Its headquarters and main factory is in Joinville, Santa Catarina in the southern region of Brazil.

[1] Embraco also has factories in China, Mexico and Slovakia, as well as business offices in Turin (Italy), Moscow (Russia) and Atlanta (United States).

The firm invests heavily in product design and manufacturing, and supplies large international household refrigeration OEMs as well as the biggest manufacturers of commercial refrigeration equipment.

It was founded to supply the Brazilian refrigeration industry which, until then, relied entirely on imported compressors.

Anticipating a globalized economy, the company decided to set up production bases overseas.