Embraer President highlights ability to Portugal “absorb … – LUSA

“Portugal is a very interesting development in recent years and, no doubt, is a country that has the capacity to absorb technology,” said the president of the aircraft manufacturer to journalists at a dinner with the President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa , promoted by the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

in this sense, Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva stressed the company’s decision to install Europe’s first engineering center in Portugal, where ten years holds the OGMA. – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, Alverca, in the district of Lisbon, and more recently, a factory in Évora

“We are delighted with investments in OGMA and Évora. the two investments are very important for our operations and we will have a very significant growth in the coming years, as our new aircraft start to be delivered from 2018, the Évora plant you will be especially important, “he said.

OGMA partially fabricate the new military jet KC 390, which was last month in Portugal to make the first flight in Europe, also highlighted the president of Embraer.

the investment Embraer in Portugal is of 280 million euros in the two units, and expected reach 400 million euros in 2018.

the President today held the fourth of a six-day visit to Brazil, which began in Rio de Janeiro, host city of the Olympic Games, and ends in Recife, the state capital of Pernambuco, on Monday.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has insisted on the idea that the next Community summit Portuguese Speaking countries (CPLP), taking place in September in Brazil, still no date set, it must be time to reorient the institution to a more economic component and that Brazil has a leading role.

the President defended today that there is a “single bilateral opportunity” at the time that Portugal and Brazil go through and announced a Portuguese public mission in economic and business area in September.

“Brazil is coming out of a recession economic and going out. Portugal is coming out of an economic recession and will leave. For the first time a long time ago not a countercyclical between Brazil and Portugal. There is a single bilateral opportunity now, “he argued.

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