Issue 43 - Year 03
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Highlights
» Gerdau Best of the Land Award announces the winners
» Gerdau Group opens trainee positions in Brazil
» Gerdau launches Fencing Manual for the farming and cattle raising sector
» Social project seeks to qualify infant education in Rio de Janeiro
» Gerdau AZA receives recognition in Chile
» Gerdau promotes professional qualification project in São José dos Campos (in the state
of Sâo Paulo)
» Gallatin Steel modernizes environmental system
» Gerdau Pro-Library encourages reading in public schools in São Paulo
» Project using Gerdau steel delivers drinking water to four thousand people in the Northeast
of Brazil
» Gerdau teaches management practices at public schools in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Gerdau Best of the Land Award announces the winners
The 24th edition of the Gerdau Best of the Land Award, which encourages increased productivity in the
field, recognized eleven winners for nine machines and pieces of agricultural equipment and two scientific
works, selected from 92 entries.
In the Highlight category, machines are evaluated which have been on the market for more than one
year. The winners were chosen by interviewing users of the entered equipment. The judging commission
covered 65,751 kilometers in 340 municipalities in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The Newcomer
category, recognizing products on the market for less than a year, received a record number of entries
with 35 participants this year as opposed to 25 the previous year. The Research and Development
category recognizes academic work and had 26 participants.
The Best of the Land Award receives the support of the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Supply of
Rio Grande do Sul, the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Supply of São Paulo, the Secretary of State
for Agriculture and Supply of Paraná, the National Institute of Agriculture and Cattle Raising Technology of
Argentina (INTA), the Chilian Institute of Agriculture and Cattle Raising Investigations (INIA) and
Expointer.
Check out the winners
Category
Highlight
New Product
Research and
Development
Equipment / Project
Company / Author
City / Country
Gold Trophy: Colhedora Case IH axialflow Modelo 2388
CNH Latin America
Curitiba (Brazil)
Silver Trophy: Acoplado Tolva
Autodescargable 15000 L / Modelo XXI
EURO
Indústrias
Metalúrgicas Cestari
Buenos Aires
(Argentina)
Silver Trophy: Misturadora de Ração
Total-Automatizada Modelo Estacionário
Indústria de
Implementos
Agrícolas Siltomac
São Carlos (Brazil)
Special Award: Colhedora de Cana Santal
Tandem
Santal Equipamentos
S.A. Comércio e
Indústria
Ribeirão Preto
(Brazil)
Special Award: Uniport 3000 NPK
Canavieiro
Máquinas Agrícolas
Jacto S.A.
Pompéia (Brazil)
Gold Trophy: Semeadora PH3 Hydro
Semeato S.A.
Passo Fundo (Brazil)
Silver Trophy: Planner 710 Canavieira
GTS do Brasil
Lages (Brazil)
Silver Trophy: Porter 800ST
Kuhn Metasa
Passo Fundo (Brazil)
Special Award: Pulverizador Cosmo H 4.0
PLA Máquinas
Pulverizadoras e
Fertilizadoras Ltda
Canoas (Brazil)
Professional: Machinery Cost - New
Version 1.1: Software for the total
management of agriculture machinery
Lídia Beatriz Donato
Buenos Aires
(Argentina)
Student: Sistema Automático de Baixo
Custo para Condução Racional da
Aeração de Grãos de Milho em Pequenas
Propriedades
Ariangelo Hauer Dias
Universidade
Estadual de Ponta
Grossa (Brazil)
The 24th edition of the Gerdau Best of the Land Award
received 92 entries and highlighted 11 winners
Gerdau Group opens trainee positions in Brazil
The Future Gerdau Trainee Program 2007 is open
for entries up until 24th September. Professionals
who have graduated in Administration, Accountancy,
International Relations, Computing and IT, Law,
Geology, Psychology and all Engineering fields within
the last two year can participate. There are work
opportunities in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas
Gerais, Pernambuco, Bahia, Ceará, Paraná and Rio
Grande do Sul.
Those interested should enroll through the Gerdau
website www.gerdau.com.br. Students due to
graduate in December this year can also participate.
Enrollment can be made up until 24th September
through the Gerdau Group website
For more than two decades, new talent has joined
the Gerdau Group as trainees. Up until the end of
2005, more than 1,300 professionals throughout
Brazil have been Gerdau trainees.
Gerdau launches Fencing Manual for the farming and cattle raising sector
The Gerdau Group launched the Practical Manual for
Fencing Erection during one of the biggest agricultural
and cattle raising fairs in the country, the 29th Expointer,
in Esteio (in the state of Rio Grande do Sul). This
publication is part of an initiative started by The Gerdau
Friends of the Countryside Club to contribute to the
professionalization of the agricultural and cattle raising
sector.
The new manual represents an evolution by combining
the experience acquired from previous editions with
some new innovations. It provides detailed information in
respect to erection of all kinds of fences found
throughout Brazil, with specific solutions for each type of
animal. It is also more educational. The accessible
language, illustrations and the step-by-step explanations
makes for easy understanding of the process.
The Friends of the Countryside Club, a communication
channel between the Company and the rural producer,
has more than 10,000 members who receive technical
material, participate in lectures with specialists and have
access to publications and specialized articles on the
website www.amigosdocampo.com.br.
To receive the manual, just send an e-mail to
[email protected].
