Industries
At about ten miles from the center of Ponta Grossa is the Industrial District Ciro Martins. The complex, located next to the Gothic region Sesa, is the largest in the state, behind Curitiba and its metropolitan area. The city has industries in the following areas: the extraction of talc, livestock, agro-industry (particularly soybeans, which gives the town the title Soybean Capital of the World), timber, metals, metals, food, textiles.
Some industrial plants installed in Ponta Grossa are Monofil, LP Masisa, Makita, Femsa Brewery, Continental, Tetra Pak, Beaulieu of Brazil, Cargill, Bunge, Batavia, Sadia, among others especially the food-milling industry. In the Industrial District is also installed is the granary of CONAB (National Supply Company), the largest store of grain in Brazil, with load capacity to 420 tons. In August 2011, Paccar announced it selected a 200 hectare industrial site, to build a 4 hectare facility to build DAF trucks. DAF is a Dutch brand of trucks. The facility will employ about 500 workers directly.
The strategic location ensures proximity to transportation to ports (or even of Paranaguá Santos, airports (London and designed the Campos Gerais) and neighboring countries such as Argentina and Paraguay.
The industrialization process took place in the city during the period between 1975 and 2005 driven by a strong infrastructure of transportation, labor, skilled labor and cheap, with the presence of the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (PBK), and since 1991, Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR).
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