Brazil
Brazil is ThyssenKrupp's number one market in terms of sales and production location in South America.
The local companies comprise a workforce of more than 21,000 employees. Our largest company is RIP - Serviços Industriais with about 6,200 employees. With more than 5,500 employees, the Group is also one of Brazil's leading automotive suppliers. The biggest production company is ThyssenKrupp Metalúrgica Campo Limpo Ltda., established as a local automotive supplier back in 1954. Today, the company employs about 2,850 people.
ThyssenKrupp Elevadores S.A. is Brazil's second-largest elevator company and employs about 3,500 people.
The new integrated steel mill being built by ThyssenKrupp in the state of Rio de Janeiro at a cost of €5.2 billion is the biggest industrial investment in Brazil in the past ten years and is also the first major steel mill to be built in the country since the mid-1980s. The investment project is central to ThyssenKrupp's growth strategy for premium carbon flat steel in Europe and North America.
All details relate to the 2010/2011 fiscal year, Annual Report, as of September 30, 2011.
For further information please contact our Group Representative for Brazil:
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Rodrigo Tostes ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico Ltda. Av. Joao XXIII s/n Distrito Industrial CEP 23.560-352 - RJ- Rio de Janeiro Brazil Phone: +55 21 2141 4229 Fax: +55 21 2141 3810 rodrigo.tost[...]@thyssenkrupp.com |
