Ferro OK arrives on the market dedicated to the distribution of iron and steel in the city of Fortaleza (CE).

In order to enhance the service to its customers, with greater agility and a more varied product mix, Aço Cearense inaugurates its first industrial unit, Aço Cearense Industrial.

In 2006, the construction project for SINOBRAS – Siderúrgica Norte Brasil, located in Marabá in the state of Pará, is initiated. It is the first integrated long steel mill in the North and Northeast of Brazil.

Aço Cearense Industrial invests in expanding its manufacturing area. SINOBRAS invests as a self-producer in the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant, with a 1% stake, in the order of R $ 250 million. It reaches the milestone of a thousand employees. And it receives the ORM / ACP Award, granted by the Organizations Rômulo Maiorana and Associação Comercial do Pará, in recognition of the most important companies in the State in 2008. The Aço Cearense Group signs a memorandum of understanding with Vale for the implementation of the Aline Project, a flat steel steelworks for rolling the steel plates of Alpa (Vale’s steelmaker), in Marabá-PA. Ian Corrêa, Vice President of the Aço Cearense Group, is decorated as a Paraense Citizen by the Legislative Assembly of Pará.

In 2011, the Aço Cearense Group increased the scope of distribution of its products to all of Brazil. SINOBRAS received the Redes Award, for developing suppliers in Pará. SINOBRAS’ Sintering Unit started operating.

In 2013, the Aço Cearense Group appears once again in the 2013 edition of Exame Melhores e Maiores magazine, this time occupying 185th place in the ranking of the 200 largest Groups and is in 5th place among those that have grown the most in profitability. It is also highlighted in the survey “Valor 1000”, published by Valor Econômico newspaper. In the ranking by region, Aço Cearense wins 13th place among the 50 largest in the Northeast and SINOBRAS is 41st in the North and Midwest regions. In the general ranking, Aço Cearense occupies the 249th position and SINOBRAS the 637th. Grupo Aço Cearense and the South Korean Posco sign a Memorandum of Understanding, which establishes the intention to develop the technical and economic feasibility study for the installation of a flat steel rolling mill in Ceará. SINOBRAS reaches the production mark of 1 million tons of laminates and starts the SINOBRAS Phase II project, which foresees an investment of US $ 200 million for the following projects: construction of the 230 Kv Substation and Transmission Line; acquisition of Shredder equipment for the processing of 170 thousand tons / year of scrap.

The Aço Cearense Group celebrates 36 years. The Aço Cearense Group is included in the ranking of Exame Magazine among the best and largest companies in the country and is once again in the ranking of Valor 1000 among the largest groups in Brazil. The Group is among the Best in Social Performance above R $ 90 million in the Delmiro Gouveia Award. SINOBRAS completes 9 years. SINOBRAS wins the Albras Safety marathon. SINOBRAS receives two awards in the Prazer em Trabalhar Award. SINOBRAS products receive ISO 9001: 2008 certification. Aço Cearense is awarded for innovative solutions in the IT area. Instituto WMA changed its brand and name to Instituto Aço Cearense. Aline Ferreira represents the Aço Cearense Group at the CEO Summit Nordeste of Endeavor as a big name in Brazilian entrepreneurship. The president of the Vilmar Ferreira Group and his daughter Aline Ferreira recount their entrepreneurial trajectory on Endeavor’s Day1.

SINOBRAS Florestal breaks record sales. Aço Cearense appears in the ranking of Época Negócios 360º in the 328th position among the 500 largest companies in Brazil and SINOBRAS appears in the 433rd position among the 1,000 largest companies in the country by net revenue in the ranking of the magazine Isto É Dinheiro.

The Aço Cearense Group completed 40 years in the market and was once again among the largest companies in Brazil, according to the Valor 1000 yearbook of the Valor Econômico newspaper. The Group ranked 286th in the national ranking of the 1000 largest companies in the country, rising 28 positions in relation to 2017. It also stood out among the 50 largest companies in the Northeast region in 17th place. Grupo Aço Cearense was also included in the ranking of the largest companies by net revenue in Brazil in the 8th edition of the Época Negócios 360º Yearbook. In the edition, the Group advanced three positions, moving from 299th place, obtained in 2017, to 296th place in 2018, in the ranking of the 500 largest companies in Brazil by net revenue, with financial and managerial data. GAC also won 2nd place in the Corporate Governance category and 5th place in the Vision of the Future in the metallurgy and steel industry. SINOBRAS was among the best companies in Brazil, in the construction materials sector, according to the 2019 Anamaco Award. The company reached the third position among the best companies in the area of ​​Spraying and Large Customers, in the steel rebar segment, in addition to having received an honorable mention in the same categories. SINOBRAS appeared in the special edition Melhores & Maiores 2019 of Exame Magazine. Advancing fifty-four positions in relation to the result of the previous year, according to the ranking, the company ranked 644th among the 1000 largest companies by the value of net sales. SINOBRAS was also highlighted among the largest companies in Brazil, according to the special edition IstoÉ Dinheiro 2019. The company was ranked 579th among the 1000 largest companies with prominence in 22 sectors of the economy. Aço Cearense Industrial Matriz received the SUEZ ProofnotPromises Award (Proof not Promises) for the work carried out in maintaining the water treatment of the cooling system, in which there was a reduction in machine interruptions and, at the same time, water savings.