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April 2017
InvestChile and CORFO officially launch 2017 call to promote high value-added lithium investments
13 April 2017
The aim is to reach important international players able to implement projects of this type in Chile. Chile offers a real opportunity to invest in the value-added lithium industry, pointed out the government’s Economic Development Agency (CORFO) and InvestChile during the official launch yesterday of a call to manufacture value-added lithium products in the country. […]
International Investment Forum Chile 2017 closes with more than 96 meetings
10 April 2017
The event, organized by the country’s foreign investment promotion agency InvestChile, brought together in Chile 60 foreign companies with and without a presence in the country. The fourth International Investment Forum Chile 2017 closed with the participation of representatives from 38 foreign companies not yet present in Chile, as well as 22 companies already established […]
IV International Investment Forum Chile 2017
05 April 2017
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM CHILE 2017 IN THE NEWS More than 43 investor companies from 15 countries attend International Investment Forum Chile 2017 The fourth International Investment Forum Chile began this morning in the presence of Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet; the Ministers of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, and Finance, Rodrigo Valdés; […]
More than 43 investor companies from 15 countries attend International Investment Forum Chile 2017
04 April 2017
The inaugural seminar was presided over by Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet who presented “Visa Tech”, an initiative that will facilitate the arrival of qualified personnel in the technology area. The fourth International Investment Forum Chile began this morning in the presence of Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet; the Ministers of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis […]
March 2017
Chile calls to develop lithium added-value projects in the country
30 March 2017
The Chilean Economic Development Agency, Corfo, and the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, InvestChile, announced the opening of the first call for national and foreign companies, to show their interest in investing in Chile and to develop capacities to produce lithium added-value products. Chile, the country with the world’s largest lithium carbonate reserves and with the […]
Chile participates in the most important event in the United States for the services sector
13 March 2017
InvestChile’s participation in the event in Orlando, Florida, forms part of its global services promotion strategy. Last week, InvestChile participated in the 21st Shared Services & Outsourcing Week in Orlando, Florida. This key sector event attracts the principal US players in the field and the most important companies related to it. This year, it was attended by over 900 senior […]
President Bachelet signs bill to regulate protection of personal data
13 March 2017
The bill establishes that personal data can only be used with the individual’s consent or for purposes expressly indicated by law. It would also create a Personal Data Protection Agency to which individuals would be able to appeal if they consider their rights have been infringed. This morning, President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill to […]
Government signs collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to promote technological development in Chile
02 March 2017
The agreement seeks to promote cooperation on innovation through educational and training programs, support for the development of cloud-based businesses – especially start-ups and service exporters – and collaboration in the modernization of government. The Chilean government signed a collaboration agreement today with US-based Amazon to promote cooperation on innovation through educational and training […]
January 2017
Amazon Web Services inaugurates its offices in Chile
27 January 2017
In this way, the company is expanding its operations in Chile as a supplier of cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its first offices in Chile. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, the United States Ambassador to Chile, Carol Z. Perez, and the director […]
December 2016
Minister Céspedes heads second meeting of Committee of Ministers for the Promotion and Attraction of Foreign Investment
26 December 2016
The Committee discussed the strategy that InvestChile will implement in 2017. The second meeting of the Committee of Ministers for the Promotion and Attraction of Foreign Investment took place this morning. It was chaired by the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, and attended by the Ministers of Energy, Andrés Rebolledo, and Agriculture, Carlos Furche, and the Undersecretaries of Finance, Alejandro Micco; Foreign […]