2006 Best Companies to Work for in Latin America
The 2006 list of Best Companies to Work for in Latin America was produced by Great Place to Work® Institute and published in Argentina, Brazil (Época), Chile (Revista Capital), Colombia (Revista Dinero), Mexico (Revista Expansión), Peru (El Comercio), and Uruguay (El Observador).
The organisations are listed in alphabetical order. Highlighted in bold are the top 10 companies that received special recognition for their consistency throughout the region.
| Great Place to Work® Institute Latin America |
| Rank | Companies |
|---|---|
| 3M – Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Perú 3556 employees www.3m.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Accor - Brasil 6822 employees www.accor.com Industry: Professional Services Ownership: Private | |
| AFP Bansander – Chile 631 employees www.bansander.cl Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Private | |
| Alcoa – Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Colombia 6293 employees www.alcoa.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Private | |
| Almacenes Exito S.A. - Colombia 33008 employees www.exito.com.co Industry: Retail Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Amanco Plastigama S.A. - Ecuador 441 employees www.amanco.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| American Express - Argentina y México 3736 employees www.americanexpress.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| ArvinMeritor - Divisão de Veículos Comerciais - Brasil 996 employees www.arvinmeritor.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Automotive Ownership: Private | |
| BanChile Corredores de Seguros - Chile 75 employees www.seguros.banchile.cl Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - General Insurance Ownership: Private | |
| Banco - Brasil 24745 employees www.bancoreal.com.br Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private | |
| Banco Security – Chile 361 employees www.bancosecurity.cl Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private | |
| Basf – Argentina, Perú, Uruguay y Venezuela 1011 employees www.basf.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Chemicals Ownership: Private | |
| Belcorp - Colombia 2142 employees www.ebelinternational.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| Belgo - Brasil 4361 employees www.belgo.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Private | |
| Boehringer Ingelheim do Brasil Quimica e Farmaceutica Ltda - Brasil 1100 employees www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.br Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| Bristol - Brasil 772 employees www.bristol.com.br Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| British American Tobacco México - México 792 employees www.bat.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| BV Financeira - Brasil 1869 employees www.bvfinanceira.com.br Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private | |
| C.A. Cigarrera Bigott, Sucs. - Venezuela 619 employees www.bigott.com.ve Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| Cadbury Adams – Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela 1360 employees www.cadburyschweppes.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Private | |
| Caterpillar - Brasil 4000 employees www.cat.com/brasil Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Private | |
| Cetco - Perú 456 employees www.cetco.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| Citibank Colombia S.A. - Colombia 1800 employees www.citibank.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private | |
| Coats – Borborema - Brasil 361 employees www.coats.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Textiles and textile products Ownership: Private | |
| Coca – Cola - Chile 102 employees www.coca-cola.cl Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Private | |
| Colgate-Palmolive - Argentina 503 employees www.colgate.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Personal and Household goods Ownership: Private | |
| Copachisa - México 85 employees www.copachisa.com Industry: Construction & Real Estate Ownership: Private | |
| Corporación Cormin - Perú 428 employees www.trafigura.com Industry: Mining and Quarrying Ownership: Private | |
| Credicard - Brasil 657 employees www.credicard.com.br Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Private | |
| Deloitte & Touche Ltda. – Colombia 657 employees www.deloitte.com Industry: Professional Services Ownership: Private | |
| Diageo – Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México 591 employees www.diageo.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Didetexco S.A. - Colombia 265 employees www.exito.com.co Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Textiles and textile products Ownership: Private | |
| Dow Chile - Chile 68 employees www.dow.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Chemicals Ownership: Private | |
| DPaschoal - Brasil 2723 employees www.dpaschoal.com Industry: Retail Ownership: Private | |
| Duke Energy Egenor - Perú 291 employees www.duke-energy.com.pe Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Energy Distribution Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Dupont – Argentina 669 employees www.dupont.com.ar Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| Ernst & Young - Perú 348 employees www.ey.com Industry: Professional Services Ownership: Private | |
| Factoring Security – Chile 85 employees www.security.cl Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Investments Ownership: Private | |
| Federal Express – Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Mexico y Uruguay 1729 employees www.fedex.com Industry: Transportation - Package Transport Ownership: Private | |
| FEMSA - México 59280 employees www.femsa.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Financiera Compartamos - México 2197 employees www.compartamos.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Fras Le S/A - Brasil 2055 employees www.fras-le.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Automotive Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| General Motors de México - México 11839 employees www.gm.com.mx Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Automotive Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Goodyear – Argentina y Colombia 797 employees www.goodyear.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Rubber and plastic products Ownership: Private | |
| Grupo Centroflora - Brasil 281 employees www.centroflora.com.br Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| Grupo Ruba – México 488 employees www.gruporuba.com.mx Industry: Construction & Real Estate - Housing Ownership: Private | |
| Hewlett – Packard - Chile 246 employees www.hp.com Industry: Information Technology - Hardware Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Hipermercados Tottus - Perú 1397 employees Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Private | |
