Founded in 1896 with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, Landis+Gyr is the leading provider of integrated energy management solutions tailored to energy company needs. With a global presence and a reputation for quality and innovation, Landis+Gyr is unique in its ability to deliver true end-to-end advanced metering solutions. Today, the Company offers the broadest portfolio of products and services in the electricity metering industry, and is paving the way for the next generation of smart grid. With annualized sales of more than US$1.25 billion, Landis+Gyr operates in over 30 countries across five continents, and employs over 5,000 people with the sole mission of helping the world manage energy better.

With researches aimed at eco-efficiency through the development of solutions to optimize the use of natural resources, such as the electronic energy metering systems, Landis+Gyr is a Green Company, i.e., a company extremely worried about the preservation of the environment and natural resources. "Our products and solutions specially focus the environment and its preservation", says Álvaro Dias Júnior, Landis+Gyr’s executive vice-president & CEO South America
It is not by any chance that the slogan of Landis+Gyr is "manage energy better".

Landis+Gyr in Brazil
With over 400 employees and gross Sales of R$ 200 million in 2009, the Brazilian operation is a distinguished one in the group. Also, the company counts with 150 engineers working in R&D to ensure the technological evolution and the quality of the Landis+Gyr products.

Run by Álvaro Dias Júnior, executive vice-president & CEO South America, the operation in Brazil is in fact, benchmarking for the rest of the Group, thanks to the company’s audacious policy of products releases, which includes not only the new products, but entering in new market niches.

Another differential found at Landis+Gyr Brasil is the assembling process. Instead of the traditional assembling lines, the company adopts working cells. Providing more involvement of the employee in the production, resulting in better quality and process precision.

In addition, Landis+Gyr Brasil already exports its Human Resources Management know-how to other units in the group. With advanced programs for the employees valorization, communication transparency and differentiated remuneration policy, Landis+Gyr Brazil has less than 1% turn over a year.

For more information about Landis+Gyr, please visit the corporate website at www.landisgyr.com