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Orange
The main business unit of the Group
Citrosuco operates four plants in Brazil. Three are located in the state of
Sao Paulo in the cities of
Matao,
Limeira and
Bebedouro and the fourth is locate in the state of Santa Catarina in the city of
Videira. Citrosuco also operates one processing plant in the United States in
Lake Wales,
Florida. This makes
Citrosuco which was founded in 1963 the largest company in the Fischer Group and
one of the largest exporters of orange juice Brazil. The orange processing
facility in
Matao is the single largest orange juice processing plant in the world.
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Apple
Largest producer in Brazil
Fischer S/A – Apple Division is located in Fraiburgo in the
state of
Santa Catarina and has been growing at an amazing pace. Fischer apple farms
produce thousands of tons of apples annually with most of the production coming from the
Gala and
Fuji species. The Gala and Fugi varieties are generally considered to be of the
highest standard in the apple industry. Nearly 25% of the fruit grown by the Fischer farms go
to juice processing.
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Shipping
Offshore oil drilling support
Companhia Brasileira de Offshore (CBO) is an offshore company of maritime support
to
petroleum platforms. CBO is funded with 100% Brazilian capital. Located in
Rio de Janeiro,
CBO is part of Fischer Group.
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