How it all began

A GREFORTEC foi fundada por Antonio Gremes Pereira, nosso diretor-presidente. Nascido em São Paulo e formado em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade Mackenzie, em 1989 Antonio mudou-se com a família para São Leopoldo/RS, município industrial da Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Na época, ele era funcionário de uma empresa paulista fabricante de fornos para tratamento térmico. Quando esta empresa fechou sua filial no Rio Grande do Sul, Antonio resolveu permanecer no Estado e criar seu próprio negócio, ao perceber que a região era carente do segmento.

1991

On June 19, 1991, ABC was founded, which for a year worked in the Gremes Pereira Family house garage. The company started working with maintenance of industrial furnaces and sale of spare parts.

1992

The following year, ABC became Grefortec. The name is formed by the junction of the initials of Gremes, Ovens and Technology, resulting in the corporate name.

1994

In 1994 Grefortec stands out in the market by manufacturing the largest heat treatment oven in Latin America in Canoas/RS.

1999

Five years later the implementation of the Metal Treatment Area at São Leopoldo/RS headquarters occurred. The idea came when Grefortec founder realized that many customers had some difficulty acquiring their own ovens and, in some cases, did not have a physical space for the installation of these equipment. Thinking about supplying this market need, and with an entrepreneurial spirit, Antonio has taken this big step to the company's trajectory.

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2002

From the implementation of a rigorous quality management system, Grefortec received ISO 9001: 2008 certification in the heat treatment of metal parts.

2012

Iniciamos a planta de Portão/RS. Hoje em pleno funcionamento, a empresa segue as normas NRs, buscando sempre a excelência dos produtos e serviços prestados a seus clientes.

2015

In 2015 Grefortec won an exclusive license to be an official Aichelin Group industrial furnace manufacturer throughout South America. World leader in equipment and services for industrial thermochemical and thermochemical treatments, the Austrian multinational has also established Achelin's technology transfer to Grefortec. This partnership contributed to raise the company's level, which was now recognized internationally.

2017

In 2017 all Grefortec processes received ISO 9001: 2015 certification, proving the quality and excellence we always seek to offer in our services.

2021

Grefortec completes 30 years of success and large family with the plants of São Leopoldo/RS (heat treatment), Gate/RS (equipment) and Indaiatuba/SP (commercial).

RODRIGO GUSTAVO PERES GRANJA
ANDRESSA PERES GREMES PEREIRA
ANTONIO GREMES PEREIRA
ANDREA PERES GREMES PEREIRA

2022

Thinking about where we would like to be in the next 30 years, we created Advança Grefortec. This project is part of the company's strategic planning and has several actions that aims to develop the sectors and teams of our factories, towards the future we want. Will be performed: training, climate research, motivational actions, process mapping, procedures and others.

Team Grefortec

Por trás de um grande sucesso, sempre há uma grande equipe. Todos os avanços que a GREFORTEC alcançou nos últimos 30 anos foram conquistas coletivas, sempre contando com o apoio de todos os nossos colaboradores. Somos apaixonados por soluções térmicas e lutamos pelos mesmos objetivos! Somos a família GREFORTEC!

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