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WTC Montevideo Free Zone.

February 25, 2021 - WTC Montevideo Free Zone, the Free Trade Zone of Services that attracts global technology companies.After an investment of USD 45 million, last December Tower 2 became operational, consolidating the growth of WTC Montevideo Free Zone, the Free Trade Zone Complex. The new tower is located next to Tower 1, where over 200 companies and 1,500 people working in give proof of a successful trajectory. As occupancy in Tower 2 evolves, there will be over 3,500 people working in both towers every day. With a modern infrastructure and 22 floors, Tower 2 offers about 16,000 square meters of offices (805 square meters each). Operations started with over 15 companies confirmed, mainly from the IT sector. Easily accessible from any spot in the city, it is strategically located inthe region and in the heart of Montevideo, with the seafront and a full range of services within less than 200 meters. Like Tower 1, the new Tower will be LEED certified, which guarantees that the building complies with all the regulations on the incorporation and use of materials related to the preservation and protection of the environment. Among the firms that have confirmed their operations in the tower, we highlight FinTech, a Uruguayan unicorn company, dLocal, the Argentinian technology giant and unicorn company, Globant, Deloitte, Etermax (a technology and creativity international company), blockchain industry firms and other professional services firms. Currently, there are several prospects for technology and professional services firms that wish to set up their headquarters in Uruguay and export services from here to the world mainly with Uruguayan talent. Tower 2 offers different occupancy options, from whole floors to fractions or the Evolution Center, a fully equipped space with all the services typical of a turnkey solution for companies composed of a maximum of 8 people. Our professional, multidisciplinary team provides solutions and support to clients during the project development: from the best commercial solution, organization of documentation to support during the planning and execution of the works. Likewise, the Free Trade Zone Complex offers full HR services, and at the community level, by means of conferences, events and activities that promote interaction and networking, personal growth and professional development are fostered. WTC Montevideo Free Zone has received two recognitions from Great Place to Work in Uruguay. We ranked #28 on the Best Places to Work in Latin America list (up to 500 employees category), and #3 on the Best Places to Work for Women in Uruguay list (up to 150 employees category). We highly appreciate these prestigious recognitions which motivate us to become an excellent workplace in Uruguay and worldwide. Read More

SESSIONS - Empowering the Community.

May 26, 2017 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - “Sessions” are a new concept in events developed by World Trade Center Montevideo and aimed at bringing the segmented community of CEOs, directors, managers, middle and top level management positions together in a series of training sessions which involve socializing in an informal networking environment. In each Session there is a speaker who talks about current affairs, innovation, the economy and inspiration. These short, powerful events consist of 40-minute presentations followed by questions from the attendees. Sessions are held at the meeting room of Tower 2 and at TEMPUS, a meeting room located at Tower 4 of World Trade Center Montevideo. Every month there are different topics and speakers. This contributes to linking members of the Community to the speakers. The objectives pursued are: To offer the members of World Trade Center Montevideo Community tailored relevant contents; to share comprehensive, interesting, new interaction approaches; to create opportunities for Do + Tell organic amplification before, during and after the events; to connect the participants’ emotions, needs and objectives in order to develop memorable activities; to build a suitable atmosphere and environment for new interactions with companies that participate in the event and to empower World Trade Center Montevideo Community. 1 Talk + 1 Concept = 1 Session In the 2017 series of Sessions 9 events will be held in the meeting rooms. Talks about inspiration and leadership, current affairs and innovation have already been confirmed and they will be given by Enrique Baliño, CEO of Xn Partners, Martín Sarthou, a renowned journalist who is an expert in international affairs and Enrique Topolansky, Coordinator of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.Participation in the events is by invitation. Their contents are amplified on the website, the Newsletter and the Social Networks of WTC Montevideo Free Zone Community. To learn more about World Trade Center Montevideo, please click on the source link below. Read More

