On June 8, Law 223 was published in Panama's Official Gazette, a legal framework that establishes environmental tax exemptions for the recycling industry; these incentives will take effect as of 2022.
The purpose of this legal framework is to promote sustainable business practices, the reconversion of companies and the development of the recycling industry in the country.
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.
Salvadoran businessmen expect that at a local level the food, plastics and textile sectors will be the most affected by the increase in the prices of some raw materials and the prices of maritime freight.
This phenomenon has been announced for weeks. At the beginning of March, CentralAmericaData reported that due to the imbalance faced by world trade flows, shipping lines have changed their routes and prefer to move empty containers to Asia, a situation that generates shortages and causes increases in freight rates and raw material prices.
Bomerics, a company engaged in the manufacture of medical devices, announced that it will invest in the expansion of its operations plant located in Zona Franca Zeta, province of Cartago.
The new facilities will have an area of 10,200 m2, which doubles the 4,600 m2 it currently has. According to a press release from the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde), the investment will allow the company to develop a full-service, vertically integrated business model.
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.
The Panamanian government issued a favorable concept for the establishment and operation of five free trade zones in the country, which together project an investment of $22 million.
The free trade zones, which will develop diverse economic activities such as agribusiness, scientific research centers, storage of goods, international trade, fruit processing and agricultural production, among others, will be located in the provinces of Panama, Chiriqui and Herrera, informed the Presidency of Panama.
Kimberly-Clark is investing in the purchase of machinery with new technology and the refurbishment of its toilet paper and napkin production plant, which operates in the municipality of San Juan Opico, El Salvador.
The investment will focus on renovating the 13,164-square-meter operating facility. With this investment, the company expects to increase the production capacity of its Scott and Kleenex lines by 30%.
America Free Zone, located in Heredia, Costa Rica, plans to execute an investment plan in the next few years totaling close to $120 million and contemplates the implementation of electro-lane stations and the construction of new infrastructure.
Executives of the business complex informed that up to now they offer their clients 200 thousand m2 of space for business activities, but the medium-term plans are to add another 60 thousand m2.
Because in this context of new commercial reality the sales of alcohol, fertilizers, soaps, detergents and chemical and pharmaceutical products have increased, the productive activity of the Central American industrial sector has been dynamized.
According to figures from the Bank of Guatemala, during the III Quarter of 2020 the Guatemalan Gross Domestic Product reported -2% year-on-year variation, a behavior that contrasts with the evolution of the manufacturing industry, which for the period in question registered a 3% increase in its production.
After nearly seven decades of operating in the Central American country, the company dedicated to the manufacture of batteries and lighting decided to close its production plant and moved its operations to Brazil.
The restructuring of its operations comes two years after Energizer Holdings Inc agreed to buy the battery and lighting business of Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. With this acquisition, Energizer absorbed the Varta and Rayovac brands.
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.
After bottoming out in the second quarter of the year, Guatemala's industrial activity index reversed its trend as of July, and in September 2020 registered a 6% drop.
According to analysis by Central American Business Intelligence (Cabi), because the mobility of people in the country is not fully restored, some sub-sectors are still affected.
The U.S. company, which still operates a plant in the country for the production of sandpaper and adhesive tapes, has begun the process of relocating its operations, which includes the closure of the factory operating in Heredia.
According to information released by the company, the closure of the industrial complex located in Santa Rosa de Heredia, follows a business strategy and is not a consequence of the economic crisis that generated the outbreak of covid-19.
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