Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil

🇧🇷 Caxias do Sul is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. It was established by Italian immigrants in 1890. Today it is the second largest city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Economy In Caxias do Sul, several small, medium, large and multinational companies were founded. The city is recognised as an Entrepreneurial-Exporting Hub in the country. Some of these companies are: • Marcopolo (buses and truck frames, present in six countries) • Randon S.A. – Implementos e Participações is a mixed holding company, leader of a group of seven companies that employ a workforce of 6,6 thousand employees. They operate in the sectors of road equipment / railway wagons / specialty vehicles/ auto parts/ automotive systems, and services; • Agrale S/A which owns 4 industrial plants, being the only Brazilian company with 100% national capital making vehicles, tractors and diesel engines; • Tramontina silverware company based in neighbouring Carlos Barbosa with plants throughout Brazil; • Grendene, the biggest brazilian manufacturer of shoes based in neighboring Farroupilha; • Todeschini, a manufacturer of furniture based in nearby Bento Gonçalves, the wine capital of Brazil; • Hyco Hidrover, a manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders for mobile applications.

Colleges and universities • Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS); • Centro Universitário da Serra Gaúcha (FSG); • Faculdade de Tecnologia (FTEC); • Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) • Faculdade Anglo-Americano; • Anhanguera Faculdades; • Faculdade América Latina; • Faculdade dos Imigrantes; • and smaller HEIs.