Corrupção faz Siemens pagar mais de US$ 1 bilhão em multas

Essa notícia é um absurdo e uma grande decepção…

Empresa com atuação em mais de 30 países subornava executivos com malas cheias de dinheiro

A Siemens é condenada nos Estados Unidos a pagar US$ 800 milhões por corrupção e, na Alemanha, o Ministério Público de Munique revela com exclusividade ao Estado que abriu um processo para investigar supostos pagamentos de propinas pela empresa também no Brasil.

Ontem, nos Estados Unidos, a empresa admitiu ser culpada pelo pagamento de propinas no valor total de US$ 1,36 bilhão. O dinheiro não era usado apenas para corromper funcionários públicos americanos, mas também era enviado para pagar comissões a funcionários públicos de vários governos, com casos em Bangladesh, Israel, Rússia, Venezuela e Argentina. O objetivo do dinheiro era garantir que contratos públicos ficassem com a Siemens.

Segundo revelou com exclusividade ao Estado Hildegard Baeumler-Hoesl, procuradora do Estado da Baviera, os fluxos de dinheiro da empresa ao Brasil também estão sendo investigados e há “fortes suspeitas” de que pelo menos 8 milhões foram usados no País em pagamentos de propinas.

O processo em relação ao Brasil estaria apenas em Munique e não teria feito parte do caso nos Estados Unidos. A troca de informações entre os ministérios públicos, porém, foi intenso. Hildegard confirmou que existem suspeitas de que esses 8 milhões possam ter sido usados para o pagamento de propinas em negociações de contratos públicos de fornecimento de tecnologia no Brasil.

“Temos informações sobre o fluxo de 8 milhões em direção ao Brasil. Estamos investigando para saber a que serviram esses milhões de euros”, disse a procuradora. “O que temos são informações sobre o fluxo de dinheiro para duas pessoas privadas. Mas queremos saber agora para que fim esse dinheiro foi transferido ao Brasil.”

O MP alemão ainda investiga fluxos de dinheiro ao Uruguai. “Queremos saber qual foi o destino final desses recursos. Ainda não temos uma resposta clara”, disse Baeumler-Hoesl.

No caso americano, que contou com estreita colaboração dos investigadores de Munique, a Siemens admitiu ser culpada pelo pagamento das propinas e aceitou um acordo.

A conclusão da investigação apontou que US$ 1,36 bilhão foram usados para favorecer a obtenção de contratos públicos entre 2001 e 2007. Além do pagamento da multa de US$ 800 milhões, o acordo ainda prevê que um consultor independente vai averiguar com ainda mais profundidade os contratos da Siemens nos Estados Unidos. Mas a empresa alemã poderá continuar concorrendo às licitações de obras públicas nos Estados Unidos e nenhum de seus executivos será processado criminalmente.

Para o Departamento de Justiça dos Estados Unidos, o caso de corrupção da Siemens é o maior já visto pelas autoridades americanas envolvendo uma empresa estrangeira. A Justiça americana também concluiu que a empresa pagou propinas para obter contratos de transporte na Venezuela e na Rússia, além de usinas de energia em Israel e redes de telefonia celular em Bangladesh.

O acerto de contas e o pagamento de ontem não foram os primeiros. No total, a conta da Siemens já chega a US$ 1,6 bilhão em pagamentos de multas nos Estados Unidos e Alemanha. Três executivos já foram condenados em Munique nos últimos três meses pelo pagamento e distribuição de propinas em todo o mundo.

Em Munique, a sede da Siemens foi procurada pelo Estado e confirmou que “apóia toda a investigação” sobre os casos de pagamentos de propinas. Segundo o porta-voz da empresa, Jorn Roggenbuck, “uma investigação interna e compreensiva está também ocorrendo”.

Questionada sobre as investigações em Munique em relação a pagamentos no Brasil, Roggenbuck admitiu não poder “comentar ou dar detalhes”. “A Siemens está interessada em um esclarecimento independente e total sobre o assunto”, disse Roggenbuck. “Estamos apoiando todas as investigações e temos confiança nos resultados do processo.”

