The LAN airline landing in Colombia, through the purchase of 99 percent of the shares of Aires-an operation which will be around $ 32.5 million and will be closed before the year ends, “is only a most of the growing and powerful investment that Chilean companies are doing in our country, which, arguably, have been ‘in love’.

Wednesday in Gachancipá (Cundinamarca), the Chilean company CMPC, the powerful Matte Group, will open a production of paper and tissue products in which invested $ 75 million and will generate over 300 direct jobs.

Last week, the store chain La Polar, which sells 1,000 million dollars a year in Chile in the south opened its first store in Bogota. And although this is its first operation abroad, have already announced they plan to open two stores in Bogota, two in Medellin and Bucaramanga by the end of 2012.

A list join thousands of other companies and projects. Chilean chain built in Cartagena Plaza Mall shopping center will have a store Falabella, a Carrefour, cinemas and 100 shops, with an investment of $ 75 million.

In the energy sector is the purchase of Terpel by Copec, which sells 62 percent of fuels in Chile and now plans to use Terpel to internationalize. And the arrival of Gasco, the main supplier of liquefied gas in Chile, with its Gas Life brand, is already selling gas in various regions of the country, has 400,000 users and is preparing its market entry Bogota. Read the full story