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39 AutoData | February 2019 2 300 702 618 591 406 226 212 803 49 586 37 299 37 253 15 665 12 520 companies produce in Parana: Audi, Caterpillar, CNH Industrial, DAF, FCA (engines), Komatsu, Renault, Volkswagen and Volvo automobile dealerships highway and construction machinery dealerships and the third in volume. Until then, the state registered only the Swedish Volvo in its automobile history, which inaugurated its plant for buses and trucks in 1980, and the fiberglass sports car Puma, manufactured in Curitiba from 1985 to 1990. João Arthur Mohr, manager of the The- matic Councils at Fiep, Federation of In- dustries of Parana, recalls that at that time “Renault and VW/Audi plants were the most modern in Latin America, working with the concept of systems suppliers installed around, operating in just in time system”. That movement brought to the region even an engine factory, Tritec, a BMW- -Chrysler partnership, which started pro- duction for exports in Campo Largo in 1999. The capacity was 400 thousand engines per year, but never produced more than The Automotive Parana in Brazil 331 143 SP RS PR MG SC RJ SP MG RS PR SC RJ Jobs PARANÁ Companies of the sector