The funding itself is triple the amount invested in the last four years in Brazil Nestlé is set to invest 2.7bn reais ($550.8m) into its chocolate and biscuit operations in Brazil up to 2026 The Swiss giant will mainly put the investment towards expanding and modernising production lines at factories in Caçapava and Marília in São Paulo as well as in Vila Velha in Espírito Santo These facilities employ more than 4,000 people and are export hubs for over 20 countries production is focused on the Garoto brand of chocolates Two months ago, Nestlé received the green light to acquire Garoto more than two decades after signing an agreement to buy the Brazilian chocolate maker The world’s largest food maker struck a deal to acquire Garoto in 2002 but has been awaiting full competition clearance Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis Nestlé has been able to keep investing at the Garoto production site in Vila Velha in eastern Brazil although it has had to keep management separate Nestlé will also aim to accelerate the development of new products and expand ESG actions in its operations The group has also planned to expand the Nestlé Cocoa Plan sourcing programme which has been in operation in Brazil since 2010 The scheme encourages regenerative agriculture practices in the cocoa supply chain vice president of biscuits and chocolates for Nestlé’s Brazilian arm said: “Nestlé’s Brazilian operation has been growing consistently and sustainably over the years based on the high demand in Brazil for the chocolate and biscuit portfolio.” the company employs more than 30,000 people in Brazil and has 20 industrial units and nine distribution centres In February 2022, Nestlé revealed that it was increasing it investment in the South American country to more than 1.8bn reais for that year The KitKat maker’s first-half net sales for 2023 amounted to SFr46.29bn ($53bn) while its Zone Latin America comprised over SFr6bn of that Brazil posted “double-digit growth” for the period confectionery was the largest growth contributor reflecting strong demand for KitKat and key local brands as well as new product launches.” Nominations are now open for the prestigious Just Food Excellence Awards - one of the industry's most recognised programmes celebrating innovation This is your chance to showcase your achievements Don't miss the opportunity to be honoured among the best - submit your nomination today Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has endorsed the addition of 18 new sites from around the world to its network of outstanding Geoparks showcasing some of the most beautiful sites of natural beauty around the globe The UNESCO Global Geopark designation was created in 2015 and recognizes “geological heritage of international significance” Geoparks serve local communities by combining the conservation with public outreach and a sustainable approach to development The 18 new designations brings the total up to 195 Geoparks covering a total surface area of 486,709 km2 equivalent to twice the size of the United Kingdom Two UNESCO Member States are joining the network for the first time: New Zealand and the Philippines For the Guarani, an indigenous people in Brazil, this geopark is “the place where the jungle ends” located in Rio Grande do Sul State in southernmost Brazil which consists of mining sulfide metals and marble has been vital for the region’s economic development This geopark is located in the south of Brazil between the Pampa and Atlantic Forest biomes Its name is a reference to the period when Italians colonised the central part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul traces of indigenous and settlements of the quilombolas (formerly enslaved people of African descent) The geopark is also rich in fossils of animal and plant life This gem is located in the Banyuwangi and Bondowoso Regencies in East Java Province. Its location between the strait and the sea has made it a crossroads for human migration and commerce. Ijen is one of the most active volcanoes in the Ijen caldera system high concentrations of sulfur rise from the active crater before igniting as they encounter the oxygen-rich atmosphere; as the gas burns it forms an electric blue flame which is unique This geopark is located along the southern arm of the island of Sulawesi in the Maros and Pangkep Regencies The local population is primarily composed of the indigenous peoples of Bugis and Makassarese This archipelago lies in the Coral Triangle and serves as a centre for the conservation of coral reef ecosystems The area is more than 100 million years old This geopark is home to the unique fossils of “Jambi flora” which are the only exposed fossilized plants of their kind in the world today These are located in the central part of Sumatra Island in Indonesia The name ‘Jambi flora’ refers to fossilized plants found as part of a rock formation dating from the Early Permian era (296 million years old) which reproduce via seed dispersal instead of through spores This geopark’s territory includes four main islands and is special for having the oldest exposed rock in the country which is almost one-tenth as old as Earth itself drawn by the beauty of the underwater caves and the extraordinary marine mega-biodiversity they can observe rock art produced by prehistoric humans who lived in the area several thousand years ago The Aras River marks the northern limit of this geopark located in northwestern Iran at the southern end of the Lesser Caucasus Mountain range This mountain range acts as a natural barrier as well as rich geodiversity and biodiversity; it also links