Ending 2016 at WTC Montevideo Free Zone

December 26, 2016 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - WTC Montevideo Free Zone ended 2016 with successful experiences, providing its community of clients and all those who work in the tower a comprehensive portfolio of services. "Our Training Zone", the calendar of courses and training activities, was so well-attended that the team of professionals in charge of it felt encouraged to continue collaborating in our community’s training. The Practical Approach to Free Trade Zones and Global Services course, held in Meeting Room 3 from November 7 to December 5, was conducted by Cr. Ignacio Del, Dr. Alejandro Theodosopoulos, Mario Tucci and Cr. Eduardo Rodríguez, who contributed with their professional expertise by approaching and analyzing practical aspects of management related to Operators and Users of Free Trade Zones. The course also included a module about the characteristics and the history of the global services industry, its objectives and advantages, the outsourcing models, etc. The opportunity of sharing experiences and success stories of clients operating from WTC Montevideo Free Zone added value to the course. Within this period, four editions of “The Four Jobs of a Boss” workshops organized by Xn Partners were also held at Tempus, WTC 4’s meeting room, and at Hilton Garden Inn. They were conducted by Enrique Baliño, Ing. Gonzalo Noya and Ing. Diego Kenny. The events reached maximum capacity so, jointly with Xn Partners, we are already organizing a full program that will be implemented in 2017 and launched during the second half of February when Our Training Zone calendar of courses will be presented. For 2017, we are planning to incorporate new service offers intended for our community. To this end, we will implement a program comprising different service units which will help define communication strategies, events organization, strategic content, training activities, contributions to Corporate Social Responsibility and Wellness Programs. These services will be added to the existing portfolio of professional services that are currently provided to all the members of World Trade Center Montevideo community within the complex by WTC Montevideo Free Zone.To learn more about WTC Montevideo Free Zone, please click on the source link below. Read More

WTC Montevideo Contributes to Disease Prevention

October 27, 2016 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - For the third consecutive year, World Trade Center Montevideo and WTC Free Zone joined the Breast Cancer Prevention Campaign organized by Roche Laboratory, located in Tower 4. Banco Itaú, Basf and Samsung Life, companies located in the complex, were also actively involved in the action of lighting up the towers in pink, the dissemination of prevention messages and several other activities. October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Montevideo, like other major cities in the world, turns pink, as a symbol of thousands of women fighting the disease. On October 4th, World Trade Center Montevideo opened its doors to the fight against breast cancer by organizing an activity to reflect upon the disease and by lighting up the towers in pink throughout the month. In the lobby of Tower 4 an art exhibition called Vivir con él (Living with it) was held. Nineteen renowned artists took part in it and, through their work, made us reflect on the hope, the struggle and the strength of many of our women who have fought breast cancer. The exhibition was co-organized with Roche and World Trade Center Montevideo, and the funds raised through the sale of works of art benefitted Clara Berenbau’s Foundation. The opening event was very well-attended by guests and the press, who acknowledged the high quality of the exhibition and the participation of outstanding artists: Olga Armand Ugón / Virginia Barranguet / Eduardo Bolioli / Claudio Chanquet / Martha Escondeur / María Etcheverry / Rita Fischer / Fernando Fraga/ Guillermo García Cruz / Santiago Giani / Mane Gurméndez / Gastón Izaguirre / Jorge Mato / Marcos Medina / Mariana Olaso / Virginia Patrone / Sergio Porro / Dani Scharf and Felipe Secco. To learn more about WTC Montevideo, please click on the source link below. Read More

