Vigor is a Brazilian dairy and food company and is the sixth largest dairy company in
Brazil
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. The company is a subsidiary of Mexican dairy firm
Grupo Lala
Grupo Lala is a Mexican dairy company, founded in 1949 in Torreón, Coahuila. The company is headquartered in Gómez Palacio, Durango. Together with its acquisition of Dairy Farmers of America subsidiary National Dairy (of which it owns 87.5%) ...
. It is headquartered in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
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Still specializing in UHT milk and milk derivatives (varieties of yogurt, cheese, butter, ice cream, etc.), the company also has an interest in fruit juices, pasta, sauce and vegetable fats and oils. These products are distributed under well-known brand names such as Vigor, Leco, Danubio, Faixa Azul, Serrabella, Amélia, Franciscano, Carmelita e Mesa.
Through the synergy and experience of JBS in exports of meat and hides, the existing export markets and dairy out of Brazil, such as cream cheese and curd, which are exported to
Europe
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Egypt
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Angola
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Cape Verde
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Russia
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Industrial units
Vigor has 7 industrial plants located in 4 Brazilian states, they are
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...
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Paraná and
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...
, the industrial plants are located in:
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São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
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São Paulo
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São Caetano do Sul
São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) ('' Saint Cajetan of the South''. ) is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 161,957 (2020 est.) in an area of 15.33 km2. It is the c ...
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São Paulo
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Cruzeiro -
São Paulo
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Anápolis
Anápolis (, ) is a Brazilian city in the State of Goiás. It is located between two capitals, the federal capital Brasília and state capital Goiânia. It is the third most populous city in the state, with 391,772 inhabitants according to an e ...
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Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...
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Lavras
Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,783 inhabitants (2020). The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6°C and t ...
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...
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São Gonçalo do Sapucaí
São Gonçalo do Sapucaí is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.
The estimated population is approximately 25,561 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 517,974 km². The elevation is 906&n ...
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...
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Santo Inácio -
Paraná
Competitors
The company is the sixth largest milk producer company in Brazil, and have many major competitors such as the Brazilians
LBR - Lácteos Brasil,
BRF and multinationals such as
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. (; ; ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, sin ...
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Danone
Danone S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of t ...
and
Parmalat
Parmalat S.p.A. is a dairy and food corporation which is a subsidiary of French multinational company Lactalis. It was founded by Calisto Tanzi in 1961.
Having become the leading global company in the production of long-life milk using ultra- ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Companies listed on B3 (stock exchange)
Manufacturing companies based in São Paulo
Food and drink companies established in 1917
1917 establishments in Brazil
Brazilian brands
Dairy products companies of Brazil
Brazilian subsidiaries of foreign companies
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