With its headquarters in Papagaio, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and quarries throughout the state, Lincar Pedras de Ardosia Ltda. is steeped in the rich slate history of the region. The company, which was founded in 1985, uses state-of-the-art machinery to quarry and fabricate slate products for sale to the U.S. and other international destinations.
The principal owner of the company is Maria Leticia Valadares de Vansconcelos, and Lincar stresses rigorous quality control and punctual delivery. Its quarries stretch across an area of nearly 300 acres, and they contain gray, multicolor, black, green and purple slate quarries. In fact, the firm opened a green/purple quarry specifically to attend to the American market, because it had some difficulties purchasing green slate blocks from other quarries.