The Positivo Group is the largest corporation in the education industry in Brazil. It was founded in 1972 and nowadays embraces companies that are leaders in the three segments where they operate: educational, printing & publishing, and computer hardware & software. Thanks to the quality of its services and products, the Positivo Group operates in 23 Brazilian states and in the Federal District as well as in Asian, Latin American, African, European, Far Eastern countries and in the United States. The company is staffed with over 4 thousand employees and nowadays is a parameter for excellence in education in Brazil.

In the education area, the Positivo Group encompasses students from Pre-School do Secondary School, who are enrolled at its own units in Curitiba – three schools, a foreign language-learning center and a university entry exam preparatory course, both with two facilities each. For university education, the Positivo Group owns UnicenP – Positivo University Center – a state-of-the-art campus that provides quality learning for over 26 graduate courses, 40 post-graduate courses, and scores of extension courses and community-oriented programs – one of the most modern in Brazil.

In the printing & publishing area, the Positivo Group operates with two companies: Editora Positivo (publishing) and Gráfica Posigraf (printing)., Editora Positivo was founded in 2004, to cater to the education segment both in Brazil and abroad, where it has two business divisions: Sistemas de Ensinos (Learning Systems) and Obras Editoriais (Book Publishing). The Sistemas de Ensino division provides for private and public schools that adopt Positivo’s teaching materials. The Obras Editoriais system is responsible for the portfolio of teaching, para-teaching and general subject books, teacher education, children’s books and reference books (the collection of Aurélio dictionary products), as well as journals focused on education, such as the Revista Aprende Brasil. Gráfica Posigraf has elevated this Paraná-based enterprise to a groundbreaker for international quality and efficiency. It was founded in 1972 to print books that were used by the Positivo Schools and nowadays the company one of the largests commercial printing plant in Latin America. Since 1997, it has been leader in the domestic market ranking of the “promotional and commercial segment”, nominated by Abigraf (Brazilian Printing Industry Association).

In the computer hardware & software area, the Positivo Group has consolidated its position through Positivo Informática, which was founded in 1989, by manufacturing computers and developing hardware and software technological solutions and providing educational technology both domestically and abroad. Positivo Informática is currently the largest manufacturer of computers in Brazil. The company has two business divisions: Hardware and Educational Technology. The portfolio of the Hardware offers a comprehensive line of microcomputers (desktops and notebooks) which are market leaders in Brazil. Through its Educational Technology division the company provides unique solutions, such s educational tables (nowadays exported to the five continents), the development of educational software and management of Internet Portals that are specialized in education and education services for teachers/users and technical support. Also within this segment, Positivo Informática is responsible for developing technological solutions for the line of Aurélio products that belongs to the Positivo Group since December 2003. It also participates in the home product niche by providing software, games and solutions for Brazilian households. The company detains exclusive distribution rights for the whole line of the Disney series of educational software in Brazil.

To know more about the Positivo Group, please visit:
www.positivo.com.br