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CompaniesMay 25, 2015
Companies in Santa Catarina | List of Companies
- Written by Ben Novak
- Published: May 25, 2015
Brazil's
Top 10 Companies in Santa Catarina
Marcopolis.net has listed the major companies in Santa Catarina. The State is at the top of the list in Brazilian human and economic development. Located in Southern Brazil, near South America’s largest cities, its capital city is Florianópolis.
The State of Santa Catarina accounts for 3% of the Brazilian population and represents 1.1% of the national territory. Its economy increased by 340% over the last three decades, well above the Brazilian average.
| Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | Food | With approximately 85,000 points of sale, Bunge is a national leader in the oil markets, vegetable fats, flours and mixes for baking. | |
| 2 | Brazil | Machinery and Equipment | Weg is a global solutions provider of industrial electrical technologies. The Group is the largest industrial electric motor manufacturer in the Americas and one of the largest manufacturers of electric motors in the world, producing more than 21 million units annually. | |
| 3 | Brazil | Electrical Energy | Tractebel Energia develops and operates power plants and is active in the energy trading activity. The company is Brazil's largest private sector generating company. Headquartered in Florianópolis, Tractebel has plants installed in Brazil's five regions. | |
| 4 | Brazil | Food | Aurora was created in 1969 and has become the largest food cooperative producer in Brazil, as well as a world reference in technology and meat processing. | |
| 5 | Brazil | Electrical Energy | Celesc has been active in the electricity sector for 59 years. Structured as a holding in 2006, the company has two wholly owned subsidiaries: Celesc Distribuição and Celesc Geração. It also holds a controlling stake in SCGÁS and other companies related to the electricity and infrastructure segments. | |
| 6 | Brazil | Cast Iron Components | Founded in 1938, Tupy has an annual production capacity of 800 thousand metric tonnes of cast iron parts in two industrial plants (Joinville and Mauá). The company has 12,000 employees and exports half of its annual production to more than 40 countries. | |
| 7 | Brazil | Building Materials | Tigre is one of the largest companies providing solutions for the construction industry. The company operates in more than 40 countries, with more than 8,000 employees and 23 factories (10 in Brazil and 13 abroad). | |
| 8 | Brazil | Retail | Grupo Angeloni was founded in 1958. Since then, it has been active in the supermarkets, drugstores and gas stations segments. The group also has its own distribution center to supply its 27 supermarket outlets and 24 drugstores. | |
| 9 | Brazil | Agriculture | Founded in 1967 to implement fairer remuneration of small and medium farmers, Cooperalfa has since then been involved in selling and storing the members' agricultural production such as corn, soy, beans and wheat. | |
| 10 | Brazil | Retail/Garment Industry | Cia. Hering is a Brazilian clothing company. Its flagship product, the Hering brand, is also synonymous with the company as a whole, which also includes brands such as Hering Kids, Dzarm, PUC and Hering For You. |
