Until the mid-1980’s, the only connection between Porto Alegre, Canoas, Esteio and Sapucaia do Sul was federal highway BR116. There was a clear need to offer to the general public in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre a safer, less expensive and ideal transportation alternative. It was decided that a railroad would be built to initially connect these cities. When operations began in 1985, Trensurb selected the solution of a consortium led by Hitachi, playing an important role by supplying 17 high quality, safe trains.
The metropolitan region population growth and the lack of infrastructure for water capitation and supply caused São Paulo to face the challenge of getting appropriate water resources needed to supply the city. The solution that combined technical quality and responsibility for an investment in a water supply system expansion and the rapid population growth was provided by Hitachi. Supplying water for nine million inhabitants in Great Sao Paulo, the Cantareira system used Hitachi pumps to attend to the necessity of pumping and elevating water for more than 120 meters uphill to the Aguas Claras reservoir.
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