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August 2016
Over 80 companies to participate in ChileWeek China 2016
10 August 2016
The second version of ChileWeek in China – which will take place this year in the cities of Guangzhou and Beijing between August 28 and September 2 – will comprise more than 40 different activities to promote products, services and investment and will be attended by a delegation of some 80 companies from the food […]
Government announces 27 opportunities for investment in tourism on state land
09 August 2016
The Economy Minister explained that the initiative seeks to diversify tourism infrastructure in Chile and to boost the growth of the nine regions where the opportunities are located. • Local and foreign investors can obtain information about the state land for tourism projects by visiting www.invierteturismo.cl. In a bid to foster the development of tourism […]
InvestChile director meets with overseas chambers of commerce
05 August 2016
Carlos Álvarez briefed AmCham, Camacoes and BritCham on the institution’s plans The director of InvestChile, Carlos Álvarez, met this week with representatives of the US, Spanish and British chambers of commerce. The aim of each meeting was to draw attention to the agency’s main plans as well as to learn about the concerns of some of the countries […]
July 2016
InvestChile conducts investment promotion tour in California
27 July 2016
Executives from InvestChile’s Investment Attraction area held meetings with eight companies from the agribusiness sector in six US cities. InvestChile has conducted a four-day tour of California, United States with the main objective of promoting investment opportunities in Chile’s food industry and to visit the head offices of companies already established in the country. Agency […]
Río de Janeiro businessmen seek investment opportunities in Chile
27 July 2016
Chile and Brazil have an Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Agreement that seeks to strengthen economic and trade relations between both countries. Business opportunities between Chile and Brazil were the central topic of the seminar organized in Río de Janeiro by the Chilean government and Sistema FIRJAN, an association that represents all the industries of Río de Janeiro […]
InvestChile presents opportunities at Chinese machinery and electronic products fair
26 July 2016
The fair, which has a delegation of 130 people from China, among them authorities, company and business association representatives, was inaugurated yesterday and seeks to strengthen product marketing. The foreign investment promotion agency, InvestChile, gave a presentation on business opportunities in Chile to potential investors from Sichuan Province in the framework of the third Exhibition of […]
Minister Céspedes esteemed high technology development in Chile
22 July 2016
The development of innovative products and the promotion of the technology industry were the main topics of a meeting between the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, the director of InvestChile, Carlos Álvarez, and representatives of Synopsys Inc., a leading US developer of specialist software for the design of complex integrated […]
InvestChile director meets with JETRO official representative
15 July 2016
The director of InvestChile, Carlos Álvarez Voullième, met with Yasuhiro Nakayama, the representative in Chile of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), an institution which seeks to tighten bilateral trade relations. During the meeting, the authorities discussed the opportunities that Chile offers in the main economic sectors and agreed to work together in future activities […]
Minister Céspedes and the director of InvestChile meet with German businesspeople
12 July 2016
The Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, emphasized the importance of Chile as an investment destination at a meeting with a delegation of German businesspeople this morning. Company executives from sectors such as Energy and Mining, who are accompanying the German president Joachim Gauck on his official visit to Chile, also had the opportunity […]
June 2016
President Bachelet appoints new Director of InvestChile
20 June 2016
The Ministry of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism has announced that Her Excellency President Michelle Bachelet has appointed Carlos Álvarez Voullième as Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency. Álvarez was one of the names put forward for the post by the Civil Service through its Selection Board System. He was previously President of the Council of the […]