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able to attend due to per- tics a reality. business that began its ac- Paulo. The Latin American
sonal reasons and the The event began with words tivity in 1985. market is considered to be
Deputy Mayor, José Vivó, of welcome and gratitude Tomás expressed his pride one of the most strategic re-
came in his absence. to the attendees by the in being in charge of a garding the expansion plan,
Vivó underlined the im- Vice-President of Turomas. leading Spanish business which is why a third subsidi-
portance of having a local Álvaro Tomás emphasised from Teruel which com- ary will be opened in Bogotá
business generating em- that innovation is the cor- petes with large German, at the end of November.
ployment and revitalising nerstone of future growth Austrian and Italian cor- This new subsidiary will be
the population in what but, despite continuing porations in the flat glass presented at the Colombia
is currently a depopulat- to expand its activity and machinery industry. Glass 2019 Exhibition.
ing area. He also publicly strengthen its image as an Currently, as well as its fac-
mentioned the effort that international business, they tory in Spain, Turomas has INNOVATIVE SPIRIT
is being made by the Town must not lose the essence a delegation in Santiago in Antonio Ortega structured
Council to make fibre op- and values of the family Chile and another in Sao his speech into two parts.

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