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Charged with great enthusiasm – and guaraná soda, of which they are now big fans -, Thermo Electron executives Kevin Smith, global manager for Channels, and Oliver Faidi, manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, marked their presence on Brazilian soil in early June. Their mission was to visit Brazilian companies and subsidiaries that are worldwide examples of sophisticated technological production.

Their itinerary included Braskem, Dow, Janssen-Cilag and Petrobras, some of the successful cases in the implementation of Thermo Electron technology, Cybertécnica’s regional partner. In his visits, Faidi felt that “the benefits of the cooperation between Thermo/Cybertécnica and its clients are clearly in tune”.

This visit reaffirms Thermo Electron’s global leadership position - as the largest analytical instrumentation group and laboratory software and services solution provider in the world -, and its interest in being ever closer to its Latin American clients, sharing their challenges and understanding their needs through Cybertécnica’s partnership.

Kevin Smith, who has worked at Thermo for over 20 years, says that he grew together with many of the company’s products, and is proud to see the key role these tools play in the improvement of Brazilian clients’ productivity and operation regulation. Smith enthusiastically guarantees that “we are building excellent partnerships in the region, and, together with Cybertécnica, we can really say that Brazil Can Do It!”.

At the end of their trip, the executives took with them not only Brazil’s laudable hospitality, but also the vision that Brazil presents itself technologically as an equal peer to great global powers.

For the opportunity of sharing their strategies, results, ideas and experiences, we thank the following clients:
• Antônio Carlos Gomes de Souza of Petrobras/UN-BA, Salvador
• Erica Vergara of Dow Analytical Services, Guarujá
• Henrique Maya Santos of the Innova Quality Control Laboratory, Triunfo
• Jaildes Britto, Management and staff of the Quality Laboratory of Braskem Basic Supplies Unit, Camaçari
• José Humberto Ribeiro Leite and staff of the Petrobras/UN-BC Fluids Laboratory, Macaé
• Sara Beatrís Metz Schmidt and staff of the Copesul Quality Laboratory, Triunfo
• Márcia Beatriz Del Frari Machado and staff of the REFAP Development and Quality Laboratory, Canoas
• Villardes Nunes, Quality Management Board and Janssen-Cilag Staff, São José dos Campos

View the photos:

	Visiting Dow (Guarujá) Oliver Faidi (Thermo), Fábio Iizuka (Cybertécnica) and Kevin Smith (Thermo).
	Drinking caipirinhas and enjoying the delicious seafood of Mário's Crustáceos, in Rio de Janeiro Antônio Carlos Gomes de Souza (Petrobras / UN-BA), Kevin Smith, Marina Andrade (Cybertécnica), Fernando Botafogo (Cybertécnica) and Oliver Faidi.
	Kevin Smith, enjoying delicious seafood!
	Visiting the Petrobras UN-BC Fluids Laboratory, Macaé, RJ Petrobras, Thermo and Cybertécnica staff- Fábio Iizuka, Oliver Faidi, José Humberto Ribeiro Leite (Petrobras E&P - SERV/US-AP), Ana Beatriz Silva Almeida and Ledenaide de Freitas Gonçalves from the Petrobras UN-BC/Macaé DRX/FRX Laboratory, Kevin Smith and Fernando Botafogo.
	Maristela Paula da Cruz Enne of the Gas Chromatography Laboratory of Petrobras UN-BC/Macaé, Fernando Botafogo and Oliver Faidi.
	Alex Sardinha and Maristela Enne, Oliver Faidi, Fernando Botafogo and José Humberto Ribeiro Leite
	Visiting Braskem at the Camaçari Petrochemical Complex (Bahia) Braskem Basic Supplies Laboratory and Cybertécnica teams - Dorisvaldo Paiva, Marcos Vinício, Kevin Smith, Jaildes Britto, Márcio Rebouças, Marciel Horie, Fernanda Vieira, Marina Andrade.
	Kevin Smith and the Bahiana in Salvador!