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Fabio Arruda Mortara, President of ABIGRAF Nacional (Brazilian Printing Industry Association) and SINDIGRAF SP (Sao Paulo State Printing Industry Union)
Fabio Arruda Mortara gives his evaluation of the printing industry in Brazil and talks about the role of ABIGRAF and SINDIGRAF, mentioning achievements, challenges and his vision for the futre of the industry.
Disway, the Moroccan company responsible for introducing the first made in Morocco tablet to the market is discussing the potential of the first Moroccan tablet and the tablet industry.
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“What makes Ethiopia different from the neighboring countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda is that our attractions are not just nature and wildlife, but they are much diversified. We have culture, history, nature and scientific tours,” claims Samrawit Moges, managing director of Travel Ethiopia.
Fernando Figueiredo, CEO of ABIQUIM (Brazilian Chemical Industry Association)
Fernando Figueiredo gives his evaluation of the chemical industry sector in Brazil and presents ABIQUIM, the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association. The entity was created 50 years ago and its role is to defend the interests of the Brazilian producers and manufacturers.
Fernando Figueiredo, CEO of ABIQUIM (Associação Brasileira da Indústria Química), the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association, gives his assessment of the chemical industry sector in Brazil.
Eduardo Dias, Purchasing Director at GGD Metals, presents the company which operates in the steel and metals market. GGD was born through a merger and acquisition process of three large corporations in the industry: RCC, Açometal and Domave.
Paulo Rochet, CEO of Vitopel, gives an overview of the BOPP films and packaging sector in Brazil, where the company is leading the market with about 45% market share. Mr. Rochet also explains how Vitopel manages to stay ahead of the competition.
Amelework Ghidey, Managing Director of Technostyle
Being in the business for the last 15 years, Technostyle has managed to indentify its niche market and moved itself up the ladder to become the leader in the import and supply of furniture in Ethiopia. The company is also involved in interior design, offering unique turnkey interior solutions. By relying on the young returnees educated abroad, Technostyle aims to increase their productivity by 300% in the next five years. While currently importing from more than 15 international companies (Turkey, Italy, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Indonesia and America), Technostyle now wants to focus on local manufacturing by using 60% local materials from Ethiopia.
Zenawi Mesfin, General Manager of Intercontinental Addis Hotel
Bringing the US hotel industry experience into Ethiopia, Mr Mesfin left a significant footprint in transforming Intercontinental Addis Hotel into a top quality 5 star hotel, which is currently leading the hotel industry in Addis Ababa.
Haile Assegide, Executive Director of Derba MIDROC Cement (Midroc Group Ethiopia)
Door-to-door delivery, good quality and low price — those define Derba Cement as the leader of the cement production in Ethiopia. While the demand for the cement keeps on growing by 22-23%, Derba also wants to enter the local steel market, open a real estate company and a tiles business — all to solve the problems they encounter on a daily basis.
