"After developing operations in Argentina and Brazil, we decided to set up a factory in Uruguay due to its very attractive Free Zone Legislation, the flexibility of its financial system and its more stable and less bureaucratic government. Putting all this together and adding a very good education level, Uruguay has a mix difficult to match by the countries in the region." SEBASTIÁN MARTÍNEZ, CEO of Compac Latin America
"Cosco Uruguay chose this location due to the benefit it gave our group strategically and because of its navigation lines. Besides, dredging is good. Montevideo's harbor is efficient and from here we can easily reach Paraguay and the north of Argentina." DU YAN BIAO, Managing Director of Cosco Uruguay
"We have chosen Uruguay to establish Lobraus's regional distribution center because of its strategic geographic location, its political and economic stability and its Free Ports and Free Airports regimes. When you come here you find that the country has all the things you are looking for, but when you settle here you understand it has more benefits than you expected. So my advice is to come to Uruguay, it is a country with lots of advantages." RENATO FERREIRA, President
Perrin Chemical Industries established in Uruguay in 1951. Tomás Lin, General Manager, shares his experience
"We first came to Uruguay in early 2004 to create a world customer support center. We did an extensive search of many countries all over the world. Some of the key criteria we looked at were economic stability, the safety of the location we were in, the legal structure, the ability to do business in the country. Language diversity was very important for us. Today, our operation here has become the second largest site after our headquarters." YANNIS KARMIS, Vice President Global Customer Support
"This country provides an ideal context for the development of the software industry. Apart from security and good weather conditions in Uruguay, the advantages it offers as an outsourcing center include a well-educated human resource and a time zone opposite to that of India, enabling a 24x7 service for customers." GABRIEL ROZMAN, Vice President for Emerging Markets
"The reasons why Botnia set up in Uruguay were the climatic conditions, which are good for the development and establishment of eucalyptus plantations, and the good human resources to develop and run a capital intensive project. Since 1987, when the forestry law was passed, the different governments have kept stable conditions to develop the forestry industry, and this has been very good for the establishment of plantations." RONALD BEARE, CEO of UPM-Kymmene (ex Botnia) Uruguay
Pimatur S.A., importer of Yutong in Uruguay. Zhang Sheng Bing, a company representative talks about the experience of the Chinese company in Uruguay
"ZTE decided to establish here for many reasons. Strategically, Uruguay is well placed and Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, has a good natural harbor. Another very remarkable aspect about working in Uruguay is that every procedure is open and clear. In Uruguay, no difference is made between local and foreign companies." GUO JUNLIANG, a company representative
