In order to reduce costs and take advantage of the country's geographical location, executives of the clothing manufacturing company confirmed that they will move two plants currently located in the US and Spain to Guatemala.
The announcement of the transfer of the factories' operations was made by Manuel Martos, representative of Nextil Group, in the context of the forum "Strengthening Regional Value Chains for Economic and Social Reactivation", organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Guatemala.
In the coming weeks, a 1,750 square meter industrial plant will be inaugurated, a complex in which 50,000 bamboo poles will be treated and processed per year.
The Bamboo Industrialization Project in Guatemala is located at kilometer 21.5 of the highway to the Pacific, in the municipality of Villa Nueva.
During 2020, 32 environmental impact studies were presented in Central American countries to build and expand industrial plants, with Costa Rica accounting for 69% of the estimated investment.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Area, provides an updated list of public and private constructionprojects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
In Guatemala, the Embotelladora Los Volcanes, which produces and distributes Coca-Cola brand beverages, is executing expansion works at its industrial plant located in the department of Retalhuleu, a project that required an investment of $60 million and is expected to be completed in April 2021.
The project began in March 2019; however, due to the covid-19 outbreak, work was suspended and it was only in the second half of 2020 that work was reactivated.
In Guatemala, the Miel Verde project, Special Public Economic Zone, was approved. In its first phase of development, it will require an investment of close to $4 million and will be located in the municipality of Río Hondo, department of Zacapa.
The new special zone will have a total area of 23,544 square meters, however, in the first phase only an area of approximately 5,173 square meters will be developed.
During 2019, 56 environmental impact studies for the construction of industrial plants were presented in Central American countries, and Costa Rica represented 58% of the estimated investment.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, includes an updated list of public and private constructionprojects that present environmental impact studies (EIS) to the respective institutions in each country.
Businessmen in the sector report that at the end of September 2019, industrial activity shows a 1.3% recovery, leaving behind the falls registered in 2018 and part of 2019.
According to the Industrial Activity Index, prepared by Central American Business Intelligence -CABI- and presented by the Chamber of Industry, at the end of September 2019, industrial activity shows a positive recovery of 1.3%, leaving behind the falls registered in 2018 and part of 2019.
The second project was authorized in Guatemala to install a Special Public Economic Development Zone, which will require an initial investment of $16 million and will be located in Pajapita, department of San Marcos.
"Puerta del Istmo" is the name of the industrial park, which will be on a 160-hectare site and will house industrial and logistics companies. In its first phase it will require a $4 million investment and in its second phase it plans to invest $12 million.
The Guatemalan business group Solid, manufacturer of Paleta and Corona paint brands, will invest $20 million in a production plant in the Dominican Republic.
With the projected investment, the business group plans to distribute its Corona brand products in 12 stores and 500 hardware stores in the Dominican Republic.
With the increase in the production capacity of its industrial plant in Guatemala, the manufacturer of painting tools, Farbe International, expects to produce 6 million brushes and 13 million felts or rollers per year.
Representatives of the company, which is part of Grupo Solid, assured that with this investment the plant located in Palín, Escuintla, becomes the largest in the region. From now on, it is expected to produce in one day what used to take them a month.
Puerta del Istmo, Centro Logístico Quetzal and ZDEEP Piedras Negras, are the projects advancing in Guatemala in the process of becoming Zones of Special Public Economic Development.
The tariffs that will be applied according to the categories established in the regulation, published in the Diario de Centroamérica on June 28th, were effective.
In Guatemala, the first project to install a Special Public Economic Development Zone was approved, which will require a $14 million investment and will be on the Highway to Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla.
The name of the industrial park, which will be on a 150-hectare site and will house industrial, commercial and service sector companies, is "Michatoya Pacífico" and will require an initial investment of $13.8 million.
Bayer invested close to $42 million in the technological modernization and innovation of its drug production plant in Guatemala.
The renovation of the plant located at kilometer 14.5 of the Roosevelt road consists of changes in production areas, creation of material locks and renovation of part of the machinery that involves automation of certain processes.
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