Sao Paulo， Brazil， 09 Dec – Brazilian electrical motor manufacturer WEG plans to invest in expanding and modernizing its factory in Nantong， in the Chinese province of Jiangsu， in 2006， the company said Thursday in Sao Paulo.巴西圣保羅12月9日電－巴西電機(jī)制造商WEG周四在此間稱，WEG計劃于2006年投資擴(kuò)建并改進(jìn)WEG在中國江蘇省南通市的工廠。
The company‘s aim is to transform the Chinese unit， which it acquired in 2004， into an export base to double sales of the Brazilian group in the Asian market. WEG在2004年收購了這家中國工廠，此次投資旨在將該工廠改造成出口基地，將WEG在亞洲市場的銷售增加一倍。
Currently， WEG‘s sales in Asia account for just 2 percent of the group’s total foreign sales， the company said in a press release.該公司在一篇新聞稿中稱，WEG在亞洲的銷售量僅占全部國外銷售量的2%.
The company‘s Chinese and Mexican units are due to receive 90 percent of the US$17 million to be invested in its foreign factories， the press release said. WEG在國外總投資為1700萬美元，在中國和墨西哥工廠的投資占總投資的90%.
The group also has two factories in Argentina， one in Portugal， as well as having sales units in the US， Venezuela， Germany， England， Belgium， France， Spain， Italy， Sweden， Australia， Japan， Chile， Colombia and India. WEG在阿根廷有兩個工廠，在葡萄牙有一個工廠，在美國、委內(nèi)瑞拉、德國、英國、比利時、法國、西班牙、意大利、瑞典、澳大利亞、日本、智利、哥倫比亞和印度有銷售部。
WEG also plans to open a sales unit in Singapore at the beginning of 2006 to increase its presence in the Asian market. WEG還計劃于2006年初在新加坡設(shè)立銷售處部，以增加其亞洲市場的銷售量。
The group‘s total investment in Brazil and abroad in expansion and modernization projects in 2006 will be US$87 million， an increase of 17 percent in relation to 2005. 2006年WEG在本國和國外的投資將達(dá)到8700萬美元，比2005年增長17%.
The company‘s president， Décio da Silva said that an increase in foreign production aimed to improve the group’s competitiveness in the global market.公司總裁德喬？達(dá)席爾瓦說，國外產(chǎn)量的增長將提高WEG在全球市場上的競爭力。
The group‘s total turnover， whose products are sold in over 100 countries， is expected to be over US$1.5 billion in 2005， a 15 percent increase year-on-year， the company said. WEG的產(chǎn)品在100多個國家銷售。WEG公司稱，2005年總營業(yè)額將達(dá)到15億美元，同比增長15%.
WEG has headquarters in Jaraguá do Sul， in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina， in the south of Brazil and has around 13，500 workers， 1，400 of which work in the company‘s foreign units. WEG公司總部設(shè)在巴西南部圣塔卡塔利那州Jaragua do Sul市，WEG共有13500名員工，其中1400名在其國外工廠工作。
The company‘s aim is to transform the Chinese unit， which it acquired in 2004， into an export base to double sales of the Brazilian group in the Asian market. WEG在2004年收購了這家中國工廠，此次投資旨在將該工廠改造成出口基地，將WEG在亞洲市場的銷售增加一倍。
Currently， WEG‘s sales in Asia account for just 2 percent of the group’s total foreign sales， the company said in a press release.該公司在一篇新聞稿中稱，WEG在亞洲的銷售量僅占全部國外銷售量的2%.
The company‘s Chinese and Mexican units are due to receive 90 percent of the US$17 million to be invested in its foreign factories， the press release said. WEG在國外總投資為1700萬美元，在中國和墨西哥工廠的投資占總投資的90%.
The group also has two factories in Argentina， one in Portugal， as well as having sales units in the US， Venezuela， Germany， England， Belgium， France， Spain， Italy， Sweden， Australia， Japan， Chile， Colombia and India. WEG在阿根廷有兩個工廠，在葡萄牙有一個工廠，在美國、委內(nèi)瑞拉、德國、英國、比利時、法國、西班牙、意大利、瑞典、澳大利亞、日本、智利、哥倫比亞和印度有銷售部。
WEG also plans to open a sales unit in Singapore at the beginning of 2006 to increase its presence in the Asian market. WEG還計劃于2006年初在新加坡設(shè)立銷售處部，以增加其亞洲市場的銷售量。
The group‘s total investment in Brazil and abroad in expansion and modernization projects in 2006 will be US$87 million， an increase of 17 percent in relation to 2005. 2006年WEG在本國和國外的投資將達(dá)到8700萬美元，比2005年增長17%.
The company‘s president， Décio da Silva said that an increase in foreign production aimed to improve the group’s competitiveness in the global market.公司總裁德喬？達(dá)席爾瓦說，國外產(chǎn)量的增長將提高WEG在全球市場上的競爭力。
The group‘s total turnover， whose products are sold in over 100 countries， is expected to be over US$1.5 billion in 2005， a 15 percent increase year-on-year， the company said. WEG的產(chǎn)品在100多個國家銷售。WEG公司稱，2005年總營業(yè)額將達(dá)到15億美元，同比增長15%.
WEG has headquarters in Jaraguá do Sul， in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina， in the south of Brazil and has around 13，500 workers， 1，400 of which work in the company‘s foreign units. WEG公司總部設(shè)在巴西南部圣塔卡塔利那州Jaragua do Sul市，WEG共有13500名員工，其中1400名在其國外工廠工作。