Alpargatas S.A.
Brazilian textile company
Alpargatas S.A. (formerly, São Paulo Alpargatas) is a Brazilian manufacturing company headquartered in São Paulo. Established in 1907, it is one of the largest Brazilian companies in the footwears and canvas business.
Alpargatas' main product is Havaianas, one of the largest Brazilian brands of rubber flip-flops introduced in 1962 and inspired by the Japanese Zori sandals.
Other products manufactured by Alpargatas S.A. include handbags, shoes, and sneakers, commercialised under its brands.
History
It was founded in 1907, under the original name of "Fábrica Brasileira de Alpargatas e Calçados", by Scottish immigrant Robert Fraser in association with an English company. Fraser had also established Alpargatas factories in Argentina and Uruguay.
It started production in the Mooca district of the city of São Paulo. Already in 1909, the company –under the name São Paulo Alpargatas Company S.A.– found success in selling its products thanks to the use of sandals and canvas in coffee production.
In the 1930s, shareholding control of São Paulo Alpargatas was transferred to the Argentine company Alpargatas Argentina. However, in 1982, after a gradual process of nationalization of capital started in 1948, São Paulo Alpargatas ceased to have Argentine participation and passed to the control of the Camargo Corrêa group, its largest shareholder.
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