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Sorocaba (s  rkä`bə), city (1996 pop. 431,370), São Paulo state, S Brazil, on the Sorocaba River. It is a transportation hub and a manufacturing center where textiles, cement, vegetable oils, and agricultural machinery are made. Natural resources in the municipal area include iron, gold, and silver. Sorocaba, established in 1661, was famous in the 19th cent. for its cattle fairs and iron foundry. |
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| A significant part of the delivery will be locally manufactured in Brazil and pre-assembled in Metso Paper's large facilities in Sorocaba, Brazil. The company's equipment distributor Redecard first worked to develop its Sorocaba businesses, then used the town as a base to develop neighboring towns. The reorganization, to occur over the next 12 months, involves consolidating production at existing CNH plants in Curitiba, Belo Horizonte and Piracicabe in Brazil and to close the manufacturing plant in Sorocaba, Brazil. |
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