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The Valor 1000 Yearbook, from the renowned newspaper Valor Economico, published in a special edition in August, the ranking of the biggest and best Brazilian companies in 2008.
In the Pulp and Paper, sector IRANI was placed in the sixth position in Asset Turnover and was the largest Company in the sector in the Southern Region. In the overall ranking, the company climbed 10 places in relation to 2007 and occupied the 655th place.
Valor 1000 has been published for nine years, and it provides an analysis of executives and other experts from the thousand largest companies in the country by revenue. It also provides rankings per sectors of activities and from different regions of the country. Last year, the Yearbook published inedited rankings from commercial and multiple banks, insurance companies and private health and life insurance companies.
To achieve these rankings, Valor 1000 had access to the School of Business Administration of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation in Sao Paulo and the Serasa Experian. Seven criteria were assessed: sustainable growth, net income, generation of value, margin of activity and asset turnover.