List of Brazilian companies

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This is a list of companies from Brazil. See lists of companies for lists of companies from other countries.

Contents 1 Current companies 1.1 Aerospace and defense 1.2 Airlines 1.3 Aluminium and basic materials 1.4 Apparel, footwear and textiles 1.5 Automakers and parts 1.6 Banking and financial services 1.7 Beverage and food 1.8 Building and construction materials 1.9 Energy and petrochemicals 1.10 Computers and electronics 1.11 Industrial equipment and machinery 1.12 Media and entertainment 1.13 Mining 1.14 Paper 1.15 Restaurants 1.16 Retailing 1.17 Steel 1.18 Telecommunications 1.19 Toys 1.20 Utilities and infrastructure 1.21 Others 2 Defunct or merged companies

[edit] Current companies

[edit] Aerospace and defense

• Avibrás (missiles and airplanes)
• Embraer (airplanes)
• Helibrás

[edit] Airlines

• Abaeté Linhas Aereas
• BRA
• Gol
• Meta Linhas Aereas
• OceanAir
• Pantanal Linhas Aereas
• Penta Linhas Aereas
• Rico Linhas Aereas
• TAM
• TRIP Linhas Aereas
• Tavaj Linhas Aereas
• Total Linhas Aereas
• VASP
• Varig
• WebJet

[edit] Aluminium and basic materials

• CBA
• Votorantim Cimento (Cement)

[edit] Apparel, footwear and textiles

• Alpargatas (Footwear)
• Arezzo (Leader and footwear)
• Artex Textil
• Azaléia (Footwear)
• Barred's (Clothing)
• Canal (Clothing)
• Cedro Cachoeira (Textiles)
• Chillibeans Eyewear (Eyewear)
• Colcci (Clothing)
• Colombo (Clothing)
• Cori (Fashion Designer and Clothing)
• Coteminas (Textiles)
• Crawford (Clothing)
• Daslu (Clothing and Luxury)
• Dzarm (Owned by Hering, clothing)
• Ellus (Clothing mainly Jeans)
• Erva Doce (Clothing)
• EXSS (Clothing)
• Fascar (Leather accessories)
• Fibra (Textiles)
• Forum (Clothing)
• Goia Textil
• Grendene (Footwear)
• Guarana Brasil (Clothing)
• Handbook (Clothing)
• Hering Store (Clothing)
• Hering (Both)
• Julian Macuir (Leader and Clothing)
• Khelf (Clothing)
• Linda de Morrer(Clothing)
• Luigi Bertolli (Clothing)
• M. Officer (Clothing
• Malwee (Textiles)
• Maria Bonita (Clothing)
• Marisol (Both)
• MoB (Clothing)
• Pakalolo (Clothing)
• Penalty (Brazilian sports manufacturer) (Sports Clothing & Apparel)
• Philippe Martin (Clothing)
• PUC (Owned by Hering, clothing)
• Planet Girls (Clothing)
• Polo by Kim (Clothing)
• Print & Rip (Clothing)
• Recruta (Teens Clothing)
• Santa Constância (Textiles)
• Santista Têxtil (Both)
• Scene & Scene (Clothing)
• Siberian (Clothing)
• StRuTuRa (Clothing)
• T.N.G. (Clothing)
• Teka (Textiles)
• Triton (Clothing)
• Victor Hugo (Leader accessories)
• Vicunha (Textiles)
• Vila Romana (Clothing, Accessories, eyewear)
• X-Ray(Clothing)
• YachtsMan (Clothing)
• Zapping (Clothing)
• Zoomp (Clothing)

[edit] Automakers and parts

• Agrale
• Busscar (bus bodies)
• ENGESA
• Fabral
• Marcopolo (bus bodies, with Mercedes-Benz motor)
• Obvio!
• Troller

