| Business Summary | | Ultrapar
Participacoes
SA
introduced
liquefied
petroleum
gas
(LPG)
for
home
cooking
in
Brazil.
It
also
developed
the
petrochemical
industry
in
Brazil,
which
led
to
the
founding
of
Oxiteno
S.A
Indústria
e
Comércio
in
1970
at
the
newly
established
Mauá
Petrochemical
Complex
in
São
Paulo.
The
Company
is
a
producer
of
petrochemicals
and
chemicals,
and
it
also
stores
and
transports
LGP,
petrochemicals
and
chemicals. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Ultrapar
is
a
distributor
of
liquefied
petroleum
gas
and
a
producer
of
petrochemicals
and
chemicals.
UGP
also
stores
and
transports
LGP,
petrochemical
and
chemicals.
For
the
nine
months
ended
9/00,
revenues
increased
21%
to
CR$1.39
billion.
Net
income
before
U.S.
GAAP
increased
71%
to
CR$104.9
million.
Revenues
reflect
increased
sales
of
Ultragaz
and
Oxiteno.
Net
income
benefitted
from
decreased
financial
expenses
and
increased
equity
gains. | More
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Paulo Guilherme Aguiar Cunha | Chairman,
Pres | Lucio De Castro Andrade Filho | Vice
Chairman, VP | Fabio Schvartsman | CFO
and Member of the Board of the Board of Exec. Officers | Jose Carlos Guimaraes de Almeida | Member
of the Board of Exec. Officers | Pedro Wongtschowski | Member
of the Board of Exec. Officers |
| More
from
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Compensation,
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