percent is for export, mainly to Europe and United
States. “Brazil is one of the best suppliers in the world
of raw materials used in these bovine pericardium
valves and pig heart valves. We have acquired 40
percent of the raw materials at the local level,” says
Ronaldo Pitta, General Manager of the company in
Brazil.
In addition to the factory in Minas Gerais, the
company also has a Processing Center in Concord, in
the State of Santa Catarina, which receives the raw
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