[edit] Banking and financial services

• Banco Alfa
• Banco BMG (Loan and Investment Bank)
• Banco Bem
• Banco Brascan
• Banco Cacique
• Banco Fator (Investments Bank)
• Banco Finasa (Owned by Bradesco)
• Banco Industrial e Comercial (BIC)
• Banco Itaú
• Banco Mercantil do Brasil
• Banco PanAmericano (Loans, owned by Grupo Silvio Santos)
• Banco Pine
• Banco Prosper
• Banco Rural
• Banco Safra
• Banco Sofisa
• Banco Votorantim (owned by Grupo Votorantim)
• Banco da Amazônia (state-owned)
• Banco do Brasil (state-owned)
• Banco do Nordeste (state-owned)
• Banco1.net (merged with Unibanco)
• Banestes (Espírito Santo state-owned)
• Banrisul (Rio Grande do Sul state-owned)
• Bradesco
• Caixa Econômica Federal (state-owned)
• Credicard Citi (credit cards, owned by Citigroup)
• Credicard Itaú (credit cards, owned by Itaú)
• Fininvest (owned by Unibanco)
• Lemon Bank (Investment Bank)
• LuxoRio (Property finance)
• Nossa Caixa (São Paulo state-owned)
• Unibanco
• Visanet (Financial services)

[edit] Beverage and food

• Avipal
• Bauducco
• Braswey
• CAC Cooperativa Agricola de Cotia
• Citrosuco
• Citrovita
• Copacol
• Chocolates Garoto
• Leão Júnior (sale to The Coca-Cola Company pending)
• Perdigão
• Sadia
• Sakura
• Santa Clara Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos
• Schincariol
• Vigor
• Visconti

[edit] Building and construction materials

• Andrade Gutierrez (Construction)
• Camargo Correa (Construction)
• CBPO (Construction)
• Construtora Queiróz Galvão (Construction)
• CR Almeida (Construction)
• Gytoko
• Odebrecht (Construction)
• Mendes Júnior (Construction)
• Tiberio (Construction)
• Tigre (Building material)
• Votorantin

[edit] Energy and petrochemicals

• Braskem (Petrochemichals)
• Mamoré
• Grupo Ultra (Ultragas)
• Petrobras (state-owned)
• Petroflex
• Petróleo Ipiranga
• Ultrapar

[edit] Computers and electronics

• Benner
• Bravox (Loudspeakers)
• CCE
• Gradiente
• Infocos
• Intelbras
• Itautec (owned by Itaúsa)
• Logocenter
• Módulo Security Solutions
• Microsiga
• Revolusoft
• SoftExpert
• Splice
• Tecsat

[edit] Industrial equipment and machinery

• Embraco
• Semco
• Schulz
• WEG
• Wetzel
• Daisa

[edit] Media and entertainment

• AstralSat
• BigTv
• CTBC
• Cabo +
• Cabo Natal
• CineBrasilTV
• Grupo Abril
• Grupo Estado
• Grupo Folha
• LigTv
• MVA
• MaisTv
• MasterCabo
• Net Serviços (owned by Globo and Embratel)
• Planetalazer
• Rede Cidade/NET
• SBT (owned by Grupo Silvio Santos)
• SMTV
• Sidy's
• TV Alphaville (owned by Grupo Silvio Santos)
• TV Bandeirantes
• TV Cultura
• TV Globo
• TV Record
• TVN
• Televigo
• TvShow
• UOL
• ViaCaboTV
• ViaMax
• Vivax
• WayTv

[edit] Mining

• Vale do Rio Doce

[edit] Paper

• Aracruz
• Klabin
• Orsa
• Ripasa
• Suzano
• Votorantim Celulose e Papel

[edit] Restaurants

• America's (Restaurant)
• Amor aos Pedacos (Candyshop)
• BRmania (Licor and Convenience)
• Baked Potato (Fast Food)
• Bob's (Fast Food)
• Burgão (Fast Food)
• Casa do Pao de Queijo (Cafe)
• China in Box (Chinese Food Restaurant)
• Fran's Cafe (Cafe)
• Frango Assado (Convenience and Fast Food)
• Giraffas (Fast Food)
• Graal (Convenience and Fast Food)
• Habib's (Fast Food)
• JinJin (Chinese Food Restaurant)
• Ofner (Cafe and Candyshop)
• Rizzo (Restaurant)

[edit] Retailing

• C & C Casa e Construcao
• Casas Bahia
• Pernambucanas
• Grupo Pão de Açúcar
• DPaschoal
• Eldorado Supermercados
• Lojas Americanas
• Lojas Fast Shop
• Lojas Marabraz
• Magazine Luiza
• Peg & Faça
• Ponto Frio
• Renner
• Riachuelo
• Sonda
• Tok&Stock
• Zaffari

