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June 2017
Director of InvestChile receives Fundación Eurochile award
29 June 2017
As part of the celebration of its anniversary, Fundación Eurochile presented an award to Carlos Álvarez V. for his contribution to public policies for Chile’s productive development and his work in strengthening relations and business between Chile and Europe. On Tuesday, June 28, a ceremony was held to mark the 24th anniversary of Fundación Empresarial […]
10 key questions about the Southern Optical Fiber Project
27 June 2017
In mid-May 2017, Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications presented the term sheets for the Southern Optical Fiber Project. This initiative envisages the award of telecommunications infrastructure concessions for the construction of a high-speed digital highway to upgrade connectivity in Chilean Patagonia and put the country in a privileged position to reinforce its regional leadership […]
InvestChile participates in seminar on labor relations in Danish Embassy
19 June 2017
The seminar was also attended by representatives of large Danish companies with operations in Chile such as Maersk Container Industry (MCI), Novo Nordisk, ISS and BioMar, who shared their experience in the local market in the light of the Danish model. Denmark has a tradition of over 100 years of effective labor relations. Key features […]
Ambassador and Economic Attaché of Thailand in Chile meet with Director of InvestChile
15 June 2017
During the meeting, the participants discussed the principal business opportunities Chile offers potential investors from the Asian country. This morning, the director of InvestChile, Carlos Álvarez, and Ian Frederick, head of the agency’s Investment Promotion Division, met with Thailand’s ambassador to Chile, Saroj Thanaunti, and the Embassy’s first secretary and economic attaché, Piranaj Yvard. During […]
Chile and Portugal sign investment promotion collaboration agreement
14 June 2017
The investment promotion agencies of the two countries, InvestChile and AICEP Portugal Global, will work to strengthen economic relations and promote investment opportunities in strategic sectors. As part of the official visit to Chile of a delegation from Portugal, the Chile-Portugal Investment Seminar took place today, attended by more than 25 Portuguese government authorities and […]
The keys to the visit of President Michelle Bachelet to AWS in Seattle
07 June 2017
The presence of President Michelle Bachelet in the Kumo Building in Seattle last week was of particular importance. As part of her activities in Washington State, she met with Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), who not only heads the world’s leading company in cloud computing technology but is also recognized as […]
Director of InvestChile presents investment opportunities to British businesspeople
01 June 2017
Panelists at the event agreed in anticipating an improvement in economic conditions and the business environment in Chile in 2018. The director of InvestChile, Carlos Álvarez V., was one of the speakers at a breakfast organized by the Chilean-British Chamber of Commerce. The event, which took place in Santiago on May 26, brought together leading […]
InvestChile participates in Seminar on Investment Promotion and Cooperation in China
01 June 2017
The seminar lasted 20 days and was organized by the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Officials’ Training Center of China’s Fujian Province. InvestChile participated in the Seminar on Investment Promotion and Cooperation for Latin American Countries, which took place over 20 days and was organized by the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Officials’ Training Center […]
May 2017
10 KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT VISA TECH
29 May 2017
What is Visa Tech? Visa Tech is an initiative that seeks to streamline the process of obtaining a work visa in order to make it easier for local and overseas companies in the technology services sector and enterprises related to Start-Up Chile to hire professional and technical personnel specialized in the area of technology services […]
Lithium Call Road Show: Developing a value-added industry around lithium
24 May 2017
The director of InvestChile, Carlos Álvarez, indicated that this initiative is an essential part of a broader policy for Chile: its economic diversification. The Road Show: Lithium Call Chile, which took place in Frankfurt, is part of efforts to boost the development of a value-added lithium industry and position Chile as a pole of innovation […]