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June 2019
President Piñera inaugurates Cardones-Polpaico power transmission line: project represented foreign investment of US$1,000 million
20 June 2019
At the ceremony, the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Juan Andrés Fontaine, highlighted the government’s efforts to reactivate the Chilean economy, indicating that “we are building better times, we are at the time of construction, the time of sowing.” President Sebastián Piñera, accompanied by the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Juan […]
CORFO and InvestChile meet companies in Japan to promote tender for specialized lithium producers
11 June 2019
Chilean authorities met with over 20 companies in Tokyo, including Toshiba, Marubeni and JX Nippon Mining. The tour concludes this Thursday in South Korea. The “Lithium Call” through which the Chilean government’s Economic Development Agency (CORFO) is seeking, with the collaboration of InvestChile, to promote an international tender to select the best projects for the […]
Minister Fontaine and InvestChile travel to Europe to promote concessions portfolio for US$14,600 million
10 June 2019
In a visit to London, Berlin and Milan, organized jointly with the investment promotion agency, the Public Works Minister will invite international companies and consortia to participate in the infrastructure program, which envisages 60 initiatives such as highways, hospitals, reservoirs tramways and cable cars. Public Works Minister Juan Andrés Fontaine will be in Europe this […]
CORFO and InvestChile launch overseas tour to promote tender for specialized lithium producers
03 June 2019
In France, Japan and South Korea, the two institutions will promote investment opportunities in the development of an industry to produce value-added lithium products in Chile. On Friday in Paris, France, the Chilean government’s Economic Development Agency (CORFO) will launch, with the collaboration of InvestChile, its “Lithium Call” to promote an international tender to select […]
May 2019
Site Selection magazine recognizes InvestChile as South America’s best investment promotion agency
22 May 2019
The award highlights, among other factors, the work of the agency’s team, the service it offers companies during and after the implementation of their investment and the quality of the information it provides. In its 2019 Global Best to Invest report, Site Selection, an international magazine, has recognized InvestChile as South America’s best investment promotion […]
Chile announces launch of SUPER platform to bring together 204 online administrative processes for investment projects
09 May 2019
The platform will digitalize sector permits from 29 public services and allow their processing to be tracked online. The President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, together with the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, José Ramón Valente, announced the launch this month of SUPER, an online platform that will centralize the process of obtaining […]
April 2019
InvestChile presents portfolio of state public works and telecommunications projects in China
29 April 2019
At the forum “InvestChile: Infrastructure for the Future”, Chinese investors were able to learn more about opportunities in the construction of airports, highways, hospitals and fiber optic and 5G infrastructure. In the context of President Sebastián Piñera’s visit to China, Chile presented its portfolio of state tenders and concessions to more than a hundred Chinese […]
Director of InvestChile meets with Chinese technology, food, construction and energy companies
24 April 2019
Cristián Rodríguez visited the offices of China Railway Construction Corporation, Joyvio, Didi, Mobike and Energy China. Ahead of President Sebastián Piñera’s visit to China, the director of InvestChile, Cristián Rodríguez has been there since Monday, seeking to attract more and better foreign investment in Chile through a packed agenda of promotional activities, including meetings with […]
InvestChile highlights creation of almost 15,000 jobs thanks to foreign investment projects
17 April 2019
In its Public Report for 2018, the agency indicated that each dollar invested in its work had generated US$342 in foreign direct investment for Chile. InvestChile, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, presented its Public Report for 2018 in the Moneda presidential palace this morning. The Report showed that, in 2018, the agency had a portfolio […]
InvestChile participates in meeting of Electricity Coordinator with the World Bank’s IFC
16 April 2019
Some 40 companies, such as Sempra Energy and Exxon, attended a roadshow for the tender of transmission infrastructure. The president of the Governing Council of the Electricity Coordinator, Juan Carlos Olmedo, and its vice-president, Jaime Peralta, held a series of meetings with investors in Washington. The meetings formed part of the international roadshow for the […]