Though you may not notice, stainless is in cars, motorcycles, buses, and subways. Stainless steel is widely used in transportation for its extremely low cost of maintenance, easy cleaning, resistance, and durability.
Due to its extremely smooth surface, stainless steel allows for complete hygiene and sterilization of sinks, vats, stove tables, washers, refrigerators, freezers, and hoods.
Material most used by the Chefs; you can never have enough stainless pans, knives, and serving sets in your kitchen. Perfect for any kind of food, stainless steel allows for even cooking, with high durability and easy cleaning.
Conduct the professional capacitation, particularly of young people, to work with stainless steel, encourage entrepreneurship and enable the creation of new companies and generation of new work positions and income.
This program fosters the critical reflexion and participation of the elderly in the family and community, creates the conditions so that the elderly can exercise its citizenship and be aware of its role in society, while he is subject to social transformation. With these objectives, Aperam Acesita Foundation develops activities for inclusion of the elderly in society.
– Project Building the Knowledge, which has as its aim to provide affective and social literary by means of a permanent process of education, and considering dignity, socialization, experiencing, the search for happiness and citizenship as a form of quality of life.
– Program Andanças has as its aim to promote participation, integration, socialization and capacitation of people in late life, guiding them into a conscious understanding of society, so that they can position themselves in their space and reach out to the exercise of freedom in search for new ways and improvement of life quality. Several actions are developed in such a way to achieve the necessary results.
The Volunteering Program has as its goal to provide Aperam South America’s employees and people from the community with the opportunity to take part of voluntary activities in the entities and community. Other objectives of the Program are:
Community development has as its aim to encourage the collective actions from base organizations in order to create sustainability, make social learning easier towards the development of projects, and strengthen the community capacity for having control and ownership over its projects.
Projects for the development of communities undertaken in partnership with RedEAmerica (Inter-American Network of Foundations and Entrepreneurial Actions for Base Development), IAF (Inter-American Foundation), BID (Inter-American Development Bank), among others.
receiving of students and teachers visiting the environmental education centre, expanding their knowledge on ecology and environmental conservation in the seedling nursery, model of river basin (picture), beehives, earthworm culture, biodigester and interpretative tracks.
this action is always put on in July, including a wide range of leisure and cultural activities, associated to environmental issues and open to the community.
Professional training and social promotion courses in rural areas, in partnership with National Service for Rural Apprenticeship – Senar, having as a goal to meet demands from the job market, improvement to life quality and the exercise of citizenship.
production of ornamental seedlings, both native and fruit seedlings, which are donated for recovery of degraded areas and landscaping.
Program for Drug Abuse and Violence Resistance Education, developed by Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais, in partnership with Aperam Acesita Foundation, Timóteo’s Council and Coronel Fabriciano’s Regional Board of Education, having as its aim to prevent and reduce the use of drugs and violence among children and adolescents.
Educators from Vale do Aço and Vale do Jequitinhonha have the opportunity for receiving training, in order to develop their technical and teaching skills and competences, and becoming aware of their professional responsibilities. It also aims at investing in professional valorization, so as to attain effective actions for achieving quality education. It promotes training courses, gatherings, seminars, workshops, lectures, among others.
Entrepreneurship at school aims at awakening the entrepreneurial flair, encouraging personal development and promoting a clear view of the business world, with practical experience in economy and market, organization and running of a company, among other activities. The initiatives are carried out by the Foundation in partnership with Junior Achievement Minas Gerais (JAMG) and counts on the support of volunteering work from Aperam South America’s employees and community. Volunteers receive training on application of the methodology relative to each program.
Created in1998, Transitolândia contributes to education of pedestrians, bicycle riders and motorists, making them more aware, and considering also the importance of environmental issues in view of their partaking in the traffic. Developed in partnership with Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais, Timóteo’s Council, Rotary Club de Acesita and Coronel Fabriciano’s Regional Board of Education.
area for activities and training courses – The Hut offers a suitable structure for training courses in touch with nature.
Full scale replicas and information about the main animal species living in the place are found along the trails.
