Metasa Sa

What Metasa Sa does

Metasa S.A. Indústria Metalúrgica is a 50-year-old Brazilian private metal structure fabricator headquartered in Marau, Rio Grande do Sul, with 600+ employees and approximately 3,500 tons/month installed capacity across manufacturing units in Marau and Charqueadas (the latter operational since 2014 with a proprietary licensed pier for direct shipment of oversized offshore modules). The company provides integrated engineering, fabrication, and on-site assembly of heavy metal structures for six vertical segments: Oil & Gas (notably offshore platforms P-53 through P-85 for Petrobras and pre-salt partners including Seatrium), Pulp & Paper (recovery boilers and mega-structural components for Arauco, UPM, Suzano, Klabin, Bracell, Veracel, and WestRock), Petrochemicals (COMPERJ, Petroquímica Suape), Mining (Vale Salobo, Bauxita Paragominas), Steel (CSN, VSB), and Infrastructure (bridges, viaducts, hangars, international projects). Quality control relies on traditional NDT methods (ultrasound, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant testing) augmented by a proprietary in-house digital platform, Portal da Qualidade, which gives clients real-time inspection visibility. The company holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and SA8000 certifications (dual-accredited by INMETRO and UKAS) and was the first metal-structure fabricator in Brazil to obtain ISO 9001:2000 in 2002.

Revenue is generated almost exclusively through long-cycle, project-based enterprise contracts awarded through a São Paulo-based direct sales operation targeting tier-1 industrial clients, EPCs, and major project developers. Contracts are quoted on a custom basis per project (no public or SMB pricing), and revenue is therefore lumpy and tied to project-award cadence and execution milestones. Major recent contract wins include the 11,000-tonne Arauco Sucuriu recovery boiler (US$4.6 billion total project value, partnered with Valmet), the 8,000-tonne UPM Paso de Los Toros scope in Uruguay, the P-82 and P-84 offshore modules (each ~1,000 tons), and the P-85 FPSO partnership with Seatrium (started December 2025). The company is controlled by its founding Roso family following the 2018 buyout of Usiminas/Codeme's stake, and is led by Cristhine Fuga Roso (CEO since 2022). Operational geographies include Brazil (primary), Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and historical project work in Angola.

Name

Metasa Sa

Legal name

METASA S.A Indústria Metalúrgica

Website

https://metasa.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Metasa is a 50-year-old Brazilian metal structure fabricator providing engineering, fabrication, and on-site assembly of heavy industrial steel structures for Oil & Gas (offshore platforms), Pulp & Paper, Petrochemicals, Mining, Steel, and Infrastructure clients across South America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Marau

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Metal Structure Fabrication and Assembly (Project-Based): Metasa generates revenue through one-time project-based contracts for the design, fabrication, and on-site assembly of metal structures. Projects span large-scale industrial construction across Oil & Gas (offshore platforms), Petrochemicals, Pulp & Paper (recovery boilers), Steel, Mining, and Infrastructure sectors. Revenue is lumpy and tied to project awards and execution milestones.
2. Professional Services and Technical Consulting: Includes engineering services, technical qualification of suppliers (PQFM program), and ongoing quality management support integrated into project delivery.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Metasa Sa is a Brazilian industrial company that provides engineering, fabrication, and on-site assembly of metal structures for heavy industry sectors including Oil & Gas (offshore platforms), Petrochemicals, Pulp & Paper, Steel, Mining, and Infrastructure. The company operates two manufacturing units in Marau and Charqueadas, Rio Grande do Sul, with a combined installed capacity of approximately 3,500 tons per month, and serves enterprise clients through project-based contracts delivered via a São Paulo commercial office.

Product overview

Metasa Sa is a Brazilian company offering a unified portfolio of metal structure solutions encompassing engineering, fabrication, and assembly services. The company's core product is metal structures (Estruturas Metálicas), supported by specialized offerings for six industry segments: Oil and Gas (including offshore platforms), Petrochemical, Pulp and Paper, Steel, Mining, and Infrastructure. The portfolio is unified around the core expertise in metal construction, with recent expansions into larger and more complex projects including the world's largest recovery boiler. An internal software platform called Portal da Qualidade Metasa provides proprietary quality management capabilities for customers to track project status in real-time.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Metal Structures (Estruturas Metálicas) Engineering, fabrication, and assembly of metal structures for industrial applications across multiple heavy industry sectors. The company's primary business offering for large construction projects.
• Offshore Platform Structures Specialized metal structures for offshore oil and gas platforms including modules, pipe-racks, and telecommunications towers. Metasa has delivered over 80,000 tonnes of offshore structures across platforms from P-53 through P-85 over 20+ years for clients including Petrobras and Seatrium.
• Onshore Oil and Gas Sector Structures Metal structures for oil refineries, terminals, and processing facilities including work on COMPERJ, RNEST, and various FPSO units.
• Petrochemical Sector Structures Metal structures for petrochemical plants and facilities, including work for Polietilenos União, Petroquímica Suape, and Axion projects.
• Pulp and Paper Sector Structures Metal structures for pulp and paper mills, including recovery boilers, evaporation plants, and fiber lines. Includes the fabrication of 261-tonne top beams and work on the world's largest recovery boiler at Arauco Sucuriu (~11,000 tons).
• Steel Sector Structures (Siderurgia)

