Building a future in S. America

Broad Homes is going big with its precast structures, design, consulting in countries like Suriname, Brazil

For many private-sector Chinese companies, South America offers a wealth of growth opportunities amid a less competitive atmosphere, as housing firm Broad Homes Industrial International Co Ltd is realizing.

Broad Homes, a subsidiary of Hunan-based Broad Homes Industrial Co Ltd, will supply 18,000 precast residential houses to Suriname this year. It also plans to deploy more resources and manpower in South American countries such as Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia over the next three years, to diversify its global sales platform.