At the EPCOS site in Gravataí, Brazil, more than 1800 employees produce capacitors for both the local and global market: about 70 percent of the production are earmarked for export. The annual production capacity is over- 1.7 billion aluminium-electrolytic- and foil capacitors. More than 90 Engineers and technicians develop robust and reliable products at this site for a wide range of technically demanding applications, for e.g., the automotive industry, electronics- and energy sectors as well as telecommunications sector.