A Siemens chegou a publicar no começo do mês um relatório aos acionistas sobre o que está fazendo para apurar a situação e informá-los sobre o que existe nos tribunais de Munique. A estratégia da empresa é demonstrar que o pagamento de propinas seria prática de outra administração. As informações são do jornal O Estado de S.Paulo.

Metso, UPM and the University of Oulu launch a technology program in Kajaani, Finland

Metso Corporation’s press release on November 26, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

Metso, in partnership with UPM and the University of Oulu, is launching a technology program in Kajaani, Finland, to develop measuring and control solutions for the renewing chemical wood processing industry. The program will focus particularly on developing applications for process waters, energy production and bio refineries.

The program planning phase will begin immediately and the goal is to launch the three-year technology program at the beginning of 2009. The scope of the program is about 70 man-years and the cost estimate about six million euros. The program is expected to employ 5-10 people from the UPM Kajaani mill.

The technology program will utilize the UPM Kajaani mill’s employees’ competence in research and development as well as their knowledge of forest industry processes. A central goal of the program is to support new business development and to maintain the know-how that has emerged in Kajaani over the years. Metso Corporation has had a unit in the area for decades developing and marketing process measuring equipment. The program will also tap into the University of Oulu’s know-how in measuring technology, and process and environmental technology. The units have an extensive network of research centers and university units that focus on measuring and control technology; this know-how will also be available in the technology program when needed.

ABB fecha pedido de 70 MSEK para fornecer soluções de energia e automação para a nova linha de papel da SCA Ortviken

2008-11-21, São Paulo, SP

A ABB fechou um pedido de 70 milhões de coroas suecas para fornecer equipamentos de energia e automação para a nova linha de papel da SCA Ortviken. A SCA está investindo em novos refinadores e equipamentos de separação, que irão permitir que a planta customize a produção dos diferentes tipos de papel de sua fabricação. Os equipamentos da ABB reduzirão a perda de energia e aumentarão a confiabilidade operacional da linha de papel.

O comissionamento do projeto está previsto para junho de 2009. A primeira fase será a expansão do fornecimento de energia da planta.

A ABB expandirá o conjunto de manobra de 140kV existente, com dois disjuntores combinados, novos cabos de alta tensão e painéis de de manobra de 140kV de uso interno, com quatro disjuntores de desconexão combinados. O pedido também inclui um transformador de 30MVA e dois transformadores de 90MVA, seis motores de refino de alta eficiência, de 15 e 20 MW, quatro painéis MNS de baixa tensão com alimentação a partir de transformadores Resibloc e instrumentação para medir fluxo, pressão e temperatura.

Para controlar a nova linha de papel, a SCA Ortviken selecionou o Sistema 800xA Industrial IT da ABB, juntamente com um contrato de três anos para melhorar o sistema de software existente na planta.

Além disso, a ABB entregará 1000 Monitores de Ativos, como isso os operadores da planta poderão utilizar a nova função do Otimizador de Ativos que opera os equipamentos da planta em tempo real por meio de seu sistema de controle.

Emerson to Replace Outdated Controls at Philadelphia’s Baxter Water Treatment Plant; Project Calls for No Interruption of Plant Operation

PITTSBURGH, PA (November 19, 2008) — Emerson Process Management announced today it has been awarded a contract to automate the Philadelphia Water Department’s (PWD) Baxter Water Treatment Plant. The contract, awarded by PKF Mark III Inc., calls for Emerson to replace the plant’s existing outdated controls with its Ovation® expert control system.

The Baxter Water Treatment Plant, the largest of Philadelphia’s three water treatment plants, processes 200 million gallons per day and provides drinking water to 60 percent of Philadelphia’s population, as well as portions of Lower Bucks County. Because the plant is so vital to meeting the water needs of area residents, there can be no disruption in plant operation. For that reason, installation of the Ovation system is taking place within a PWD-specified, four-year implementation schedule.

