ExxonMobil awarded Viridien's Sercel a one-year contract to run simultaneous operations software at Whiptail. Guyana's Local Content Act lists 40 reserved categories and none covers operational software.
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In February the President proposed one shared bottle-making facility so no producer need buy its own. In July the National Assembly voted G$496.3 million for a state-owned bottler instead. Manufacturers who expanded on the first plan now compete with the second.
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Guyana's Local Content Act reserves 90 to 100 per cent of services built on premises and labour for Guyanese companies, and just 5 per cent of engineering and machining. A business cluster, run by a chamber of commerce, is how firms elsewhere crossed that gap.
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