The Development Council of Amazonas approved, on 22/06, about 39 projects that will generate jobs and new investments
Last Tuesday (22/06), during the 290th Ordinary Meeting of the Development Council of Amazonas (Codam), 39 new projects and investments of approximately R$ 1,5 billion were approved, which will generate about 1.250 new jobs in the state. The Government council, directly linked to the State Secretariat for Economic Development, Science, Technology and Innovation (Sedecti), unanimously approved the projects. See also: In Amazonas and Roraima Eneva starts exploring natural gas that will generate 2 jobs
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Approval of projects by the Government of Amazonas and job creation
The meeting took place on Tuesday morning, online via Sedecti's YouTube channel (Sedecti Amazonas). In all, 39 projects were approved, 16 for implementation, 17 for diversification and 6 for updating. The volume of investment approved is projected to generate 1.257 new jobs, of which 1.035 are direct and 222 are indirect labor. The new job vacancies are designed for Manaus and also for the municipality of Rio Preto da Eva.
Jório Veiga, head of Sedecti, says that there was a good crop of projects presented in this agenda. Some need to go through some adjustments, but, in general, they have numbers within the expected average. The Government of Amazonas continues to seek to attract new investments to the state and to be able to heat up the economy, mainly leading to the interiorization of development for the municipalities, concluded Veiga.
Companies that can generate more jobs in the state
Tec Toy presented the upgrade project in Amazonas with investments of more than R$ 542 million. Among the products highlighted for local production are a digital cell phone combined or not with other technologies and a data capture terminal for commercial transactions.
Hana Eletronics, on the other hand, presented the implementation project, with a new product to be manufactured, with an investment of more than R$ 164 million for the manufacture of a memory-type electronic integrated circuit (standardized RAM memory module).
Rubberon announced a diversification plan – manufacturing new products, with investments of more than R$ 64 million. Items to be manufactured in Amazonas were classified as “plastic articles for transport or packaging”, such as: sheet, sheet, strip, tape, plastic film (except expandable and self-adhesive polystyrene).
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Carlos da Costa, Special Minister of Productivity, Employment and Competitiveness, announced that he will approve the expansion of LG's monitor and notebook production line in the Free Trade Zone of Manaus, Amazonas. The decision was taken after the electronics multinational increased the number of jobs created in the Amazonian capital from 68 to 150 and announced an investment of approximately R$ 3,8 billion.
On the 11/05th, a live was made with the presence of the president of Fieam (Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas) and executives of LG Electronics. Carlos da Costa said during the meeting that, in addition to increasing opportunities, the approval of the new proposal considered that the multinational is the fourth largest employer in Amazonas, with 2.200 jobs generated in the state.