To ensure a seamless transition over the designated timeframe, the existing ABB INFI 90 system and Ovation system will run in parallel until all control functionality has been transferred to Ovation. When fully up and running, the Ovation system will monitor and control all major plant equipment and processes – including disinfection, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and final treatment – as well as chemical usage. In all, Emerson will supply 13 redundant Ovation controllers and eight operator/engineer workstations that will manage roughly 3,100 I/O points.

Emerson’s state-of-the-art Ovation system supports fully integrated digital bus-based technologies, including Foundation™ fieldbus, DeviceNet™ and PROFIBUS DP. At the Baxter plant, the Ovation system will provide operators with valuable insight into the operation of intelligent PROFIBUS DP devices installed at the facility. Armed with this predictive intelligence, operators will be able to identify and troubleshoot potential problems before they impact plant operations.

Emerson’s Power & Water Solutions division will engineer and install the Ovation system. Cut-over to the new system is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2009 and is expected to be completed well ahead of the designated four-year implementation schedule.

With its selection of Emerson, PWD joins other major metropolitan areas – Chicago, Detroit, San Diego and Washington, D.C., to name just a few – that rely on Emerson’s automation and control solutions to help them ensure cleaner, safer water supplies, reduce environmental hazards and improve operational efficiency. It’s worth noting that this ability to improve plant operations also opens the door to additional bottom-line benefits that can positively impact the economics of water treatment facilities.

“A state-of-the-art control system like Ovation can be expected to generate overall operation and maintenance efficiencies through improved data acquisition, process monitoring and control,” said Bob Yeager, president of the Power & Water Solutions division of Emerson. “But the benefits don’t stop there: Whether adopting newer treatment technologies, expanding to meet future population growth, or adjusting to meet increasingly complex financial and environmental regulations that are affecting the industry, Ovation is a flexible solution that will help ensure that PWD is well equipped to meet the current and future needs of the customers it serves.”

AspenOne delivers asset lifecycle management

Aspen Technology has announced a patent covering key aspects of the AspenOne master data model.

The master data model in the AspenOne suite of applications makes end-to-end asset lifecycle management a reality.

The AspenOne master data model provides one enterprise view of process data associated with engineering design and manufacturing supply chain operations, and is integrated with DCS and ERP systems through a vendor-neutral interface.

By integrating once with the master data model, third-party applications are connected to all AspenOne applications.

This simplifies data integration and optimises the value of ERP and other transaction-based systems.

The model allows process design and operating data to be stored, shared and used by design, optimisation and decision support applications for true end-to-end asset lifecycle management.

The Aspentech paper will focus on how early communication of engineering information to the cost estimation function enables better decision making, based on more accurate project economics.

By using a unified data platform and a common interface, AspenOne makes it easier to: reliably increase enterprise agility by improving data accuracy and utilisation across business functions; support continuous process improvement by connecting real-time plant information to engineering design for rigorous monitoring of performance; decrease time-to- market and capital costs by electronically storing and managing as-designed, as-built and as-operated plant information.

AspenOne’s master data model conforms to SOA, which enables the AspenOne suite of applications to adhere to industry standards such as S95, ISO 15926, B2MML and Open OandM (Operations and Maintenance).

Aspentech’s recently released AspenOne V7 software includes an integrated basic engineering environment supported by AspenOne’s master data model.

This provides global engineering teams fast access to project data for round-the-clock execution.

Honeywell : Honeywell Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Callidus Technologies

Mais uma gigante do mercado, indo às compras, no saldão de inverno (ou verão, no caso deles )!

Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Callidus Technologies, a manufacturer of custom-designed and fabricated industrial combustion products, including refinery burners and controls, flares and thermal oxidizers. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Callidus designs, supplies and commissions environmental and combustion equipment and services worldwide, primarily for the oil and gas and petrochemicals industries. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2008.

