HIGHLIGHTS 2008

Gross revenue totaled R$2,554.8 million, up 14.8% compared with the previous year.

Innovation: 63 products were launched at different levels at the Wood Division, as well as the launch of the Duratex Moulding line with 9 products, and 19 new lines at the Deca Division.

Two manufacturers of vitreous chinaware were acquired: Cerâmica Monte Carlo, in Cabo de Santo Agostinho (PE), and Ideal Standard, with plants in Jundiaí (SP) and Queimados (RJ).

The construction work at the new MDF panel unit, in Agudos (SP) was finalized and the equipment assembling works started up.

The setting up of the new low-pressure coating line and the new building construction works to expand the Metais Planidil plant in Jundiaí (SP) were both concluded.

Duratex preferred shares were included in the Bovespa’s Sustainability Index (ISE).

The Olavo Egydio Setúbal Nature Reserve was officially by the government of São Paulo, as a Private State Natural Heritage Reserve.

An investment of R$12.3 million was made in direct environmental actions, of particular note being the treatment of effluents, waste collection, and the maintenance of forest areas.