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Industry In Brazil
Brazilian industry has its earliest origin in workshops dating from the beginning of the 19th century. Most of the country's industrial establishments appeared in the Brazilian southeast (mainly in the provinces of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and, later, São Paulo), and, according to the Commerce, Agriculture, Factories and Navigation Joint, 77 establishments registered between 1808 and 1840 were classified as "factories" or "manufacturers". However, most, about 56 establishments, would be considered workshops by today's standards, directed toward the production of soap and tallow candles, snuff, spinning and weaving, foods, melting of iron and metals, wool and silk, amongst others. They used both slaves and free laborers. There were twenty establishments that could be considered in fact manufacturers, and of this total, thirteen were created between the years 1831 and 1840. All were, however, of small size and resembled large workshops more than proper factories. Still, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klabin Unidade Puma, Ortigueira Paraná
Klabin is a Brazil, Brazilian paper producing, exporting and recycling company headquartered in São Paulo. Klabin manufactures packaging paper and board, corrugated boxes, paper sack, industrial sacks and timber in logs with 22 industrial plants in Brazil and one in Argentina. It has 218 thousand hectares of planted forests and 183 thousand hectares of preserved native woodlands and was the first company from the pulp and paper sector in the Southern Hemisphere to have its forests certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council). The history of Klabin started with the arrival of two families of Lithuanian Jews, Jewish Lithuanian immigrants to Brazil; Klabin and Lafer. Gallery File:Klabin Unidade Monte Alegre.jpg, Unit Monte Alegre, in Telêmaco Borba, Paraná (state), Paraná. File:Klabin Monte Alegre01.jpg, Unit Monte Alegre, in Telêmaco Borba, Paraná (state), Paraná. File:Klabin Unidade Puma, Ortigueira Paraná .2.jpg, Unit PUMA, in Ortigueira, Paraná, Ortigueira, Paran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
