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We are a building materials and sustainable solutions company with a 90 year-history. Our portfolio includes not only cements but also concretes, mortars, limes, aggregates, grouts, finishes, plasticizers, additives and waterproofing agents. We diversify by operating in other business areas, including agricultural solutions, sustainable waste management and disposal, logistics and even an ecosystem of solutions for the retail sector. We started in Brazil, where we operate in all regions, from Oiapoque to Chuí. Now, we are a multinational company with more than 13,000 employees in nine countries in Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay), North America (Canada and United States), Europe (Luxembourg and Spain) and Asia (Türkiye). For 90 years, we have been part of people’s lives. We are in the homes of families, in the schools that educate and open doors to opportunities, in the hospitals that care for people and save lives, in the museums that display the art made around the world, in the stadiums and sports venues where we unleash our emotions. We are in the roads, bridges and viaducts that connect destinations and stories. We are part of sanitation and other key infrastructure of the present and the future, bringing technology, innovation and well-being to society. We are also in agriculture, nourishing and helping soil reach its full productive potential. And we contribute to the sustainability of the planet by transforming waste into energy, giving a new purpose to what used to be discarded easily. Our history is written by many employees, customers, partners, suppliers, communities and investors. Together, we have come this far. And together, we continue to grow through new projects, new ideas and new paths. Votorantim Cimentos. Building the future for 90 years.

Erdemir, the main company of the OYAK Mining Metallurgy and one of the most valuable industrial assets of Turkey, was established in 1960 under a special law, in order to be the first domestic producer of flat steel, which the Turkish industry necessitates at that time. Erdemir produces plates, hot and cold rolled, tin, chromium and zinc coated flat steel and supplies basic inputs to automotive, white goods, pipes and tubes, rolling, manufacturing, electrics-electronics, mechanical engineering, energy, heating equipment, shipbuilding, defense, and packaging industries.