Odebrecht

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Odebrecht
Type Private company
Founded Salvador, Brazil (1944)
Headquarters Flag of Brazil Salvador and São Paulo, Brazil
Industry Conglomerates
Products Construction Engineering Petrochemichals Chemicals
Revenue R$ ??? billion (2006)
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Operating income R$ ??? billion (2006)
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Net income R$ ??? billion (2006)
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Employees 30,000
Subsidiaries Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A.
Braskem S.A.
Odebrecht Administradora e Corretora de Seguros, Ltda. (OCS)
Odeprev
Odebrecht Foundation
Website http://www.odebrecht.com.br/

Odebrecht is a Brazilian business conglomerate in the fields of Engineering & Construction and Chemicals & Petrochemicals. The company was founded in 1944 and the group is present in South America, Central America and the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

The conglomerate's corporative structure is composed of five operating or support companies. The operating companies are Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A., its egineering and construction company, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Braskem S.A., its chemicals/petrochemicals company, based in São Paulo, Brazil. The support ones are OCS - Odebrecht Administradora e Corretora de Seguros Ltda. and Odeprev, plus the Odebrecht Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that supports social and environmental development programs.

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