Maxtec

What Maxtec does

Maxtec Serviços Gerais e Manutenção Industrial Ltda is a privately held Brazilian services company founded in August 2003 and headquartered in São Luís, Maranhão. It operates as a B2B outsourcing provider for enterprise and mid-market clients across five northeastern Brazilian states (Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins, Pará, and Ceará), with a stated workforce of 1,700+ employees serving 240+ active clients in healthcare, industrial/manufacturing, and commercial building verticals.

The company's offering is organized around two core pillars: labor outsourcing (Prestação de Serviço de Mão de Obra) supplying qualified personnel for cleaning, conservation, reception, porter, and administrative support functions; and integrated waste management covering collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of solid, liquid, hospital, and hazardous (Class I) waste. Specialized service lines include hospital hygiene and disinfection, industrial hydrojetting, grease trap and septic tank cleaning, green area maintenance, and industrial equipment rental. Hazardous waste incineration is delivered through the CTR Ambiental branch facility in São Luís, which operates a licensed incinerator with a stated 99% material elimination rate.

Maxtec's business model is contract-based with quote-driven, customized pricing and multi-year billing cadence. Go-to-market is direct enterprise and mid-market field sales, supplemented by a 100+ page localized Portuguese SEO website and WhatsApp Business as the primary conversion channel for quote requests. There is no public pricing, no disclosed revenue figure, no external funding, and no parent company; the entity appears to be founder/locally owned with no institutional investment referenced in available source material.

Name

Maxtec

Legal name

Maxtec Serviços Gerais e Manutenção Industrial Ltda

Website

https://maxtecservicos.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Maxtec is a privately held Brazilian facilities management and waste management outsourcing company, founded in 2003 and headquartered in São Luís, Maranhão. It provides labor outsourcing, hospital hygiene, industrial cleaning, and hazardous waste incineration services to enterprise clients across five northeastern Brazilian states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Cleaning and Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Biohazard Waste Disposal (RMW/Sharps) (IMAIAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Cleaning & Decontamination (Hydroblasting/Vacuum/Confined Space) (IMAIACAJ), Laboratory & Cleanroom Cleaning (IMAIADAD)

Keywords

• Outsourced cleaning services
• Waste management services
• Hospital hygiene services
• Industrial cleaning services
• Labor outsourcing services

Headquarters

HQ city

São Luís

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Labor Outsourcing Services: Maxtec provides contracted workforce for cleaning, conservation, hygiene, reception, porters, and administrative support. Revenue is generated through service contracts with clients, typically billed on a recurring basis for ongoing service provision.
2. Waste Management and Treatment Services: Full-cycle waste management including collection, transport, treatment, and proper disposal of solid and liquid waste, including hazardous materials and medical/hospital waste. Incineration services are provided through the CTR Ambiental subsidiary. Revenue generated per service engagement or ongoing contract.
3. Industrial Equipment Rental: Rental of industrial equipment for cleaning and maintenance operations, including stationary skip containers (caçamba estacionária) and industrial cleaning machinery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Maxtec is a Brazilian facility services company that provides outsourced labor (cleaning, conservation, reception, portaria, and administrative support) and integrated solid/liquid waste management including collection, transport, treatment, and hazardous waste incineration. The company specializes in hospital hygiene, industrial cleaning (including hydrojetting), green area maintenance, and industrial equipment rental, primarily serving healthcare, industrial, and commercial clients across five northeastern Brazilian states.