[edit] Steel

• Caraíba Metais
• Cosipa
• CSN
• CST
• Gerdau
• Metisa
• Usiminas
• Votorantim Metais

[edit] Telecommunications

• Aerotech
• Apoio
• Brasil Telecom
• CTBC
• Embratel
• Engevox
• GVT
• Intelig Telecom
• Konecta
• Nortelpa
• Oi
• Primeira Escolha
• Sercomtel
• Sermatel
• Teledados (ETML)
• Telefree
• Telenova
• Telemig Celular / Amazônia Celular
• The City Comunicacoes
• Tmais
• Transit Telecom

[edit] Toys

• Baby Brink (Baby Toys)
• Beaba Brinquedos (Baby Toys)
• Brinpel (Toys)
• CBB (Bicycles)
• Calesita (Educational Toys)
• Caloi (Bicycles)
• Dynacom (videogames)
• Elka (Toys)
• Estrela (Toys)
• Grow (Toys and videogames)
• Gulliver (Toys)
• Ott Industria de Brinquedos (Toys)
• Tec Toy (Toys and videogames)
• Xalingo (Toys)

[edit] Utilities and infrastructure

• AutoBAn (Highways & roads)
• CPFL (energy)
• Cemig (major energy company)
• Comgás (energy, owned by BG Group and Royal Dutch Shell)
• Copasa (sanitary services, Minas Gerais state-owned)
• Copel (energy, Paraná state-owned)
• Dersa (Highways & roads, São Paulo state-owned)
• Ecovias (Highways & roads)
• Eletropaulo (energy, partially owned by AES)
• Furnas Centrais Elétricas S/A (energy, state-owned)
• Infraero (airports, state-owned)
• Light (energy, 94,79% owned by Cemig)
• Sabesp (sanitary services, São Paulo state-owned)
• Sanepar (sanitary services, Paraná state-owned)
• Vu (the president)

[edit] Others

• Aché Pharmaceutical Laboratories (Pharmaceuticals)
• Blindex (owned by Pilkington)
• Grupo EMS (Pharmaceuticals)
• Fama
• Global Trace
• Golden Cross (Health Insurance)
• Grupo TopSafe
• Imbraforte (Security Equipment)
• Incotel
• Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Religious, owner of several communication companies)
• Industria Gold
• Instamatic
• Natura (Cosmetics)
• O Boticário (Cosmetics)
• Pado (Security Utilities)
• Papaiz
• Qualitex
• SecuriTech Distribuidores
• Stelabat Cofres (Secutity Equipment)
• Taurus International (Guns and Security equipment)
• Taurus Blindagens (Blindage)
• Teuto (Pharmaceuticals)
• Tramontina (Homeware)
• Unimed (Health Insurance)
• Viacao Cometa (transportation and logistics)
• Viacao Itapemirim (transportation and logistics)

[edit] Defunct or merged companies

• Antarctica (beverages) - merged with Brahma to form AmBev
• Bompreço (retail) - bought out by Ahold and then by Wal-Mart
• Bozzano (personal care) - bought out by Revlon
  • Colorama - bought out by L'Oréal from Revlon
• Brahma (beverages) - merged with Antarctica to form AmBev
• Cervejarias Kaiser (beverages) - bought out by Molson Coors and then by FEMSA Cerveza
• Chapecó (foods) - bankrupt
• Conectiva (software) - bought out by Mandrakesoft, now Mandriva
• Credicard (financial) - split between Citigroup-owned Credicard Citi and Itaú-owned Credicard Itaú (to be merged into Itaucard)
• Eldorado (retail) - bought out by Carrefour
• Eletroradiobraz (retail) - bought out by CBD/Grupo Pão de Açúcar
• Mappin / Mesbla (retail, department stores) - bankrupt
• Philco (electronics) - bought out by Gradiente
• Prosdócimo (appliances) - bought out by Electrolux
• Sé Supermercados (retail) - bought out by CBD/Grupo Pão de Açúcar from Jerónimo Martins
• Sucos Mais (beverages) - bought out by The Coca-Cola Company
• Telebrás (telecom) - demerged, privatized
• Vésper (telecom) - bought out by Embratel