Callidus will be integrated into Honeywell’s Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) business unit, and is highly complementary to the Maxon business, which Honeywell acquired in 2007. The acquisition gives Honeywell an excellent position in the energy-efficient, low-emission industrial combustion space, which has long-term growth potential given the cross-selling opportunities with ECC Combustion products and HPS technologies and expertise. Callidus’ overall offering, as well as its focus on end users and engineering procurement and construction firms (EPC), will enhance Honeywell’s customer relationships in the industrial space. 

 

“This deal builds upon our acquisition of Maxon and allows ECC Combustion to deliver more complete combustion solutions to our customers,” said Joe Puishys, president of Honeywell ECC. “Callidus has a terrific growth track record and we see significant upside given our current industrial platform with Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), UOP and Maxon businesses. Callidus is highly complementary to our combustion business and strengthens our presence in key verticals, particularly oil and gas and petrochemicals.” 

Unconventional joint venture

Pessoal,

essa notícia, embora não seja diretamente relacionada com o mercado de soluções avançadas, pode trazer alguma oportunidade, onde atualmente o mercado encontra-se totalmente saturado. Quem trabalha com APC, sabe que controle avançado para plantas de gás é algo comum e relativamente tranqüilo para ser feito. Dessa forma, com uma maior exploração de gás em locais antes não pensados, o mercado de AS pode aumentar nesse sentido. É interessante lembrar que, atualmente, o que todas empresas estão fazendo é encontrar novas frentes de negócio, para aplicação de AS. APC para uma planta de leite em pó, sem dúvida, reforça essa tendência.

Aproveitem!

The conventional way of thinking these days is to be unconventional, and that is exactly what Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Statoil Hydro are going to do.

They formed a strategic alliance to explore for unconventional natural gas opportunities worldwide and an agreement for a joint venture in large gas field in the eastern U.S.

Norwegian energy company StatoilHydro will pay $3.375 billion for a 32.5% stake in Chesapeake’s assets in the Marcellus Shale geologic formation, which is 1.8 million net acres, in the Appalachian region. Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake would retain the remaining 67.5%.

StatoilHydro will pay $1.25 billion at closing and $2.12 billion from 2009 to 2012 by funding 75% of Chesapeake’s share of drilling and completion expenditures.

The companies said the development of the area could support the drilling of between 13,500 and 17,000 horizontal wells over the next 20 years and cover more than 32,000 leases in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and Ohio. StatoilHydro said it was acquiring about 2.5 billion to 3 billion future, recoverable barrels of oil equivalent through the deal.

“We are establishing a strong platform for further developing our gas value chain business and growing our position in unconventional gas worldwide,” said Helge Lund, president and chief executive of StatoilHydro. “The agreement we have entered into with Chesapeake provides us with a solid position in an attractive long-term resource base under competitive terms. Additionally, this deal adds a major building block to the gas value chain position we have established in the U.S., the world’s largest and most liquid gas market.”

Chesapeake is the largest producer of natural gas in the U.S., while StatoilHydro is the second-largest natural gas supplier to Europe. As part of the agreement, the two companies will form a strategic alliance.

“We believe this transaction creates substantial value for both companies and unique opportunities for international growth with one of the leading international oil and gas companies,” said Chesapeake Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon.

Chesapeake also sold a 20% interest in its assets in the Haynesville Shale in north Louisiana and east Texas to Plains Exploration and Production Co. for $3.3 billion and a 25% interest in its assets in the Fayetteville Shale assets to BP America for $1.9 billion.

The deal and the alliance should close by the end of December.

Artigo: Despite Market Turmoil, Demand for Automation Remains Strong

Pessoal,

mais um artigo, falando sobre a crise, o comportamento do mercado de soluções avançadas com relação à crise. Esse artigo faz parte do ARC Insight, privado a alguns profissionais da área e o enfoque é a respeito do mercado global de soluções avançadas. Aproveitem!

