Plycem will be investing $5 million in implementing robotic automation systems in its manufacturing plants which make fiber-cement materials in Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
It is expected that by April 2015 12 new robots will have been installed and will be operational, robots which are being manufactured in Europe, and will be responsible for handling heavy materials in the plant located in Paraíso de Cartago, Costa Rica. The implementation of this new technology will increase production by up to 30%.
Although the master plan is ready, changes in the Autonomous Executive Port Commission and other factors have delayed, again, the modernization of the international airport in El Salvador.
Roberto Kriete, co-founder and member of the board of Avianca Holdings told Laprensagrafica.com that "... 'the airport is an issue that has a very large financial impact nationally and it is a topic that unfortunately when there are changes of government and even more so changes in leadership at the CEPA (the modernization process) there is a delay of at least six months while it is all reviewed ...There are obvious needs for the expansion of the airport terminal, and (it is obvious) that the process of modernization should be sped up.'"
Out of the $80 million awarded in Costa Rica to the Limón Port City Project 5 years ago, only 12% of it has been spent, mainly on paying the salaries of public officials connected to the project.
Editorial
A few months ago a controversy arose in Spain over the allocation of funds for development, such as low-interest financing for development projects by a private construction company. Keeping in mind the poor results in the Limon Port City Project in Costa Rica, it might not be such a bad idea to give these kind of soft loans to private enterprise, who stand to to lose (or gain) if the project fails, and not the public officials who supposedly do a better job because they are not motivated by profit, but don't have the incentive to carry out their work either, because whether they do so or not, they will still get their wages paid at the end of the month. The economic impact of the implementation of the projects would be achieved just the same, and most importantly, the projects would definitely be finished.
It has been pointed out that in order to reverse the very low influx of foreign investment there is a need to upgrade the system of tax incentives focussing on the "draw back" which was eliminated.
The proposal aims to make the tax advantages offered by the country be focused on specific types of investment adjusted to specific needs and production policies.
Now we transport thousands of tons of goods in fast trucks, we dispatch proformas and invoices online ... and there are still customs agencies.
EDITORIAL
The controversy which arose in Guatemala over the proposed creation of the Agile Import Window (VAI by its initials in Spanish) is as old as the world.
They include the modernization and expansion of the International Airport of El Salvador, the concession for Port of La Union, and the generation of 350 MW of energy, among other things.
From a press release issued by the Presidency of El Salvador:
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