Dexco, formerly known as Duratex, is a publicly listed private Brazilian company, factory of
fiberboards the main product, with shares traded at the
B3 since 1951. The company previously only called Duratex is the result of the merger Duratex with Satipel Industrial, a company founded in 1971. It is controlled by the
Itaúsa Group and
Ligna Group. The company is the eighth largest producer of wood panels in the
world
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and the largest in the
Southern Hemisphere. Duratex operates in Brazil and Colombia.
Manufacturing
wood
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products, sanitary vitreous
chinaware and
metal
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fittings aimed at the furniture industry and the civil construction sectors, Duratex S.A has ten industrial plants, located in the States of
São Paulo
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,
Minas Gerais
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and
Rio Grande do Sul
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.
It is Brazilian market leader in the segment of reconstituted wooden boards – hardboards, particle boards, medium, high and super-density
fiberboards (MDF/HDF/SDF), as well as laminated floorboards marketed under the Durafloor brand. It is Brazilian market leader in the segment of sanitary metal fittings, under the Deca and Hydra brands (the latter for flush valves), and has a significant market share in the sanitary vitreous chinaware segment, marketed under the Deca brand.
Duratex S.A is present in Argentina, the United States and Europe through the Deca Piazza, Duratex North America and Duratex Europe respectively.
It has about 209 thousand hectares of forests of planted forests.
References
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Manufacturing companies based in São Paulo
Itaúsa
Manufacturing companies established in 1951
Companies listed on B3 (stock exchange)
Multinational_companies_headquartered_in_Brazil
Companies in the Índice Bovespa
1951 establishments in Brazil