By Larry O’Brien (ARC INSIGHT# 2008-38M SEPTEMBER 18, 2008)

Summary

The slowdown in the global manufacturing economy is evident. Last year, ARC predicted a slowdown in growth for automation and the facts are start-ing to bear that out. It’s important to remember that we at ARC view this as a slowdown, not a contraction or reces-sion in the market, and the overall growth of the automation market re-mains only slightly lower than the all time peaks reached in 2007. Projects are still going ahead as planned, new contracts are being announced just about every day, and there continues to be sustained demand for automation, particularly in the services sector. The supply side of the business is still generating big increases in sales. The hydrocarbons sector remains the primary growth driver for the global automation marketplace. From upstream oil and gas to downstream refining and petrochemical, the investment in the hydrocarbons infrastructure remains strong. Other industries, such as mining and mineral processing, water and wastewater, and life sciences continue to experience robust growth.

U.S. Manufacturing Sector Slows

The latest U.S. indicators show a slowdown in growth for the manufactur-ing economy. The latest Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Report on Business indicated that manufacturing showed a slight decline in August, although the economy grew for its 82nd consecu-tive month. According to the U.S. Census Bureau report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders, new orders for manufactured goods in July reflect five consecutive months of increases, but orders for July in-creased by only 1.3 percent over the previous month. The U.S. Federal Reserve Report on Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, “indus-trial production de-creased 1.1 percent in August and was re-vised down in June and July to show smaller gains of 0.2 percent and 0.1 percent respective-ly.” Factory output was down by one percent in August, which was primarily attributed to the almost 12 percent decline in production of motor vehicles and parts. It is interesting to note that much of the slowdown has been on the discrete side of the business, which we know has been a factor for some time in the North American economy. For example, capacity utilization rates for total industry declined to 78.7 percent, but industries in the crude stage of production continue to have high capacity utilization rates in the 89 percent range.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor recently re-ported revised productivity figures for the second quarter of 2008. According to the revised report, overall manufacturing declined 2.2 per-cent, while durable goods declined 4.5 percent and nondurable goods declined 0.2 percent. Overall output fell by 3.7 percent, which, according to the BLS, is the largest single quarterly decline since Q2 of 1989.

Impact of Hurricane Ike May Give Temporary Boost to Automation Market

While the damage was not anywhere near as severe as it could have been, the Gulf Coast oil industry is feeling the impact of Hurricane Ike. As of Monday, Texas oil refineries have reported that they could be idled for up to nine days, and gas prices have already increased to reflect the constraint on supply. This will only be a short-term issue, however, and the shutdowns will spur a temporary increase in automation related spending as companies scramble to bring these refineries back online. Many automa-tion suppliers have teams of people that assist the end users in brining plants back online in crisis or disaster situations, and this is another example of where the high growth in the services sector of the automation business.

Canada Manufacturing Increases for Fourth Consecutive Month

The Canadian Monthly Survey of Manufacturing from Statistics Canada shows that current dollar manufacturing sales continued to increase in July for the fourth consecutive month, rising by 2.7 percent compared to June. The last time manufacturers report four consecutive months of growth was in the first half of 2002. Seventeen of 21 manufacturing industries reported increases.

The news is not all positive from Canada, however. In terms of capacity utilization, Statistics Canada reports that total industries operated at 78.9 percent of their capacity in the second quarter, down from 79.6 percent in the first quarter, a drop that was again blamed on slowdown in exports for the automotive industry, and to a lesser degree wood products. The manufacturing industry (a subset of total industry) reduced its capacity utilization rate for the fourth straight quarter, operating at 76.7 percent ca-pacity in the second quarter, compared to 77.2 percent in the first quarter.

