CFI Welcomes 10 Interns from the CFI/HELP Partnership

On Monday, August 19, 2013, CFI welcomed this year’s 10 graduating students as part of the CFI/HELP partnership .

This year’s four week training program will allow students from HELP (Haitian Education and Leadership Partnership) to become familiar with the activities of CFI where they will gain administrative and technical skills in order to help them integrate into Haiti’s labor market.

CFI Facilitation Department will take a lead role this year in assigning the interns to the CFI After Care Program. Students will perform site visits of existing companies in order for them to conduct surveys and collect data.

On Thursday August 22, 2013, a delegation of nine senior level business leaders from the Cintas Corporation arrived in Port-au-Prince in order to explore additional sourcing opportunities. The delegation coordinated by CFI and ADIH, visited several factories, located in Parc Industriel Sonapi and surrounding areas. The group led by David Wheeler, Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain, met with several potential manufacturers and were ver]�WEXMW½IH�[MXL�XLIMV�ZMWMX. “On behalf of the Cintas Corporation, I want to thank you for a very productive and enlightening trip on Thursday. Moving nine business leaders through six prospective suppliers within one afternoon certainly rI¾IGXs well on the capabilities that CFI and ADIH bring to the economic growth of Haiti. Even with our extensive questioning and in depth touring of each plant, you moved us smoothly through the schedule and brought to the table some well-matched potential suppliers for our future needs.

As the largest uniform service company in the world, we source from 23 countries, have large production demands and high standards - and see solid growth in the future. Our customers value the quality of our product, availability of our product, the social responsibility of our production and pricing of our product – which combined with our continuous innovation, provides WMKRM½GERt customer satisfaction and loyalty. Our job in the global supply chain is to continue to be the best in our industry and be out in front of the growth for our company. Your drive and motivation to make this prospecting trip happen in an effective manner was simply tremendous.”David Wheeler, Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain, Cintas Corportation.This visit rIGSR½VQs that Haiti is still in demand as a sourcing destination, mainly due to the advantages provided by the HOPE/HELP legislation as well as proximity to North American markets.

CFI made its monthly site visit to Cap-Haïtien on Friday August 23, 2013. Sector leaders met with CFI’s local of½ce in Cap-Haïtien, toured the Caracol Industrial Park to get an update on the park’s construction progress and met with current manufacturers located in the PIC. Sa½ Apparel Corporation, PIC’s latest tenant has begun their installation process. Daniel Cho, President of S &H Global, SA (Sae-A), the park’s anchor tenant, enthusiastically showed our team their progress as they move into their next phase in production. Hiring and training for S&H’s second facility has begun as they expand to increase their workforce to an additional 1,400 workers by November 2013. Two new broiler rooms and washing facility are expected to be operational by the end of September 2013.

NEW INVESTMENTS

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS

TROPICBUILD WORLDWIDE HOLDING S.A.

.tnempiuqe noitcurtsnoc gnicudorP$US 3.5 M - Job creation: 664

NATIONAL DIRECT INVESTMENTS

BOULANGERIE MAJ S.A. .noitcudorp daerb taehW

$US 1.5 M - Job creation: 66

CARIBBEAN MILLING S.A.Semolina and wheat bran production. $US 8.5 M - Job creation: 51

KARYNA S.A. .noitcudorp daerb lanoitidarT

$US 1.9 M - Job creation: 60

QUALITY SEWING MANUFACTURING S.A.Textile production. $US 944,000 - Job creation: 513

NEWSLETTER: THIS WEEK AT CFI AUGUST 26-30, 2013

CFI meets a CINTAS delegation from the United

States

CFI in Cap-Haïtien

David Wheeler (CINTAS) and Anthony Kim (MGA)

Dryers installation in Sae-A’s

new washing facility