Campinas

Economy

Campinas' main economic activities are agriculture (mainly coffee, sugarcane, and cotton), industry (textiles, machinery, agricultural equipment, chemical and petrochemical, pharmaceutics, paper and cellulose, telecommunications, computers and electronics, etc.), commerce and services.

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Agriculture - Coffee - Sugarcane - Cotton - Textiles - Machinery - Agricultural equipment - Chemical - Petrochemical - Pharmaceutics - Paper - Cellulose - Telecommunications - Computers - Electronics - Commerce

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The region is an economic powerhouse, responsible for 9% of Brazil's Gross Internal Product, with just over 3% of the country's population. Per capita income is one of the highest in Latin America (over US$ 2,700/year).

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Gross Internal Product - Latin America

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Campinas has been dubbed the Brazilian Silicon Valley, since it is home to many national and multinational high-tech industries (IBM, Motorola, Lucent, Nortel, Compaq, Celestica, Samsung, Alcatel, Bosch, 3M, Texas Instruments, General Motors, Honda, and many others), as well as to several research centers and universities (such as CPqD, EMBRAPA, UNICAMP, and PUCCAMP). It also has a sizable pharmaceutical industry sector, with companies like Medley Farma, Sigma Pharma, Merck, etc.

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Brazilian Silicon Valley - IBM - Motorola - Lucent - Nortel - Compaq - Celestica - Samsung - Alcatel - Bosch - 3M - Texas Instruments - General Motors - Honda - CPqD - EMBRAPA - UNICAMP - PUCCAMP - Medley Farma - Sigma Pharma - Merck

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According to Wired Magazine, Campinas is one of the highest-growth high-tech areas in Latin America, second only to the city of São Paulo itself. Since 1995, the city received over US$ 7 billion in investments in telecommunications, information technology and electronics. Of the 500 largest companies listed by Fortune magazine, 50 are already established in the Campinas region.

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Wired Magazine - Latin America - Fortune

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One of the largest oil refineries of Latin America (350,824 barrels of crude per day), operated by Petrobras in the neighboring county of Paulínia, has attracted many petrochemical industries to the Campinas area, including DuPont, Rhone-Poulenc, and Royal Dutch/Shell.

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Oil refineries - Barrels - Crude - Petrobras - Paulínia - DuPont - Rhone-Poulenc - Royal Dutch/Shell

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