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Ceará will receive new investments for the construction of a footwear industry that promises to generate 500 jobs this year. The factory will have the capacity to produce 10 units per day.
The municipality of Senador Pompeu, located in the state of Ceará, will receive investments of R$ 4,5 million for the installation of a new shoe industry by the company Sugar Shoes. The State Development Agency (Adece) has already signed an agreement with the city hall for the construction, which promises to generate several jobs and income for the state.
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It is estimated that investments in the warehouse in Ceará will create around 500 jobs for the footwear industry to function. Sugar Shoes also claims that the factory will have the capacity to produce 10 pairs of shoes a day. However, the company did not reveal estimates of when the works will start or when the footwear industry will be inaugurated.
The State Development Agency itself is responsible for the initial investments for the construction of the shoe industry, while the municipal government will be responsible for donating the land.
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After the end of the works, which will create several jobs, calculations show that the final investment value will be R$ 15,7 million, adding the investments made by the state of Ceará, by the private sector and by the municipality.
Investments will bring an increase to Ceará's GDP
The amount invested in the footwear industry, in addition to jobs, will bring an increase of R$ 9,8 million in the value of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Ceará, with an increase of R$ 569 thousand in tax charges and R$ 1,2. XNUMX million in payroll.
These estimates come from the Adece intelligence nucleus, together with the Secretariat for Economic Development and Labor (Sedet). The agreement for strengthening investments in Ceará was signed last Saturday (26), through the signing of an agreement between the parties involved.
Camilo Santana, Governor of Ceará, Izolda Cela, Deputy Governor, Expedito Parente, Director of Support for Infrastructure and Heritage at Adece, and Murício Pinheiro Jucá, Mayor of Senador Pompeu were present at the signing and ceremony of the document.
Get to know Sugar Shoes
The company Sugar Shoes was founded in 1998, in Rio Grande do Sul, starting its activities with the production of vulcanized shoes in a rented building. In 2000, the company built its first unit and also started its activities in the city of Senador Pompeu.
Currently, the company generates jobs for 2 people and produces around 15 pairs of shoes daily, contributing to the generation of opportunities and income in the markets where it operates.
The company also has a sister company, which operates in the flip-flop line, founded in 2010, known as Neorubber. The sister company is located in Capela de Santana, in Rio Grande do Sul, and at first produced rubber plates for the soles of women's shoes. In 2011, however, the company focused on manufacturing flip-flops. The company has 300 employees in RS and 180 in Ceará, producing around 20 pairs a day.
