The Gaboardi products bear the surname of its founder Gaboardi Ulysses, son of Italian immigrants, born in the state of São Paulo in 1918. Started her career in fosforeiro to 18 years old branch.<br <br>In 1957, he settled in the city of Herval D'Oeste, Santa Catarina, founding his first match factory: Matches the Industry Leader Ltda. In a difficult time, took him to itself, a Homeric works, to deploy to a distant place, an unusual industry - Matchbox - initial production was almost in its entirety, handmade (3) already competing in this season, with large technologically advanced and sophisticated multinational companies. In 1962, with the need for expansion, found in nearby Curitibanos, the ideal place to install your industry, because besides the central location within the state, the raw material, Araucaria angustifolia (Brazilian pine) there was in abundance. Six years later, in 1968, it was sold to another Fosforeira company opted to close it. Thus came a new opportunity and was founded S / A MATCHES GABOARDI the then district of South Saint Kitts Finished, she, by becoming the locomotive and holding a solid group of companies that today form GABOARDI group. <Br <br>Geared especially for the timber industry are part of it: <br <br>Gaboardi Industrial Madeiras Ltda, a manufacturer of toothpicks, skewers, rolled, clothespins, articles for ice cream; <. br /> Gaboardi Exporters Madeiras Ltda, a manufacturer of panels, blanks, frames elliottis pine for export (U.S. and Europe),... <br><br> Agropastoril Gaboardi Ltd., responsible for the production of raw materials unit <br><br> <br><br> By way of afforestation and reforestation, with deep and intense ecological consciousness, do spare in quantity much higher than the trees that extracts. Araucaria angustifolia reforestation (Brazilian pine), and Pinus taeda elliottis. <br <br>Currently develops research poplar seedlings regardless of Argentina, the first results have been positive. <br <br>Products Gaboardi become respected brand by the seriousness of their work which is reflected in the quality of what it produces, and expanded both nationally and in most South American countries.