Itapemirim (bus company)

Viação Itapemirim

Founded	July 4, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-07-04) in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Ceased operation	April 20, 2022 (2022-04-20)[1]
Defunct	September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)[2]
Headquarters	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Website	http://www.itapemirim.com.br/

The Viação Itapemirim S.A. was a Brazilian passenger road transport company. It was founded by businessman, military veteran and later politician Camilo Cola [pt] (1923–2021) on July 4, 1953,^[3] in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil. It was the largest road passenger transport business in Brazil and Latin America.^{[citation needed]}

Due to financial difficulties and scandals involving the diversion of funds from the judicial reorganization to create ITA Transportes Aéreos, the company had a bankruptcy decree in court on September 21, 2022,^[4][5][2] after EXM Partners, responsible for the company's judicial reorganization, reported not having more chances for the group to recover financially.^[6]

Structure

Viação Itapemirim is a group of companies operating in various sectors such as:

• Complex Pindobas (agricultural)
• Itabira (graphics and marketing)
• Network Flecha (Hotels and restaurants)
• Marbrasa (mining)
• Fiat Cola and Samadisa (vehicles and parts)
• MC Massad Cola (marketing and communication)
• Itabira (insurance)
• Sossai (Toyota vehicles and parts)

References

1. "ANTT suspende todas as linhas de operação da Itapemirim". Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres - ANTT (in Brazilian Portuguese). April 20, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
2. "Justiça de SP decreta falência do Grupo Itapemirim". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
3. "Sobre Nós (About Us)". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
4. "Itapemirim e Kaissara têm falência decretada e Suzantur é autorizada a operar linhas; bloqueio de bens da Piva Consulting". Diário do Transporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
5. "Com mais de R$ 2 bilhões em dívidas, Justiça decreta falência de Itapemirim". UOL Economia (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
6. "EXM pede na Justiça falência da Itapemirim e Suzantur quer arrendar linhas, imóveis e guichês". Diário do Transporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). July 18, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.

External links

• Official website Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine