Another source of jobs and income: Chemtech opens new office
Chemtech is opening another office today in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Project manager Ricardo Cruz, 29 years old, will be responsible for this new unit. The company now has 7 offices: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte (state of Minas Gerais), Salvador (state of Bahia), Manaus (state of Amazonas), Porto Alegre (state of Rio Grande do Sul), and Houston (USA).
Ricardo Cruz brings to the management of this new office the expertise acquired in five years of work at Chemtech, where he was able to develop projects for major clients such as Petrobras, ExxonMobil, and Ripasa, in different countries like Brazil, the USA, Argentina, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, and England.
About Chemtech
Chemtech (www.chemtech-siemens.com) was founded by three chemical engineers, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1989. It is specialized in services and IT solutions for process industries (oil & gas, petrochemical and chemical, metals and mining, paper & pulp) and food & beverages. In March 2001, the company became a member of the Siemens group and it is now part of the IP (Industrial Plants) division of the I&S (Industrial Solutions and Services) group. Since then, Chemtech has started to interact with other Siemens divisions and to offer more complete and sophisticated solutions to its clients.
Chemtech has its head office in Rio de Janeiro and support offices in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Manaus, and Houston.
Among Chemtech clients are Exxon Mobil, Saudi Aramco, and Petrobras. It also works with the 10 largest companies in the petrochemical and chemical industry in Brazil, with the 5 largest paper companies, the 4 largest mining companies, 3 of the 5 largest steel companies, and 4 of the 6 largest consumer product companies, according to the ranking of Exame magazine.
In 2006, Chemtech was chosen the 3rd best company to work at in Brazil, ranked among the 30 best companies for women, and among the three best in companionship by the Great Place to Work Institute and by Revista Epoca. It was also ranked, for the third consecutive year, among the 150 best companies according to Guia Exame – Você S/A, which also chose Chemtech as the 3rd best company in technology.
