Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias
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CCR - Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias (BM&F Bovespa: CCRO3) is a holding company
Holding company
A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...

 with interests in private interstate highway concessions
Concession (contract)
A concession is a business operated under a contract or license associated with a degree of exclusivity in business within a certain geographical area. For example, sports arenas or public parks may have concession stands. Many department stores contain numerous concessions operated by other...

 in Brazil. The Company controls 11 subsidiary concession holders, through which it works a public-private business model
Public-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...

 for the operation of toll-roads, aiming to centralize the management of a portfolio of toll concessions and service companies.

The Company operates approximately 2.400 kilometers of toll-roads. Its portfolio includes six toll concessions: AutoBAn, NovaDutra, Ponte Rio-Niteroi, Rodonorte, ViaOeste and Via Lagos. CCR is owned by Aguilha Participações E Empreendimentos Ltda (6%) , Camargo Corrêa
Camargo Corrêa
Camargo Corrêa is one of the biggest Brazilian private conglomerates, composed of publicly traded and closed companies, and shared management, operating in Brazil and in more than 20 countries...

 Investimentos em Infra-estrutura (14.59%) , Free Float (48.77%) , Soares Penido Concessões S.A (7.68%) , Andrade Gutierrez
Andrade Gutierrez
Andrade Gutierrez is a Brazilian private conglomerate headquartered in São Paulo. The organization was founded in 1948 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, by the Andrade and Gutierrez families and it is today one of the largest privately held groups in Latin America and amongst the top three largest...

 S.A. (15.26%) . The Company's centralized services are Actua, Engelog, Parques Servicios and STP offering administrative centers, logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...

 and engineering, traffic control
Traffic control
Road traffic control involves directing vehicular and pedestrian traffic around a construction zone, accident or other road disruption, thus ensuring the safety of emergency response teams, construction workers and the general public....

 and monitoring, and electronic toll-charging systems, respectively.

Currently the company is the largest highways operator in Latin America and through its subsidiary
ViaQuatro
ViaQuatro
ViaQuatro is a entreside belonging to Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias, which will be responsible for work and maintenance for Line 4 a concession contact for 30 years between a public-private partnership with the government at São Paulo....

 operates the Line 4 -Yellow of São Paulo metro
São Paulo Metro
The São Paulo Metro is the principal rapid-transit system in the city of São Paulo and the largest in Brazil. It is also the second largest system in South America and the third largest in Latin America, behind Mexico City and Santiago....

. CCR also operates the vehicle inspection company Controlar. The CCR's main competitors are Ecorodovias
EcoRodovias
EcoRodovias is a Brazilian intermodal logistic company focused on highway concessions and associated services. The company operates also back-up areas, bonded warehouses, distribution centers, port terminals, and holding interests in other companies engaged into the services related to its core...

 and OHL Brasil.

Source: Brasilstocks
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