Western Europe’s Manufacturing: Consumer Durables Slows but Other Industries Are Growing

According to the most recent EUROSTAT Quarterly Panorama of European Business Statistics, the European Union group of 27 countries reached a peak high in manufacturing for all industries in February of 2008. While the consumer durables sector did declined slightly in August 2008 by 3.6 percent, but the energy sector has remained almost unchanged through the first half of 2008. Many of the industry sectors most closely associated with automation continued to do well in the first half of 2008. Growth in production was seen in industries such as fabricated metals, refining, oil and gas, and power generation.

China Shows Mixed Signals, But Overall Environment Remains Positive

While still growing at a healthy rate, industrial output in China is slowing down somewhat. In August, China’s industrial output grew by 12.8 percent compared to July, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. In July, output grew by 14.7 percent, and in June it grew 16 percent. The reduced growth has been attributed to reduced consumption of Chinese goods by the West and the sluggish U.S. economy. China’s GDP growth is forecast to come in at around 10.2 percent in the third quarter, roughly the same as the second quarter.

Foreign direct investment in China, however, remains strong. FDI in China increased by 41.6 percent in the first eight months of 2008 com-pared to the same period last year. Foreign direct investment in China for the month of August was $7 billion, which represents a 20 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

India’s Growth Continues Unabated, Infrastructure Slows Somewhat

Growth in the Indian manufacturing sector continues to be strong. According to a recant by the Confederation of Indian Industry (http://www.ciionline.org/), 47 percent of all manufacturing industry sec-tors experienced growth of more than 10 percent in the first quarter. The overall manufacturing sector, however, has slowed in 2008 compared to 2007.

India’s core infrastructural industries are experiencing a slowdown in growth but growth nonetheless. Key infrastructural industries include crude oil, petroleum refinery products, coal, electricity, cement, and fi-nished steel. As a whole, these industries grew by only 4.3 percent from June to July compared to 7.2 percent in the same period in 2007, according to the Indian Commerce Ministry. Crude oil production actually shrank by 3 percent in July compared to growth of 0.9 percent in the same period last year. Total economic growth, which has been at least 9 percent over the past three years, is expected to slow somewhat to 7.7 percent in the fiscal year ending in March 2009. Economic growth in the first half of calendar year 2008 was 7.9 percent.

Latin America

As we wrote in our recent Insight on September 4, Process Automation’s Bright Future in Latin America, the automation and manufacturing environ-ment continues to show good long-term growth prospects. The Statistics Institute of Brazil recently reported that economic growth in the second quarter reached 6.1 percent, slightly better than the projected growth of 5.9 percent. The boom in the commodities market should ensure strong growth overall for the region through next year and beyond.

Last Word

The current economic climate suggests a slowdown in growth for the au-tomation sector. However, there is no sign of recession or of negative growth in the automation market in the foreseeable future. While growth in China and India is slowing, the demand for automation and the sus-tained activity in greenfield projects in these countries and in other parts of Asia and Latin America will continue to provide the growth engine for the global market over the next several years. ARC still sees demand for auto-mation in North America and Europe because of the need to modernize the existing industrial infrastructure and because of sustained growth in the hydrocarbons sector.

A Crise e o Mercado de Soluções Avançadas no Brasil

Caríssimos leitores, boa tarde!

 

Todos nós temos presenciado nos últimos meses o aumento da crise financeira mundial. Profusas são as más notícias a respeito do que está acontecendo. Redução da liquidez do mercado, falta de capital para investimentos, redução do volume de transações comerciais, possível recessão (ou depressão)…Todos jargões ouvidos muitas vezes ultimamente.

 

Um colega meu de profissão me citou que “recessão é quando seu vizinho perde o emprego. Depressão é quando você perde o emprego”. Pois é, a recessão já chegou em alguns países, e a depressão ainda parece distante, mas já é considerada como possibilidade futura.

 

Os impactos no Brasil têm sido evidenciados a cada dia: aumento dos juros para concessão de crédito, redução brusca do superávit da balança comercial, férias coletivas nas montadoras de automóveis, redução no ritmo de produção de diversas empresas (o CEO da VALE, por exemplo, anunciou 10% de redução na produção). Mas, e aí? E o mercado de soluções avançadas?

