Andrade Gutierrez
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Andrade Gutierrez is a Brazilian private conglomerate headquartered in São Paulo
. The organization was founded in 1948 in Belo Horizonte
, Minas Gerais
, by the Andrade and Gutierrez families and it is today one of the largest privately held groups in Latin America
and amongst the top three largest construction companies in Brazil. It is a market leader in construction, government contracts, telecommunication, real estate investments and other sectors of the Brazilian economy.
The Group its engaged in Engineering & Construction, Telecommunications, and Concessions sectors. Andrade Gutierrez is divided into three Holdings, one for each sector performance. The Holdings are: AG Engenharia or Construtora Andrade Gutierrez for the Engineering and construction sector; AG Concessões for concessions in public services and utilities and AG Telecom engaged in telecommunications.
The main competitors of Andrade Gutierrez are the Brazilian industrial conglomerates Votorantim Group
, Odebrecht
, Camargo Corrêa
and Queiroz Galvão
This sector is management by Construtora Andrade Gutierrez. The company in addition to building dams and power plants, ports and airports, subways, highways and railways, the company responded by building and modernizing manufacturing plants and led to self-sufficiency in oil production, with the implementation of some of the most important already in place in the oil and gas. Currently the company has operations in worldwide.
Through AG Concessões, the Andrade Gutierrez Group acts in concession of public infrastructure. The company participates in the controlling interest in major public providers who work in the areas of energy, roads, sanitation, ports and airports, and urban transport rapid transsit. Currently ongoing projects are developed by companies Rio Minas Energia, CCR
, Dominó Holdings, Water Port and Corporación Quiport
.
AG Telecom is the company of Andrade Gutierrez for telecommunications sector, operates in this sector through a interest in the biggest Brazilian telecommunications company OI.
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. The organization was founded in 1948 in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
, Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, by the Andrade and Gutierrez families and it is today one of the largest privately held groups in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and amongst the top three largest construction companies in Brazil. It is a market leader in construction, government contracts, telecommunication, real estate investments and other sectors of the Brazilian economy.
The Group its engaged in Engineering & Construction, Telecommunications, and Concessions sectors. Andrade Gutierrez is divided into three Holdings, one for each sector performance. The Holdings are: AG Engenharia or Construtora Andrade Gutierrez for the Engineering and construction sector; AG Concessões for concessions in public services and utilities and AG Telecom engaged in telecommunications.
The main competitors of Andrade Gutierrez are the Brazilian industrial conglomerates Votorantim Group
Votorantim Group
Votorantim Group is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America, operating in various sectors such as finance, energy, siderurgy, steel, pulp and paper among others...
, Odebrecht
Odebrecht
Odebrecht S.A. is a Brazilian conglomerate in the fields of engineering, construction, chemicals and petrochemicals. The company was founded in 1944 in Salvador da Bahia by Norberto Odebrecht, and is now present in South America, Central America, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the...
, Camargo Corrêa
Camargo Corrêa
Camargo Corrêa is one of the biggest Brazilian private conglomerates, composed of publicly traded and closed companies, and shared management, operating in Brazil and in more than 20 countries...
and Queiroz Galvão
Queiroz Galvão
Queiroz Galvão is a Brazilian private conglomerate company headquartered in Recife. Today it is an international company engaged in construction, oil & gas, foods, steel production, and public concessions...
Business Structure
- Construction and Engineering
This sector is management by Construtora Andrade Gutierrez. The company in addition to building dams and power plants, ports and airports, subways, highways and railways, the company responded by building and modernizing manufacturing plants and led to self-sufficiency in oil production, with the implementation of some of the most important already in place in the oil and gas. Currently the company has operations in worldwide.
- Concessions
Through AG Concessões, the Andrade Gutierrez Group acts in concession of public infrastructure. The company participates in the controlling interest in major public providers who work in the areas of energy, roads, sanitation, ports and airports, and urban transport rapid transsit. Currently ongoing projects are developed by companies Rio Minas Energia, CCR
Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias
CCR - Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias is a holding company with interests in private interstate highway concessions in Brazil...
, Dominó Holdings, Water Port and Corporación Quiport
.
- Telecommunications
AG Telecom is the company of Andrade Gutierrez for telecommunications sector, operates in this sector through a interest in the biggest Brazilian telecommunications company OI.