The traditional Semco Group model is to partner with foreign companies and jointly develop business in Brazil from start-up. When seeking new business, the Group looks for companies with the following characteristics:

• Being one of the top two companies worldwide in their markets;

• Has an important technological differential ("engineered" product or complex service);

• Offers potential for fast development in Brazil;

• Healthy financial situation;

• Synergy with our businesses portfolio.

Why have Semco as a partner?
Semco offers its partner companies access to customers, risk monitoring, an extensive network of contacts, innovative management techniques, a brand recognized by the market and, above all, an incomparable track record of success.

What do we expect from our partners?
We seek partners who have a proven knowledge and domain of their products and services, constant investment in research and development, international references, a recognized brand and appetite for international growth.

From time to time we also analyze businesses with Brazilian domestic companies which are already established, when there is a chance for a future association with a strategic international player.

In the last two decades, Semco had a background of partnerships with the following foreign companies:

• Hobart - from 1984 to 1995

• Flakt - 1985 to 1992;

• Environmental Resources Management - ERM (Ex-3i and currently Bridgepoint) - 1992 to 2006;

• Cushman & Wakefield Inc. (Ex-Rockfeller Group and currently Grupo Ifil/Agnelli) - 1994 to 2007;

• Johnson Controls (Traded on the NYSE) - 1995 to 2005;

• RGIS Inventory Specialists (Ex-Impala Partners and now Blackstone Group) - 1998 to 2006;

Current partners include:

• Philadelphia Mixers - since 1982;

• Littleford Day - since 1982;

• Pitney Bowes Inc. (Traded on the NYSE) - since 2005;

• ISS (Goldman Sachs/EQT) - since 2007;

The Semco Group is always looking for new market opportunities. If you have a project with the foregoing attributes and characteristics, please send an e-mail to Marina Santana (novosnegocios@semco.com.br)