traded as bm & f bovespa alpa3 alpa4 industry manufacturing founded 1907 headquarters s o paulo brazil key people m rcio garcia de souza chairman m rcio luiz sim es utsch ceo products footwear canvas retail textile revenue us 1.4 billion 2013 1 net income us 131.1 million 2013 number of employees 18 420 parent j & f investimentos subsidiaries alpargatas argentina osklen website www.alpargatas.com.br alpargatas is the largest brazilian footwear company and is a subsidiary of s o paulo based conglomerate j & f investimentos . the company main competitors are grendene vulcabras azaleia and penalty . the company was previously owned by industrial conglomerate camargo corr a. history edit since its foundation in 1907 alpargatas has been offering innovative products that evolve side by side with its consumers . alpargatas is the producer of two global brands which have become national passions havaianas in brazil and topper in argentina . the company also manufactures the brands dup rainha mizuno timberland and sete l guas known for their design and technology and has recently acquired 60 % of the brand osklen . alpargatas is a desired brands management company with 13 manufacturing units in brazil and argentina with over 18 thousand employees . the company heavily invests in its global expansion and exports products to 80 countries . alpargatas is the controlling shareholder of alpargatas argentina and has a strong presence in the us through alpargatas usa . in europe the company s operations are responsible for the marketing and sales of sandals havaianas and dup in spain united kingdom france italy portugal and also the middle east . brands edit havaianas osklen dup topper rainha mizuno timberland sete l guas references edit business week retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alpargatas s.a. & oldid 736629625 categories 1907 establishments in brazilclothing companies of brazilcompanies based in s o paulo city companies established in 1907companies listed on the s o paulo stock exchangemanufacturing companies based in s o paulo city manufacturing companies established in 1907shoe companies of brazil navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 20 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view