In the first semester of the year, 33 environmental impact studies were submitted in countries in the region for the construction of different types of industrial plants and improvements in existing ones.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.
After investing $26 million in the expansion of its beer plant in San Pedro Sula, Cervecería Hondureña plans to increase its production from 1.6 million to 2.6 million hectoliters.
The brewing company, a member of conglomerate AB Inbev, inaugurated its modern production plant this week, with the capacity to pack 50,000 bottles per hour, and which will have a storage space of 14,000 m2.
Last year, 44 environmental impact studies were presented in countries in the region for construction of industrial plants of different types and improvements in some existing ones.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were presented to the respective institutions of each country.
The cement company has announced it will be investing $35 million over three years to increase the production capacity by 25% at the plant it operates in Costa Rica, near the border with Nicaragua.
From a statement issued by CEMEX:
MONTERREY, MEXICO - CEMEX, SAB de CV ("CEMEX") (BMV: CEMEXCPO) announced today that its subsidiary CEMEX Latam Holdings, SA ("CLH") (BVC: CLH) initiated a project to increase cement production capacity of its plant in Colorado, Costa Rica, by approximately 25% in order to reach an annual capacity of 1.1 million tonnes in 2017.
Hanes Brands is investing $2.2 million in a new plant for making garments in its facilities in the north of the country.
The operations manager Manuel Castillo, told Laprensa.hn that the investment is for "... a new plant called H2, which we started in January this year. It is an investment of $2.2 million including equipment for making clothes, sewing machines, molding garments and cutting."
Ethan Allen Interiors has acquired a 164 thousand square foot manufacturing plant in Honduras.
The US–based company has decided to supplement its existing operations in Vermont, New Jersey, North Carolina and Mexico with the opening of a new factory in Honduras, which will supply the subsidiaries.
The company made the decision to invest in Honduras with the support of the country’s investment promotion agency, which helped the company in the process of evaluating the country as an investment destination.
The inauguration of the new facility, capable of outputting an extra 3.300 tons of cement, is expected for February 24th.
Tiempo.hn publishes in its website: "The setup of this innovative facility, finished a coupe of days ago after two years of work, required an investment of 140 million dollars (some 2.800 million lempiras).
50% of the required investment was done by partners of the company, and the remainder was financed by national and foreign institutions."
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