Fanavid

What Fanavid does

Fanavid (legal name Fábrica Nacional de Vidros de Segurança) is a privately held Brazilian manufacturer of safety glass founded in 1963 by Mansur José Farhat and headquartered in a 119,000 m² industrial complex in Guarulhos, São Paulo. The company produces tempered, laminated, armored, and insulated glass with complex curvatures across six product lines — Automotive Replacement, Bus Replacement, OEM, Metro/Rail, Armored (Blindados), and Cash-in-Transit Vehicles (Carros Fortes) — and claims to be the only 100% Brazilian player present in every safety glass segment. Manufacturing is anchored by 22 furnaces and 5 clean rooms; the company highlights a proprietary low-volume tooling technique that reportedly cuts tooling costs by ~95%, an in-house ballistic testing tunnel and certified laboratories for armored glass, and a patented anti-fog glass solution developed for the Alstom VLT Rio de Janeiro project.

The business model is a hybrid of Tier 1 OEM supply and aftermarket distribution. Direct OEM sales target enterprise customers including Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Motors, Marcopolo, Caio/Induscar, BYD, Comil, Irizar, Mascarello, John Deere, AGCO, Caterpillar, Komatsu, CNH, Alstom, GE, Siemens, and CAF, with Fanavid reporting 80%+ market share in Brazilian bus laminated glass and 70%+ in agricultural/construction machinery glass. The aftermarket is served through a national distributor network offering the largest replacement glass portfolio in Brazil, including legacy vehicle SKUs. A third stream is direct export of products equipping Brazilian-manufactured vehicles for international markets. Certifications (IATF 16949, ISO TS 16949, ECE-43R01, DOT, InMetro, ABNT NBR) are central to OEM qualification and represent a meaningful regulatory barrier.

Commercially, the company is a 60-year-old, family-founded industrial enterprise with no disclosed institutional investors, no public listing, and no recent M&A or leadership transitions in the source data. Its strategic posture is anchored on defending its dominant domestic share in buses and agricultural machinery, deepening penetration in the metro/rail vertical through co-development with global rail OEMs, and capturing EV-bus demand via BYD — all while leveraging its physical asset base and certification stack as the primary competitive moat.

Name

Fanavid

Legal name

Fábrica Nacional de Vidros de Segurança

Website

https://fanavid.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automotive Safety Glass Manufacturing

NAICS

Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass (327215), Automotive Glass Replacement Shops (811122), Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing (3272)

SIC

Glass Products, Made Of Purchased Glass (3231), Flat Glass (3211)

akta.pro primary industry

Automotive Mirrors & Exterior Vision Systems Manufacturing (Mirrors/Housings/Camera Modules) (IMACAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tempered & Heat-Strengthened Safety Glass (IMADAHAD), Glass, Lighting & Visibility Systems Service (Windshields, Lamps, Mirrors) (TLAKABAL)

Keywords

• Automotive safety glass
• Armored glass manufacturing
• OEM glass supplier
• Laminated tempered glass
• Metro rail glass

Headquarters

HQ city

Guarulhos

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. OEM Glass Manufacturing: Manufacturing and supplying safety glass (tempered, laminated, insulated, armored) as Tier 1 OEM supplier to automotive, bus, truck, agricultural machinery, and metro/rail manufacturers. Products include windshields and complex curved glass components.
2. Aftermarket/Replacement Market: Direct sales of replacement safety glass through a national distributor network, serving automotive, bus, and specialized vehicle segments with the largest replacement glass portfolio in Brazil.
3. Export Sales: Direct export of products equipping vehicles produced in Brazil, distributed globally through international customers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fanavid manufactures safety glass products — tempered, laminated, insulated, and armored glass with complex curvatures — for OEM automotive, bus, truck, agricultural machinery, construction equipment, and metro/railway manufacturers, as well as aftermarket replacement glass distributed across Brazil. The company also produces specialized armored glass for cash-in-transit vehicles and certified ballistic-resistant glass with in-house testing.

