Established in 1945, Paquetá is today composed of several companies and business: footwear industries and footwear retail, farms running agriculture and livestock business, real state projects, and credit card administration. It also manages the Dumond, Capodarte, Lilly´s Closet, Atelier Mix and Ortopé brands in the women´s, children´s and sports� footwear segments. Still headquartered in the same city where it was originally established in Rio Grande do Sul state, Paquetá has plants and facilities scattered troughout 3 Brazilian states, as well as in Argentina, Dominican Republic and employs approximately 15, 600 people. Its shoe industry produces an average of 55, 000 pairs a day, which are sold in Brazil and in all continentes.