Vicky Osorio, executive director of ProBarranquilla, explained that this investments and represented the generation of 3,243 direct jobs with the installation or expansion of 37 companies.
“The origin of the capital was 85% foreign and 15% national, with 10 of the 37 projects of 2022 installed in free zonesconfirming the importance of having the free regime and exporting vocation of the area,” he stated.
He emphasized that the Nearshoring strategy led by ProBarranquilla in 2022 installed the company StepUp Andamios, one of the largest manufacturers of scaffolding for the market, in the La Cayena Free Trade Zone. USAwho moved their operation from China to Barranquilla.
Another success story is the installation in the Zofia Free Trade Zone of the company Steelforce, one of the leading marketers of steel Worldwide. He decided to open the group’s first industrial operation in the world in Barranquilla.
Source: El heraldo
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