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Perpetuity is in everything we do
| 1933 | Construction of Votorantim Cimentos’ Saint Helena cement factory, the first Votorantim Cimentos‘ unit, in the city of Votorantim (SP), Brazil. |
| 1936 | Start-up of Santa Helena plant |
| 1977 | Consolidation of the company‘s leadership position in the Brazilian cement market, with 11 plants in Brazil and approximately 37% market share |
| 1988 | Over the years, through is commitment to Brazilian potential, the company achieves 40% of national cement production |
| 1997 | First phase of international expansion - acquisition of participation in Bolivia |
| 2000 | Over time, after a series of investments, Votorantim doubled the number of its cement plants, totaling 22 in Brazil |
| 2001 | First phase of North America expansion: Canada and United States |
| 2002 | Acquisition of Engemix, a Brazilian concrete company |
| 2007-2009 | Expansion in South America through equity acquisition - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay |
| 2010-2012 | Acquisition of participation in Cimpor and exchange of assets, and gaining a foothold in Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco, India and China |
| 2015 | Start-up of the Edealina unit, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, with an installed capacity of 2.0 million tons of cement |
| 2016 | Start-up of the Primavera unit, in the state of Pará, Brazil, with an installed capacity of 1.2 million tons of cement Expansion project in Yacuses unit, in Bolivia, adding 1.0 million tons of installed capacity |
| 2017 | Expansion project in Sivas unit, in Turkey, adding 1.2 million tons of installed capacity Sale of non-strategic assets in Florida, China and Chile |
| 2018 | Expansion in Charlevoix (USA), adding 0.6 million tons of cement capacity. Creation of a holding in Luxembourg (VCI). Selling of non-strategic assets in Peru and India. Manaus terminal acquisition |
| 2019 | Expansion of adjacent products in center-west of Brazil: Agricultural inputs in Nobres (MT), and a new mortar unit in Cuiabá (MT) Acquisition of a new mortar plant in Pará and acquisition of United Materials LLC (USA), company focused on ready-mix and aggregates in the Great Lakes region in US. Start of an expansion of our plant in Pecém (CE) Expansion of our plant in San Luis, Argentina, adding 700 thousand tons of capacity. Creation of Verdera, our coprocessing business unit Contract of a Committed Credit Facility with Sustainability linked provisions |