History
The trajectory of the Zambianco Group
From the Italian origin to the energy supplying.
1930s
With the coffee crisis, when many farmers were obligated to change their cultivation, the family decided to deepen its roots in the sugar-cane cultivation.
1983
Over the years and facing the need for growth, the industrial park was transferred to a wider place, where nowadays is located the Usina Pederneiras and the group’s administrative headquarter.
1994
Starts the syrup production.
2002
Starts the sugar production and ends the cachaça production, the product that marked the origin of the group.
2014
The group expand the business in the sugar-energy sector with the acquisition of a distillery in the city of Platina/SP, Nova Platina Bioenergia Ltda. With that, the sugar-cane grinding capacity was expanded to more than 1.200 tons per harvest, consolidating the position in the sector.
Early 20th century
The Zambianco family, composed by Italian immigrants, conquer its first own space. A land of 693,674 acres in the city of Tietê/SP, naming it as Fazenda Santo Antônio. In the early years the support came from coffee growing and the production of handmade cachaça.
1957
With the increasing importance of the handmade cachaça for the business, the small alembic was transformed into a brandy industry. That was how the Indústria de Aguardente Pederneiras Ltda. was founded.
1990s
Starts a new cycle with the implementation of a broad investment plan in factory expansion and production mix diversification.
1998
The beginning of the hydrous ethanol production.
2007
It was created the Comercial Agropecuária Santo Antônio Ltda. A company entirely dedicated to the field, responsible for managing and taking care of the properties, agricultural activities and cattle raising of Zambianco Group.
2020
It was founded the Frederico Zambianco Association, created to manage and expand the social actions of the group.