Eliane, Brazil...NUMBER 2

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[CENTER][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][SIZE=5]E[/SIZE]liane Revestimentos Cerâmicos was founded in 1960, in Cocal do Sul, SC, where there are the administrative headquarters and four of the 11 manufacturing units, including a unit producing different types of mortar and gap filler for jointing, Eliane Argamassas. It is a Brazilian company dedicated to manufacturing and commercializing ceramic coatings for the home and foreign markets. In its 45 years of activity Eliane has experienced concrete corporate growth, adapting itself quickly and effectively to the constant changes of an extremely competitive sector.

[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Its production, which in 2004 exceeded 38 million square meters, is executed in 10 ceramic factories distributed throughout the country, where nearly 2,400 professionals work. Its network of sales agents in Brazil and the world comes to a total of 200 professionals.

[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Sales attained 556 million reals in 2004, almost 34% of this amount coming from exports, the channel where Eliane is the clear leader in the country.

[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Eliane is the greatest ceramic exporter in Brazil, with approximately 18% of the total of the sales of Brazilian exports of the sector. In 2004 sales exceeded US$ 67 million. More than 16 million square meters of ceramic coatings were exported to 85 countries on the five continents.

[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]By means of resellers, the products of Eliane can be found in more than 15 thousand sales points in all the country and abroad. The company is related to the largest Brazilian builders and several thousand experts of different areas (engineers, architects, decorators and designers). [/SIZE][/FONT]
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