Makro Engenharia
Lifting and cargo handling
Cranes from 25 to 1,200 tonnes, rigging plans signed by our own engineers, and crews resident on site.
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Since 1977 · Fortaleza — Brazil
Nothing riseson its own.
For 49 years Makro has moved what Brazilian industry cannot move alone — from 40 to 1,200 tonnes, with engineered rigging plans, an owned fleet and people who have done it before.
Engineering of Movement
Moving heavy
cargo is an
engineering
decision.
A crane is a tool. What Makro delivers is the study that comes before the lift: the load analysis, the radius calculation, the signed rigging plan, the approved route and a crew that has run the job before.
We partner with Brazil's largest industrial operations — mining, power, steel, refining and ports — from the first study to the last component in place. An owned fleet from 25 to 1,200 tonnes, six operating bases and a Remote Monitoring Centre tracking every machine in real time.
49yearsof uninterrupted operation since 1977
1,200tonneson the LTM 11200-9.1, Brazil's longest telescopic boom
400wind turbinesunder contract — Brazil's largest order book in the sector
85thin the worldin the 2026 IC100 ranking of crane-owning companies
Solutions
Four divisions,
one operation.
Makro Transporte
Specialised transport and indivisible loads
An owned fleet of tractor units and trailers for oversized cargo, with route surveys and transport permits.
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Makro Serviços
Workforce management and in-plant handling
Qualified crews, forklifts, telehandlers and gantries for logistics inside the plant.
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Makro Wind
Wind farm construction and maintenance
Brazil's largest wind farm order book, with 400 turbines under contract. Erection, major component exchange and maintenance.
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Safety
An accident is not
bad luck. It is a decision.
More than 2,000 days without a lost-time accident across every location. That is not luck: it is the rigging plan, the work permit, the safety briefing before each shift and the right of anyone on site to stop the job.
- Integrated management system — quality, environment and safety
- In-house engineered rigging plan on every critical lift
- On-board telematics and remote fleet monitoring
- Continuous training programme for operators and riggers
Sectors
Where the load
is heavy.
Every sector has its own grammar of risk, schedule and access. Makro has worked inside all of them for nearly half a century.
01
Mining
Handling crushing, milling and conveyor equipment at mines and processing plants.
02
Petrochemicals
Erection of vessels, columns and heat exchangers; support for planned shutdowns and plant expansion.
03
Power
Thermal, hydro and wind — from initial erection to maintaining the asset in service.
04
Steel
Work inside a hot plant: blast furnace, steelmaking, rolling mill and raw material yard.
05
Refining
Critical lifts in classified areas, with an integrated rigging plan and work permit.
06
Metallurgy
Handling furnaces, ladles, moulds and process equipment.
07
Cement
Erection of rotary kilns, mills, silos and pneumatic conveying systems.
08
Pulp and paper
Erection of digesters, recovery boilers and drying lines.
09
Port operations
Onshore and offshore loading and unloading, project cargo handling and shipyard support.
Projects
What we have
already lifted.
Construction — Fortaleza — Ceará
Brazil's largest telescopic crane inside a working shopping centre
Lifting the timber arches of the new façade with the Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 — 1,200 tonnes, the longest telescopic boom in the country — over reclaimed mangrove ground.
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Mining — São Luís — Maranhão
Shutdown at a pelletising plant
A thirty-day window, forty people from the local branch and three large cranes to replace rotors, dampers and furnace ventilation ducts.
View projectRenewable energy — Nordeste
Turbine erection backed by 150 rigging studies
Four cranes, sections of almost 600 m³ lifted to 68 metres, and one hundred and fifty rigging studies before the first piece left the ground.
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Who trusts
their load
to Makro.
Miners, steelmakers, turbine manufacturers, EPC contractors and port operators. Relationships measured in years of contract — not in number of lifts.
Talk to Makro
Got a load
nobody else
would take?
Send the drawing, the weight and the deadline. Our engineering team replies with a feasibility study, an equipment configuration and a commercial proposal.
Or call us direct: +55 (85) 3444.3000