Product overview

Fanavid (Fábrica Nacional de Vidros de Segurança) is a Brazilian manufacturer of safety glass products founded in 1963, operating from a 119,000 m² facility in Guarulhos, São Paulo. The company operates 22 furnaces and produces laminated, tempered, and insulated glass with complex curvatures across six product lines: Automotivo (automotive replacement), Blindados (armored glass), Carros Fortes (armored transport vehicle glass), Metrô Ferroviário (metro/railway glass), Reposição Ônibus (bus replacement), and OEM products. The product portfolio serves multiple segments including passenger vehicles, buses, trucks, agricultural machinery, construction equipment, nautical vessels, and metro/railway systems, with the company claiming to be the only 100% Brazilian company present in all security glass segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Automotivo (Automotive Replacement Glass) Replacement automotive safety glass products manufactured with advanced technology and high safety standards, distributed through a nationwide Brazilian distributor network for the aftermarket segment.
• Blindados (Armored Glass) Bulletproof automotive glass composed of modern materials, certified to ballistic protection standards through in-house ballistic testing. Targets armored vehicle manufacturers and integrators.
• Carros Fortes (Cash-in-Transit Vehicle Glass) Specialized armored glass for cash-in-transit vehicles (VETVs) providing ballistic resistance matching the full vehicle protection system for occupant and cargo safety.
• Metrô Ferroviário (Metro and Railway Glass) Laminated, tempered, and insulated safety glass for metro cars and railway systems, including innovative anti-fog technology solutions. Supplied to Alstom, GE, Siemens, and CAF.
• Reposição Ônibus (Bus Replacement Glass) Complete range of bus replacement glass products including windshields for older vehicle models, manufactured to original specifications with complex curvature capabilities for the Brazilian aftermarket and export.
• OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer Glass) Medium and low-scale production of high-complexity OEM glass for automotive, bus, agricultural machinery, construction equipment, nautical, and metro/railway manufacturers, using proprietary tooling techniques that reduce tooling costs by 95%.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80%+ market share in bus laminated and tempered complex glass in Brazil
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AlstomcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on VLT Rio de Janeiro metro project featuring innovative anti-fog glass technology. Fanavid developed and supplies specialized glass for Alstom metro vehicles.
• CAFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetro and train glass supply partnership for various projects in Brazil.
• HukcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetro and train glass projects partnership in Brazil.
• GE-General ElectriccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQualified supplier of metro, train, and locomotive glass - sole Brazilian company qualified for this segment.
• SiemenscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetro and rail glass supply partnership.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Vitro: Mexico's largest glass manufacturer and the closest direct Latin American peer, producing automotive, architectural, and specialty glass for OEMs globally. Overlaps with Fanavid in automotive OEM and specialty glass segments, particularly across LATAM.
• Cebrace: Brazilian flat glass manufacturer (joint venture of Saint-Gobain and AGC). Operates in the same Brazilian market as Fanavid and represents the most direct domestic competition in flat and processed glass for construction and select OEM applications.

Broad incumbents

• AGC Automotive: Global Tier 1 automotive glass supplier (windshields, sidelites, backlites) with deep OEM relationships. Comparable as an automotive glass incumbent competing for the same OEM business Fanavid serves in Brazil.
• Saint-Gobain Automotive: European-headquartered global automotive glass and glazing supplier. Comparable as a multinational automotive glass incumbent with overlapping OEM customer base and standard-setting certifications.
• NSG Group (Pilkington): Japan/UK-based global glass manufacturer with strong automotive OEM presence. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving global automotive OEMs with safety glass products in the same categories as Fanavid.
• Fuyao Glass Industry Group: China-based global leader in automotive safety glass, with growing presence in Latin America. Comparable as a high-volume automotive glass supplier competing for OEM slots with global Tier 1 customers.
• Guardian Glass: US-based global glass manufacturer with automotive and architectural product lines. Comparable as a broad glass incumbent with overlapping OEM-grade safety glass capabilities and international certifications.
• Sisecam (Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları): Turkish global glass manufacturer producing flat glass, automotive glass, and glassware. Comparable as a diversified safety glass producer with automotive OEM exposure across emerging markets.

Regional players

• Cristalerías de Chile: Chilean glass manufacturer producing flat and processed glass for the Andean and Southern Cone markets. Comparable as a regional LATAM glass peer with overlapping geographic dynamics, though less automotive-OEM focused.

Emerging players

• Xinyi Glass Holdings: Hong Kong/China-based vertically integrated glass manufacturer with rapidly expanding automotive glass capacity. Comparable as an emerging global automotive glass supplier whose export push could pressure regional players like Fanavid.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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