Success Stories

AEROMAN is an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhauling) company that provides maintenance to major commercial airlines. With an investment of U.S. $ 110 million, the company is developing an aggressive expansion program aimed at building 16 hangars by 2016. The company belongs to the network of global service centers authorized by Airbus the European consortium, and its operations have been evaluated as one of the best in the world. El Salvador offers world class facilities to foreign investors in the aviation sector that settle in the country. Moreover, the high quality of Salvadoran labor is positioning the country on the map of important investors.

“The Royal Decameron Salinitas is a beach resort that belongs to the Decameron Hotels & Resorts hotel chain, located on the Pacific coast of El Salvador. It began operations in El Salvador in November 2005 with 258 rooms, but its occupancy rate of 85% forced management to expand to 552 rooms and build a convention center with capacity for 2,000 people. By 2013, the Decameron group plans to increase its investment in the country. This group found an excellent business partner in El Salvador, financing part of their new investments through a local market securitization.”

YAZAKI is a company of automotive harnesses established in the country since 2006 with an investment of USD 6 million Dollars, located in the city of Santa Ana. They exceeded their own expectations, making their first exportation to the United States, nine month after the beginning of their establishment in the country. The quality and efficiency levels achieved by YAZAKI in El Salvador exceed world standards (34 PPM – defective parts per million). In El Salvador they have been manufactured harnesses for brands like Subaru, Ford and Chryler, among others. In 2014, production exceeded USD 39 Million Dollars, exporting to the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Canada and Honduras. YAZAKI started operations in 2006 with 450 employees, growing to nearly 1,000 employees today. 80 % of them are women, producing between 300-400 harnesses per day. “After having carried out the necessary studies to determine the location of our new international operation, YAZAKI decided to establish operations in El Salvador because it offers the necessary conditions to be globally competitive”.

Spanish company dedicated to fishing, canning production and marketing of high quality fish. It has established the largest tuna plant in El Salvador (16,000 m² with a total investment of U.S. $ 90 million). Today it is one of the largest domestic exporters.

“Negotiations that evolve as quickly and efficiently as these are highly motivational since they are based on the security and trust that high caliber investors such as Pettenati have in the country, as well as other particular conditions. Although before Pattenati, several companies manufactured sports and elastic clothes in El Salvador, the country did not manufacture circular woven synthetic fabrics so they had to be imported. Now, these fabrics are produced locally, reducing imports of this raw material and waiting times. Local procurement of these materials resulted in reduced costs and lead times (few days or even hours), and in improved quality, competitiveness and production capacity of these manufacturers or Pettenati customers. Proesa played a very important role in the establishment of the Brazilian textile company, which invested about US$ 150 million, creating around a thousand jobs in the Municipality of Coatepeque. The company believes in the preservation of the environment, and therefore recycles its industrial waste by using biodegradable materials and treats its water. Raw materials contain no environmentally harmful heavy metals or chemical compounds. The factory is located on 265 000 m2 of land, of which only 40 000m2 are used by the factory building, leaving enough room for expansion. The factory building area is distributed in four buildings and a water treatment plant.”