reported for the same period in 2018.
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If the quarantine and mobility restriction measures are extended by two months, it is forecast that by the end of the year the annualized demand for repair and maintenance services of machinery and industrial equipment in Central America will have fallen by 5%.
The "Information System for the Impact Analysis of Covid-19 on Business", prepared by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, measures the degree of impact that the crisis will have on companies according to their sector or economic activity, considering different scenarios for the coming months.
Panama's Metro is tendering for the preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance service of the railroad track, catenary and sizing equipment subsystems of Line 1.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-2-80-0-08-LP-002893
In Guatemala, the supply and installation of machinery and equipment for the specialty of automotive technology, for several training centers of Intecap, is tendered.
The Autonomous Executive Port Commission of El Salvador is tendering the supply of personal protection equipment for the companies of the institution for the year 2020.
From January to September 2019 Central America imported $171 million in liquid pumps, 8% more than in the same period in 2018, with Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras being the markets that grew the most.
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The Mayor's Office of the Central District of Honduras is tendering for the rental and operation of machinery and equipment for different works in its jurisdiction.
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Kaeser Compressors, Cemcol and Goldstar Elevators, are some of the companies with the most important contracts to supply machinery and tools to public institutions in Central America.
An analysis by CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence Unit provides interesting data on the companies that were awarded contracts to supply machinery and tools to the governments of Central American countries in 2019.
The Central Bank of Honduras tenders maintenance services for its electrical, mechanical, fire detection and extinguishing systems, and software, for a period of three years.
Businessmen dedicated to the commercialization of machines and heavy equipment expect that between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 sales will begin to recover, derived from the mega-projects that will be executed in the country.
The public infrastructure projects that are close to being developed and that have generated expectations among the sector's businessmen are the construction of the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal and Line 3 of the Panama Metro.
In the first six months of 2019, Central American countries spent $54 million to import tractors, and purchases from companies in the U.S. and Mexico fell in year-on-year terms by 42% and 14%, respectively.
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From February 5 to 7, the event called "Expo Machine 2020" will take place in the country's capital, where several types of machines, equipment, products and services from the construction, industrial, logistics, maritime, mining and agricultural sectors will be offered.
The event's organizers informed that for this year's edition, 70 exhibitors will participate, including national and international ones, who will exhibit an average of 200 brands.
In the first half of 2019, purchases of electric motors and generators in the region totaled $84 million, and imports made by companies in El Salvador and Panama grew 80% and 35%, respectively.
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