Automotive

Key Companies

Specialized R&D Centres

Carregamento sem fio,
monitoramento
de célula de combustível,
compressores sem óleo,
condicionamento de ar

Soluções integradas para sistemas inteligentes de transporte

Soluções integradas para sistemas inteligentes de transporte

Sector numbers

Distribution of vehicle production in Brazil by state | 2020

Minas Gerais is Brazil’s
2nd-largest vehicle manufacturer 

2nd place in production and job creation in the auto parts sector
2nd-biggest vehicle manufacturer, accounting for 13.6% of national production (2020)
Brazil’s most expansive vehicle market, with 521,000 new vehicles licensed in 2022

Constructors

Qualified workforce

Post-graduation courses in related areas* – 2021

Programs: 31
Enrolled: 1,559 in master’s and 1,054 in PhD
Graduates: 384 master’s and 146 doctorates

* Materials and metallurgical engineering; production engineering; electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

GRADUATION COURSES IN SELECTED AREAS – 2021
AreaCourseEnrolledGraduates
Production Engineering11015.1832.464
Electrical Engineering*8213.5571.800
Mechanical Engineering7214.6612.480
Control & Automation Engineering293.924444
Mechatronics Engineering61.620154
Materials Engineering580773
Electronic Engineering**465377
Industrial Mechatronics39533
Aerospace Engineering51.009124
Total31250.5747.551
* All areas
** Electronic & Telecommunications Engineering and Electronic Engineering
source: CES 2022; GEOCAPES
Suppliers

Minas Gerais participation in the metallurgical, steelmaking, and auto parts industries I Gross Production Value (2020) and jobs (2021) 

Fontes: IBGE; RAIS

Brazil’s biggest metals and steel industry

2nd-largest auto parts industry
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