Congresses & Conferences

International ‘Business Matchmaking Forum’ Launches Here March 16 – 18

Medellin Herald February 7, 2020

Foreign investment promotion agency ProColombia announced February 6 the upcoming launch of its annual “Business Matchmaking Forum” at Medellin’s Plaza Mayor convention center — expected to attract more than 3,000 entrepreneurs along with hundreds of international corporate buyers. The

Schools

Colombia, Antioquia Making Huge Leaps in Tech Education with SENA Initiatives

Medellin Herald February 6, 2020

Colombia’s giant national technical/technological training institute SENA (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje) announced February 4 a COP$20 billion (US$6 million) investment in a new training-center campus in La Ceja, Antioquia — serving multiple municipalities in Medellin’s “oriente” region. According to the joint announcement by La Ceja Mayor Nelson Carmona Lopera

Congresses & Conferences

Colombiatex 2020 Sales Deals Skyrocket Above US$750 Million; Medellin A Big Winner

Medellin Herald January 23, 2020

Medellin-based Inexmoda – the international trade group for textiles and clothing – announced January 23 at the conclusion of the 32nd annual “Colombiatex” trade show here that anticipated sales deals soared to US$753 million — up drastically from US$480 million last year. The huge jump came even despite an anti-government protest march in Medellin (and […]

General News

USAID ‘Legal Gold’ Project Paying Off Financially, Environmentally for Small Miners

Medellin Herald January 23, 2020

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) “Oro Legal” (Legal Gold) project in Antioquia announced January 23 that between the September 2016 launch of the project and October 2019, dozens of formerly artisanal miners in the project produced 2.9 tons of gold worth more than US$112 million. “The results of gold sales and the payment […]

Infrastructure

Crucial Medellin-to-Atlantic Highway Nears Financing Deal; Includes National Government

Medellin Herald January 23, 2020

Colombia’s national government is about to unveil a new, COP$1.4 trillion (US$416 million) financing plan to ensure completion of the “phase two” section of highway connecting Santa Fe de Antioquia to the under-construction “Toyo” tunnel — both of which will link Medellin westward to new and existing Atlantic freight ports as part of the “Mar […]

Congresses & Conferences

Medellin Expands Textile Congresses in Alliance with German Trade Group

Medellin Herald January 10, 2020

Medellin-based international textile/fashion trade group Inexmoda announced January 8 a new alliance deal with Germany’s Messe Frankfurt for the April 27-29, 2021 debut of the “Heimtextil” trade fair at Medellin’s Plaza Mayor convention center. “Heimtextil is the most important world event in the industry and the largest international trade fair for the textile sector,

General News

EPM Successfully Closes Crucial Flood-Prevention Doors at Hidroituango Dam

Medellin Herald December 19, 2019

Medellin-based power giant EPM announced December18 that it successfully closed the second of two massive flood-prevention doors in the “auxiliary diversion tunnel” (“GAD” in Spanish initials) at the US$5 billion, 2.4-gigawatt “Hidroituango” hydropower project. The “GAD” had collapsed in April 2018, which forced EPM to divert Cauca River water through the dam’s machine

Infrastructure

Update: Medellin-Bogota Highway Reopens 24 Hours/Day at San Luis Landslide Site

Medellin Herald December 16, 2019

Colombia’s national highway agency (Invias) announced late December 14 that sufficient progress on clearing a November 13 landslide at kilometer 73 (San Luis) of the Medellin-Bogota Highway has now enabled 24 hours/day traffic flows in both directions. To date, more than 102,000 cubic meters of dirt and rocks have been removed from the landslide-site, while […]

Infrastructure

Update: Medellin-Bolombolo Sinifaná Section of ‘Pacifico 1’ Reopens on Restricted-Hours Schedules

Medellin Herald December 13, 2019

Colombia President Ivan Duque on December 20 celebrated a restricted-hours reopening of a 600-meters-long stretch of the “Pacifico 1” highway between Medellin and Bolombolo, which had been blocked for six months by a massive landslide near Amaga. Until all repairs and mountainside reconstructions are finally completed in the area, the road will be opened only […]

Congresses & Conferences

FISE Electricity Fair: 15,000 Visitors, US$200 Million Business Deals, 320 Exhibitors, New Focus on Wind & Solar Power, Electric Vehicles

Medellin Herald December 7, 2019

Medellin – the epicenter of Colombia’s mainly “green” electric power industry – this month hosted the 6th biannual FISE Electric Power Fair with more than 15,000 visitors, 320 exhibitors, US$200 million in new business deals — and a growing focus on wind/solar power as well as electric vehicles (EVs). At the Plaza Mayor convention center […]