Cogumelo

More than 30 years have elapsed since the introduction of the first fiberglass products bearing the quality and innovation of Cogumelo brand as illustrated by the revolutionary material “Plastic Lumber ”. Peoples\ needs have changed, the world has changed and Cogumelo is still innovating and addressing such goals.

Founded in 1972, Cogumelo was established as “Indústria de Componentes de Tratores Ltda” with the purpose of manufacturing in Brazil spare parts and pieces, which at that time were imported from other countries. At that time few people knew what fiberglass was but Cogumelo always innovating started to manufacture the first fiberglass canopies for tractors to protect operators from the weather.

By the end of the eighties this product was so successful that all tractors manufactured in Brazil were coming out of the factories equipped with similar canopies manufactured by well known companies. It was time to diversify.

Time to move on
Therefore Cogumelo introduced in Brazil the state-of-the-art technology to manufacture pultruded fiberglass profiles that just then started to be commonly used in the industrial area. In 1990, an agreement signed between Cogumelo and Creative Pultrusions, Inc., a leader in the USA market, allowed the improvement of the pultrusion process performed by Cogumelo thus permitting the expansion of its product line.

Mainspring of the company until today, the first fiberglass ladders arrived in the Brazilian market in 1993, as a consequence of the partnership signed between Cogumelo and Cuidex, an Argentine company.

In 1997, Cogumelo had already expanded its product line. When the company established a partnership with Werner Ladder Co. an American company and the world\s major manufacturer of fiberglass ladders Cogumelo became its exclusive representative in Brazil.

The process of development progressed until 1999 when Cogumelo launched the fiberglass injected gratings and nationalized all fiberglass and aluminum components used in the ladders.

Acknowledgement
In the year 2000, Cogumelo started to implement the Quality Management System in the company to obtain the certifications required by all major companies, among them the ISO 9002 certification. In the same year, the company was granted the Bureau Veritas Mode II certification for the floor grating line and in 2004 was awarded the ISO 9001 certification for its unit located at Bragança Paulista.

Cogumelo Phenolic Gratings are among the few approved by Omega Point tests in the USA and authorized to be used by the US Coast Guard.

Today, the name Cogumelo is linked to quality in Brazil and elsewhere, having conquered the trust of many major companies worldwide and participating in important projects such as:

Veracel - Utilization of more than 13000 meters of Cogumelo products in the construction of one of the most important pulp and paper plants in the
world.

Petrobras P43 and P48 production platforms -phenolic resin application.

Petrobras GBIG terminal located at Angra dos Reis,RJ - highest vertical ladder manufactured from pultruded fiberglass shapes

Petrobras - first structural platform in Brazil totally manufactured from fiberglass; designed and assembled by HAMON.

Trucks and vans of large companies such as Net and Telemar equipped with Cogumelo ladders that brought more visibility to the Cogumelo brand

The future
Always in search of improvement, Cogumelo recently launched in Brazil a product that seems fantastic: Plastic Lumber. Under the technical name of Policog, this product is a composite made of recycled plastic waste. Plastic Lumber resembles ordinary wood but has innumerable advantages that range from material resistance to environmental benefits, since it substitutes the natural wood in any type of application, thus preventing the exploitation of forests.

Over the last 30 years many companies have appeared and disappeared in the market, some offering lower prices but substandard products. Cogumelo continues to reap successes inside the country and abroad with product quality as its most significant characteristic. The company intends to continue investing in technology, innovating concepts always keeping an eye in the future.