A wholly owned Brazilian company with operations in 24 countries worldwide, Votorantim Group’s activities are focused on key sectors of the economy that demand capital intensive and high scale production processes such as cement, mining and metallurgy (aluminum, nickel and zinc), steel mill, pulp, concentrated orange juice, and energy self-generation. In the financial market, the Group trades through Votorantim Finance and, through its New Business segment, we operate with a Venture Capital and Private Equity fund.

One of the main pillars of growth is the Group's commitment to sustainability, which translates into the search to create value within economic, social and environmental spheres.

In 2010, the Company's net revenues reached R$ 29.5 billion, of which R$ 5.4 billion consists of exports. Cash generation (EBITDA) amounted to R$ 6.6 billion, whilst investments reached R$ 5.8 billion, earmarked for capacity expansion projects, operating improvement and acquisition of companies.

As an integral part of its strategy, the growth is aligned with the sustainability principles. Accordingly, the Company earmarked R$ 310 million for environmental prevention and management projects and R$ 44.9 million for social actions, which benefited 580 thousand persons, in 241 Brazilian municipalities.

Votorantim Group is rated as Investment Grade by the world’s top three credit rating agencies – Standard & Poor’s (BBB), Fitch Ratings (BBB-) e Moody’s (Baa3). The agencies reaffirmed their ratings in March 2010 and this achievement is thanks to the Group’s leadership in the markets where it operates, its management model, and its governance and transparency policies.