In September 2000, Vidroforte, based at Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil, will inaugurate a windscreen glass unit for trucks and buses.
For 2001, the unit is to produce 5,000 m2 per …
In September 2000, Vidroforte, based at Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil, will inaugurate a windscreen glass unit for trucks and buses. For 2001, the unit is to produce 5,000 m2 per month reaching R$ 5 million in turnover. From September to December 2000, the unit is to produce 10,000 million tons, reaching a turnover of R$ 700,000. The plant required investments of US$ 3 million and will absorb others R$ 3 million until 2001. Vidroforte, controlled by the Heinen family, is to end 2000 with a R$ 23 million turnover, against R$ 19 million presented in 1999. For the first half of 2000, Vidroforte registered a turnover of R$ 8.6 million, a 48% increase compared with R$ 5.8 million reported in 1999.