Co-written by Deborah Portilho The Europa Case The amount of damages that are awarded by Brazilian courts for trademark infringement have normally been insignificant. One particular case has become an exception. The case involves use of the mark EUROPA by Fiat Autom?veis S.A. Fiat from...
ABSTRACT Comparative examples of "good government" at the subnational level may underanalyze the "public goods" problem facing politicians. Delegating authority and resources to policymaking agencies is possible when political conflict is low. The benefits can be maintained only if public agencies establish ties of "horizontal embeddedness" with industrial clients. This...
M2 PRESSWIRE-6 February 2001-BASF: Start with Fiat; BASF Coatings now sole supplier at BrazilianFiat Iveco plant C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06022001 BASF Coatings will be the sole supplier for Fiat Iveco's Sete Lagoas plant in the Brazilian state...
The Brazilian exports of vehicle engines might increase by 280% in 2001 and almost all major car assemblers are investing in products lines turned to the external market. Besides Tritec, a joint venture between DaimlerChyrsler and BMW, is to set up operations by late 2000 and which...
The Brazilian exports of automotive motors are to increase by 280% in 2001 year. The prediction is to export 340,700 units in 2001, versus 116,800 to be exported in 2000. Recently Fiat inaugurated a plant at Betim, Minas Gerais state that will destinate 120,000 units to ...
Automakers are investing billions to crank out cars in Brazil too bad there are no buyers. MARCOS PIMENTEL, A 40-YEAR-OLD BRAZILIAN FATHER OF TWO, PLANNED TO BUY A car in March by borrowing half the purchase amount. Instead, he opted to save his money to cover his eldest daughter's...
The future of South America's automobile industry looks promising if the government can assure economic stability. Due to major investments in local plants by multinational car companies, the South American car industry is expected have technology and quality comparable to that of Europe by 1997.AT FIAT'S factory at Betim, on...
Brazilian auto parts manufacturers signed new agreements with car makers located in the country, which will avoid imports due to the devaluation of the Real. Bosch Freios, which posted a turnover of US$100mil in 1998, signed a contract with Ford Brazilian...
The technology institute from the Brazilian university PUC Pontificia Universidade Catolica based at Rio de Janeiro state, has created anassociation with motor vehicles operator Fiat Automoveis to set up a research center for fuel and lubricants. T The technology institute from the Brazilian university PUC ...
Despite the slowdown in the last month of 1998 and the problems in the Brazilian market, the Argentinean automotive production reached a record457,919 units in 1998, 2,6% higher than 1997, according to estimates from the industry association Adefa Despite the slowdown in the...
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, today's question and answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question today comes from Massimo Vecchio of Mediobanca. Please go ahead. Massimo Vecchio - Mediobanca Securities Good afternoon to everybody. I have a question on Fiat...
SINCE nobody is buying motors any more, car designers obviously have a lot of time on their hands. Some bored Brazilians have come up with the Bugster, which is a Fiat-based cross between a Jeep Wrangler and a Beach Buggy. It claims to be zeroemission, with...
WITH oil prices looking like they might feasibly pass EUR140 a barrel and global consumption on the up the scramble is on to find an alternative to gasoline. Fiat took us to Brazil recently to show us one such alternative, bio-fuels produced from alcohol, which is...
BRASILIA AFP — Fiat is to invest nearly 3.4 billion dollars in South America's biggest car market, Brazil, over the next three years to boost in-country production, the CEO of the Italian automaker, Sergio Marchione, said Friday. The lion's share of the investment -- 2.8 billion dollars --...
It was enough to please the Brazilian's Pramac d'Antin Team, but Barros himself felt Phillip Island was a missed opportunity. "The team is happy but I'm not because I know that I could have done more," he said. "I started the race with a hard tyre, because we...
According to anba: The Tunisian businessman Hassen Sassi, of the company CCE Pieces Autos & Agricol Station Services, which commercialises auto parts in Tunis and surroundings, closed his first import from Brazil late last week. He spent three days in the southeastern Brazilian city of S?o...
Targeting higher productivity and improved part performance, Rhodia introduced two polyamide grades for Brazil. Technyl XCell was developed with Trexel Inc. for use with the latter's MuCell microcellular foam-molding technology for thinwall parts. MuCell achieves weight reduction and increases stiffness and dimensional stability. Although no processors have licensed the MuCell...
According to anba: Bosch is going to open an Anti-Lock BreakingSystem ABS factory in Brazil. The new line will be installed in thecity of Campinas (in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian stateof S?o Paulo), where the company already has a factory and it will bein operation in the second...
According to anba: Bosch is going to open an Anti-Lock Breaking System ABS factory in Brazil. The new line will be installed in the city of Campinas (in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of S?o Paulo), where the company already has a factory and it...
Luca di Montezemolo's arm, punching triumphantly into the air as he stepped from the pit wall, was a graphic piece of body language yesterday afternoon after the Ferrari/Fiat chairman had witnessed Michael Schumacher giving the hungry tifosi what they had come to see by taking pole position here. In the...
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