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Balance Sheet Cash Flow Statement Av. Juscelino Kubitschek, 1726, 6th Fl. 04543-000 São Paulo, Brazil Tel. +55-11-3897-9797 Fax +55-11-3897-9799 |
Type: Public
On the web:
http://www.cosan.com.br
Employees:
45,340
Employee growth: 27.4%
Cosan has found the sweet spot in the sugarcane, ethanol, and sugar triangle. Planting on about 572,000 hectares, the company is one of the largest growers and processors of sugarcane in the world. It crushed some 40 million tons of cane in fiscal 2008. Cosan turns its harvest into raw and refined sugar products for human consumption and industrial use. In addition, Cosan is the largest ethanol producer in Brazil; in 2008 it manufactured more than 400 million gallons of ethanol for both domestic and foreign customers. In addition to its ethanol and sugar products, the company offers electricity generation operations using sugarcane by-products.
Key numbers for fiscal year ending April, 2008:
Sales: $1,491.2M
One year growth: (11.2%)
Net income: $16.6M
Income growth: (95.2%)
Officers:
Chairman: Rubens O. Silveira Mello
CEO and Director: Marcos Marinho Lutz
CFO, Investor Relations Officer, Mergers and Acquisitions Officer, and Director: Marcelo Eduardo Martins
Competitors:
ADM
Copersucar
Südzucker