WTC Montevideo Free Zone Conference Series

September 23, 2016 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - Within the framework of its calendar of events, WTC Montevideo Free Zone organized two remarkable conferences. The importance of the topics discussed and the prestige of the speakers attracted different sectors of its business community and, consequently, both conferences were very well-attended. These events are part of new services provided by WTC Montevideo Free Zone to its clients and to all the members of World Trade Center Montevideo Community. On August 28, Michael Power, PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town, MA in International Business and Law from Fletcher School, Tufts University and BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, delivered a lecture entitled “The End of the World as we know it” at WTC 4 meeting room. Invited by Compass Group, a company that operates from WTC Montevideo Free Zone, Dr. Power, a consultant, talked about the unexpected result of the Brexit referendum, and said that investors can no longer ignore the fact that globalization is putting the West under enormous pressure. Dr. Power identified the nature of this pressure, and explained the significance of the emerging markets and China for the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union, from a domestic perspective and from the viewpoint of foreigners, who are rethinking their old views on these regions. At the end of the lecture, he highlighted the importance all this has in building a global investment portfolio. On September 12, on the Tower’s 24th floor, Enrique Baliño delivered the Breakfast & Conference entitled "The Four Attitudes for Success", an event co-organized with AJE, a Young Entrepreneurs Association, and conceived as a contribution to training activities. With over 20 years of experience as an executive at IBM in the turbulent Latin American business environments, in this motivational conference Baliño presented several intangible factors related to attitudes that separate people and organizations that make steady progress from those which stagnate and collapse. Attitudes cannot be observed; yet, they form the habits that create the business and social environment we live in. With unflagging energy, Baliño offered the audience a simple and effective recipe to take charge of their own destiny: "change your mindset and much of the work will be done". To learn more about WTC Montevideo, click on the source link below. Read More

Our Contribution to Montevideo’s Modernization

July 25, 2016 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - As a result of the joint effort made by World Trade Center Montevideo, WTC Montevideo Free Zone, Montevideo Shopping and other private companies, the city has a new avenue: Dr. Luis E. Bonavita, a key roadwork in the most developed urban area in recent years. The opening ceremony of Bonavita Avenue was held on June 27th at World Trade Center Montevideo’s Tower 4, and it was attended by the members of the complex’s Board of Directors, numerous businessmen, the press and Ing. Daniel Martinez, Mayor of Montevideo. The avenue goes through World Trade Center Montevideo, behind Montevideo Shopping and along WTC 4, Hilton Garden Inn and WTC Montevideo Free Zone. With a private investment of more than USD 3, 5 million, “it is an example of a public-private effort to build a better city. Going along the new Bonavita Ave., witnessing its breadth and the environment that surrounds it is like having a view of Montevideo in the future”, said Cr. Carlos Lecueder, Chairman of World Trade Center Montevideo. This work stems from the impact of various construction works done by Montevideo Shopping, World Trade Center Montevideo and WTC Montevideo Free Zone and of other real estate developments to be built in the area. The Municipality of Montevideo authorized the building permits of all the projects provided that Bonavita St. was widened. Bonavita Avenue was built with the purpose of alleviating the impact of urban growth in the area and providing safe and easy traffic flow. The widening of this street and other improvements guarantee fast-flowing traffic in the area. The work was executed and entirely financed by the private developers which constructed the buildings situated on Bonavita Ave. Thus, Montevideo Shopping for its Hilton Garden Inn, WTC Montevideo Free Zone for its free trade zone tower, World Trade Center Montevideo for its towers 3 and 4 along with Cepheus S.A. and Savinel S.A, which will conduct other construction works in the area, formed a consortium and carried out the widening of the avenue. The extension consisted in paving the whole 370-meter track and building two nine- meter-wide roadways and a five-meter-wide landscape median between Veintiséis de Marzo and Cr. Luis E. Lecueder as well as two seven-meter-wide roadways and a 1, 20-meter-wide landscape median between Cr. Luis E. Lecueder and Pablo Galarza streets. During the opening ceremony, Cr. Carlos Lecueder highlighted the importance of this roadwork, which will improve traffic flow in the area. What is more, as the main artery of World Trade Center Montevideo Complex and Montevideo Shopping, “it will provide the proper framework and treatment for today’s most important business and commercial area in the country.” For further information about WTC Montevideo Free Zone, visit our website: www.wtcmontevideofreezone.com Read More

Service platform: How do we support our customers?

