Positivo Informática

Positivo Informática S.A
Sociedade Anônima
Traded as BM&F Bovespa: POSI3
Industry Computer System
Software
IT Services
Founded 1989
Headquarters Curitiba, Brazil
Key people
Oriovisto Guimarães, (Chairman)
Hélio Bruck Rotenberg, (CEO)
Products Computer Monitors
Personal Computer
Laptops
Revenue Increase US$ 1.0 billion (2013)[1]
Decrease US$ 6.6 million (2013)
Number of employees
6,400 (2010)
Website www.positivoinformatica.com.br

Positivo Informática is a Brazilian technology company headquartered in Curitiba. It is the Information Technology arm of the larger organization Grupo Positivo.[2] It is the largest computer manufacturer in Latin America and the tenth largest in the world.

In addition to computers, produces educational software, electronic games and set-top box for Brazilian digital television. The company also serves as an OEM/ODM/EMS.[3]

The company invests in innovative solutions that integrate hardware, which results in products and services tailored to the consumer. It is present in more than 5000 Brazilian cities and has a strong performance in retail, public, and corporate markets.

It is listed on the Novo Mercado of BM&F Bovespa.

Market

Brazil market share

Target market

In 2004, Positivo began actively targeting the retail market.[5] Positivo was primarily focused on middle-class families who likely had never been able to purchase a home personal computer previously. Positivo creates lower-cost computers which are more accessible to the growing middle class in Brazil given their low cost: with financing, the cheapest of these PCs can be paid off for $30/month, making it possible to reach families making ~$270/month.[6] These computers are designed to serve both as a TV and a personal computer.

Now, Positivo makes a wider range of computers costing up to $2000 targeted toward higher-income customers.

Products/Services

According to Grupo Positivo, Positivo Informática:[7]

Certificates

References

  1. See Grupo Positivo website
  2. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Intel-Classmate-PCs-Gain-New-Atom-Chips-Increased-Ruggedness-563338/
  3. Company History & Corporate Profile
  4. Reuter's, "Brazil's Positivo bets on booming computer sales," May 23, 2007
  5. CNET, "In Brazil, PC Buyers Accentuate Positivo," April 17, 2008
  6. See Grupo Positivo website

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