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Más de USD$225 millones en inversión extranjera llegaron al Valle del Cauca en lo que va del 2024

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 23Dec

Over USD $225 Million in Foreign Investment Flowed into Valle del Cauca in 2024

Santiago de Cali, January 7th, 2025. Throughout 2024, Valle del Cauca attracted approximately USD $225 million in foreign investment, driven by 22 investment projects from companies across various industries. These projects contributed to the creation…

Invest Pacific celebra 14 años apoyando al desarrollo de Cali y el Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 8Nov

Invest Pacific Celebrates 14 Years of Driving Growth in Cali and the Valle del Cauca

Colombia participó en la 'Exposición internacional de la industria eléctrica y energética de Corea 2024' - Colombia participated in the '2024 Korea international electric and energy industry exhibition'

Invest Pacific Manufactures, News Home 5Apr

Colombia participated in the ‘2024 Korea international electric and energy industry exhibition’

The Embassy of Colombia in the Republic of Korea and the Commercial Office of Procolombia in South Korea are pleased to announce their successful participation in the ‘2024 Korea International Electric and Energy Industry Exhibition’,…

Berrify, el único ‘marketplace’ de profesionales verificados ya está en Colombia - Berrify, the one and only ‘marketplace’ for qualified professionals is now in Colombia

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 15May

Berrify, the one and only ‘marketplace’ for qualified professionals is now in Colombia

Berrify came to Colombia to help transform the realm of services with technology. It is a platform that works as the one and only ‘marketplace’ for qualified professionals in the world, it enables the interaction…

El Valle del Cauca continúa atrayendo inversión extranjera en el 2023 - Valle del Cauca continues attracting foreign investment in 2023

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 12May

Valle del Cauca continues attracting foreign investment in 2023

• Learn about the companies that have recently announced their arrival to this Colombian region, and those confirming their plans for expansion. Foreign direct investment in Valle del Cauca continues adding positive figures for the…

Nestlé, Unilever, Genfar y Yara destacaron sus operaciones en el Valle del Cauca - Nestle, Unilever, Genfar and Yara highlighted their operations in Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific Events, News Home 28Apr

Nestle, Unilever, Genfar and Yara highlighted their operations in Valle del Cauca

Valle del Cauca was the protagonist region in Bogota during the past April 26 Business Meeting: ‘Un Valle de inversiones’ (A Valley of investment), led by Invest Pacific and the Governor’s Office of Valle del…

Baxter reafirma su compromiso con las comunidades y el medio ambiente - Baxter reaffirms its commitment con las communities and the environment

Invest Pacific Manufactures, News Home 30Mar

Baxter reaffirms its commitment with the communities and the environment

Through a user driven model of agriculture venture, in the last four years, 80 families of Valle del Cauca are moving toward organic farming, thanks to the ‘Agua para todos’ (Water for All) Partnership led…

TaskUs celebra sus primeros dos años de operaciones en Cali - TaskUs celebrates its second year of operations in Cali

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 27Mar

TaskUs celebrates its second year of operations in Cali

• TaskUs is a leading American multinational in digital enterprise services and digital CX solutions for the world’s most innovative companies. TaskUs is a new but disruptive player in the BPO sector in Colombia, prioritizing…

Amazon Servicio al Cliente en Colombia realiza su primera gira regional en el Valle del Cauca - Amazon Customer Service Colombia, hosted its first regional tour in Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 21Mar

Amazon Customer Service Colombia, hosted its first regional tour in Valle del Cauca

Amcor apuesta por la sostenibilidad y la energía renovable desde su planta en Palmira - Amcor advocates sustainability and renewable energy from its plant located in Palmira - Valle

Invest Pacific Manufactures, News Home 16Mar

Amcor advocates sustainability and renewable energy from its plant located in Palmira – Valle

Back in the month of March, Amcor, the biggest bottle company in the world, in coordination with ‘Celsia Energia’, launched an 8.8 Megawatts solar farm located in its Palmira, Valle del Cauca plant. This inauguration…

Participamos en el lanzamiento de Empleatura - We joined in the launch of Empleatura

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 1Feb

We joined in the launch of Empleatura

• 250 young people from Buenaventura will participate in technical training processes, with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Buenaventura, the Inter-American Development Bank, ProPacifico – through its ‘Compromiso Valle’ (Valle Commitment) initiative,…

La inversión extranjera tuvo nuevamente cifras históricas en el Valle del Cauca - In 2022, foreign investment reached record figures again in Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 24Jan

In 2022, foreign investment reached record figures again in Valle del Cauca

• Invest Pacific joined 23 multinational companies, 60% plus of them being brand new to the area. The rest expanded their operations, thus strengthening investment trust. More investment and job creation initiatives are expected for…