June 22, 2016 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - WTC Montevideo Free Zone invited its clients to participate in a networking activity aimed at presenting its service platform that provides them with tools to optimize the development of their global business activities. With almost 97% of its tower already occupied and over 1200 people working in it, the strategy of WTC Montevideo Free Zone aims at developing ever-innovative processes and services in order to fully satisfy the needs of its clients and their human resources. It cooperates with companies in retaining their employees by providing benefits and carrying out effective actions so that they feel happy at their workplace and continue their professional training in house. When a company considers starting its operations at WTC Montevideo Free Zone firstly, it ponders, among other factors, the country, its sound democracy and judicial system, its community, its location, the level of education of its population and the unique benefits that Uruguay’s Free Trade Zones legal framework offers. After settling into the Free Trade Zone, the development of the company’s business project will require an increasing amount of efficient services. As a result, the professional team of WTC Montevideo Free Zone designed the service platform which was presented on Thursday, June 16th. Some of the services are: Consultancy services on legal and financial matters and human resources recruitment. Training courses in healthcare and quality of life. Strategic alliances which directly benefit employees’ productivity. An annual calendar with corporate and theme events. Direct benefits and promotions with WTC Montevideo Member affinity card. Promoting business relationships and matchmaking between companies. With the purpose of internationalizing services exported from WTC Montevideo Free Zone, Business Units have been developed. Their objective is to organize trade missions and companies’ participation in international fairs and congresses abroad. Within this operational framework, we provide our clients with the following business services: identifying potential strategic partners, coordinating and conducting business meetings with the assistance of the Commercial Management of the Free Trade Zone. We also provide technical and corporate support in those business meetings, and we stress the importance of strengthening cultural ties and companies’ requirements. Organizing and conducting corporate events. With regard to this, the synergy of our strategic alliances with Chambers of Commerce of different markets and continents facilitates establishing objectives related with the dissemination and realization of international events. They are free and and include the participation of prominent foreign professionals who provide information on topics related to the financial, economic and legal sectors, and interact with renowned Uruguayan professionals. Training courses. Organized according to a calendar of topics, WTC Montevideo Free Zone conducts a variety of training workshops in its Meeting Rooms and it also coparticipates in other training sessions held at the Auditorium of World Trade Center Montevideo Complex. In order to make training easily available, efficient accesibility and in-company courses are provided. These services, coupled with those that will be offered in 2017, add value to companies and their employees as well, which tips the balance when the strategic decision of settling into and starting operations at WTC Montevideo Free Zone is taken. For further information about WTC Montevideo Free Zone, visit our website: www.wtcmontevideofreezone.com Read More

WTC Montevideo Free Zone event in May 2016

May 24, 2016 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - In WTC Montevideo Free Zone, the Free Trade Zone of Services of World Trade Center Montevideo Complex, there are currently 102 companies that have chosen us to carry out their operations and provide their global services. Over 1,200 people work in the tower, mainly young graduate professionals. Most of our clients come from the following economic sectors: Financial services, agribusiness and trading and IT. WTC Montevideo Free Zone is a member of the Uruguayan Chamber of Free Trade Zones, established in October 2008 with the aim of strengthening Uruguay’s Free Trade Zone regime and promoting the development of business platforms from the Uruguayan Free Trade Zones. The business community that makes up the Uruguayan Chamber of Free Trade Zones (UYCFTZ) includes developers (operators) and users (direct and indirect) of the Uruguayan Free Trade Zones, who have defined and validated several objectives, such as contributing to building a suitable business environment to favor investment and sustainable economic development within the Free Trade Zones legal framework. In this context, WTC Montevideo Free Zone organized a major event on Tuesday 17 May at World Trade Center Montevideo Auditorium. Over 140 businesspeople convoked by the Uruguayan Chamber of Free Trade Zones attended the event. The conference focused on the presentation of the Practical Manual on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. This manual contains the policies and procedures adopted by the Uruguayan Chamber of Free Trade Zones. The Chamber encourages its members to apply them in order to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. The conference was delivered by the Chamber’s advisor, Dr. Leonardo Costa, a renowned professional who explained how to use the manual and generated a space for networking which attendees and the mass media accredited found very interesting. This important activity is part of the Series of Conferences and Courses organized by WTC Montevideo Free Zone every year for its community and for its clients, with the purpose of disseminating high added-value knowledge. For further information about WTC Montevideo Free Zone, visit our website: www.wtcmontevideofreezone.com. Read More