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July 2023 ALABC Newsletter |
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IN THIS ISSUE - Industry News - A combination of news articles specifically curated for news relevant to the Latin American region.
- Upcoming Events - Registration links so that you can secure your place at important business events.
- New Members - Get in contact with our new member companies to create new business opportunities.
- Featured Members - Find out which companies are being featured this month.
- Previous Events - Gain access to previous event photos and webinar recordings to share with your friends and colleagues on social media.
- Event Sponsorship Opportunities - Provide more exposure to your business by sponsoring an ALABC event through event partnerships and marketing strategies.
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Business Excellence Award Winner 2023 - Category A
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We are excited to announce the winner for the 2023 COALAR Business Excellence Awards Category A: Entities with over 200 employees is GroundProbe!
Congratulations to GroundProbe CEO David Noon, CCO and VP Americas Ben Moke and team for the outstanding effort and engagement with business in the Latin American region. This award is a testament to the success of GroundProbe and their significant performance based on company strategy, business growth, innovation, commitment to LATAM and ESG practices.
GroundProbe is widely accepted as the global leader within the mining industry. They specialise in real-time technologies that detect instabilities and predict when mine and dam collapses will occur. For more than 21 years, they have been creating state-of-the-art technologies and software that deliver precise and reliable information to customers, helping them to make critical decisions, better manage risks with confidence, and maintain operations and production, ultimately, to keep people and communities safe.
Congratulations to Category A finalists:
Hatch
Worley
The ALABC COALAR Business Excellence Awards were formally presented at the ALABC Sydney Annual Dinner on Thursday evening, presented by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade COALAR and ALABC Board member Valeria Alvano and ALABC Chairman Richard Andrews.
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Business Excellence Award Winner 2023 - Category B
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We are excited to announce the winner for the 2023 COALAR Business Excellence Awards Category B: Entities with between 20 and 200 employees is Mining Plus!
Congratulations to Mining Plus Manager - South America, Paul Murphy and team for the outstanding effort and engagement with business in the Latin American region. This award is a testament to the success of Mining Plus and their significant performance based on company strategy, business growth, innovation, commitment to LATAM and ESG practices.
Mining Plus is a leading mining technical services provider, offering a range of services in geology, mining engineering, geotechnical engineering, and operational management. With a global presence and a team of 130 employees, Mining Plus has established itself as the go-to consultancy for mining projects. Mining Plus is committed to delivering high-quality services to its clients with a focus on innovation and practicality.
Congratulations to Category B finalists:
Hofmann Engineering Pty Ltd
NOJA Power
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Business Excellence Award Winner 2023 - Category C
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We are thrilled to announce the winner for the 2023 COALAR Business Excellence Awards Category C: Entities with under 20 employees is Mincka Engineering Pty Ltd!
Congratulations to Mincka Engineering Pty Ltd Managing Director Fidel González and team for the outstanding effort and engagement with business in the Latin American region. This award is a testament to the success of Mincka Engineering Pty Ltd and their significant performance based on company strategy, business growth, innovation, commitment to LATAM and ESG practices.
Mincka Engineering is a consulting engineering service provider for the resources and infrastructure industry. They work under a flexible hybrid and in-person work environment with the vision of working 24/7 across different time zones. Their ongoing objective is to create a global collaborative environment by connecting the Australian and South American continents.
The business provides practical engineering solutions governed by Australian and international standards, supported by high-end analysis, computing simulation and field instrumentation capabilities for verifying results.
Congratulations to the Category C finalists:
Safescape
Cheeky Foods
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Webinar: Managing e-invoicing risk and compliance in Latin America: what Australian multinationals need to know
If you are an Australian multinational operating in Latin America, you are probably aware that managing e-invoicing risk and compliance is a major challenge. The regulations are constantly changing, often with short notice, leaving many feeling fatigued and overwhelmed. One mistake can shut down your operations for weeks at a time, which is why it is imperative that the Australian head office is involved to help safeguard revenue streams and reduce business interruption. Join Pagero for a webinar on the 23 August about this important topic. They will provide an overview of the current situation and challenges in Latin America, the impact of getting it wrong and how Pagero’s network can help you remain compliant and future proof your business. Date: 23 August 2023
Time: 11:30am AEST
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Chile Cybersecurity Briefing: New Cybersecurity Framework Standards
Cybersecurity has become one of the greatest concerns of the last decade for companies, mainly due to the fact that the demands of a modern and hyperconnected market require better and more efficient logical and design security features to protect a company, its assets and its customers.
Chile is not foreign to these concerns. Cybercrime has boomed in the region, especially ransomware and phishing attacks, which pose a gigantic threat for companies and customers. In 1993, Chile enacted the Cybercrime law, which created a small catalogue of four crimes that can be enabled or accomplished through computers and other digital vehicles. Said law was quickly undermined and outdated by cybercriminals, who found it easy to be untouched by these small amounts of criminal classifications with other activities.
