TWO SENIOR EXECUTIVES FROM ARGENTINA’S LARGEST FOOTWEAR AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURER WILL SPEAK AT A WORLD TRADE CENTER ATLANTA LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PERSONAL DISCUSSIONS AFTERWARDS.
GUILLERMO A. GOTELLI AND ALAN CLUTTERBUCK ARE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, RESPECTIVELY, OF ALPARGATAS S.A.I.C., WHICH EMPLOYS SOME 8,500 PEOPLE AND OPERATES 13 TEXTILE AND SHOE MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN ARGENTINA AND TWO IN URUGUAY. BOTH OFFICERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
ALPARGATAS ALSO HAS THE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR THE USE OF THE NIKE TRADEMARK IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRODUCTION, MARKETING, SOURCING AND SALE OF NIKE PRODUCTS IN BRAZIL, AND HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IN 1997 IT WILL BEGIN BUILDING A $33 MILLION NIKE FACTORY IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL.
THE EXECUTIVES WERE INVITED TO ATLANTA BY ROGER SCOVIL, PRESIDENT OF ATLANTA-BASED LOCKWOOD GREENE INTERNATIONAL INC., WHICH ACQUIRED FROM ALPARGATAS A 50% INTEREST IN ALTE’CNICA, AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FIRM BASED IN BUENOS AIRES.
THE COMPANY, NOW CALLED ALTE’CNICA LOCKWOOD GREENE, IS DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF SERVICE STATIONS IN ARGENTINA FOR THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST OIL COMPANY AND WILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO SUCH U.S. COMPANIES AS PROCTER & GAMBLE AND WAL-MART, SAID MR. SCOVIL.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL SUSAN DUSSINGER AT THE CENTER AT (404) 880-1550.