What Grupo Cintac does

Grupo Cintac is a Chilean publicly traded industrial group founded in 1956 and listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange under the ticker CINTAC, headquartered in Maipú, Santiago. It operates as a platform of wholly-owned subsidiaries spanning steel materials, modular construction, and agricultural solutions, with operating reach across Chile and Peru. The group's structure is anchored by steel and materials subsidiaries Cintac SAIC, Tupemesa, and Sehover, modular construction subsidiaries Promet and Promet Perú, and the agricultural brand Agrow. It employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people and serves enterprise and government customers in mining, social housing, data centers, and energy.

The group's core technology is the Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) modular construction model, which combines its internal steel materials expertise with Promet's off-site modular construction capabilities to deliver industrial buildings, mining camps, data center facilities, and social housing. The expanded Modular Chacabuco Plant in the Colina municipality of the Santiago region, inaugurated in May 2026, triples production capacity to over 150,000 m² of modular infrastructure per year and is expected to enable more than US$1 billion in modular infrastructure projects for mining and energy over the subsequent four years, alongside approximately 1,000 new direct jobs. Validation of the methodology is evidenced by Promet's first certified industrialized dwelling for Chile's Emergency Housing Plan and consecutive first-place finishes in the World of Modular 2024 awards.

The business model is project-based and B2B/B2G, executed through direct enterprise field sales targeting large contracts in mining, energy, data center, and government social housing segments across Chile and Peru. Revenue is generated from one-off project contracts for modular infrastructure and from sales of steel products and solutions through Cintac SAIC and Tupemesa. Pricing is quote-based and negotiated per project; no standard public pricing or recurring subscription revenue is disclosed. Marketing and demand generation rely on the corporate website, LinkedIn, industry events such as EDIFICA 2024, and sustainability reporting that has yielded multiple ESG and industry recognitions, including the 2025 Business Sustainability Ranking top manufacturing award and four consecutive years of the Imelsa Sello Verde certification.

Name

Grupo Cintac

Legal name

Cintac S.A.I.C.

Website

https://grupocintac.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Grupo Cintac is a Chilean publicly traded industrial group operating steel materials and modular construction subsidiaries under a DfMA model, serving mining, social housing, data center, and energy clients across Chile and Peru.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Maipú

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Modular Infrastructure Projects: Project-based revenue from executing large-scale modular infrastructure projects for mining, energy, data centers, and social housing sectors. The company targets projects worth over US$1 billion in modular infrastructure over four years.
2. Steel Solutions and Materials: Revenue from steel products and solutions through subsidiaries Cintac SAIC and Tupemesa, serving industrial and construction markets.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grupo Cintac manufactures and delivers steel-based construction materials and modular infrastructure through its subsidiaries (Cintac SAIC, Promet, Promet Perú, Tupemesa, Sehover, Agrow). Its core offering combines steel production with off-site modular construction under the Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) model to supply mining camps, social/emergency housing, data center infrastructure, and energy-related modular buildings across Chile and Peru.

Product overview

Grupo Cintac is a Chilean industrial group operating as a platform of modular construction and steel solutions subsidiaries. The portfolio includes Cintac SAIC (steel solutions), Promet (DfMA-based modular construction), Promet Perú, Tupemesa, Sehover, and Agrow. The company combines its materials manufacturing expertise with Promet's modular construction capabilities under the Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) model to deliver modular infrastructure for mining camps, social housing, data centers, and industrialized housing projects across Chile and Peru. The recent expansion of the Chacabuco Modular Plant tripling capacity to 150,000m² annually positions the group to execute US$1bn+ in modular infrastructure projects over four years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cintac SAIC: Core steel solutions and modular infrastructure company
• Promet
• Promet Perú
• Tupemesa
• Sehover
• Agrow

Products and services

• Cintac SAIC
• Promet
• Promet Perú
• Tupemesa
• Sehover
• Agrow
• Modular Infrastructure Solutions
• Industrialized Housing Solutions

Quantifiable outcome

• 150,000+ m² of modular infrastructure per year
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• CAP Group: CAP Group is Chile's largest steel and mining group with related history to Grupo Cintac (referenced via the CAP Architecture Contest). It overlaps regionally with Cintac's steel and industrial activities, serving similar Chilean mining and infrastructure end-markets.
• SalfaCorp: SalfaCorp is a leading Chilean construction and engineering group active in mining infrastructure, housing, and industrial projects. It is a regional competitor in the same Chilean end-markets as Grupo Cintac, though it focuses more on traditional construction than modular DfMA.

Direct peers

• Guerdon Modular Buildings: Guerdon produces large-scale modular buildings for hotels, apartments, and workforce housing using off-site factory production — directly comparable to Promet's industrial housing and modular infrastructure model.
• ATCO Structures: ATCO Structures manufactures and leases modular buildings worldwide for workforce housing, offices, and industrial applications — directly comparable to Grupo Cintac's Promet modular construction business serving mining camps, energy, and housing.
• Modulaire (formerly Algeco): Modulaire is one of the largest global providers of modular space solutions, including workforce accommodation and modular buildings — a direct competitor to Promet's DfMA-based modular offering for mining, energy, and social infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• HOCHTIEF (ACS Group): HOCHTIEF, majority-owned by Spain's ACS Group, is a major global construction contractor with modular construction capabilities and significant exposure to mining, energy, and infrastructure — comparable as a broad incumbent in adjacent verticals.
• Techint Group: Techint is a major Latin American industrial conglomerate with steel manufacturing (Ternium/Tenaris) and large-scale EPC construction operations — a broad incumbent that overlaps with both Grupo Cintac's steel solutions and modular/industrial construction activities across the region.
• VINCI Construction: VINCI Construction is a global broad-line construction and infrastructure contractor offering modular and prefabricated solutions as part of a wider portfolio — a large incumbent operating in the same end-markets (mining infrastructure, energy, social infrastructure) as Grupo Cintac but at much larger scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• Boxabl: Boxabl is an emerging modular housing manufacturer using factory-built folding panel systems. It intersects with Grupo Cintac's industrialized housing ambitions but focuses on residential rather than mining/energy verticals.
• Plant Prefab: Plant Prefab is an emerging sustainable modular home builder using prefabricated factory methods. It overlaps with Grupo Cintac's industrialized housing vertical but at smaller scale and primarily in the U.S. market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grupocintac

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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