Brazil: Coinbra discontinues Orlandia mill.

South American Business Information;  December 1, 2004 ;     140 words ......the leasing after the expansion of the crushing capacity in Jatai (Goias) and Ponta Grossa (Parana) facilities and the implementation...form 1,500 m tons/month). Jatai reached a crushing capacity of 2,000 m tons/day. In the Cruz Alta...

Masisa launches MDF.

Wood Based Panels International;  October 1, 1999 ;     176 words ......build a 200,000m3 per year MDF plant at Ponta Grossa, Brazil. The Chilean company has opened...major industrial complex planned for Ponta Grossa in Parana State. The company expects...laminating line also to be installed at Ponta Grossa.

Conab to increase farm products warehousing capacity.

South American Business Information;  June 8, 2004 ;     197 words ......installation of a customs house in Ponta Grossa (Parana state), where it holds the largest...accelerating the transportation between Ponta Grossa and Porto de Paranagua port through...would link Ponta Gross to Paranagua. Ponta Grossa currently has a warehousing capacity...

PARANACASTE PONTAGROSSENSIS POPP, 1989 (TRILOBITA: ACASTOIDEA): PROPOSED...

Journal of Paleontology;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......pontagrossensis Popp, 1989, from the Ponta Grossa Formation. Lower Middle Devonian (Eifelian...1991 ) described material from the Ponta Grossa Formation as Bainella pontagrossensis...known only from its type species in the Ponta Grossa Formation. Bainella is distinguished...

Canbras Communications Corp.

PR Newswire;  February 18, 1999 ;     188 words ......services in the Parana State city of Ponta Grossa. The subsidiary has paid the first installment of the Ponta Grossa licence (approximately R$750,000...previously-acquired private cable operations in Ponta Grossa, which currently serve approximately...

Sadia freezes investments.

South American Business Information;  August 4, 2003 ;     192 words ......the Sao Paulo-based frozen products and desserts plant to Ponta Grossa (Parana state) will demand more investments. Sadia' policy...the plant will be based next to the raw material unit at Ponta Grossa. Meanwhile the company has launched 18 products in the period...

AutoLinea makes profits with Fusca' parts.

South American Business Information;  December 2, 2002 ;     170 words ......Besides AutoLinea, Hubner holds two foundries - Blumenau (Santa Catarina) and Ponta Grossa (Parana). The group is to reactivate the Impar foundry, also at Ponta Grossa (Parana) acquired for R$4mil. Hubner currently invests R$6mil in Impasar...

Bunge strengthens wheat division.

South American Business Information;  September 8, 2003 ;     202 words ......state), Rio de Janeiro state (two), Santos (Sao Paulo state), Ponta Grossa (Parana state), Joinville (Santa Catarina state) and Canoas...per month in domestic market. Bunge plans the Joinville and Ponta Grossa units to supply the Southeast and South regions. Meanwhile...

Sadia invests R$45mil in Ponta Grossa-based production line.

South American Business Information;  May 5, 2004 ;     166 words ......meat products company Sadia is to strengthen operations in Ponta Grossa (Parana state). Higher value added products (such as Miss...Sadia plans investments of R$150mil this year - R$45mil in Ponta Grossa (R$15mil in frozen food and R$30mil in the erection of a...

OSB line has found its niche: furniture is proving a surprisingly...

Wood Based Panels International;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......sup.3]/year Dieffenbacher OSB line at Ponta Grossa in Parana state. As Brazil's pioneer...business. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Today's Ponta Grossa OSB and MDF panel complex originally...melamine laminating line at its 94ha Ponta Grossa site as part of its emphasis on value-addi...

Brazilian business leaders to visit Oklahoma

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  August 24, 2001 ;     189 words ...A delegation from the city of Ponta Grossa in the state of Parana, Brazil, is scheduled to visit several Oklahoma communities. Ponta Grossa Mayor Pericles Hobem de Mello is heading a group of 18 Brazilian business leaders who will meet with their...

Brazil's second OSB plant shelved.(News)

Wood Based Panels International;  December 1, 2003 ;     214 words ......Masisa SA, launched the first 350,000[m.sup.3]/year OSB line in Ponta Grossa in December 2001. But the local market has developed more slowly than expected and the Ponta Grossa line is at less than a third of capacity, at 100,000[m.sup.3]/year...

Brazil: Sadia outsourced pizza production.

South American Business Information;  August 18, 1999 ;     217 words ......to Big Foods, headquartered in Tatui, State of Sao Paulo, because the Ponta Grossa (Parana) plant reached full production capacity. Inaugurated last year, the Ponta Grossa plant demanded investments of US$37.5mil and has a production capacity...

Law turns on Brazil slaves' saviour

The Independent - London;  May 8, 1994 ;     296 words ......12 children and a handful of adults from shanty towns near Ponta Grossa, in the southern province of Parana, were lured by promises...finally she contacted us." "Us" was a human rights centre in Ponta Grossa. Mr Frigo went to the estate, found the children ill and...

Terminal 6 expands soyb crushing capacity.

South American Business Information;  April 29, 2004 ;     76 words ......COMTEX) Terminal 6, an association of Aceitera General Deheza, and Bunge, is investing US$60mil to expand its soybeans crushing capacity at Puerto San Martin, near Rosario. The current 9,000 m tons per day capacity is to raise to 17,000 m tons, with a corresponding...