Montes Claros will receive another car manufacturer.
A month after the Fiat Group announced a construction machinery factory in the city, the Italian company Pimme e Matacena says it will build a special vehicles unit in northern Minas Gerais. The region could become a hub for the sector.
Minas 247 - Montes Claros is set to receive another automotive investment, taking steps towards becoming a hub for the sector. This time, it's the Italian company Pimme e Matacena, specializing in adapting and transforming vehicles into fire engines, ambulances, and civil defense rescue vehicles. As can be seen, it primarily serves the public sector.
Pimme e Matacena will invest 50 million euros in the factory, with a production capacity of 300 vehicles per year. In addition to the company and the Italian government, the negotiations also involve businessman Ruy Muniz, from the health and education sector – who is also a politician in the city. He was a mayoral candidate in the 2008 election. Production is expected to begin between the second half of this year and the beginning of 2013.
Exactly one month ago, Governor Antonio Anastasia signed a letter of intent in Turin, Italy, for the construction of a Case New Holland (CNH) factory, part of the Fiat Group. The truck manufacturing plant will receive investments of R$ 600 million between 2012 and 2014.
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Montes Claros will host a factory for special vehicles.
Montes Claros will receive, by the end of this semester, the installation of a factory for special vehicles. The Italian company Pimme e Matacena specializes in adapting and transforming vehicles into fire engines, ambulances, and vehicles specialized in civil defense rescue.
The company will invest 50 million euros in the construction of the factory, which will have a capacity of 300 vehicles per year. The target market is the public sector.
A new round of negotiations is scheduled for next Tuesday at a meeting in the Italian consulate in Rio de Janeiro, where the company president Luigi Matacena, the Italian vice-consul Giuseppi Romit, and the former congressman and businessman in the health and education sector Ruy Muniz will be present to finalize the details of the installation.
"Negotiations with the Italian company began two months ago. We have been working with the governments of Minas Gerais and Brazil to consolidate the factory in Montes Claros," said Ruy Muniz.
The businessman further explained that the expectation is that 130 jobs will be created in the first phase. The company is expected to be operational between the second half of this year and 2013.
From Italy, the company's president, Luigi Matacena, said that the choice of Montes Claros is due to the fact that the municipality belongs to the Minas Gerais area of SUDENE (Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast), has tax incentives, and is strategically located between the southeast and northeast regions. “We are optimistic. We believe that Governor Antonio Anastasia will like our project. We will present the proposal to the Minas Gerais government during the pre-meetings for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20.” The meetings begin this month.
According to Matacena, at these meetings, a delegation of Italian businesspeople is expected to sign agreements for establishing companies in Brazil, in the field of sustainability.
Two weeks ago, Governor Antônio Anastasia announced the installation, also in Montes Claros, of the Fiat Case New Holland factory with an investment of R$ 600 million. The factory will be built on an area of 700 square meters in the city's Industrial District and will employ 2.700 people.
Also located in the industrial district, the Havaianas sandal factory will be installed, with a forecast of generating 5 jobs.