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Company name

Latin America Kraft Investment, Inc.

Project number

14334-01

Category B projects have potential environmental and/or social impacts and risks that are less adverse than those of a Category A and which are generally limited to the project site, largely reversible and can be mitigated via measures that are readily available and feasible to implement in the context of the operation.

E&S category
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B

Country

Regional

Sector

Manufacturing

Status

Proposed

Disclosed date

09/05/2024

Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.

Projected board date
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11/19/2024

Approval date

N/A

Signed date

N/A

Sponsoring entity

N/A

Investment Operations Department Contact

Corporates Division

Investment type

Syndicated amount

USD $ 15,000,000

Financing amount

USD $ 20,000,000

Currency

USD

Project scope and objective

La compañía Latin America Kraft Investment, Inc. (“LAKI”) con sede en Panamá, se dedica al diseño, preprensa, producción y comercialización de materiales para empaques en diversos materiales. Laki opera en Centroamérica, México, y Estados Unidos y es la empresa holding de Sigma Q.

La presente operación consiste en un financiamiento de capital de trabajo a corto plazo y a la cadena de suministro (el “Proyecto”), para apoyar a la recuperación y el crecimiento de Laki pospandemia en seis de sus empresas: Cajas y Empaques de Guatemala S.A., Compañía Centroamericana de Papeles y Cartones S.A. y Litografía Byron Zadik, S.A. en Guatemala; Cartonera Centroamericana S.A. de C.V. y Specialty Products S.A. de C.V. en El Salvador; y Cartonera Nacional S.A. en Honduras. Estas plantas se dedican a la producción de empaques de cartón corrugado, plegadizo, empaque de lujo y flexible.

El financiamiento por hasta US$20 millones está compuesto de un préstamo comprometido y revolvente de hasta US$15 millones, y de una línea no comprometida revolvente de factoraje inverso de hasta US$5 millones. Dichos fondos se utilizarán para financiar (i) necesidades de capital de trabajo y respaldar la importación de bienes; y (ii) el financiamiento a proveedores MiPymes de Laki a través del descuento o monetización de sus derechos crediticios derivados de la venta de bienes y/o servicios, respectivamente.

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Environmental and social review

IDB Invest conducts an environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) commensurate with the nature, scale, and stage of the project, and with its level of environmental and social risks and impacts. The ESDD will confirm the project E&S categorization and assess the project with respect to the client requirements in IDB Invest Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy. The results of the ESDD, including any identified gaps are described in the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) provided below. For projects approved as of 2016, any gaps with respect to IDB Invest's Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy at the time of the ESDD are addressed in the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) presented below, to comply with the date mentioned above.

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Client Contact

EMAIL

atorres@sigmaq.com

PHONE NUMBER

n.a

POST OFFICE ADDRESS

IDB Invest Contact

EMAIL

requestinformation@idbinvest.org

PHONE

+1(202)-566-4566

ADDRESS

1350 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

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