OREANDA-NEWS. July 16, 2012. Gerdau received for the 8th year in a row the title of the most remembered company in the category of Large Companies at the Top of Mind Survey, conducted by the Amanha magazine in partnership with Segmento researching.

The survey was created in 1991 and identifies the brands most remembered by those living in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) as shown in personal interviews. More than 1,200 people were interviewed this year.

Gerdau is a leading producer of long steel in the Americas and one of the largest suppliers of special steel in the world. With over 45,000 employees, it has industrial operations in 14 countries - in the Americas, Europe and Asia - which together represent an installed capacity of over 25 million metric tons of steel per year. It is the largest recycler in Latin America and around the world it transforms, each year, millions of metric tons of scrap into steel, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable development in the regions where it operates. With more than 140,000 shareholders, the Company is listed on the stock exchanges of Sao Paulo, New York and Madrid.