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One of the goals of NBSO Porto Alegre mission is to support cooperation between Brazilian and Dutch companies in the southern states of Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná. NBSO Porto Alegre is always open to welcome representatives of Dutch companies to develop business between the two countries. On February 27, the […]

On February 6, the NBSO Porto Alegre received a visit of Mr. Jonathan Ramirez from the Dutch company Green ID International Business Developers in Sustainable Technologies, accompanied by Mr. Tjitte van der Werf, from Frisia. Mr. Ramirez came to Porto Alegre to attend several meetings in order to identify opportunities for the use of biogas applied […]

On March 9th, 2019, the Amsterland Touristic Complex had its first opening. The celebrations were held as Amsterland reached its first operational stage. The complex of Amsterland is situated in the city of Santana do Livramento, a municipality 497 km from the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, close to the border of Uruguay. Mr. […]

Invest in Belo Horizonte The Netherlands Business Support Office in Belo Horizonte welcomed Marcos Mandacaru, under-secretary of the Belo Horizonte city administration responsible for strategic investments. In this Webinar we present the young and amazing Belo Horizonte, capital of creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. Please forward your questions regarding investing in Belo Horizonte to info@nbso-brazil.com.br  

The NBSO Porto Alegre staff, Richard Posma and Lucila Almeida, together with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brazil Mr. Kees van Rij; Agricultural Attaché of the Netherlands based at the Embassy in Brasilia Mr. Bert Rikken, and Assistant of the Agricultural Department from the Dutch Consulate of São Paulo Mrs. Frederica […]

Inauguration Mining HUB Belo Horizonte In January 2019 the Belo Horizonte based Mining HUB, was officially opened. Representatives from mining companies, partners, suppliers and startups attended the inauguration event totaling 250 participants. The Mining Hub initiative, led by the major mining companies and Neo Ventures in collaboration with IBRAM (Brazilian Mining Institute), is installed in […]

Potato value chain Brazil – Opportunity for potato processing industry The Agricultural counselor of the Netherlands in Brazil, Mr. Bert Rikken, in cooperation with the NBSO Belo Horizonte visited the Triangulo Mineiro area to study the value chain of potatoes (from seed potato to the industrialized product) in Minas Gerais. Since Holland has a long history […]

Belo Horizonte reduces taxes for Tech Companies   The Municipality of Belo Horizonte (MG) announced that it will reduce from 5% to 2% the Tax on Services (ISS) for new companies in the technology sector and for those who decide to expand their activities in the municipality. The measure aims to attract more investment into […]

NBSO Brazil, as part of the Dutch Economic Network in Brazil, has as its objective to facilitate market entrance for Dutch companies as well as to match offer and demand between the Netherlands and Brazil. Startups are also part of the focus group. Therefore, the Dutch Economic Network co-organised a full week of start-up activities […]

NBSO Belo Horizonte visit to Municipalities of Itajubá, Santa Rita do Sapucaí and Pouso Alegre   NBSO Belo Horizonte visited the South region of Minas Gerais to explore opportunities for Dutch suppliers of technology and knowledge. The following areas of focus of the Dutch Economic Network in Brazil; Energy, Science & Health and High Tech […]