#BEmissionBRA (22/11-01/12) – DAY 4 - In the morning of this last day of the Belgian Economic Mission in São Paulo, HRH Princess Astrid and the Belgian delegation visited the Puratos InSPiration Center. Puratos is a Belgian family business founded in 1919 that offers a full range of advanced services and ingredients to customers in the bakery, pastry and chocolate industries worldwide. Puratos has 35 years of experience in Brazil, the third largest bakery market in the world. The 'Bakery School' programme, which trains more than 120 young people from the local community, gives students the skills needed to find a job in the bakery sector. This initiative not only strengthens the local economy, but also helps to make the food industry in Brazil more sustainable.
The traditional Power lunch took place at the FIESP (Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo) and gathered around 60 people. Before the lunch, during a restricted meeting with the President of FIESP, Mr Josue Gomes Da Silva, HRH Princess Astrid received a famous decoration the “Ordem do Merito Industrial”.
In the afternoon, the whole delegation flew to Rio de Janeiro where the 2nd part of the mission will continue on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 November.