In the Visitors’ Centre, all visitors can learn more about the Atlantic Rainforest, other important biomes and receive information related to Aperam South America and its values.
always taking place in July, this includes a wide range of leisure and cultural activities, associated to environmental issues and open to the community.
Activities such as tree climbing and walking, which enable visitors to closely see and feel the richness of flora and fauna.
A 989-hectare area remaining from Atlantic Rainforest that hosts several freshwater springs and fauna and flora species, including trees and shrubs, in addition to bird species, some of them rare such as the pavó.
The Cross and its Overlook, installed at 741m of altitude in respect to sea level, offer a privileged view of Timóteo and Oikós, and a partial view of Rio Doce State Park.
An automatic Surface Meteorological Station (SMS) consists of a memory central unit connected to a number of sensors for reading meteorological parameters (atmospheric pressure, air temperature and relative humidity, rainfall, solar radiation, wind direction, speed, etc.), which integrates the values observed minute by minute and makes them available automatically on every hour.
Aperam South America’s Financial Director who started out with Arbed in 1986 as a financial analyst. Mr Ruppert held various positions in the financial area of Arbed/Arcelor Group in Luxembourg, United States and Brazil. In 2006 he took responsibility for the Controlling and Continuous Improvement Departments of ArcelorMittal Long Products Americas. He became Financial and Administrative director for ArcelorMittal BioFlorestas in 2011.
Marc Ruppert holds a degree in Commercial Engineering and Management from the Catholic University of Louvain, in Belgium.
The new Production Director was formerly holding, since 2010, the position of Human Resources Director, and since January/15 was acting as Technical Director as well. He joined the group in 1978, as metallurgical technician at the electrical steels Cold Rolling department. Between 1985 and 1993 he worked at the Long Products department as specialist and maintenance manager and, afterwards, as automation specialist at the maintenance department. In 1994, he was appointed leader of TOP program (Total Operational Performance – a cost reduction program developed with McKinsey’s support), and then coordinated the negotiation of IT outsourcing and the contracting of SIP, PCP and Energy Center with IBM. From November/1995 to December/2002 he was the Manager of the Electrical Steels Cold Rolling department (during this period he took part in the V2000 program, with focus on increasing competitiveness). In January/ 2003, he became the Executive Manager in charge of Alcançar Project (implantation of SAP). In January/ 2005, he was promoted to General Manager, responsible for the areas of IT, Continuous Improvement and Quality System. In 2006, he took part of the Campus program of ArcelorMittal University, and until 2009, as an expatriate in France, he held the position of Technical Director for Stainless Steel Segment and Stainless Steel Europe. From April/2008 to December/2014, among other responsibilities, he was the head of health and safety processes of ArcelorMittal Stainless and Aperam group. Ilder Camargo is an Electrical Engineering graduate from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-MG) and holds a Master of Science degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG).
He started his career in 1996, in the melt shop of Adroise steelworks (Ungine), Arcelor at that time, as Continuous Casting manager. He worked in Brazil from 1999 to 2003, where he held various positions at what was then Acesita, in Timóteo, working in the Melt Shop and Cold Rolling. Once back in Europe, he worked as a manager for Continuous Improvement at the Genk plant in Belgium, and then as manager of the Annealing and Pickling Line. By the end of 2006, he was transferred to Chatelet plant, where he worked as melt shop director from July 2007.
In June 2009, he was appointed director of Gueugnon plant and, in February 2012, as Executive Director of Aperam Stainless, France.
Frederico Ayres Lima has been the Chief Executive Officer of Aperam South America since December 2014. Prior to this function, Mr Ayres Lima had held the position of Commercial Director of Aperam South America since 2009.
Mr Ayres Lima started his career with the Group in 1996, in Brazil, as a metallurgist performing various roles in cost efficiency, technical assistance and production. Mr Ayres Lima worked with exports from 2000 to 2003 acting as a trader (sales to foreign markets).
Later, he took on responsibilities in Europe in the fields of synergies between steelworks, logistics and coordination of stainless steel sales network. Mr Ayres Lima moved back to Brazil in 2006 and held the position of Export Manager and afterwards as General Manager of Electrical and Carbon Steel Business.