different cultures on the northern and southern sides of the mountain chain Many thinkers have referred to the 22,771 km2 of desert in northwest South Khorasan Province where this geopark is located as “the geological paradise of Iran” This is because one can follow the evolution of the planet from the earliest part of the Earth’s history 4.6 billion years ago (the Precambrian) to the Early Cretaceous about 145 million years ago without the slightest interruption The geopark is home to the Naybandan Wildlife Refuge the largest in Iran, which covers an area of 1.5 million hectares and is the most important habitat of the Asian cheetah. Located in central Japan, where it follows the Tedori River from Mount Hakusan down to the sea, the Hakusan Tedorigawa Geopark records approximately 300 million years of history It contains rocks that were formed by the collision of continents It also has strata containing fossils of dinosaurs which accumulated in rivers and lakes on land at a time when Japan was attached to the Eurasian continent Mount Kinabalu dominates this geopark in the State of Sabah at the northern end of the island of Borneo. The highest mountain lying between the Himalayas and New Guinea, Mount Kinabalu has been attracting explorers for over a century the geopark is home to many endemic plants and animals including 90 orchid species that exist only on Mount Kinabalu and the crimson-headed partridge bird not found anywhere else on Earth. New Zealand’s first UNESCO Global Geopark lies on the east coast of the South Island rivers and tides of this geopark have enormous cultural significance for the local indigenous people The geopark offers exceptional insights into the history of the Earth’s eighth continent The geopark provides evidence of the formation of Zealandia which broke away from the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana around 80 million years ago The landscapes in this geopark range from glacier-covered alpine mountains to archipelagos with thousands of islands situated on the strand-flat along the coast The geological landscape displays textbook examples of glacial erosion that occurred during 40 ice ages The Hardangerfjord Fault separates a billion years of geological evolution The Philippines’ first UNESCO Global Geopark, Bohol Island The island’s geological identity has been pieced together over 150 million years as periods of tectonic turbulence have raised the island from the ocean depths The geopark abounds in karstic geosites such as caves including the famous cone-shaped Chocolate Hills in the centre of the geopark This geopark tells 2.5 billion years of well-exposed geological history in the western part of the country. The vast tidal flats dotted with volcanoes and islands allow us to travel through time to piece together elements of the Earth’s history. Jeonbuk West Coast UNESCO Global Geopark has already been recognized by UNESCO as a natural and cultural World Heritage property and as a biosphere reserve Take a journey into the interior of our planet by discovering rocks that emerged from the depths of the Earth almost 400 million years ago in what is now Cabo Ortegal UNESCO Global Geopark This geopark provides some of the most complete evidence in Europe of the collision that caused Pangea Most of the rocks in this geopark were brought to the surface by the collision of two continents which would eventually join the supercontinent Pangaea about 350 million years ago This geopark is mostly located in the LamTakhong river basin on the southwestern margin of the Khorat Plateau in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeast Thailand The unique geological feature of the region is the diversity and abundance of fossils ranging in age from 16 million to 10,000 years A large range of dinosaurs and other animal fossils like ancient elephants have been found in Mueang District This geopark tells the tale of how two oceans evolved over 400 million years of geological history It charts the closure of the Iapetus Ocean and the birth of the North Atlantic Ocean which generated large amounts of molten rock (or magma) both within the Earth’s crust and on the surface The geopark is located in the southeast of Northern Ireland adjacent to the border with the Republic of Ireland The international community must provide greater protection to artists caught up in armed conflict, political instability, and natural disasters, the UN Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said in a new report titled Defending Creative Voices the world's largest food and beverage company to improve the productivity of pallet loading in its chocolate manufacturing facilities in Brazil by 53 percent using a new ABB palletizing robot solution While the company currently uses ABB Robotics palletizing solutions the latest requirement was for a more compact cell that could fit into a smaller area and easily be replicated at other sites An important requirement was for the robot to safely interact with employees who occasionally need to enter the palletizing area to speed up pallet changes co-developed by ABB and Nestlé’s engineering team features an ABB IRB 660 robot with a suction gripper head to move boxes from the end of the production line to the pallet stacking them accurately to ensure a balanced load while SafeMove technology enables safe intermittent collaboration between the robot and production line workers “Food and beverage manufacturers like Nestlé increasingly need more flexibility on their production lines to enable them to adapt to changing consumer tastes and demands allowing their employees to collaborate