About Votorantim Cimentos

We are a building materials and sustainable solutions company.

We seek sustainable growth and continued competitiveness through solutions and initiatives that generate a positive impact for the company and society.
Our building materials portfolio includes not only cement but also concrete, mortars and aggregates. We also operate in the areas of aglime, waste management and co-processing.

We are a company made up of people who do, believe and build – always together and with excellence, to go further and further. We continuously nurture our ability to win and grow, delivering sustainable results with great pride.

VC in numbers

Countries

We operate in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America

7th

Biggest company

In installed capacity in the cement sector worldwide

R$ 26,7 billion

Net revenue

57,3 million

Tonnes of installed cement production capacity worldwide

37,0 million

Tonnes of cement sold in 2023

R$ 2,4 billion

In capex investments

R$ 4 billion

Forecasted for investment in decarbonization projects for the next five years

R$ 19,8 million

Invested in social transformation projects

22,8%

Of leadership positions held by women globally

27,1%

reduction of CO2’s net emissions compared to 1990.

88 years of history

Our trajectory began in 1936, with the inauguration of our factory in Santa Helena, in the city of Votorantim, in the interior of São Paulo. During almost a century of existence, we expanded our business and markets, crossed borders and today we are one of the largest companies in the sector in the world..

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2023

New Grinding and Dispatch Operations Opened in Uruguay

Cementos Artigas, a partnership between Votorantim Cimentos and the Spanish Cementos Molins, unifies its industrial activity in Uruguay by concentrating its operations in Minas (100 kilometers from the capital Montevideo), where its limestone deposit is also located. The new integrated production line uses state-of-the-art equipment and is much more efficient and sustainable.

2022

The Rollout of Our New Corporate Brand

We introduced our new corporate brand: more contemporary and representative of the diversity of our people, products and businesses, combining tradition, innovation and a vision of the future. The new visual identity seeks to connect our strategic goals and sustainability commitments with the process of transformation and growth in different segments and activities.

2022

Acquisition in the South of Spain

We completed the acquisition of all the businesses of Heidelberg Materials in the South of Spain, which includes a modern integrated cement plant located in Málaga, three aggregates quarries and eleven ready-mix plants in Andalusia region. This acquisition is fully aligned with our strategy, reinforces our presence in the Iberian Peninsula to better serve our customers and creates significant synergies with our existing assets

Consolidation of leadership of the Brazilian cement market, with a 37% share.

1938

Viaduto do Chá

The company wins a public tender for refurbishing the Viaduto do Chá in the city of São Paulo, substituting its metallic structure with the current reinforced concrete one.

1936

Inauguration

Inauguration of the Santa Helena plant.

1933

First Votorantim Cimento’s factory

The kick-off of the construction of Votorantim Cimentos’ first cement factory in the city of Votorantim, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Votorantim S.A.

Votorantim, with more than 100 years, is a permanently capitalized investment holding company, with a long-term investment approach, that seeks to deliver superior financial returns allied with positive social and environmental impacts.
Its portfolio companies operate in 16 countries in various industries: building materials, finance, aluminum, clean and renewable energy, metals and mining, orange juice, long steel, real estate and infrastructure.

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