M. Dias Branco

M. Dias Branco S.A. is a Brazilian multinational company that manufactures, markets and distributes biscuit, pasta, cakes, snacks, wheat flour, margarine and vegetable shortening throughout Brazil, headquartered in the city of Eusébio, Ceará.

In 1976, the new headquarters of Fábrica Fortaleza began to be built on BR-116, km 18, in the municipality of Eusébio (CE), on a plot of 600,000 m², which is currently one of the largest biscuit and pasta factories in Latin America.

In 2002, a new industrial unit was inaugurated, dedicated to the manufacture of margarine and vegetable shortenings, taking the second step towards deepening the verticalization of the biscuit and pasta production process.

With this acquisition, M Dias Branco S/A added to its production structure the four industrial units then owned by Adria, headquartered in (São Caetano do Sul-SP), (Bento Gonçalves-RS), (Jaboticabal-SP) and ( Sheets Paulista-SP).

This acquisition gave M. Dias Branco the outstanding leadership in the biscuit and pasta markets in Brazil (according to Ac Nielsen), adding the Adria, Zabet, Isabela and Basilar brands to its portfolio.

In the same year, two more mixed manufacturing and logistics complexes (mill, factory and distribution center), located in the state of Bahia and Paraíba, enter into operation.

The year 2006 was one of the most important in the history of M. Dias Branco S/A, due to its IPO, with the start of trading of its shares on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA), and entry into the Novo Mercado, at the highest level of corporate governance required in the Brazilian capital market.