 

Pois bem. Em nossa área, existem muitos fatores a serem considerados, alguns problemáticos e muitos outros encorajadores:

 

Fatores problemáticos

 

1) As empresas agora necessitam capitalizar-se. Muitas delas (principalmente as que perderam grandes quantidades de dinheiro em operações com derivativos) estão cancelando investimentos para o ano que vem, incluindo cancelamento de contratos já firmados e concorrências já realizadas;

 

2) Em um cenário de redução de produção, torna-se mais difícil justificar investimentos que promovam “aumento de produção ou produtividade”. Dessa forma, escassas são as soluções que são direcionadas a redução de custos operativos (nesse caso, redução de custos indica economia de dinheiro e subsequente capitalização);

 

3) Tanto empresas que trabalham no sistema “Try before you buy”, quanto aquelas que trabalham no sistema de ganhos sobre aumento de produção, estão sendo prejudicadas, pois alguns dos principais clientes não possuem dinheiro em caixa para pagar pelo sucesso da implementação;

 

Fatores Encorajadores

 

1) Colegas de trabalho (clientes) meus me dizem que o Brasil é um “canteiro de obras”. Em todas as indústrias (petroquímicas, petróleo e gás, metais e mineração, papel e celulose, cosméticos, food and beverages), sem exceções, existem projetos de expansão sendo realizados. Em algumas, inclusive, são projetos de novas plantas (os chamados “greenfields”);

 

2) Como exemplos desse crescimento, temos: na área de metais e mineração, temos a construção da CAP (Companhia Alumina do Pará); no setor de papel e celulose, teremos nos próximos 3 anos a partida de 2 plantas novas; no mercado petroquímico, temos o COMPERJ (Complexo Petroquímico do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) e a RNEST (Refinaria do Nordeste, a ser localizada em Pernambuco);

 

3) Só apenas no início dos anos 2000 que a indústria nacional realmente iniciou uso maciço de soluções avançadas. Dessa forma, nem 20% do mercado industrial brasileiro possui esse tipo de solução;

 

4) O investimento em soluções avançadas provadamente fornece ganhos (ou economias), sem necessidade de submeter-se ao humor do mercado. Isso significa que um investimento em soluções avançadas é ganho certo, real, e não especulativo;

 

5) O mercado financeiro brasileiro dá indícios de recuperação. A bolsa já sobe há 1 semana e as ações das maiores empresas do mercado nacional estão recuperando-se, mesmo que lentamente. Por exemplo, a união dos bancos Itaú e Unibanco aumenta a liquidez no mercado, consequentemente aumentando a oferta de crédito;

 

6) Aumento de oferta de crédito significa aumento de capitalização, aumento de poder aquisitivo por parte da população e movimentação da economia;

 

7) Atualmente, o Brasil possui uma economia forte e relativamente (se comparada aos grandes países players do mercado financeiro mundial) pouco afetada pela crise. A maioria dos especialistas diz que o Brasil sairá muito fortalecido da crise, como uma das grandes economias mundiais;

 

8 ) O Brasil não encontra-se envolvido em nenhuma disputa bélica mundial e encontra-se “deitado eternamente” sobre um berço de petróleo, que credenciá-lo-á a ser um dos maiores produtores do mundo. Além disso, temos o desenvolvimento do mercado de produção de etanol, considerado até na campanha eleitoral americana.

 

Com isso, meus caros leitores, não há o que temer com relação à crise. É claro que nosso mercado passará (já está passando) por uma retração momentânea de investimentos e de tamanho. Entretanto, por mais que 2009 pareça um ano sombrio, acredita-se que já no 3o. trimestre nós estaremos em boas condições novamente, para aproveitarmos um 2010 brilhante e profícuo de oportunidades.

 

É isso aí! Espero que vocês tenham gostado!

 

Até a próxima!

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