The material provides detailed information
about the erection of various types of fences
Social project seeks to qualify infant education in Rio de Janeiro
The community of the eastern region of Rio de Janeiro is the
main beneficiary of the Brasileirinho Project, organized by the
Gerdau Group and the NGO Riovoluntário. The initiative is
intended to qualify, free-of-charge, 42 infant teachers in the
region, through monitored classes, supervised training and
educational and cultural activities.
Apart from this, the 'Escola Comunitária Jardim de Infância
Tia Anastácia' - Aunt Anastácia Kindergarten Community
School - in Santa Cruz, which currently looks after 120
children daily from 0 to 4 years old, will be revitalized. The
forecast is that more than 3,000 people will be helped by the
project.
The first phase of the project offers
a free-of-charge qualifying course
for infant teachers
Gerdau AZA receives recognition in Chile
The Adding Value to Scrap Project, operated by the
Chilean steel mill Gerdau AZA, received recognition
as the best social responsibility program by the
Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce
(Amcham). The body highlights annually those
companies which develop social projects with a
differentiated impact on society.
For the first time, Gerdau AZA competed for this
award and won first place in the industrial
category. The objective of the presented project is
to encourage the recycling of scrap iron, the
principal raw material for steel production. The
incentive also offers technological support for
17,000 people who work directly in the collection
and processing of scrap.
The Gerdau Group is the second largest scrap
recycler in the American Continent.
Michael Grasty Cousiño, Chilean Amcham
President, Hermann von Mühlenbrock, Gerdau
AZA Director and Hernán Somerville, President
of the Production and Commerce Confederation,
were present at the award giving ceremony
Gerdau promotes professional qualification project in São José dos Campos (in the state of Sâo
Paulo)
The Gerdau Group launched an unprecedented
project for the training and qualification of solderers
and welders, in São José dos Campos (in the state
of São Paulo). Solder Town is a shared social
responsibility program to meet the needs of
specialized work forces of large investments taking
place throughout the country in the petroleum and
gas, steel, mining, paper and cellulose sectors.
Andrea Boldrini Carlucci, Gerdau Group
representative, signed the partnership agreement
The qualification covers technical training in
management, quality and environmental
preservation. To help in the preparation of these
professionals, the Gerdau Group is donating
products such as the Gerdau Electrode and
Gerdau Mig Solder Wire. With these materials,
the participants will have the opportunity of working
with the best technology on the market.
Solder Town is promoted by the Gerdau Group in
partnership with Petrobras and White Martins,
among other companies. Senai and the São José dos Campos Municipal Council (in the state of São Paulo)
also support the program.
Gallatin Steel modernizes environmental system
Gallatin Steel, a joint venture between the Gerdau Group and Dofasco located in Kentucky (USA), has
begun operating a new dust removal system. The equipment is capable of the highly efficient filtration of
solid particles generated in steel production and represents an investment of US$15 million.
As well as the new equipment, modifications were carried out of the ventilation system to further increase
collection efficiency.
Gerdau Pro-Library encourages reading in public schools in São Paulo
Encouraging reading and the reduction of functional
illiteracy are the challenges of the Gerdau ProLibrary project, supported by the Gerdau Institute.
As well as making available both national and
universal literary classics in public schools, the
Gerdau Group is qualifying 25 workers to work
among the public schools in the state of São Paulo.
They will develop activities in the schools to
stimulate students and teachers.
One of the project's objectives is
to increase reading among children
Project using Gerdau steel delivers drinking water to four thousand people in the Northeast of Brazil
The Gerdau Group is involved in one of the biggest
infrastructure projects in the Northeast of Brazil:
the Integration Canal. The project is a complex of
pumping stations that will transfer water from the
Castanhão Dam, in the Rio Jaguaribe valley (in the
state of Ceará), to bolster supply to the
Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza (capital of the
state of Ceará). The work, totaling 200 kilometers,
is divided into three phases and, as a whole, will be
using more than 5,000 tons of Gerdau steel in its
structure.
The Integration Canal uses
Gerdau Cut and Folded Rebar
The main product used in the enterprise is Cut and
Folded GG 50 Rebar, which arrives at the site
ready-to-use. This reduces costs and increases
productivity. The material can be found in Gerdau's
Cutting and Folding Center, in Maracanaú (in the
state of Ceará).
In February 2007, when the canal is completed,
more than 4 million people will receive drinking
water in their homes. As well as this, around 10,500 hectares of fertile and agriculturally favorable soil will
be irrigated.
The first part of the project, from the Castanhão Dam to Morada Nova, in the Baixo Jaguaribe area, has
already been completed. Part two, up to Fortaleza and part three, with ducts up to the Port of Pecém, in
the region of São Gonçalo do Amarante, are currently underway. The work is promoted by the Ceará
Government and forms part of the actions of the State's Management and Integration of Hydro Resources
Project.
Gerdau teaches management practices at public schools in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
The Gerdau Group is carrying out the 5S methodology
application program in public schools in the town of
Charqueadas (in the state of Rio Grande do Sul).
Through this initiative, around 920 students between the
ages of 10 and 14 will benefit.
The projects objective is to create a quality environment
in the schools, improving both the physical installations
and the students' school performance. To make the
project possible, kits were distributed including a CD and
textbook introducing the 5S concepts. On the CD,
students can follow, through an animated cartoon, the
5S methodology application by means of a competition.
The aim is to implement the project in other locations
close to Gerdau Group units in Brazil.
The textbook will be distributed to more than
920 students in the schools of Charqueadas
(in the state of Rio Grande to Sul)