| IBM del Perú - Perú 280 employees www.ibm.com Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Interbank - Perú 2419 employees www.interbank.com.pe Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Interbolsa S.A. - Colombia 260 employees www.interbolsa.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Investments Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| J&V Resguardo - Perú 2942 employees www.clave3.com.pe Industry: Professional Services - Security Ownership: Private | |
| JW Marriott – México y Perú 778 employees www.jwmarriottlima.com Industry: Hospitality - Hotel/Resort Ownership: Private | |
| Kimberly Clark – Colombia y Perú 848 employees www.kimberly-clark.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Healthcare Ownership: Private | |
| Landys+Gyr Equipamentos de Medição Ltda. - Brasil 263 employees www.landisgyr.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Electronics Ownership: Private | |
| Magazine Luiza - Brasil 5843 employees www.magazineluiza.com.br Industry: Retail Ownership: Private | |
| Mall Plaza - Chile 239 employees www.mallplaza.cl Industry: Retail Ownership: Private | |
| Marelli Móveis para Escritório Ltda - Brasil 128 employees www.marelli.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Furniture Ownership: Private | |
| Mc Donald´s – Argentina, Chile, Colombia, México, Uruguay y Venezuela 24186 employees www.mcdonalds.com/ Industry: Hospitality - Food and Beverage Service Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Merck C.A. - Ecuador 113 employees www.merck.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme – Chile y Perú 444 employees www.merck.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| Microsoft – Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, México y Perú 1159 employees www.microsoft.com Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Monsanto - Brasil 1830 employees www.monsanto.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - Biotechnology Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Móveis Gazin - Brasil 2200 employees www.multibrasam.com.br Industry: Retail Ownership: Private | |
| Multibrás da Amazônia S/A - Brasil 907 employees www.multibrasam.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Rubber and plastic products Ownership: Private | |
| Natura Cosméticos - Brasil 3177 employees www.natura.net Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Personal and Household goods Ownership: Private | |
| Novo Nordisk - Argentina 71 employees www.novonordisk.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| Odebrecht Perú Ingeniería y Construcción - Perú 751 employees www.odebrecht.com.pe Industry: Construction & Real Estate Ownership: Private | |
| Orbitall - Brasil 2901 employees www.orbitall.com.br Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Private | |
| Otecel S.A. (Telefónica Ecuador) - Ecuador 896 employees www.telefonica.com Industry: Telecommunications Ownership: Private | |
| Owens Corning - Brasil 564 employees www.owenscorning.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Chemicals Ownership: Private | |
| Petrobras Colombia Limited - Colombia 250 employees www.petrobras.com.co Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel Ownership: Private | |
| Pormade – Brasil 330 employees www.pormade.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Wood and wood products Ownership: Private | |
| Procter & Gamble – Argentina, Brasil, Chile y México 3014 employees www.pg.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Pulp, paper and paper products Ownership: Private | |
| Productos Roche – Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México y Perú 826 employees www.roche.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| Profuturo AFP - Perú 1260 employees www.futurohoy.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Promon - Brasil 608 employees www.promon.com Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private | |
| Quala S.A - Colombia 1469 employees www.quala.com.co Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Food products Ownership: Private | |
| Randon - Brasil 2180 employees www.randon.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Rohm & Haas Colombia S.A. - Colombia 53 employees www.rohmhass.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Chemicals Ownership: Private | |
| Santander Banefe - Chile 1201 employees www.scjohnson.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| SAP – Argentina y Chile 2324 employees www.santanderbanefe.cl Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private | |
| SAT – Brasil 249 employees www.sap.com Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Private | |
| SC Johnson & Son - Argentina, Chile, México y Venezuela 490 employees www.schering.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| Schering – Colombia y Ecuador 324 employees www.brasilsatdigital.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Gasoline/Retail Marketer Ownership: Private | |
| Scotiabank Inverlat - México 6900 employees www.scotiabankinverlat.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Publicly quoted/held | |
| Serasa - Brasil 2094 employees www.serasa.com.br Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Private | |
| Sheraton Internacional Iguazú Resort - Argentina 225 employees www.sheraton.com/iguazu Industry: Hospitality - Hotel/Resort Ownership: Private | |
| Sofasa-Sociedad de fabricación de automotores S.A. - Colombia 1329 employees www.sofasa.com.co Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Automotive Ownership: Private | |
| Spress Informática - Brasil 1329 employees www.spress.com.br Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Private | |
| Telefónica Móviles Colombia S.A. - Colombia 1948 employees www.telefonicamoviles.com/ Industry: Telecommunications Ownership: Private | |
| Thyssenkrupp Molas Ltda. – Divisão de Produtos Leves - Brasil 197 employees www.thyssenkrupp.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Basic metals and fabricated metal products Ownership: Private | |
| Tigre S/A - Brasil 2653 employees www.tigre.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Rubber and plastic products Ownership: Private | |
| Todeschini S/A Indústria e Comércio - Brasil 431 employees www.todeschinisa.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Furniture Ownership: Private | |
| Transbank - Chile 254 employees www.transbank.cl Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Private | |
| Unimed Vales do Taquari e Rio Pardo - Brasil 202 employees www.unimedvtrp.com.br Industry: Health Care Ownership: Cooperative | |
| Volvo do Brasil Veículos Ltda. - Brasil 1951 employees www.volvo.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Automotive Ownership: Private | |
| Wyeth – México y Venezuela 1050 employees www.wyeth.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Private | |
| Yanbal Ecuador S.A. - Ecuador 498 employees www.yanbal.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Private | |
| Zanzini Móveis - Brasil 221 employees www.zanzini.com.br Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Furniture Ownership: Private |
