The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association will be hosting its 84th annual convention under the “We’re all manufacturers” slogan, adopted to reflect “the multiplicity of industry elements,” said trade group President Pedro Watlington.
Less than a year after setting sail between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, America Cruise Ferries is ready to expad its ferry service to St. Martin, Guadalupe and Martinica starting in 2013, company officials announced Monday during a news conference aboard the vessel.
A delegation of 15 local companies that participated in a commercial mission earlier this month came back with their hands full and the possibility of garnering more than $18 million in immediate and projected sales, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera and Enlace Empresarial President Luis Torres-Llompart said Monday.