Toledo do Brasil is a Brazilian provider of solutions for hardware, software and services in the weighing industry. It is well positioned in various market segments in which it operates and serves all Brazil. In 2014, its net income after taxes exceeded R$418 million.
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History of Toledo do Brasil
1901 - Foundation of Toledo Scale
Foundation of Toledo Scale Company in Toledo, Ohio-USA.
1932 - Representative office in Brazil
Toledo Scale Company was then represented in Brazil.
1956 - Foundation of Toledo do Brasil
Foundation of Toledo do Brasil Indústria de Balanças Ltda., which incorporated the old representative office.
1988 - Nationalization of Toledo do Brasil
Brazilian businessmen, representatives of Toledo Scale Company since 1940, acquired Toledo do Brasil and, hence, it became a Brazilian company.
2006 - New facilities of Toledo do Brasil
Consolidation of manufacturing, administration, engineering, training, technical support and marketing operations in a new plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP. The built-up area covers 21,500 m2 on a 65,000-m2 property. During the consolidation phase of these operations, lean-manufacturing processes and an integrated SAP-management system were implemented.
2010 - New branches of Toledo do Brasil
Establishment of the organization's own branches in Araçatuba-SP, Rio de Janeiro-RJ and Vitória-ES, bringing the total to 22 branches spread across Brazil staffed with their own sales and service teams.
2014 - Revenue and investment
Net income after taxes exceeded R$418 million. Significant investments have been made in research, development, design, manufacturing, customer service, technical support and services.
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Structure and Customer Service
Toledo do Brasil is an organization with more than 1,800 employees working in a factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of São Paulo, in 22 branches located in major cities across the country and in resident service teams in the most outlying regions. The direct sales service is performed by a team of more than 100 professionals responsible for hardware and software solutions plus over 450 Toledo's technicians to provide services.
Toledo do Brasil also has a network of hundreds of authorized technical assistance offices and over 2,000 dealers and sales representatives nationwide.
Toledo's Solutions
Hardware
Toledo's solutions include over one hundred weighing products for a wide array of static or dynamic applications measuring from tenths of a milligram to hundreds of tons. The main products to highlight include truck ou rail scales, bulk loading, bag filling and packaging, floor scales, bench scales, animal weighing scales, lab balances, retail weighing scales e body weight scales.
Software
These products can be integrated through dedicated software and many of them are capable of communicating with ERPs in industrial areas and distribution centers, thus enabling information management and process automation.
Services
The services department is staffed by 500 Toledo's technicians and equipped with 450 cars, 41 calibration trucks, 30,000 different items in stock, 1 million kilograms of standard weights and 1 scale and mass calibration laboratory integrated with the Brazilian Calibration Network (RBC). More than 80,000 hours/year are dedicated to train the technical service team so as to build their skills to perform any sort of installation, calibration, maintenance, updating and technical support job.
Markets and Segments
The main markets supplied are agribusiness, industry, commerce, laboratory and education. The highlights in these markets are alcohol and sugar, grains, fruits, livestock, logistics, mining, metallurgy, automobile, chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, slaughterhouses, food, wholesale, retail, laboratories and universities.
Research and Development
Investments are constantly made in human capital and technology-related infrastructure both for Research & Development and Manufacturing Processes. In 2014, investments exceeded R$16 million and accounted for 4% of the net income. The engineering team is composed of approximately 100 engineers and technicians working with hardware, software, electricity, mechanics and quality. Logistics and Engineering-support software is used for the analysis and optimization of designs and processes. The testing methodologies employed target numbers higher than those required under the law and standards.
International Partnerships
Toledo do Brasil develops and manufactures the vast majority of products that it sells. Additionally, it represents and resells products of Mettler Toledo, Inc., the largest weighing company in the world as well as of the following manufacturers:
Cargoscan S.A.(Oslo, Norway)
Sizing equipment (cubage).
ECM - Électronique Contrôle Mesure (Nancy, France)
Traffic control system, including high-speed weigh-in-motion systems.
MSI - Measurement Systems International (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Scales for overhead cranes and hoists.
Ohaus Corp. (Pine Brook, New Jersey, USA)
Analytical and precision balances, moisture meters.
Wipotec GMBH (Kaiserslautern, Germany)
High-precision checkweighers.
ABM Company S.R.L (Milan, Italy)
Deli slicers
Datalogic S.P.A (Bologna, Italy)
Data capture system, including barcodes and RFID
Quality Management System
Toledo do Brasil's Quality Policy is enforced to satisfy the need of customers by providing weighing solutions through quality products and services. Continuous improvement is sought by using the organization's resources and processes under safe working conditions while caring for the environment preservation. This creates value for Toledo's customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders and the society.
Toledo's Quality Management System meets the requirements of NBR ISO 9001, NBR ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and NBR ISO/IEC 17025 and is certified by Bureau Veritas Certification. The certified system includes the headquarters (Sao Bernardo do Campo - SP) and all branch offices. The certification scope comprises design and development, manufacturing, marketing of the products (including the imported ones) and related services.
The Quality Management System for services (mass calibration and scales) meets the requirements of NBR ISO 9001, NBR ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and NBR ISO/IEC 17025 standards.
Toledo's Calibration Laboratory is integrated with the Brazilian Network of Calibration - RBC with regard to the order of magnitude "mass". It is certified by Inmetro to carry out calibration of standard weight and measurement of a variety of masses from 1 mg up to 2,000 kg in Toledo's own premises and calibration of scales up to 200,000 kg at the customers' facilities.
Bibliography
Links
- Official page of Toledo do Brasil
- Official page of INMETRO
- Official page of Toledo do Brasil on Facebook
- Official page of Toledo do Brasil on Linkedin
- Official page of Toledo do Brasil on Youtube
- Official page of Toledo do Brasil on Vimeo
- Official page of Toledo do Brasil on Google Plus
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