intermittently with robots in their production centers they require higher levels of productivity and efficiency while maintaining the highest levels of product quality,” said Sami Atiya President of ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation “Collaborative robot technologies like SafeMove help us deliver on all of these requirements and by removing the need for extensive fencing enable us to bring automation to smaller spaces detects movement and restricts a robot’s speed motion and position when a person comes near This allows large industrial robots to work safely and reliably alongside people the use of SafeMove instead of fences resulted in an approximately 30 to 40 percent smaller footprint compared to previous ABB cells at the Nestlé site The new installation has been so successful that it has now been installed in three other Nestlé factories in Brazil with 13 palletizing cells already in operation and further installations and commissioning underway Financial details of the contract were not disclosed it has been possible to develop solutions that make our manufacturing process more agile and efficient ensuring that our products continue to have the same high level of quality and excellence that make the Nestlé brand successful.” To demonstrate to the customer how the finished cell would work before installation ABB used its RobotStudio® software to simulate the complete solution in a virtual environment including showing the cycle time for the robot’s operations This ensured a shorter implementation time and avoided any failures that might occur in the start-up process Nestlé in Brazil supplies a range of confectionery to South and Central America and Canada and the company’s Caçapava site is the largest Nestlé Kit Kat factory in the Americas ABB's website uses cookies. 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Research carried out in Central Laboratory of Microscopy and Microanalysis from PUCRS revealed One of the bells measures 70cm x 70cm and has two dates printed in Roman numerals: 1714 and 1715 it says that it belongs to the people of San Carlos its foundry location: the Jesuit reduction of La Santísima Trinidad do Paraná listed by UNESCO in 1993 as a World Heritage Site and currently belonging to Paraguay has writing in Spanish and also prints the name of its foundry Hüttner's analysis also identified that the two objects have similarities with other missionary bells such as the printed typography and symbols of crosses formed by small diamonds represent the union of the history of the three countries Hüttner's research and the identification of the missionary objects impact news about the history of the missions in South America but the local history of Caçapava do Sul itself preserved them “This discovery is also important for the population and its identification with the history of the city.” He concludes by reflecting that the bells predate the creation of the Nossa Senhora da Assunção Parish itself the missionary bells were blessed in a ceremony open to the city's population and their godparents were also chosen An exhibition about the research findings was also inaugurated on the occasion Hüttner intends to bring the study to the attention of representatives from Argentina and Paraguay strengthening relations with the countries through their stories Learn about research projects and our researchers information and follow everything that is happening at the University learn about the Fluir program and have access to the main systems Aguia Resources (ASX:AGR) has signed a 10-year agreement to lease Dagoberto Barcelos’ existing fertiliser plant in Caçapava do Sul The company intends to treat Pampafos ore through the facility which is located 110km from Aguia’s operated Tres Estradas Phosphate Mine site. Aguia will pay $1.4 million in six separate payments with the first payment of $34,000 due eight days after signing This payment will be made to Dagoberto to reimburse the company for planned capital works for the site and to offset costs associated with ceasing operations through the plant. a monthly lease fee of $43,00 is payable for the processing facility from 1 August 2025. Aguia notes the current processing facility can treat 100,000 tonnes per year of phosphate over an eight-year period second drying unit and minor upgrades to the system could increase annual production up to 300,000 tonnes per year. The $49 million market capitalisation company anticipates processing the first ore by Q3 2025 and is currently fast-tracking exploration and development of two wholly owned deposits located within 9km of the plant. Executive Chairman Warwick Grigor says the agreement is a major step forward for the company. “Depending upon the speed of market penetration Aguia will look to expand production at the plant as early as the start of 2026,” Grigor says “With Brazil largely dependent on phosphate imports we are confident of carving out a meaningful market position in southern Brazil the country’s pre-eminent agricultural region. “We look forward to bringing on a second meaningful revenue stream this year adding to our goal processing operation at the high-grade Santa Barbara Project in Colombia which is advancing very favourably.” The company notes it is continuing negotiations with another processing facility in the Caçapava do Sul region for an expanded production profile from its wholly owned phosphate projects. Aguia Resources is a multi-commodity company with pre-production phosphate projects located in Brazil and gold projects in Colombia. 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