Product overview

Maxtec Serviços Gerais e Manutenção Industrial Ltda is a services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of outsourcing solutions, with two core service pillars: (1) Labor Outsourcing (Prestação de Serviço de Mão de Obra) providing qualified professionals for cleaning, conservation, administrative support, receptionist, and security functions, and (2) Waste Management (Gerenciamento de Resíduos) covering collection, transport, treatment, incineration, and proper disposal of solid, liquid, hospital, and hazardous waste. The portfolio includes specialized cleaning services (industrial cleaning, hospital hygiene, hydrojetting), green area maintenance, and equipment rental. Founded in August 2003 in São Luís-Maranhão, the company operates through its subsidiary CTR Ambiental for waste treatment and incineration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Labor Outsourcing (Prestação de Serviço de Mão de Obra) Supply of qualified contracted professionals for cleaning, conservation, hygiene, reception, portaria, and administrative support functions across commercial, industrial, and healthcare clients in Brazil.
• Waste Management (Gerenciamento de Resíduos) Complete management of solid and liquid waste including collection, transport, treatment, and proper disposal in compliance with environmental regulations and sustainability goals. Covers hazardous, hospital, industrial, and commercial waste streams.
• Hospital Hygiene (Higienização Hospitalar) Hospital hygiene and disinfection services for critical areas including patient rooms, surgical rooms, and medical equipment, designed to prevent hospital-acquired infections and cross-contamination.
• Waste Incineration (Incineração de Resíduos) Thermal treatment of waste that eliminates 99% of material components, producing only ash as a byproduct. Handles dangerous (Class I) waste through the CTR Ambiental subsidiary facility.
• Building Cleaning and Conservation (Limpeza e Conservação Predial) Building cleaning and conservation services for commercial, industrial, and residential environments, including office buildings, condominiums, and business complexes.
• Industrial Cleaning (Limpeza Industrial) Industrial cleaning services for manufacturing plants and factories, including high-pressure hydrojetting, tank and pipe cleaning, grease trap cleaning, septic tank cleaning, and equipment maintenance.
• Industrial Hydrojetting (Hidrojateamento Industrial) Industrial hydrojetting using high-pressure water jets to remove residues, dirt, and scale from industrial surfaces, pipes, tanks, and boilers.
• Green Area Maintenance and Gardening (Manutenção de Áreas Verdes / Jardinagem) Green area maintenance and gardening services including pruning, planting, pest control, mowing/roçagem, and scheduled watering for commercial and residential properties.
• Administrative Support Services (Serviço de Apoio Administrativo) Administrative support services including document organization, meeting scheduling, correspondence control, and telephone answering for client offices and facilities.
• Receptionist Services (Serviços de Recepcionista) Receptionist services providing quality communication, visitor reception, access control, and first impression management at client premises.
• Outsourced Portaria / Concierge (Portaria Terceirizada) Outsourced portaria/concierge personnel for controlling access, ensuring safety, and managing entries and exits at commercial and residential buildings.
• Industrial Equipment Rental (Locação de Equipamentos Industriais) Rental of industrial equipment for cleaning and maintenance operations, including stationary skip containers (caçamba estacionária) and industrial cleaning machinery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% material elimination rate in incineration process with inert ash as only byproduct

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ISS A/S: Global facility services provider operating through Grupo GPS in Brazil. Matches Maxtec's labor outsourcing and facility cleaning contracts for hospitals, industrial sites, and commercial buildings.
• Sodexo: Global facility-management and labor-outsourcing group with operations in Brazil. Directly comparable to Maxtec's outsourced cleaning, reception, and portaria services for enterprise clients.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services group operating waste management and facility services across Latin America. Overlaps with Maxtec on regulated waste treatment and industrial cleaning, while operating at far greater scale.
• Clean Harbors: North American provider of hazardous-waste disposal, industrial cleaning, and emergency response. Comparable to Maxtec's industrial cleaning (hydrojetting) and Class I hazardous waste management lines.
• Stericycle: U.S.-listed regulated medical and hazardous waste services company with a global footprint. Stericycle is the most established direct comparable for the medical/biohazard waste handling that Maxtec's CTR Ambiental performs, although its scale is meaningfully larger.

Regional players

• Tegra Ambiental: Brazilian waste-management company active in industrial and regulated waste handling. Comparable regional competitor for Maxtec's hazardous-waste and industrial cleaning services in Brazil.
• Solví Participações: Privately-held Brazilian waste-management group active across multiple regions. Comparable on integrated solid-waste handling, landfill operations, and industrial waste collection in the Brazilian market.

Direct peers

• Ambipar Participações: Brazilian publicly-listed environmental management company providing industrial waste, emergency response, and environmental services nationwide. Closest publicly traded comparable for CTR Ambiental's waste treatment and Maxtec's industrial cleaning operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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