Así se vivió el primer Cali Conecta, inversión y desarrollo - This was 'Cali Conecta', investment and development

Invest Pacific Events, News Home 9Nov

´Cali Conecta´ gathered multinational companies, and the whole local corporate ecosystem in one place

Aiming to connect the local business network with existing multinational companies in Cali, to learn about how the different enterprises have continue growing while generating employment for the region, and to appreciate the global perspective…

Cerca de 1.800 vacante bilingües se ofrecieron durante Cali Talent Expo - Nearly 1,800 bilingual openings were offered during the Cali Talent Expo

Invest Pacific Events, News Home 1Nov

Nearly 1,800 bilingual openings were offered during the Cali Talent Expo

A total of 11 companies with technology and software development operations, specialized outsourced services, contact centers, education, and human resources, with opening for people with English fluency, participated from the ‘Cali Talent Expo’, the first…

Buenaventura, un puerto que abre la ruta al mundo para la industria agroexportadora - Buenaventura, a port opening a path to the world for the Agro-exporting industry

Invest Pacific Events, News Home 18Oct

Buenaventura, a port opening a path to the world for the Agro-exporting industry

Empresarios de Brasil conocen el potencial del Valle del Cauca como plataforma exportadora - Businesspeople from Brazil discovered Valle del Cauca's potential as exporting platform

Invest Pacific Manufactures, News Home 5Oct

Businesspeople from Brazil discovered Valle del Cauca’s potential as exporting platform

Empresas peruanas y chilenas en busca de más negocios en el Valle del Cauca - Companies from Peru and Chile in search of more businesses in Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific Agribusiness, Logistics and Renewable Energies, News Home 30Sep

Companies from Peru and Chile in search of more businesses in Valle del Cauca

• During one month, Invest Pacific led four business missions focused on technology, services, agribusiness, and logistics, in three Latin American countries: Chile, Argentina and Peru. New investment opportunities set their focus on this Colombian…

“Esta región brinda muchas oportunidades de negocios”: empresarios de China luego de recorrer el Valle del Cauca - “This region provides many business opportunities”: businessmen from China after touring Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific Events, News Home 30Sep

“This region provides many business opportunities”: businessmen from China after touring Valle del Cauca

• The visit to various areas in the department helped businessmen find great investment opportunities and appreciate the region’s strategic location. After three days of touring the various logistic and research centers, free trade zones…

Cali busca traer más empresas de tecnología de Chile y Argentina - Chilean and Argentine technology companies explored the opening market in Cali, Colombia

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 29Aug

Chilean and Argentine technology companies explored the opening market in Cali, Colombia

El Valle del Cauca, región apetecida para la agroindustria gracias a su potencial exportador

Invest Pacific Agribusiness, Logistics and Renewable Energies, News Home 21Jul

Valle del Cauca, with its export potential, stands out as an agribusiness hotspot

• Peruvian, Chilean, U.S, Mexican and Dutch companies have been established in central and northern Valle del Cauca municipalities. A growing number of international agribusiness companies are looking for investment and expansion opportunities in Valle…

El Valle del Cauca: foco de expansión de las operaciones extranjeras - Valle del Cauca: heart of expansion for foreign operations

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 18Jul

Valle del Cauca: heart of the expansion of foreign operations

• Learn what are the logistics investment projects, also manufacturing production for exports and technological operations that are attracting investments in the south west of Colombia. Valle del Cauca continues to be the epicenter for…

Ortobras, reconocida por su alto compromiso con la inclusión deportiva

Invest Pacific Manufactures, News Home 1Jul

Ortobras was awarded for its high commitment to inclusion in sports

• Invest Pacific attended the ceremony in which Ortobras, a Brazilian company headquartered in Cali for the past 9 years, received an award. Brazilian company Ortobras obtained the decoration in the KNIGHT’S CROSS GRADE by…

Empresarios de Israel conocerán el potencial de inversión que ofrecen Cali y el Valle del Cauca - Businessmen from Israel will learn more about Colombia´s potential

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 22Jun

Colombia: an increasingly attractive destination for Israeli companies

Encora Great Place To Work

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 21Jun

Encora, recognized for its attractive work culture for Colombian engineers

• This company based in Cali has more than 400 vacancies for engineers in Latin America, with remote working, scholarships, training and promotion opportunities. Encora, a global provider of state-of-the-art engineering products, was awarded the…

TaskUs opens Cali office ‘The Arena’ with on-site events and wellness support for teammates - TASKUS Colombia inauguró su primera oficina en Cali llamada ‘The Arena’

