Archive for April 11th, 2008
By 2012, the Value of India’s Pharmaceutical Market is Expected to Reach an Impressive US$17.8bn
Opportunities to set-up API production facilities in LatAm to serve this region
via Business Wire
By 2012, the value of the India’s pharmaceutical market is expected to reach an impressive US$17.8bn mark, an increase from the current figure of US$12.2bn. Clearly, the market allows plenty of commercial opportunities. However, industry consolidation around a handful of large domestic [...]
Italian food in India
I met a company Mondo Frizzatta in Rosario, Argenina earlier this week. The founders had earlier started an IT comany, Neoris and sold it to CEMEX. Adolfo, one of the founders, is also an Endeavor entrepreneur.
I was telling them about the craze for Italian food – in young, urban India. Little Italy in Bangalore was [...]
MoU between India and Brazil for cooperation in the field of agriculture
via Thaindian News
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the signing of an agriculture cooperation agreement between India and Brazil.
The pact also includes clauses for cooperation in allied sectors such as research and development, production technologies and equipment, financing and micro-credit system for small farmers, post harvest management, agro and food processing, cold chain [...]
Global Market Opportunities Drive Beef Production Decisions in Argentina and Uruguay – Amber Waves-April 2008
via Amber Waves-April 2008
Argentina and Uruguay are increasingly important suppliers of beef in global markets.
Keys to both countries’ success in international markets are certification and traceability programs, which have been improved in response to recent cattle disease outbreaks.
Grass-based production systems and bans against feeding meat and bone meal to cattle have helped allay importers’ concerns [...]
President of India to begin LatAm tour – 1st foreign visit
via Thaindian News
[India's] President Pratibha Patil will begin a three-nation tour April 12, her first foreign visit since she took office in July last year. Patil will visit Brazil, Chile and Mexico during her two-week-long tour. Patil’s visit to the three Latin American nations is expected to strengthen India’s growing trade ties with these countries.
Argentina requests USD 8 billion from IADB for infrastructure
via Mercopress
Argentina’s Economy Ministry Martín Lousteau with a delegation of provincial governors and experts from his office traveled to Miami for the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank to discuss terms for a four year credit program totaling 8 billion US dollars in infrastructure and education.
The Argentina Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Provides Independent Forecasts and Competitive Intelligence on Argentina’s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Industry
Possibilities exist for acquiring Argentine pharma companies outright and using that as a base to serve the huge Brazilian market. Where multinationals fear to tread, Indian pharma companies with their cost, scale advantage can do well. Import of finished drugs into Argentina is banned. Active pharma ingredients can be imported.
via Business Wire
Continued infusions of cash [...]
Dynamotive Contracts Biomass for First Two Projects in Argentina
Opportunity to work with Argentine provincial governments
via BusinessWire
Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation (OTCBB: DYMTF), a leader in biomass-to-biofuel technology, and its subsidiary Dynamotive Latinoamericana S.A., are pleased to announce the execution of contracts for the provision of biomass for two of its proposed plants in the Province of Corrientes in Argentina. The Company further disclosed that [...]
