The Mayor of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Mr Luiz Marinho is visiting Sweden this week on an invite by the Swedish Trade and Export Council. The mayor is concentrating on an effort to establish broad investments into the City of Sao Bernardo do Campo.

During his visit, Luiz Marinho visited the Saab facilities in Linköping and was given the opportunity to understand more about the Gripen NG proposal for Brazil. He also took the opportunity to fly Gripen.

“I now have a clear understanding of the Gripen NG proposal and the political impact that the Swedish fighter will bring to the Brazilian industry and the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo. I believe this is a unique opportunity for real transfer of technology to Brazil and will generate high quality new technology based jobs” says Luiz Marinho.

Source: SAAB