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 10Jun

TaskUs celebrates the opening of the first site in Colombia

• The people-first company prepares for a Ridiculously Good on-site experience for employees at The Arena. TaskUs (Nasdaq: TASK), a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to fast-growing technology companies, opened the…

Moove It, la multinacional de tecnología que le apuesta al talento colombiano

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 9Jun

Technology multinational company Moove It bets on Colombian talent

• The company moves forward with its expansion plans in Latin America and the United States. It has been almost three years since software solutions design, development and implementation international company Moove It chose Cali…

Empresas de alimentos de la región Andina, el Caribe y Latinoamérica conocerán en Alimentec el potencial para inversión y expansión que tiene el Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific Agribusiness, Logistics and Renewable Energies, News Home 7Jun

Food companies from the Andean, Caribbean and Latin America Regions discover Valle del Cauca’s potential for investment and expansion

La compañía Accedo continúa creciendo con su operación en Cali / Accedo's operations continue to grow in Cali

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 20May

Accedo’s operations continue to grow in Cali

El Valle del Cauca continúa conquistando inversión extranjera en 2022 / Valle del Cauca continues to attract FDI (foreign direct investment) in 2022

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 10May

Valle del Cauca continues to attract FDI (foreign direct investment) in 2022

The investment promotion agency in Valle del Cauca, Invest Pacific, forecasts a favorable environment for attracting new FDI initiatives in 2022, driven by new opportunities, competitive advantages offered by the region and to the growing…

Nexans llega al Valle del Cauca para electrificar a Latinoamérica - Nexans completes Centelsa acquisition to electrify Latin America

Invest Pacific Manufactures, News Home 22Apr

Nexans completes Centelsa acquisition to electrify Latin America

Nexans announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Centelsa, a premium cable manufacturer in Latin America specialized in building and utilities applications, from Xignux S.A. (headquartered in Mexico) following receipt of regulatory clearance. This…

Se crean más oportunidades laborales a medida que Cali fortalece el bilingüismo / Work opportunities open up as Cali strengthens bilingualism

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 016Feb

Work opportunities open up as Cali strengthens bilingualism

• Local institutions and TaskUs join forces to promote bilingualism and improve employability. English is opening up employment opportunities in Cali as business process outsourcing (BPO) gains ground in Colombia. The country itself has captured…

Cali, a city where BPO and IT operations grow!

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 04Feb

Cali, a city where BPO and IT operations grow!

With the arrival of big players in the BPO sector such as Alorica, TaskUs, and Accedo Technologies, as well as the consolidation of Sitel’s and Teleperformance’s operation in the region, Cali, Valle del Cauca –…

In 2021, foreign and national investment increased in Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 021Jan

In 2021, foreign and national investment increased in Valle del Cauca

• In total, there were 20 investment projects supported by Invest Pacific that chose this region for the establishment and growth of their operations in 2021 Valle del Cauca closed 2021 with a positive balance…

TaskUs Colombia creates hundreds of jobs, strengthens bilingualism in its first year of operations

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 014Dec

TaskUs Colombia creates hundreds of jobs, strengthens bilingualism in its first year of operations

TaskUs (Nasdaq: TASK), a global outsourcing provider serving some of the most innovative tech firms in the world, has created hundreds of jobs in Cali since it started its operations in March 2021. The company…

Restoring an icon: TaskUs breathes new life to historic clubhouse in Cali, Colombia

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 029Oct

Restoring an icon: TaskUs breathes new life to historic clubhouse in Cali, Colombia

TaskUs (NASDAQ: TASK), a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience for innovative companies, joined the call to revive the iconic Club San Fernando in Cali in support of the city’s initiative to…

Cali, an increasingly attractive destination for American companies

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 014Sep

Cali, Colombia: an increasingly attractive destination for American companies

Japanese entrepreneurs explore investment opportunities in Valle del Cauca

Invest Pacific Events, News Home 09Sep

Japanese entrepreneurs explore investment opportunities in Valle del Cauca

• Ten Asian companies operate today in Valle del Cauca, these companies have set their sights on this Colombian region thanks to its strategic location and for being a gateway to the countries of the…

TaskUs grows further with latest expansion in Cali, Colombia

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 02Mar

TaskUs grows further with latest expansion in Cali, Colombia

TaskUs, the leading tech-enabled business services company delivering Digital CX, AI Operations, and Content Security to the world’s most innovative companies, today announced it is opening its newest location in Cali, Colombia. Kicking off the…

Nearshoring from Valle del Cauca, an opportunity for US companies looking to relocate

