Highlights of Minas Gerais

● The fastest company-opening process in Brazil, up to 9 days, through JUCEMG

● The best business school of Latin America – Fundação Dom Cabral is in Belo Horizonte

● Minas Gerais is in the Southeast region of Brazil, which has 49% of the Brazilian consumer market, and is expected to reach 3.9 trillion BRL in 2016.

● Minas Gerais is the second largest consumer market in Brazil, at 10.41% of the country, with a potential of over 400 billion BRL in 2016.

● Factories of FIAT, Mercedes and IVECO.

●The largest and most advanced Aircraft Maintenance Center in Latin America is in the Belo Horizonte airport, in Confins.

● Helibrás, in Itajubá, is the only helicopter plant in South America.

● IAS provides aircraft maintenance solutions in partnership with Rolls Royce

● The only locomotive factories of Brazil, GE and Progress Rail Services, are in Minas Gerais

● Easy access to the main Brazilian ports and availability of international flights to significant destinations

● Largest number of public universities in the country

● Three of the ten best universities in Brazil are in Minas Gerais

● Largest exporter of coffee and iron ore

● Largest national producer of steel, iron ore, niobium, gold and zinc

● Largest cement producer in Brazil

● The Inland Customs Stations - Dry Ports - in Minas Gerais are in the cities of Betim, Uberaba, Uberlândia, Juiz de Fora and Varginha

● Funding for the innovation of products and the implementation and extension of companies in Science parks.

● Large companies, such as Totvs, Novo Nordisk, Fiat and Google have research and development centers in Minas Gerais.

● MGTI – a program to encourage the information technology sector in Minas Gerais. The program seeks to create new businesses in the sector, fostering the creation, acceleration, merging and acquisition of companies.

● SEED - Minas Gerais government Program to Foster Start-Ups. It is made up of seed capital to fund projects, provide personalized mentoring and co-working space.

● Belo Horizonte hosts one of the main and most promising start-up communities of Brazil.

● Second largest life sciences and biotechnology hub in Brazil

● Largest world hub of zebu genetics

● Largest Brazilian producer of coffee and milk

● Largest horse herd, and second largest cattle herd in Brazil

● Largest irrigated agricultural area in Latin America – Jaíba Project

● Second largest sugar producer in Brazil