CODEME

What CODEME does

CODEME Engenharia S.A. is a Brazilian privately held steel construction company founded in 1980, headquartered in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. The company delivers end-to-end steel building solutions — engineering design, fabrication, and on-site erection — through three business units: Multistore Buildings (commercial, corporate, and residential high-rises in steel), Industrial Buildings (manufacturing plants, warehouses, mining facilities), and Infrastructure (bridges, viaducts, airports, intermodal terminals). Its core technology stack combines proprietary structural engineering software with industry-standard tools (Tekla, Robot), feeding directly into a CNC fabrication facility recognized as the largest and most modern in Latin America, with a 300,000 m² total footprint, 35,000 m² of built area, 80,000+ m² of storage patio, and 36,000 tons/year of production capacity. CODEME also operates an automatic painting line with temperature and humidity control and CNC equipment capable of welding profiles up to four meters tall, differentiating it on large-scale bridges, viaducts, and heavy industrial projects.

The company sells exclusively through direct enterprise field sales to large industrial corporates, infrastructure developers, mining majors, and government-linked clients in Brazil, with select international project work in Argentina and the Caribbean (Aruba). Revenue is generated via one-time project-based contracts — fixed-price or cost-plus — for the complete engineering-fabrication-erection cycle, with no recurring license or subscription model. Commercial operations are run from three offices in Nova Lima (head/back office), São Paulo (sales), and the Juiz de Fora fabrication site. CODEME is ISO 9001:2015 certified, holds the Petrobras CRCC quality certification, and has accumulated more than 2,500 completed projects across more than four decades, including landmark clients such as Vale, Petrobras, Gerdau, Samarco, Hyundai, L'Oréal, CBMM, and major Brazilian airports and shopping centers. The company employs between 251 and 500 people and operates as an independent, non-listed Sociedade Anônima with no disclosed institutional investors.

Name

CODEME

Legal name

CODEME Engenharia S.A.

Website

https://codeme.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CODEME is a Brazilian privately held steel construction company that designs, fabricates, and erects multistory buildings, industrial facilities, and infrastructure for enterprise clients across Latin America, anchored by the largest steel fabrication plant in the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Steel Construction

NAICS

Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors (238120), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440), General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA), Metals & Steel Mill Facility Construction (IMAFADAF)

Keywords

• Steel structure construction
• Structural engineering services
• Industrial steel buildings
• Steel bridge fabrication
• Multistory steel buildings

Headquarters

HQ city

Nova Lima

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel Structure Engineering, Fabrication, and Erection: CODEME generates revenue through one-time project-based contracts for the complete cycle of steel structure delivery: structural engineering design, steel fabrication at its Juiz de Fora facility, and on-site erection/mounting. Projects span multistory buildings, industrial buildings, and infrastructure (bridges, viaducts). Revenue is earned through fixed-price or cost-plus contracts for specific projects, typically for large enterprises and industrial clients. The company acts as a full-solution provider from engineering through final assembly.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CODEME is a vertically integrated steel construction company that designs, fabricates, and erects structural steel buildings for multistory commercial and residential projects, heavy industrial facilities, and large infrastructure (bridges, viaducts, railway, port) projects. The company operates the largest and most modern steel fabrication plant in Latin America, located in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, with a production capacity of 36,000 tons per year, and serves enterprise clients through direct project-based contracts.

Product overview

CODEME offers a complete steel construction solutions platform encompassing three main business units: Multistore Buildings, Industrial Buildings, and Infrastructure. The integrated service covers the entire project lifecycle from engineering design and steel structure fabrication to erection and assembly. The company's competitive advantage lies in its vertically integrated operations and the Juiz de Fora fabrication facility, recognized as the largest and most modern in Latin America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multistore Steel Buildings Steel multistory building construction services for commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, education, and retail developments. Includes complete and personalized solutions from structural project design to erection, with architectural integration of facades, partitions, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems.
• Industrial Steel Buildings Heavy industrial steel building construction services for manufacturing plants, steel mills, processing facilities, warehouses, and large industrial projects requiring high equipment load-bearing capacity.
• Infrastructure Steel Construction
• Steel Structure Engineering Design
• Steel Structure Fabrication Steel structure fabrication at the Juiz de Fora Industrial Unit (300,000 m² total area, 35,000 m² built, 36,000 tons/year production capacity). Includes CNC-controlled welding of profiles up to 4 meters tall and automatic painting with temperature and humidity control.
• Steel Structure Erection Steel structure assembly and erection services at the construction site using systematic, planned, and detailed project management, often with specialized partners, to develop high-performance assembly plans that reduce erection timeframes and improve safety.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 30% reduction in project deadline periods compared to concrete construction
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Broad incumbents

• Gerdau: Latin America's largest steel producer and a former CODEME customer (Aciaria Gerdau in Ouro Branco). Operates upstream in steel production rather than pure construction; broader scope but comparable industrial customer relationships.
• ArcelorMittal Brasil: Major Brazilian and global steel producer supplying flat and long products. Adjacent to CODEME as a steel input supplier and indirect competitor for industrial customer relationships rather than direct construction peer.
• Skanska: Global construction and civil engineering firm with presence in Latin America. Overlaps with CODEME in nonresidential building construction and infrastructure, though Skanska operates at much greater scale and broader scope.
• Método Engenharia: Brazilian general contractor serving industrial, infrastructure, and commercial building markets. Comparable customer base and project types to CODEME but with concrete-and-steel rather than steel-specialized model.
• Andrade Gutierrez: One of Brazil's largest engineering and construction conglomerates, active in industrial, infrastructure, and energy projects. Broad incumbent with comparable end customers but full-scope EPC rather than steel-only.

Direct peers

• Açotel: Brazilian structural steel company with fabrication facility in Minas Gerais. Provides similar engineering, fabrication, and erection services for industrial and commercial buildings as CODEME.
• Rohr Estruturas Metálicas: Brazilian manufacturer of steel structures, towers, and equipment. Competes with CODEME in heavy industrial and infrastructure steel fabrication across Brazil.
• Brafer Estruturas Metálicas: Brazilian steel structure fabricator serving oil & gas, industrial, and infrastructure markets with engineering, fabrication, and erection capabilities. Direct peer to CODEME in vertically integrated Brazilian structural steel construction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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 →

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