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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (37018)7/13/2008 1:33:45 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217837
 
Mafra is the place to start. Reasons why: Border of Parana state with Sta. Catarina.
Parana state taxes are high.
Meat plants moved to across the border.

And will continue more and more:

Santa Catarina offering incentives for other meat plants to move to the state. Tax holiday, immunity, special financing, incentive in terms of materials: Land, earth moving and site preparation, asphalting, energy network)
Santa Catarina has certificate of free of food and mouth disease even without vaccination, Brazil's best sanitary control and now is aiming to be the biggest producer of meat of Brazil and is going to provide incentive to produce, chicken, pigs, cattle and sheep.

SOURCE: Diario do Sul
Translated form Portuguese below:
Pretende Atrair Frigoríficos De Outros Estados. 15-04-08 (Redação) - Incentivos fiscais (isenções e imunidades), linhas especiais de financiamento em bancos de fomento e incentivos materiais (terreno, terraplenagem, acesso, asfaltamento, rede de energia etc.) esses são alguns dos benefícios que estão sendo oferecidos para os frigoríficos virem instalar-se no estado de Santa Catarina. Santa Catarina que possui certificação de area livre de febre aftosa sem vacinação, melhor controle sanitario do Brasil e agora rastreabilidade quer ser o maior produtor de carnes do Brasil, vai incentivar a produção de frangos, suínos, bovinos e ovinos. Fonte: Diário do Sul.



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (37018)7/13/2008 1:35:25 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217837
 
Sadia chose to open its 3rd production unit in the city of Mafra

Sadia to open unit in Santa Catarina state
SÃO PAULO, 6/26/08 - The Brazilian food company Sadia chose to open its third production unit in the city of Mafra (state of Santa Catarina). The letter of intention for the construction of a swine slaughterhouse was signed Thursday (26) by the company's CEO Gilberto Tomazoni, the state governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira and the Mafra mayor, João Alfredo Herbst.
The undertaking also includes a ration plant and a poultry farm. Total investments, to be made until 2010, amount to R$650 million. (newsroom/cferreira - InvestNews)



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (37018)7/13/2008 1:44:23 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217837
 
Around Mafra, five other cities are agribusiness-based. Lots of grain. Good logistics, access to 4 harbors plus a new one coming up at Itapoa. There's a road network connecting all the consumer centers of the country.

Teh population is of German, Polish, Italian and Ucranian origin. It has lots of agriculture technical schools.

O agronegócio está sendo o motor do crescimento dos municípios de Itaiópolis, Mafra, Canoinhas, Rio Negrinho, Papanduva, Irineopolis, e outros município do Planalto Norte de SC, a região que mais cresce e desenvolve-se em Santa Catarina. A disponibilidade de grãos, a proximidade de portos como Paranaguá, Itajaí, Navegantes, São Francisco do Sul e o futuro porto de Itapoá, e de rodovias que fazem a ligação com os principais centros consumidores do País estão servindo de incentivos para atrair investimentos à região

Santa Catarina é um estado preparado e organizado para exportar, grande produtor de cereais, somando-se com o potencial hídrico de ótima qualidade e abundância, disponibilidade de mão-de-obra, os municipios contam ainda com uma invejável logística de transporte aos principais portos exportadores de Santa Catarina. Possui uma agricultura forte, baseada em minifúndios rurais. O estado ainda em dvs regiões possui mão-de-obra em abundância, grande maioria da população dos municípios agrícolas vivem no campo, de origem Italiana, Alemã, Ucraniana e Polonesa. Os agricultores são altamente qualificados. Fonte: Diário do Sul. Planalto Norte De Santa Catarina Quer Uma Unidade Da Sua Agroindústria.
A região do planalto norte de Santa Catarina se destaca por ser uma fronteira agrícola do Estado Catarinense, considerado um celeiro por ser um grande produtor de cereais, somando-se com o potencial hídrico de ótima qualidade e abundância, disponibilidade de mão-de-obra, contando ainda com uma invejável logística de transporte aos principais portos exportadores de Santa Catarina e Paraná.

Source: In Portuguese Diario do Sul



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (37018)7/13/2008 2:03:32 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217837
 
Extirpating tobacco and planting corn to make food for Chickens. (You can see Itaiopolis south of Mafra in the map below) Some retired guys created a small factory.

It exploded and now need 600 new chicken houses. City was the huge tobacco field. Now they are extirpating the tobacco and planting corn to feed chickens.

Zoom out. To the west, goes downhill to the coast,

To the south towards Argentina/Uruguay

To the North to Parana, S. Paulo, Rio etc.

travelingluck.com



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (37018)7/13/2008 2:12:15 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217837
 
Boeing and NASA Interested in Brazilian Aviation Biofuel.

TECBIO will build a new factory in Mafra 2009.

Boeing and NASA Interested in Brazilian Aviation Biofuel


Brazilian biofuel company, Tecbio, has linked up with NASA and US aerospace firm Boeing to develop a biokerosene aviation fuel, Tecbio's President Expedito Parente told a seminar.
The alternative vegetable-oils based fuel to power airplanes was invented by Tecbio in 1980 and flight tested in Brazil in 1984 before being abandoned. It attracted fresh interest after oil prices rose to record levels this year.

"We are starting to resurrect biokerosene ... the scenario today is different," Parente said, adding that the partnership with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Boeing was still at an early stage.
A memorandum of understanding was signed earlier this month. Parente told the seminar in São Paulo that he expected to get the fuel patented in 2008.
Based in Fortaleza, capital of the northeastern state of Ceará, Tecbio has a biofuel project in the state of Piauí, also in northeast Brazil.
Tecbio, Brazil's largest biodiesel technology company, is implementing six projects and seeking funding for another four.



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (37018)7/13/2008 2:16:41 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217837
 
Raw material for TECBIO fuel will be: Soy, cow fat or chicken fat. It will create 130 jobs and will benefit 4.800 farmers in the region.

Investment will be BRL22illion. The lot of the factory was donated by Mafra municipality, ;ocated at milestone 162 of the BR280 highway. Municipality will also contribute to site preparation.

All raw materials located in a radius of 130 Km around the factory, region is cut by two BR (federal highways) and railway.

SOURCE: below
portaldemafra.com.br

A Agrobiodiesel produzirá combustível utilizando como matéria prima a soja, sebo bovino ou gordura de frango. A meta é produzir 40 mil toneladas/ano de biodiesel, devendo gerar 130 empregos diretos, além de beneficiar cerca 4.800 agricultores familiares da região, produtores de da matéria prima. O investimento previsto será de 22 milhões reais. O terreno para construção da unidade, localizado no km 162 da BR 280, foi doado pela Prefeitura de Mafra, que também apoiará nos serviços de terraplanagem.

Antonio Fossile destacou a logística em relação à cidade, uma vez que toda a matéria prima necessária encontra-se em um raio de 130 km, além da localização de Mafra, cortada por duas BRs e pela linha férrea para transporte de mercadoria até os portos, que também estão próximos.



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (37018)7/13/2008 7:10:49 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 217837
 
>>May be will need to move to Brazil :)<<

Maybe you'll need some protection...

Brazil sees rise in bulletproof cars
news.bbc.co.uk