FounderDuels

Gerdau vs Orrcon Steel

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Gerdau is the older of the two, founded in 1901 — 99 years before Orrcon Steel.

Founded
1901
2000
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Brisbane, Australia
Industry
iron and steel industry
iron and steel industry
Founders
João Gerdau
Not recorded
Employees
47,000
Not recorded
Legal form
S.A.
Not recorded
Listed on
New York Stock Exchange
Not recorded
Parent
Metalúrgica Gerdau
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Gerdau and Orrcon Steel.