Riosulense is a metallurgy company that focuses on serving 4 main consumer segments:
1- Corporate market: The company serves the leading brands of vehicle manufacturers in the market by supplying parts and metal alloys.
2- Replacement market: The company has a portfolio of over 5,000 products, including thousands of automotive parts and 500 special items.
3- Railway market: Riosulense supplies various products for this market, such as steel sleeper shoulder pads, traction motor parts for locomotives, and permanent way components.
4- Prototype factory: Through the additive manufacturing process, using 3D printing, Riosulense creates high-quality functional models.
Among the markets served by the company, the one generating the highest revenue is the corporate market, which accounts for nearly 50% of the company's revenue.
In contrast, the market with the lowest share is the railway market, which represents only 15% of Riosulense's revenue.
It is worth noting that the company serves not only the domestic market but also supplies replacement parts to over 25 countries.
Riosulense is located in the Alto Vale do Itajaí, in the city of Rio do Sul, in the interior of Santa Catarina.
Its headquarters is about 100 km from the city of Blumenau, situated in a green area of over 1 million square meters.
The manufacturing park has over 27,000 m² built and employs more than 800 collaborators.
Metalúrgica Riosulense was founded by João Stramosk in 1946, in Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina. In the beginning, the company offered basic mechanical services.
However, ten years after its founding, the company began to expand its area of operation. Thus, it started producing valve guides for the automotive market.
The automotive market experienced significant growth, and as a result, Riosulense's main activity in the early 1980s became the production of auto parts.
In 1988, the company went public. Riosulense is listed on the stock exchange in the Industrial Goods sector and in the Road Material segment.
In 1990, Riosulense opened a new headquarters in Rio do Sul. The purpose of the new headquarters was to expand the company's activities and provide a more robust structure for employees.
Two years later, the company won the Productivity and Quality Incentive Award, granted by CNI.
In the following years, the company continued its constant growth process, and by the turn of the millennium, Riosulense was already a supplier of parts for major manufacturers.
In 2001, as a result of the pursuit of excellence in service delivery and the production of quality items, the company achieved ISO 9001 certification.
Subsequently, in 2011, Riosulense expanded its horizons again. Thus, the company began supplying parts for railways.
In 2012, Riosulense opened a cylinder sleeve factory, and in 2014, the company received the international certificate from the Transportation and Power Generation program. It was the first foundry in Brazil to receive such certification.
In 2019, Metalúrgica Riosulense changed its name to simply RIO. Still in 2019, the company opened a prototype factory with 3D printing technology.
