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Eternit S.A. is Brazil’s largest and most diversified manufacturer of roofing products and also operates in other segments, including chrysotile mining, bathroom chinaware and metal bathroom fixtures, and construction solutions. Commemorating its 75th anniversary in January 2015 with around 2,500 direct employees, Eternit has nationwide operations, with a head office and showroom in São Paulo, four fiber-cement plants, sales offices and three subsidiaries: SAMA S.A. Minerações Associadas - the only chrysotile mining company in Latin America and the third largest in the world; Precon Goiás Industrial Ltda., which produces fiber-cement roofing panels at a plant located in Brazil’s Midwest; and Tégula Soluções para Telhados Ltda., with six concrete roofing tile plants located in the country’s Northeast, Southeast, South and Midwest. It also has the joint venture Companhia Sulamericana de Cerâmica (CSC), located in Caucaia, Ceará, which produces bathroom chinaware. The strategic location of its manufacturing units, its logistical efficiency and an extensive distribution channel ensure that Eternit products are available at more than 16,000 points of sale throughout Brazil, from large dealers and home centers to small stores, guaranteeing its presence in the country’s major consumer centers. The Group also has a solid and diversified supplier chain comprising small, medium and large companies for the supply of inputs and raw materials. GRI G4-3, G4-5 , G4-6, G4-8, G4-9, G4-12
A listed corporation since 1948, Eternit stock has been traded on the Novo Mercado, the listing segment of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa) with the highest corporate governance requirements, since 2006. GRI G4-7
The Structured Expansion and Diversification Program, launched in 2007, led Eternit to expand its operations to include the mining and marketing of chrysotile and the production of fiber-cement roofing panels, concrete roofing tiles, construction solutions (wall and cement cladding panels) bathroom chinaware and polyethylene water tanks.
The Company also resells its own and third-party products (metal roofing panels and metal frames, toilet seats, metal bathroom fixtures and roofing accessories). This portfolio makes it the largest and most diversified manufacturer of roofing products in Brazil.
Located In Minaçu, a city in the northern region of the state of Goiás, SAMA is the only chrysotile mining company in Latin America and the world’s first to obtain both ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification. SAMA is recognized for the high quality of the fiber it produces and for its rigorous processes for ensuring the health of its employees and for minimizing environmental impacts. The company supplies chrysotile, whose fibers are a key raw material in fiber-cement products, to the domestic market, with the surplus exported. With annual production capacity of 300,000 tons, SAMA maintained its share as the third largest mining company in the global chrysotile market in 2014.
These panels are produced at the company’s four plants and at its subsidiary Precon, in the state of Goiás. With theoretical annual production capacity of 1 million tons, Eternit retained its leadership in Brazil’s fiber-cement market in 2014, with market share of 32%, gaining one percentage point from the previous year. All plants are certified by Norway’s DNV Veritas in the standards ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
With annual production capacity of 10 million square meters, Tégula gained one percentage point of market share to reach 31% and retain its leadership of Brazil’s concrete roofing tile market in 2014. The product comes in a wide variety of profiles, finishings and colors. With its investments always guided by the principle of responsible development, since 2011, Tégula sells wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) for the construction of timber roofing structures.
Since 2008, Eternit sells bathroom chinaware and toilet seats in Brazil by using the production capacity of third parties, and in 2014, Companhia Sulamericana de Cerâmica began conducting trial runs for the production of bathroom chinaware to test its equipment.
The Company’s portfolio includes items for kitchens, bathrooms and outdoor areas that including showerheads, faucets, flush valves and other products. The product portfolio meets the needs of different customer profiles, always with the high quality standards of the Eternit brand.
Eternit offers items such as Eterplac cement cladding panels and wall cladding panels, which ensure faster construction without waste, while also being resistant, durable, easy to handle and highly versatile, and featuring a wide range of applications and finishings. It also produces metal frameworks, which replaces the wood used in roof structures, which ensures a more durable roof, while reducing the use of natural resources as well as costs.
ternit metal panels are excellent roofing and exterior wall solutions, since they easily adapt to any type of construction project and cover a variety of spans, from roofs to lateral enclosures. The products are manufactured in galvanized steel or Galvalume, which offer high protection against corrosion and are available in a wide variety of colors.
The model is easy to handle and ensures a high-quality final product that complies fully with all requirements of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT).
Tégula has a portfolio of over 30 product lines, with highlights including Sunmax, an evacuated tube solar collector that is easy to install and has greater capacity to absorb solar irradiation, and the Tégula Prime roofing tile, a premium product with a unique finish that prevents the formation of fungus and lends greater durability to roofs. Tégula is constantly investing in the research and development of new technologies to offer its customers complete solutions.
