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Gerdau S.A. (GGB)At 4:00PM ET: 9.42  Down 0.13 (1.36%)  
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Gerdau S.A.
Av Farrapos 1811
Porto Alegre, RS 90220-005
Brazil - Map
Phone: 55 51 3323 2000
Fax: 55 51 3323 2080
Web Site: http://www.gerdau.com.br

DETAILS 
Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Basic Materials
Industry:Steel & Iron
Full Time Employees:46,217

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Gerdau S.A., through its subsidiaries, produces and sells steel and related long rolled products, drawn products, and long specialty products. The company’s crude steel products include billets that are used to manufacture wire rods, rebars, and merchant bars; blooms, which are used to manufacture springs, forged parts, heavy structural shapes, and seamless tubes; and slabs that are used in the steel industry for the rolling of various flat rolled products, as well as to produce hot and cold rolled coils, heavy slabs, and profiling. Its long rolled products include rebars, merchant bars, and profiles, which are used in civil construction and industrial manufacturing sectors; and drawn products comprise barbed and barbless fence wire, galvanized wire, fences, concrete reinforcing wire mesh, nails, and clamps used in manufacturing, civil construction, and agricultural sectors. The company also offers specialty and stainless steel products used in tools and machinery, chains, fasteners, railroad spikes, and special coil steel, as well as special sections, such as grader blades, smelter bars, light rails, super light I-beams, and elevator guide rails. In addition, it offers flat steel products; resells flat steel products manufactured by other Brazilian steel producers; and retails its products through its network of stores, fabricated reinforcing steel facilities, and flat steel service centers. Gerdau, through its interest in Dona Francisca Energetica S.A., operates hydroelectric power plant with a nominal capacity of 125 megawatts located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The company offers its products in Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, Uruguay, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Peru, Mexico, and Venezuela. Gerdau has a strategic alliance with Industrias Nacionales, C. por A. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Gerdau S.A. is a subsidiary of Metalurgica Gerdau S.A.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. André Bier Johannpeter , 45
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Compensation & Succession Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Osvaldo Burgos Schirmer , 59
    Chief Financial Officer, Investor Relations Exec. Officer, Exec. VP of South America operations and Member of Disclosure Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Claudio Johannpeter , 45
    Chief Operating Officer
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Mario Longhi Filho , 55
    VP of North America Bus. Operation, Chief Exec. Officer of Gerdau Ameristeel and Pres of Gerdau Ameristeel
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Expedito Luz , 58
    VP, Legal Exec. Officer, Gen. Sec., Director and Member of Disclosure Committee
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.


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