Tigre
With 83 years of history, Tigre is a Brazilian multinational company with a strong global presence, a leader in solutions for civil construction. The company offers a broad product portfolio that grows each year.
We are driven by taking care of the water to transform people's quality of life. We are the company that takes the experience with water beyond the construction site, by offering the best solutions available.
Background
Tigre was founded in 1941 due to the visionary mind of businessman João Hansen Júnior, with combs, fans, and accessories manufacturing using plastic as raw material. Years later, with intense research on this material, Tigre established as the first PVC pipes and fittings manufacturer in Brazil, achieving consumers' confidence.
The products are traded in more than 90 thousand sales points in Brazil and abroad. Present in some 30 countries, it counts on more than 5 thousand employees, 11 plants in Brazil and 9 abroad:
The Tigre Group is present in the following segments: plumbing, electrical, drainage, bathroom accessories, infrastructure, industrial, irrigation, painting tools, sanitary faucets, and treatment solutions for water and effluents.
Our history is marked by the commitment to offer complete, innovative, and high-quality solutions, making life easier for those who build and design.
83 Years of history.
More than 90,000 points-of-sale.
Present in 30 countries.
More than 5,000 employees around the World.
More than 15,000 products on portfolio.
Follow our time line
Since 1941 we seek innovation to take convenience and peace of mind to your family. Check events that marked our history in these 80 years.
Production start of pipes and connections in PVC for hydraulic facilities
Pioneering in advertising and publicity investment
Courses for plumbers: vanguardism in qualification policy for construction industry.
First step to internationalization with Tubopar establishment.
Courses for plumbers: establishment of unit in Argentina.
Start of Tigre Brushes, Entry in Chilean market by means of acquiring Fanaplas
Plasmar acquisition, in Bolivia
First plants in both countries
Start of Plena activities. Plástica acquisition, in Peru
First plant in Uruguay. Start of Joint Venture with ADS (Advanced Drainage Systems).
Israriego acquisition in Equator. Best year of Tigre history, with RS 2.6 billion turnover
Matusita company acquisition, in Peru.
Tigre Group holds one of the most complete pipes, connections and accessories lines worldwide, becoming one of the most internationalized companies in Brazil. Repositioning Brushes brand, which becomes Tigre Painting Tools. Tigre and ADS USA society is established.
Transformation of Plena brand to Tigre new Accessories Line. New plant establishment in Peru
Tigre FABRIMAR acquisition and entry in a new business sector: Tigre Water and Effluents
Azzo acquisition in Brazil
Dura Plastics acquisition in USA
Innovation is in Tigre's DNA
We have been a leader in the construction market for 80 years, always anticipating consumer needs, bringing solutions for a peaceful and comfortable life.
Purpose
Taking care of the water to transform people's quality of life
Our purpose is to transform your experience with water beyond the construction site, in the development and implementation of solutions for the conduction, conservation and reuse of water. Listening and understanding the customer and the business is our starting point for the best solutions.
Tigre wants to be a protagonist in social development when it comes to sanitation, contributing to achieve the manufacturing of piping and solutions for water and sewage levels necessary to achieve the desired goals in line with the global agenda of the United Nations (UN) for 2030.
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