On Wednesday, November 21, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands continued their five-day visit to Brazil.

Whilst in São Paulo Prince Willem-Alexander visited an exhibition entitled, Waste to Waste, and attended the signing of a “… memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the NL Agency and the Environment Agency of the State of São Paulo.”  The prince also gave a speech during the Brazilian-Dutch Science & Technology Seminar entitled, Bio-based Economy.  He also attended the opening of the establishment of an office of BE-Basic (Bio-based Ecologically Balanced Sustainable Industrial Chemistry) in Campinas.

Meanwhile, in the city of Piracicaba, Princess Maxima opened the “… production house of Paques Brazil. Paques is a Dutch SME and company which is active worldwide in the development and construction of cost-effective water and gas purification systems.”

In the afternoon, the royal couple met with the Governor of São Paulo, attended the opening of the exhibition entitled, Connecting Concepts, and attended a reception with Dutch and Brazilian businesses.

On November 20, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium was in the municipality of Berchem-Sainte-Agathe to visit the rehabilitation centers, L’Etoile Polaire and De Poolster.  The centers are “… for children with hearing and developmental disabilities.”

On Tuesday, November 20, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands continued their visit to Brazil.  Today, the royal couple attended a seminar entitled, Future of Food Business, held at the University of São Paulo.  Thereafter, the prince and princess visited the Dutch owned company, CRV Lagoa as well as attended a meeting.