Invest Pacific Attainment, News Home 025Jan

2020, a positive year for foreign direct investment in Valle del Cauca

Foreign investment has been a key engine for the region’s recovery, generating new employment opportunities and contributing to its social and economic development. This is reflected in the 16 foreign direct investment projects that arrived…

Foreign companies committed to Palmira's development

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 04Dec

Foreign companies committed to Palmira’s development

• Palmira is one of the 18 municipalities where foreign direct investment has been established in the geographical valley of the Cauca River. Palmira is one of the Valle del Cauca’s cities that has gathered…

Cali obtains USD $7 million in foreign investment in 2020 for its economic revival

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 025Nov

Cali obtains USD $7 million in foreign investment in 2020 for its economic revival

Thanks to a strategic alliance between Invest Pacific and the Mayor’s office of Cali, through the Secretary of Economic Development, the city has managed to materialize the arrival of 10 foreign companies that will generate…

Growing job opportunities for the technology industry in Cali

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 018Sep

Growing job opportunities for the tech industry in Cali

• Learn about the job opportunities and the reasons of tech industry companies that are arriving in Cali and Valle del Cauca. Recent announcements from international companies arriving to Cali, like the one from the…

Valle del Cauca, a logistics and export platform for Asian companies

Invest Pacific Events, News Home 04Aug

Valle del Cauca, a logistics and export platform for Asian companies

Companies from Japan, China, South Korea, and Singapore received first-hand information on the advantages and opportunities of this region as a logistics and export platform, by learning about Asian investment success stories in this region…

Nearshoring to Valle del Cauca, an opportunity for US companies looking to relocate

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 06Jul

Nearshoring to Valle del Cauca, an opportunity for US companies looking to relocate

• Learn about the investment and growth opportunities that this Colombian Pacific region offers to assure supply chains for US companies which are currently highly dependent on production in China. • Metalworking, Electrical Equipment, Pharmaceutical…

Connect with the bilingual job opportunities in the region

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 016Jun

Connect with the bilingual job opportunities in the region

Invest Pacific, the regional Investment Promotion Agency in Valle del Cauca, invites all the people from Cali and Valle del Cauca who are fluent in English and who are looking for a job opportunity, to…

Coordinated Teams: The success in face of the crisis in Sitel Cali

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 012Jun

Coordinated Teams: The success in face of the crisis in Sitel Cali

Sitel Group, a company specialized in customer relations management, with more than 23 years of experience in Colombia and with a presence in more than 20 countries, can say that it has emerged victorious and…

Almost 80% of the multinational companies in el Valle are still operating and preserving employment

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 012Jun

Almost 80% of the multinational companies in Valle del Cauca are still operating and preserving employment

• A survey done by Invest Pacific to 85 foreign companies, both national and foreign capital, settled in Cali and in other towns of Valle del Cauca, show that 70% of these companies expect their…

Moove It, a company that is betting on software development in Cali

Invest Pacific Global Services, News Home 012Jun

Moove It, a company that is betting on software development in Cali

• Moove It sees the current challenges as an opportunity. That is why it continues with its software development operations and is betting on the human talent in Cali. Moove It is a software development…

Analysis Invest Pacific

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 012Jun

Foreign Investment: making a difference in the midst of the crisis

Beyond the reinvention and new order predicted by many experts, the challenges that the world economy present today in terms of employment generation, conservation of the business network, fixed capital and social security formation, have…

Settled investors ratify Colombia as an investment destination

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 011Jun

Settled investors ratify Colombia as an investment destination

• A total of 229 foreign companies that operate in the country were surveyed by the Regional Investment Promotion Agencies -including Invest Pacific- and ProColombia regarding the expectations of their operations both nationally and in…

Invest Pacific News Home, Noticias Home, Press releases and Bulletins 06May

Good practices and initiatives of the foreign capital companies in Valle del Cauca

Through the message ‘#WeAreStillConnected for the region’, the Investment Promotion Agency, Invest Pacific, supports the foreign capital companies with their requirements in the midst of the impacts generated by the pandemic. In addition, from its…

Invest Pacific News Home, Noticias Home, Press releases and Bulletins 017Apr

Invest Pacific continues to stay connected with the investment, seeking to generate more jobs for the region

• The regional Agency plans to reach 13 foreign direct investment projects at the end of 2020, estimating the creation of 1,300 new jobs for Valle del Cauca that can contribute to overcome the crisis…

Invest Pacific News Home, Noticias Home, Press releases and Bulletins 025Mar

We are still connected to attract more investment to Cali and Valle del Cauca

On Wednesday, March 25th, it started to take place the preventive quarantine measure decreed by the National Government, headed by the President Iván Duque , which will go into effect until April 12th at midnight,…

