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BRAZIL’S JBS, the giant meatpacker and meat processing company, has been arguing it has not been harmed by raids carried out by Brazilian police earlier this month, dubbed ‘Operation Sepsis’, part of the country’s ongoing ‘Lavo Jato’ corruption investigations.

Brazilian media has reported that on July 1 federal officers searched the São Paulo home of Joesley Batista, CEO of J&F Investimentos, the parent company of JBS.…

BRAZILIAN companies are looking to break into international ethical personal care product markets supplying sustainable cosmetics inputs from the Amazon forest, leveraging an innovative government project.

This ‘Structuring Project for Amazon Forest-Based Cosmetics’ scheme, launched in 2013 by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Servicio Brasileño de Apoyo a las Micro y Pequeñas Empresas – SEBRAE), is amassing information and data to help companies identify useful natural ingredients and advises on processing, manufacturing and marketing the resulting products.…

BRAZIL’S fragrance sector has struggled as the country continues to struggle through an economic recession that started during 2013, but the industry hopes it has turned the corner and sales are now recovering. In 2015, for the first time in 23 years, Brazilian cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances sales fell, dropping 8% year-on-year, according to the Brazilian Industry Association of Toiletries, Perfumes and Cosmetics (ABIHPEC – ‘Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Higiene Pessoal, Perfumaria e Cosméticos’).…

BRAZIL’S fragrance sector has struggled as the country continues to struggle through an economic recession that started during 2013, but the industry hopes it has turned the corner and sales are now recovering. In 2015, for the first time in 23 years, Brazilian cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances sales fell, dropping 8% year-on-year, according to the Brazilian Industry Association of Toiletries, Perfumes and Cosmetics (ABIHPEC – ‘Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Higiene Pessoal, Perfumaria e Cosméticos’).…

A DUTCH specialist in digital printing has told a major textile conference in Brazil that its textile finishing sector should embrace this technology, despite its higher costs. Rene Wolferink, application specialist at the Netherlands’ SPGPrints was speaking at the International Abit Congress, staged by the Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association (ABIT – Associação Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção), staged in São Paulo on June 1 and 2.…

HIGH tech sales specialists are advising Brazil’s textile sector to keep refining their ecommerce strategy to boost their competitiveness in a tough market.

Paulo Renato Macedo, innovation director at Tropos Lab, a consulting company for entrepreneurs based in Belo Horizonte, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said while “creativity, quality and brand keep being important,” adopting new electronic marketing was essential for the textile and clothing sector in Brazil.…

BRAZIL’S textile sector needs to look to boost exports by producing quality products to survive the current recession, a major industry conference has been told. Brazilian textile and yarns makers must invest, innovate and globalise if they want to ride out the recession, said the majority of speakers addressing the International ABIT Congress, organised by the Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association (ABIT – Associação Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção), staged in São Paulo on June 1 and 2.…

Brazil’s economic and political crisis is delaying plans to develop its nuclear power industry, experts say. This could be a lost opportunity to help the country reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 37% below 2005 levels by 2025 as committed by the government at the United Nations’ 21st Session of the Conference of Parties (COP21), in Paris last December (2015).…

Argentina’s automotive industry is poised for a rebound in 2017 after production slumped by 38% over the past four years, say experts encouraged by the performance of the country’s new government.

“We see Argentina’s car market turning the corner now,” said Neil King, the London-based head of automotive research at Euromonitor International, a research firm.…

Brazilian textile businesses need to prioritise sustainability certification to compete in the face of slumping domestic consumption and increasingly demanding consumers, say local industry analysts.

The Brazilian textile and apparel industry association, Associação Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção (ABIT) is pushing for companies to embrace its Green Stamp (Selo Verde) eco-label as a nationally recognised scheme.…