CLE BRASIL

CLE Brasil Ltda

CLE Brasil is controlled shared by the Veolia Environnement Group, the biggest group in the world in the environmental area acting for more than “153 years” and employing more than 312 thousands collaborators all over the world.
 The name CLE it’s in honor to the first French Ship named “L’Espoir” that arrived in São Francisco do Sul – Santa Catarina – Brazil in 1504. CLE means “Consorcium L’Espoir” that means “Hope Consortium”.

Historic of the Project

Arcelor Context: build a new unity of cold-rolled steel (900Kton) and a galvanization line (500Kton).
Concentrate only on its core business.
Search for partner in the environmental area, implement with this partner a contract such as BOO (Built Own Operate) with a return on the invested capitals acceptable for the two parts.
Concurrence and signature of Preliminary Bound Agreement with VEOLIA Environnement: June/2000 / August 2001.
The strength of our proposal: strong implication of the Brazilian’s components.