As a brazilian company with a presence in 16 countries, the Votorantim Group operates in sectors that are foundations of the economy. Those sectors demand intensive capital and a large scale of production, such as cement, mining and metallurgy (aluminum, zinc and nickel), steel, pulp and paper, concentrated orange juice, and self-generation of electricity. In the financial market, it operates through Votorantim Finance, and in New Business it invests in biotechnology, information technology, and specialty chemical projects and companies.

The Group has operations in 272 Brazilian municipalities and in eight countries (United States, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and China). It also has commercial and logistics operations in another seven countries: Switzerland, England, Belgium, Austria, Australia, Mexico and the Bahamas.

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

Successfully meeting this goal, in 2008 the Company reported net income of US$ 19.1 billion, EBITDA of US$ 4.2 billion, and Capex investments of US$ 4.2 billion. Another R$ 5 billion will be allotted to business growth in 2009, while R$ 47.1 million is earmarked for projects to benefit communities, focusing on education, culture, work and sports. And finally, R$ 302.0 million went toward reducing the impacts of its operations, and promoting environmental education.

Votorantim is classified as Investment Grade by the risk rating agencies Standard & Poor's (BBB), Fitch Ratings (BBB-) and Moody's (Baa3) in recognition of its solid businesses, business model and its corporate governance policies and transparency.