Metalúrgica Duque S/A

Established 1955, the company began operations manufacturing stoves and enamelled electric cookers. Over the years, several product lines have been added, including bycicles parts, printed aluminum panels, shelves and baskets for the white goods industry, electrotechnical hardware for power transmission lines and parts for the automotive industry. Today the company is the largest wire products manufacturer in Latin America and dominates the Brazilian market of these products for the white goods industry with approximately 2.3 million products shipped per month, while also maintaining its tradition of local manufacturer and supplier of bicycle products. Among its specializations, its important to mention cold forming and surface treatment of ferrous materials with the most modern techological processes, and an extremely conscious policy for environment protection. Metalúrgica Duque is currently making significant improvements in its operations and evaluating several diversification opportunities and growth into adjacent segments, fueled by the growth and positive prospects of the Brazilian market and enabled by its know-how, the quality of its products and on time deliveries made possible by a self owned truck fleet.