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Member article: RSM The future of energy: navigating the transition to renewables and beyond In 2022, the Australian Government enshrined in law our nation’s commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2050. The climate change legislation sets aggressive targets for reducing carbon emissions by 2030 and realising Net Zero by 2050, with the government’s Long Term Emissions Reduction Plan detailing Australia’s planned approach. Billions of dollars are being allocated to support the transition, and forward-thinking organisations within the energy and resources sector will be in a prime position to take advantage. The scale and complexity of change will be enormous, as a recent report by Net Zero Australia found. The report was a culmination of several years of research, and takes a deep dive into the pathways Australia will need to take to achieve its emissions goals by 2050 and support export markets to do the same by 2060.
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Tax reform should facilitate investments in Brazil
Approved on Friday, July 7th, in the Chamber of Deputies, the reform aims to simplify the national tax system. The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) celebrates the advances of the constitutional amendment proposal (PEC), which is expected to make Brazil a more competitive and even more attractive destination for foreign investments.
The measure has been under discussion for over 20 years and proposes the replacement of taxes applied to all stages of the production chain in Brazil. The reform reduces the complexity of the rules, instability, and tax burden, increasing transparency and benefiting Brazilian and foreign entrepreneurs. |
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ALABC Melbourne Annual Dinner 2023
Date: 3 August 2023 Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm Location: Park Hyatt Melbourne, 1 Parliament Dr, Melbourne VIC 3004
Guest Speakers: Tim Pallas MP, Treasurer of Victoria, H.E. Jaime Chomali, Ambassador of Chile and Michelle Ash, VP Growth at BHP
Event partner: Global Victoria
Gold sponsor: Duratray
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University of Queensland Latin American Colloquium
Date: 26 September 2023 Time: 10:00pm - 4:00pm Location: The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane QLD
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ALABC Brisbane Annual Dinner
Date: 26 September 2023 Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm Location: Customs House Brisbane, 399 Queen St, QLD 4000
Keynote speaker: Hon Cameron Dick MP, Treasurer of QLD, Minister for Trade and Investment
Sponsorship opportunities: Contact: secretariat@alabc.com.au
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Interlingual
Interlingual is a premier language services provider specialising in facilitating seamless communication for global businesses engaged in trade between Australia and Latin America. Our comprehensive range of language solutions is tailored specifically to meet the unique needs of companies operating in these regions. We offer expert translation services, ensuring accurate and culturally sensitive communication across languages such as English, Spanish, Portuguese, and more. Our skilled interpreters facilitate smooth and effective communication during crucial business meetings, negotiations, and conferences. Additionally, our localisation services ensure that marketing materials, websites, and software are adapted to resonate with the target audiences in both regions. With our dedicated support, global businesses can overcome language barriers, forge meaningful connections, and maximise opportunities for success in the Australian and Latin American markets.
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ARRB Systems Pty Ltd
ARRB Systems develops and manufactures equipment and software for surveying road conditions. We also collect and organize road condition data on behalf of clients in different territories around the world. Our latest data collection project was a pilot study undertaken for the Brazilian road authority DNIT in January 2023. We have since established a wholly owned subsidiary based in Sao Paulo, Brazil with the intention of growing our presence in the South American market by offering our unique and specialized road surveying data collection services to the respective road authorities.
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Pagero
Pagero helps organisations navigate the regulatory landscape in Latin America and provides e-invoicing solutions to ensure they become and remain compliant.
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CI & T
We partner with the world’s most valuable brands to build AI powered digital solutions that transform businesses. As a digital native, we bring a 28-year track record of accelerating business impact through complete and scalable digital solutions. With a global presence of 6,500+ professionals in strategy, research, data science, design and engineering, we unlock top-line growth, improve customer experience and drive operational efficiency.
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Sydney Annual Dinner, COALAR Business Excellence Awards, 20 July 2023
It was a pleasure to host our ALABC 2023 Annual Dinner last Thursday at the Fullerton Hotel in Sydney.
We were honoured to welcome special guest speakers:
Katie Knight, Chief Executive Officer at Investment NSW and
Christopher Ellis, Country Manager - Oceania at LATAM Airlines
whom we extend our gratitude to for their contributions to ALABC and developing the business relationships between Australia and Latin America.
A big thank you to our event partners Investment NSW, Study NSW and LATAM Airlines, gold sponsor EucoClean Australia Pty Ltd and silver sponsor Wealthi.
We had the pleasure of announcing our COALAR Business Excellence Award Winners for 2023, congratulations to each category winner:
GroundProbe, Category A winner
Mining Plus, Category B winner
Mincka Engineering Pty Ltd, Category C winner
Thank you to all Ambassadors and Heads of Mission, ALABC Directors, members and guests who attended and showed their support. |
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Boardroom Luncheon with the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru, 18 July
On Tuesday 18 July, in collaboration with the Embassy of Peru in Australia we had the honour of welcoming the Peruvian Minister for Foreign Trade and Tourism to Australia with an exclusive luncheon in Brisbane, hosted by by ALABC Chair Richard Andrews.
28 special members and guests attended in honour of Minister Juan Carlos Mathews Salazar, who was appointed Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru in April 2023. The Minister is a public officer in the service of the Peruvian state, and previously served as Vice-Minister of Mype (Middle and Small Enterprises) and Industry in the Ministry of Production; Executive Director of Prompex; and Director of Exports in Promperu. |
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