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World ranking of smart cities: Santiago leads the region

InvestChile - May,16,2019

According to the study, the Chilean capital had a better evolution and a positive performance on urban planning and the environment.

Topics: Ranking- Chilean Economy

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Protera: The food-tech start-up that sparks interest in Silicon Valley

InvestChile - May,13,2019

Leonardo and Francia started to experiment in the laboratory at university, coming up with an idea for the global food industry. Today, they sell their developments to multinationals around the world and expect to bill US$3 million this year.

Topics: Food Industry

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Mining in Chile: Electromobility for large trucks

InvestChile - April,30,2019

By using the LHD model developed by Komatsu, Chile’s El Teniente mine aims to increase its productivity by between 10% and 20%. 

Topics: Mining

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Sweden’s Alfa Laval invests in second services center in Chile

InvestChile - April,26,2019

The company, with over half a century in Chile, aims to double the weight of Latin America in its total revenues, taking it to 10%.

Topics: Technology

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Google submarine cable reaches Chile to link LatAm and California

InvestChile - April,24,2019

Its arrival marks a new milestone in the country’s technological development. It will serve as an ally for the Google data center in Santiago’s Quilicura district as well as improving ease of connection to services like YouTube and Hangouts. 

Topics: Technology

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Edtech and the educational challenges of the technological revolution

InvestChile - April,15,2019

A study by Endeavor has concluded that educational technology firms have a great opportunity to lead the sector’s transformation and teach the skills of the twenty-first century.

Topics: Talent

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Chilean companies incorporating AI at twice the global rate

InvestChile - April,12,2019

Ways of personalizing the manufacture of products and the need to train employees are acquiring importance, says a report by Accenture.

Topics: Technology

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Renewable energies can satisfy 86% of global demand for electricity

InvestChile - April,11,2019

A study by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) forecasts that, if the correct measures are taken, CO2 emissions could be reduced by almost 30% in a decade and by more than 70% by the middle of the century. The good news for Chile is that, a natural resource, photovoltaic solar technology is key.

Topics: Energy

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Chile among the countries with the most mining start-ups

InvestChile - April,5,2019

The data shows that Chile accounts for 12% of this type of high-impact start-ups, after Australia, the United States and Canada. 

Topics: Startup- Mining

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Chile to gather data from the heavens to solve problems on Earth

InvestChile - March,27,2019

The aim is to add value to astronomy’s main asset by bringing together its stock of data, which is currently dispersed around the world, and the algorithms used to obtain it. 

Topics: R&D

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5 innovations that will change the Chilean wine industry

InvestChile - March,25,2019

Chile is the fourth largest exporter of bottled wine after Italy, France and Spain. Although it is a key player internationally, producers face the challenge of incorporating R&D in order to be more competitive in an ever more demanding industry.

Topics: Food Industry

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Chile’s reasons for promoting the Women’s Agenda at APEC during 2019

InvestChile - March,21,2019

The measures that the country will be promoting seek to increase women’s participation in non-traditional economic sectors, create indicators to identify gender gaps and draw up strategies to improve women’s access to technology.

Topics: Women

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Astronomy: China to install megaproject in Chile

InvestChile - March,18,2019

The two centers to be developed could require an investment of more than US$320 million and are being watched with attention by InvestChile. This would, moreover, be China’s first investment in Chile in the field of science and astronomical exploration.

Topics: R&D

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Starbucks and Burger King to strengthen focus on delivery in Chile

InvestChile - March,15,2019

The emblematic coffee chain plans to remodel 20 stores in line with the new concept which will make its debut with an application to create customer loyalty through rewards.

Topics: Food Industry

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Femsa includes Chile in plan to double Oxxo stores in the region

InvestChile - March,11,2019

The Mexican group says that, in 2019, it will open 120 new stores in three markets as part of a strategy to reach 280 stores in South America by the end of the year.

Topics: Retail

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Seawater emerges as key for the future of copper in Chile

InvestChile - March,6,2019

Los Pelambres, Quebrada Blanca, Spence, Radomiro Tomic, El Abra and NuevaUnión have initiatives at different stages of development for the use of seawater at their operations.

Topics: Mining

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Finnish mining technology multinational arrives in Chile

InvestChile - February,25,2019

Zyfra, an artificial intelligence and IoT company, already has operations in Peru and plans to scale up to other countries in the region in 2022.

Topics: Technology- Mining

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7 keys to transforming organizational culture in the digital era

InvestChile - February,19,2019

With the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the idea that organizations must change is all-pervasive. However, the challenges of digital transformation are, first and foremost, a matter of people. According to PwC Chile, they are the key to cultural transformation in times of new technologies.

Topics: Technology

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Chilean blueberries aim to replace popcorn in Chinese cinemas

InvestChile - February,7,2019

Following record exports, Chile will begin to sell the little blue fruit, packaged in small rectangular boxes, to Chinese moviegoers as “Blue Pop”.  

Topics: Food Industry

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Chilean children study with robots

InvestChile - February,1,2019

While at first they were a tool to teach programming, nowadays their uses have expanded to work with curriculum-related content. With them, children learn abstract subjects that were previously taught on the blackboard.

Topics: Technology

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