Quantifiable outcome

• 80,000+ tons of offshore metal structures delivered across 20+ years
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Seatrium O&G Americas LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Metasa currently partners with Seatrium O&G Americas Limited for the fabrication of P-85 FPSO platform structures for the Sépia field in the pre-salt Santos Basin. The first steel plate cutting ceremony was held in December 2025, marking the official start of Metasa's participation in this landmark pre-salt project.
• Valmet (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Metasa is partnered with Valmet for the Arauco Sucuriu project (Arauco Celulose), fabricating ~11,000 tons of structures for the world's largest recovery boiler. Valmet serves as the main equipment supplier and engineering partner for the pulp production line, with Metasa as the structural steel fabricator.
• UPM (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Metasa supplies approximately 8,000 tons of metal structures for UPM's Paso de Los Toros pulp plant in Uruguay (Projeto Taurus), including three massive 'top beams' for the recovery boiler. The project demonstrates Metasa's capability to deliver ultra-large structures for international clients.
• Codeme Engenharia S.A. (Usiminas Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010In 2010, Metasa established a Joint Venture with Codeme Engenharia S.A., a company of the Usiminas Group. The agreement combined the manufacturing and engineering capabilities of both companies, expanding negotiation power and market reach. On February 19, 2018, a group of minority shareholders led by the founding shareholders acquired the full equity stake previously held by Codeme Engenharia S.A., ending the joint venture.
• Kuhn Group (France)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005In 2005, Metasa dedicated itself exclusively to metal structures, divesting its agricultural division to the French Kuhn Group through a partnership. The resulting entity was named Kuhn Metasa. This allowed Metasa to focus entirely on its core metal structure business while the Kuhn Group assumed management of the agricultural machinery operations.
• HCR Clinic (Marau)minorOthersMetasa partnered with HCR Clinic de Marau to provide free quadrivalent flu vaccinations for employees across Marau and Charqueadas units, with internal scheduling to avoid travel and waiting lines.
• SESI (FIERGS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetasa partners with SESI (Serviço Social da Indústria) for the Orquestra Metasa social program (65 children aged 7-17, mostly children of employees), as well as for occupational health and dental prevention programs (Empresa do Sorriso).
• ProduttareminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMetasa engaged Produttare as the training partner for its 18-month Operational Excellence Capacitation Program, delivering the PPCPM discipline (Planning, Programming and Control of Production and Materials) to engineering teams.
• Inovate Soluções em Processos Ambientais e IndustriaisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInovate co-organized the Summit Ambiental in partnership with Metasa in Passo Fundo, bringing together industry leaders, government, and market stakeholders to discuss sustainability, decarbonization, and ESG practices.
• PGQP Gaúcho (Programa Gaúcho da Qualidade e Produtividade)minorOthersMetasa participates in the PGQP Gaúcho program, contributing to quality and productivity improvement initiatives in Rio Grande do Sul's industrial sector.
• Aliança Empresarial Norte RS / Fundação IMEDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAt the end of 2020, Metasa joined the Aliança Empresarial Norte RS program, coordinated by IMED Foundation along with 9 other regional companies (BSBios, Coprel, Cotrijal, Farmácias São João, Grupo Grazziotin, Hospital Ortopédico, Oniz). The program aims to foster regional innovation and economic development.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Codeme Engenharia (Usiminas): Brazilian heavy steel structures manufacturer owned by Usiminas; was Metasa's JV partner from 2010-2018 before the founders bought back the stake. Competes directly for Petrobras and industrial metal structure contracts in Brazil.
• TUPER S.A. Brazilian manufacturer specializing in steel tubes, structural profiles, and heavy fabricated structures serving automotive, oil & gas, and infrastructure — directly comparable to Metasa in industrial project fabrication.
• Confab (Tenaris Group): Brazilian welded steel pipe and pressure vessel fabricator owned by Tenaris; supplies Petrobras and industrial projects — direct overlap with Metasa in oil & gas structural fabrication.
• CIMOLAI S.p.A. Italian heavy steel structure fabricator serving oil & gas, infrastructure, and industrial projects globally — one of the closest international analogs to Metasa in scale and large-module offshore fabrication.
• Eos S.r.l. Italian steel structure fabricator producing heavy industrial and infrastructure steel structures for energy and large civil projects — comparable mid-cap European peer to Metasa's project-based heavy fabrication profile.

Broad incumbents

• Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering: Indian heavy engineering firm manufacturing process equipment, modular structures, and fabricated modules for oil & gas, petrochemicals, and power — competes on mega-module contracts globally with a much broader portfolio than Metasa.
• ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries): Chinese state-linked heavy manufacturer of port equipment, offshore platforms, and large steel structures — operates at much larger scale than Metasa and serves overlapping offshore/industrial customers in emerging markets.
• Gerdau S.A. Largest Brazilian steel producer with downstream structural steel operations and industrial service centers — broader portfolio than Metasa but serves many of the same heavy industrial clients and has potential to vertically integrate into fabrication.
• ArcelorMittal Brasil (including Açominas): Brazilian subsidiary of the world's largest steelmaker with integrated flat steel and structural steel operations — broader materials business than Metasa but competing supplier to industrial clients.
• Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd. Japanese engineering arm of Nippon Steel providing steel structure fabrication for industrial plants, marine, and large infrastructure — competes in adjacent geographies with comparable large-piece fabrication capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/metasa-sa

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Metasa Sa