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SAMI South America
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- Ecopetrol
- BP Colombia
- Wood Group
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South American Operations
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South America is a continent with extremely diverse resources, many of which have remained untapped. Although the mining industry suffered in the late 1990's due to low gold and base metal prices, the gold and base metal industry still attracts the most money in exploration and serves as the regions leading industry today. While the continent is 50% forested and surrounding seas contain a rich marine life, the fishing and forestry industries are still relatively small and are mainly orientated towards domestic markets. Some hardwoods and tropical woods mainly coming from the Amazon Basin where large areas are being deforested are exported, as well as pine from southern Brazil and Chile. Vast areas of commercial forests have been planted in Brazil and Chile for lumber industry.
SAMI has realized that there are significant opportunities for investment and economic growth within these industries and more. For example, the industrial industry is presently facing a wide array of problems: the size of the national markets is small and the technology in the countries is limited. Transportation and distribution networks are weak. Some countries have heavy industries such as steel and iron plants, motor vehicle assembly plants for export, however there is still potential to develop these industries further.
Many governments including Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela have begun privatizing nationalized industries for immediate financial benefit, such as the transportation and communications industries, however this has resulted in significantly higher unemployment rates and has increased the costs of goods and services.
The explosive growth in the region has brought with it many challenges in turn creating many opportunities for SAMI within South American and the West Indies. The greatest challenges still lie in meeting production schedules while keeping production assets operating at peak efficiency and availability. Training workers, keeping and developing employees, proper Strategic Planning, and integration of cross-departmental improvement programs are all necessary to make this happen. SAMI is helping these companies improve equipment availability, increase productivity, reduce costs and improve the communication and cooperation between the Production, Maintenance, Logistics and Capacity Development functions of Operations, while constantly moving towards Organizational Excellence.
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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suraname, Uruguay and Venezuela make up the territory known as South America.
SAMI is currently focusing in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, and Peru.
Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Montseratt and Trinidad & Tobago make up the territory known as the West Indies.
SAMI is currently focusing in Trinidad & Tobago.
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SAMI's Regional Presence
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SAMI is aggressively pursuing both private industry and government-owned organizations in the Latin American marketplace and within the last two years our presence in the region has grown significantly.
In 2006, SAMI was selected by both ECOPETROL and BP of Colombia to assist them in improving their business practices in maintenance, logistics, and production. From these initial projects, news of SAMI's ability to create sustainable change spread gaining the attention of the Wood, Mining, Transportation, and Agricultural sectors within the region. This has led to the establishment of our first Latin American representative office located in Santiago, Chile.
SAMI has also established strong relations with Brazilian governmental agencies in addition to Abraman – the Brazilian Association of Maintenance Professionals. As a result, SAMI is developing strategic alliances and relationships in Brazil with companies in the Energy, Mining, and Steel sectors. SAMI plans on establishing an office in Brazil by the end 2008.
We are currently in discussions with a number of large conglomerates in Mexico in the Mining, Petrochemical, Automotive, and Food Processing sectors and we are confident that this will result in the establishment of a SAMI office in Mexico by mid-year 2009.
SAMI has also been approached to work in the Oil and Gas sector in Trinidad and we expect a considerable expansion of our client base in the West Indies in the coming years.
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Michael DeLuca, VP of Relationship Development-Latin America
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Mr. DeLuca serves as Vice President of Relationship Development in South America and the West Indies. Mike has recently established SAMI's first Latin American office in Santiago Chile, and is currently involved with existing and potential projects in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Trinidad/Tobago.
He has enjoyed an exciting and expansive career, with over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, sales, marketing, public relations, project management, training and development, and consulting.
Mr. DeLuca received his BS from the University of Connecticut and has completed coursework towards his MBA at the University of New Haven.
He developed vital industrial experience from his work in manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry, plus 13 years of industrial and governmental sales and marketing experience working with a leading Fortune 100 company. He also possesses 10 years of project management experience, plus several years of experience in Ethics/Compliance and Leadership Development with a leading global consulting firm. He has executed projects that have rewarded his clients with over $100 MM in increased revenues.
Mr. DeLuca also brings to SAMI his talents as a seasoned - internationally recognized speaker, trainer and media personality. He has spoken extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, South America, Trinidad, and Africa, and has participated in over 750 radio and television interviews. He has produced several television specials and has served as a co-host of several nationally syndicated radio shows.
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Contact
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Michael DeLuca
VP Relationship Development-Latin American Operations
Email:
mdeluca@samicorp.com
Phone:
+1-207-831-6896
Fax:
+1-928-396-5889
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