Founded in Rio de Janeiro on June 9th. 1944 by Messrs. Alberto M. W. Pluecker, Fritz Joachim Thrum and Willi Richard Metzsch, CROMOS S/A TINTAS GRÁFICAS today possesses its Head Office and a factory in an area of over 78,000 sq. ft. on the Industrial Estate of the Fazenda Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro and a factory in São Paulo.