Yesterday, 30 May 2013, COFIDES announced the signing of an agreement with MARSAN and IZMAR whereby COFIDES offers its financial support for the start-up of a factory for electrostatic painting and logistics solutions for the automotive sector in Celaya (Mexico).<\/p>\n
A total investment of \u20ac1.1 million<\/strong><\/p>\n COFIDES<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0will finance this project through a co-investment loan of 500,000 euros from COFIDES' own funds. Together with the contribution made by the promoters,\u00a0Marsan Surface Transformations<\/span><\/strong>S.L., S.L.U., and Izmar S.L.U., the project amounts to 1,100,000 euros.<\/p>\n Following the agreement, COFIDES chairman Salvador Mar\u00edn pointed out that this is the company's first operation with these SMEs. \"We hope that their international expansion continues and that we can once again offer our support,\" he said. At the same time, he pointed out that \"Spanish companies have a high level of innovation that allows them to offer very competitive services\".<\/p>\n The president of Marsan Transformaciones Superficiales, S.L., Jos\u00e9 Luciano Mart\u00ednez-Covelo, explained that \"this is the first project in the Mexican Baj\u00edo, in the city of Celaya, but given the rate at which the automotive sector is growing in Mexico, we are contemplating a second investment in the medium term to complement the current one\".<\/p>\n \u00abEs una buena noticia ver como COFIDES financia el crecimiento internacional de las pymes espa\u00f1olas. El a\u00f1o pasado particip\u00f3 en operaciones de empresas espa\u00f1olas multinacionales como fueron la concesionaria de Abengoa en Per\u00fa con 25MM\u20ac por el 33% y en Autopista Urbana Norte (OHL Mexico) con 25MM\u20ac por el 12%\u00bb analiza Diego Gutierrez (ABRA INVEST<\/a><\/span><\/strong>) experts in SME corporate finance.<\/p>\n COFIDES positioned in mature sectors<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00abEl a\u00f1o 2012 las operaciones de financiaci\u00f3n en las que particip\u00f3 COFIDES estuvieron relacionadas con sectores maduros como las mencionadas en energ\u00eda e infraestructura, pero tambi\u00e9n en industria (Shwartz Hautmont Metal Sanayi Dis Ticaret) y construcci\u00f3n (Regio M\u00e1rmol – 9MM\u20ac 9%). Se echa en falta alguna empresa de sectores m\u00e1s din\u00e1micos como el tecnol\u00f3gico que posiblemente son las candidatas a formar las multinacionales espa\u00f1olas del futuro\u00bb, se\u00f1ala Diego Gutierrez.<\/p>\n