


In 2017, the volume sold increased 9%, to 6 thousand tons. “But the private sector has moved faster,” he says. Currently, each sector – public and private – accounts for about half of the turnover. The business has room to grow even in times of crisis, mainly with the advancement of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The duo operates factories in Santiago and Antofagasta, in Chile, and in Brazil’s Rio Claro (SP) and Marechal Deodoro (AL). The partnership, in which each company has a 50% stake, uses the technology of the American company and the commercial and distribution structure of the Brazilian partner. The product is mainly used in drainage works on highways and railways and in water and sewage networks. Tigre-ADS has been serving the infrastructure and sanitation market since 2009 with the supply of corrugated tubes in high density polyethylene (PEAD), a material that replaces concrete tubes. In the report published in Monday’s edition (2/26), Tigre’s president, Otto von Sothen, in turn, says that Tigre-ADS’s challenge is to convince that the product (HDPE corrugated tubes) is as or more reliable than concrete ones.įollow the main infrastructure projects that will boost Tigre-ADS excerpts from the report: The estimate is by the president of ADS, Scott Barbour, in an exclusive interview with Valor Econômico. The infrastructure sector should benefit from the growth of the operations of the Tigre joint venture and the American ADS (Advanced Drainage Systems) in Brazil and South America, where business should grow in the order of 4% and 6%. The main daily economy and business newspaper in the country published a report on the perspectives of the HDPE pipe manufacturer for the infrastructure segment
