Guarnera Advogados acts for CPM in FCA €8 million contract
Italian-Brazilian law firm Guarnera Advogados has assisted CPM do Pernambuco – a Brazilian affiliated company by CPM S.p.A. (Dürr Group), with the activities related to a new contract worth €8 million with FCA to modify the production line at the FCA plant in Pernambuco
Guarnera Advogados, an international Italian-Brazilian law firm, has assisted CPM do Pernambuco – a Brazilian affiliated company by CPM S.p.A. (Dürr Group), specialised in major modification and maintenance activities particularly on assembly plants in the automotive sector – in the activities related to a new contract worth €8 million with FCA to modify the production line at the FCA plant in Pernambuco, in order to produce two new models
According to the report published in November 2020 by GSA Advice, Guarnera Group’s international consulting and interim management company, a 23.05% annual growth of light and heavy car production in Brazil and Argentina has been expected in 2021 compared to 2020.
“This operation represents an even more important signal of positivity in Brazil in a such a serious and delicate period like the one we are experiencing following the crisis from Covid-19 – commented the lawyer Giacomo Guarnera (pictured), Founding Partner of Guarnera Advogados – We are really proud to support CPM in seizing the growth opportunities offered by other important Italian companies, such as FCA, which operate successfully and internationally in the automotive sector.”
“Brazil represents a very important market for us and the investment in CPM do Pernambuco is the proof that we believe in the development of this country. Ours is a concrete commitment: we assist our customers at 360°, from the realization of a new project to after-sales, which guarantees their efficiency in the long term. And to be able to do this here in Brazil, CPM do Pernambuco is essential” – stated Massimo Bellezza, CEO of CPM.
This deal consolidates CPM’s presence in Brazil, where the company provided to FCA in 2014 the technology to build its first automated production line in the state of Pernambuco.
CPM, a partner to the largest global automotive manufacturers, is one of the world leaders in the Final Assembly sector, for which it represents the reference for the entire Dürr Group.