Analysis Invest Pacific

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 024Mar

Nearshoring, the best opportunity on the other side of the Pacific

Accelerated by the effects of Covid-19 and the trade war, the relocation of American companies that plan to leave China, is a process that Colombia is preparing to take advantage of to attract foreign direct…

Invest Pacific News Home, Noticias Home, Press releases and Bulletins 022Mar

We are with our investors

Dear investor, At Invest Pacific we want to send a message of solidarity and optimism given the difficult circumstances that our country and region are going through due to the effects of Covid-19. We are…

Invest Pacific News Home, Noticias Home, Press releases and Bulletins 016Mar

Preventing measures and contact channels to tend foreign investors

As a result of the health emergency declared by the Colombian government to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus (COVID19) Invest Pacific –Valle del Cauca’s Investment Promotion Agency- hereby informs that preventive actions have been taken…

Invest Pacific Manufactures, News Home, Noticias Home 010Mar

Brazil and Argentina, target countries to attract more investment to Valle del Cauca

From March 10th to the 19th, Invest Pacific will be visiting companies and potential investors of the manufacturing and services sector, interested in exploring investment opportunity in the region. In the last nine years, the…

Invest Pacific Events, News Home, Noticias Home 09Mar

Investment supported by Invest Pacific has arrived to 18 towns of the region

The Agency has accompanied the arrival of 85 projects of foreign and domestic investment, in Valle del Cauca and northern Cauca, between 2015 and 2019, generating more than 8,000 new jobs in the region. Eleven…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 029Mar

Colombia goes for more Asian investments

On a tour through China and Japan, Invest Pacific along with other regional investment promotion agencies, Mincit, and ProColombia present the export, tourism and investment potential of Colombia and its regions. From 21 to 30…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 031Oct

Caicedonia, one of the ZOMAC municipalities most committed with attracting foreign investment

In order to keep articulating efforts among the public and private sector, that enable the promotion of agricultural vocation and all the competitive advantages for growth and development of the many municipalities of the region,…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 025Jun

European entrepreneurs get connected to Valle del Cauca’s investing potential

A tour through European countries was carried out, aiming to make foreign investment opportunities known to Colombian regions, with the participation of Invest Pacific, and Invest in Bogota, and organized by Procolombia and Santander Bank…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 06Jun

Invest Pacific promotes Valle del Cauca as an investment destination to european countries

Valle del Cauca is one of Colombia’s most competitive regions, due its economic structure robustness, strategic position to respond to international markets, the presence of several foreign investment companies, the high levels of basic infrastructure,…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 09May

Invest Pacific promotes the region in three mexican cities

Starting today and until May 11th Invest Pacific will enter the last stage of the tour in the countries of the Pacific Alliance, organized by Procolombia where different investment agencies from the country will participate.…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 018Apr

The first part of the Invest Pacific tour on the Pacific Alliance ends

The first part of the national promotional tour with the participation of Invest Pacific reaches an end with great opportunities for Valle del Cauca. Perú was the first visited country out of the countries from…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 016Apr

Invest Pacific will promote investment in the Pacific Alliance countries

Since April 17th Invest Pacific and other foreign investment and promotion agencies will visit Chile, Perú and México, countries that are part of the Pacific Alliance and that are key for continuing strengthening Colombia’s development,…

Invest Pacific News Home, Noticias Home, Valle del Cauca in the media 04Oct

Why invest in the Valle del Cauca region

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 04Feb

PACIFIC FREE TRADE ZONE AND PALMIRA LOOKING FOR JOINT SOLUTIONS

To facilitate passengers’ transportation from the Pacific Free Trade Zone to Palmira, to check payments done by this Free Trade Zone to the city to cover public lighting, tax incentives for the companies settled in…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 04Feb

CALI AIMS TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT

“We must create the best environment possible for foreign investment to become a fact; we need to work from the security, economic and social environment stand point. As long as these three aspects are functional,…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 020Jan

FOREIGN COMPANIES HAVE INVESTED MORE THAN USD$150 MILLION DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN PALMIRA: INVEST PACIFIC

(January 20th, 2016) the Director of Invest Pacific and the Mayor of Ciudad de las Palmas met in order to find out the number of foreign companies that entered Palmira during the last five years,…

Invest Pacific News Home, Press releases and Bulletins 07Jan

The Urban Legend of theExodus of Multinationals from Valle del Cauca

After the closing of its Michelin and Bayer plants, the myth of the “Exodus of Multinational from Valle del Cauca ” began to circulate. This urban legend is riddled with easy-to-poke-holes-in fallacies that only serve…

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