The Votorantim Group began as a textile factory that opened in 1918 in the city of Votorantim in the state of São Paulo. Since that time it has diversified its activities and has continued to grow, based on the values of Solidity, Ethics, Respect, Entrepreneurship and Unity.

The first step toward expansion came in 1935, with the acquisition of the company Nitro Química. This was followed 20 years later by the inauguration of Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), the first company to set up operations in this sector in Brazil.

Furthering its strategy to continually grow and diversify, at the end of the 1980s the Group invested in pulp and paper, and three years later it entered the financial sector with the creation of Banco Votorantim.

Votorantim Textiles Factory, 1910

Nitro Química Laboratory - São Miguel Paulista (SP)

CBA Factory – municipality of Alumínio (SP)

To handle the continuous growth of its operations in diverse areas, in 2001 it created the holding company Votorantim Participações (VPar). This was the decisive step toward taking its businesses international, and today the Group operates in 16 countries.

To learn more about this success story, go to the Votorantim Memory Project site, an initiative that began in 2003 to strengthen the link between the Group's professionals and to recognize their role as agents in building the organization's path.