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Long on sales, short in assets

01 December 2000

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The backdrop is investor uncertainty. The region is Latin America. The sector is power. But despite the well-documented gap between theory (that vast surges in demand will spell a flurry of groundbreaking deals) and practice (that, this year, Latin power projects have been shuffling awkwardly to the market), at least one foreign muscle remains firmly flexed in the Latin power market ? Belgium's Tractebel.
The company's Latin strategy is, it seems, finally paying off. According to Eric de Muynck, Regional Manager for Tractebel's Latin American Electricity and Gas International (EGI) operations, the approach has been ?predominantly asset-driven. But now we're using our combined heat and power generation platform as a driver to kick-start our marketing and sales efforts in key regions.? These key regions include Peru, Chile, Argentina and, most extensively, Brazil. But, he cautions, ?it is important not to extend too many generalizations ? ultimately each country is unique.?

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