SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to repatriate the remains of two independence activists laid to rest in Brazil next year on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, the veterans ministry said Thursday. The remains of Kim Ki-ju and Han Ung-kyu — members of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, recently visited Brazil and has pledged to invest $US1.1 billion in the South American nation by 2032, according to the company Friday. During a courtesy call to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia on Thursday, Euisun [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Brazil office on Monday (local time) unveiled an online store-dedicated discount policy to promote the recycling of old home appliances. The new program, dubbed EcoTroca, provides a discount coupon to consumers who return old home electronics as a way to encourage their disposal in a proper and sustainable [...]
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Oil-Dri® Corporation of America (NYSE: ODC), a leading global manufacturer of sorbent minerals, announces today that the Brazilian Patent Office has issued Patent No. 11 2015 007549 5, titled “Clay Product and Uses Thereof,” with Oil-Dri as the inventor. The patent protects the novel, mineral-based formulation used in Amlan International’s [...]
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — N2Growth Inc., a global leadership consulting and executive search firm, announced today its expansion to Brazil with the appointment of Luiz Gustavo Aranha as Partner. Luiz will be responsible for all operations in Brazil and neighboring countries and will report directly to Kelli Vukelic, CEO at N2Growth. “Supporting our expansion into Latin America, [...]
London, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – CNH Industrial has once again been recognized as one of Brazil’s most innovative businesses in the annual ‘Valor Inovação Brasil’ awards. The accolades were conferred by national financial news authority Valor Econômico, in partnership with Strategy& – the global strategy consulting team at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The awards were announced in a virtual [...]
SAO PAULO, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global, sport-inspired fashion brand U.S. Polo Assn., the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), is opening its first store in Brazil this April, in partnership with its Brazil Licensee, Alpar do Brasil. The 1000-sq.-ft. flagship store is located at Morumbi Mall, in São Paulo. Additional store openings [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is leading Brazil’s automobile market, despite an overall slump in sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazil’s vehicle distribution federation Fenabrave reported that Hyundai sold 18,761 units of HB20 compact car, a model exclusive to the South American market, in the first quarter of this year [...]
Zurich, Switzerland, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hitachi Energy, the global technology and market leader in power grids, announced today that it has won an order from Suzano, the world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer and one of Latin America’s largest paper producers, to design and deliver a complete grid connection solution for the company’s new [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A giant Korean traditional wall painting is attracting attention in a Brazilian Korea town, located in Sao Paulo’s Bom Retiro area. The South Korean Embassy in Brazil and the Korean Cultural Center set up Korean traditional paintings on the outer wall of major buildings in the area on Friday [...]