The Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, relaunched Fair Prices this Friday, the main tool with which he is committed to lowering inflation, which is on track to close January with a 6% rise.
Although there are more than 450 companies that participate in the program, the largest ones were not present at the event and, in general, the companies sent their managers, instead of the owners.
There was the presence of foreign firms, directors of chambers and a large group of trade unionists.
Among those who participated in the CCK meeting were, according to information released by official sources, the number one of
Amazon
Web Services (Lorena Zicker) and the state company
ARSAT
(Facundo Leal), which developed new software to control prices.
Among the Argentine companies, the most notable were Lucía Urquía, director of Aceitera General Deheza (
AGD
), Daniel Awada (CEO of
Cheek
y), Guillermo Calcagno (general manager of
Coto
);
Aldo Dal Santo (president of the Del Santo
bicycle factory
; Mariano Navilli, of
Molinos Cañuelas
; Melcon Tertzkian (
FITA Tecotex
); Alex Exersiyan (Fita Ritex), Hernán Grimoldi (
Grimold
i); Martin Schwartz (president of the motorcycle manufacturer Grupo Simpa); Enrique Gatti Rappallini (
Cerámica Alberdi
) and José Luis Alonso (CEO of
IATEC/Mirgor
).
And among the subsidiaries of international companies were Julio Freyre, president of the
CCU
brewery ;
Pablo Lemo, Adidas
CEO ;
Takashi Fuisaki and Diego Cohelo (both from Honda) and Emilio Larrañaga (
Alpek
).
Carlos Acuña in the announcement of the expansion of the Fair Prices program at the CCK.
Photo: Federico Imas
There was also a large presence of holders of the chambers of sectors that are part of the price agreement.
Thus, in the CCK Daniel Funes from Rioja (
Cup
I) was seen;
Eduardo Lapidus, Secretary General of
AFARTE
(electronics manufacturers in Tierra del Fuego);
Juan Vasco Martínez, president of
ASU
(supermarkets);
Víctor Fera, owner of Maxiconsumo and president of
CADAM
(wholesalers);
Gustavo Lázzari, from the
Chacinados
Chamber and owner of a sausage factory, as well as a former candidate for legislator;
and Fabián Tarrio, from
CAME.
The trade unionists were not only among the guests.
Héctor Daer
, secretary of the CGT, was one of the speakers.
He was accompanied by
Carlos Acuña
(CGT);
Hugo Benítez, from the Textile Workers Association;
Cristian Jerónimo (Glass Employees);
José Minaberrigaray (Textile Employees).
The mayors of Pilar, Federico Achával, and Florencio Varela, Andrés Watson also participated in the act.
Daniel Funes from Rioja accompanied Sergio Massa in the announcement of the expansion of Fair Prices.
Photo: Federico Imas
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