Mr Sandeep Jalan has been the Chief Financial Officer of Aperam since January 2014. Mr Sandeep Jalan has over twenty years of experience in finance and joined ArcelorMittal in 1999.
During his time with ArcelorMittal he held a number of positions including active member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, in view of the numerous acquisitions in both steel and mining divisions.
Mr Sandeep Jalan also helped in establishing the company’s group-wide business performance management systems. Most recently Mr Sandeep Jalan was Chief Financial Officer of ArcelorMittal Long Products Europe, being responsible for finance and strategy.
Mr Sandeep Jalan is a Commerce Graduate from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Chartered Accountant (equivalent to CPA) and Company Secretary from the respective Institutes in India. He has also completed an Executive Education Programme at the London School of Business. Mr Sandeep Jalan is an Indian citizen.
Timoteo Di Maulo has been the Chief Executive Officer since January 2015. Mr Di Maulo has 25 years of experience in the stainless steel industry, having held a number of positions in the controlling, purchasing, logistics and commercial areas and has been CEO of different units of the Group. Previously, Mr Di Maulo was Chief Commercial and Sourcing Officer from May 2012 to December 2014. Prior to this function, Mr Di Maulo served as Chief Executive Officer – Services & Solutions between 2005 and 2012. In 1990, Mr Di Maulo joined Ugine Italia, where he held various positions in the controlling, purchasing and sales departments. While at Ugine Italia, he successfully implemented and launched the ERP System, “Sidonie”, across all of Ugine’s subsidiaries worldwide.
In 1996, Mr Di Maulo joined Ugine’s Commercial Board in Paris where he was in charge of its Industry and Distribution division. Mr Di Maulo was subsequently named Service Division Industrial Director in 1998 and took on additional responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of German SSC and RCC. In 2000, Mr Di Maulo was named Chief Executive Officer of U&A Italy, a role that gave him full responsibility over the sales network and two Italian Service Centres. Mr Di Maulo was then appointed Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal’s European Stainless Service Division in 2005 and, in 2008, CEO of ArcelorMittal International Stainless Division (which included the worldwide sales network divisions, all distribution and processing centres and ArcelorMittal Stainless Europe’s tube mills and strips).
Mr Di Maulo is a graduate from Milan Polytechnics University in Italy and holds an M.B.A. from Bocconi University of Milan. Mr Di Maulo is an Italian citizen.
The goal is to reduce environmental impact and operational costs. Its management is focussed on waste generation reduction, promoting of reusing, recycling and trading, thus avoiding deposition of waste matters in dumps. At the moment, on average, for each ton of crude steel produced, Aperam South America recycles either internally or externally 88% of its waste volume.
The Company keeps control over noise levels and emissions of atmospheric and water effluents, as well as control over the use of natural resources, thus fulfilling all legal requirements.
The Company’s energy grid has become increasingly more based on renewable sources. In 2011, the Company completed the Charcoal Project, which was responsible for conversion of No. 02 Blast Furnace from coke-fuelled into a charcoal-fuelled furnace. The initiative, which also fostered the expansion of eucalyptus forests in Vale do Jequitinhonha, made possible the reduction in emission of 700 thousand tons of carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere.
Replacement of LPG with natural gas for feeding part of the production process in Timóteo’s Plant, following implementation of gas pipeline to the region where the Plant is located.
Aperam South America is a member of River Basin Committee for Piracicaba and Rio Doce rivers, also being a member of the State Agency of Water Resources – CERH.
The Program for Qualification of Suppliers (PQF) evaluates criteria in connection with social responsibility and, from 2010 on, companies will also be evaluated in respect to environmental conservation actions.
Aperam South America’s current Commercial Director. With a Business Administration degree from Centro Universitario UNA, Rodrigo Damasceno came to the company in 2001 as a trainee. He worked as a Marketing Analyst and Trader in Stainless Steel Export Department.
In 2009, he worked with electrical and carbon steels. In 2010 he took part in ArcelorMittal’s Career Acceleration program and, since 2011, had been acting as Marketing Executive Manager.