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Positivo Tecnologia S.A. is a Brazilian technology company founded in 1989 in Curitiba, Paraná, initially focused on manufacturing and selling computers to schools connected to Grupo Positivo throughout Brazil. As early as 1990, it expanded its operations to supplying computers and IT solutions to the public sector through public bids. Throughout the 1990s, it expanded its presence in educational technology with the launch of educational software, the Educacional Portal in 2000, and the Aprende Brasil portal in 2001, aimed at public school networks. In 2004, it entered the national retail computer market, starting to serve the country’s main retail chains. In December 2006, it went public and its common shares POSI3 began trading on the Novo Mercado segment of B3, raising funds to finance its industrial and commercial expansion.

Positivo’s trajectory has been marked by portfolio diversification and internationalization. In the mid-2000s, the company reached significant milestones in production scale and, in 2008, inaugurated its Manaus manufacturing unit, dedicated to the production of notebooks, tablets, smartphones, and electronic payment terminals, with high monthly capacity for these devices. In 2009, it acquired the Kennex computer brand, reinforcing its presence in retail. In 2010, it began its international presence through a joint venture with Argentina’s BGH, acquiring 50% of Informática Fueguina S.A. to market desktops, notebooks, all-in-one computers and tablets in Argentina and Uruguay. In the following years, it also entered the tablet market with Positivo Ypy, the smartphone segment with multiple models and features tailored to the Brazilian public, and international educational projects, such as supplying computers to students in Rwanda, Africa.

Starting in the 2010s, the company broadened its operations beyond personal computers, entering new technology verticals. It launched the Quantum business unit focused on smartphones, took over licensing and commercialization of the VAIO brand in Brazil, and signed supply contracts for payment terminals (POS). It invested in healthcare innovation with Hilab, a telemedicine and rapid lab testing solution developed by Hi Technologies, in which it holds a significant equity stake. In 2018, it strengthened its presence in the corporate and server market with the acquisition of 80% of ACC Brasil (Accept), later integrated into the Positivo Servers & Solutions brand, starting to offer servers, storage, edge computing solutions, mini PCs and thin clients. In parallel, it launched the Positivo Casa Inteligente brand, dedicated to home automation, security, lighting, and connectivity devices, and reinforced its presence in civic technology by winning bids to supply electronic voting machines to the Federal Government, delivering hundreds of thousands of units for presidential elections.

In its current business model, Positivo Tecnologia positions itself as an integrated platform for IT Infrastructure, Services and Solutions, with a portfolio that combines hardware, software, and managed services. The company organizes its activities into four main fronts: Infrastructure, IT Services and Solutions (ISS); Payment Solutions; Smart Devices – Consumer; and Adjacent Businesses, which cover electronic security, educational solutions, and special projects. This structure reflects a transition from an originally transactional model, focused on selling equipment to end consumers, to a more recurring, service-oriented model that includes “as a service” offerings such as HaaS (Hardware as a Service) and RHaaS, as well as managed IT and cybersecurity services through the Positivo S+ platform. In the infrastructure segment, Positivo Servers & Solutions stands out in servers, data center solutions, and high-performance platforms, including supercomputing applications and infrastructure for artificial intelligence, in partnership with global technology manufacturers.

In services, the company consolidated and expanded its operations with Positivo Tech Services and, more recently, with the integration of the Managed IT Services unit acquired from Grupo Algar (Algar Tech MSP), giving rise to the Positivo S+ brand. This platform supports network, endpoint, infrastructure, cloud, and cybersecurity operations in multiple Latin American countries, including direct presence in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina, with more than one hundred corporate clients from various sectors such as consumer goods, finance, technology, extractive industry, and public institutions. In Brazil and the region, Positivo began to operate with greater scale in NEOS (Networking & Endpoint Operations Services) and IT infrastructure management (ITIS), combining service offerings with the supply of corporate devices, servers, and smart payment solutions. In parallel, the company maintains its activities in consumer devices, with notebooks, desktops, tablets, smartphones, and smart home devices distributed through regional retail chains and large national chains, as well as its own online channels and marketplaces.

In terms of production footprint and supply chain, Positivo has industrial plants in Curitiba (PR), Manaus (AM) and Ilhéus (BA), configured to optimize logistics and tax efficiency. These units manufacture computers, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, servers, smart POS, IoT devices for home automation, electronic security equipment, and electronic voting machines, among other products. The company’s industrial process is structured in stages of raw material receipt and inspection, assembly, functional and stress tests (run-in), software and operating system loading, packaging, sample quality audit, and storage of the final product. The after-sales structure includes one of the most extensive technical assistance networks in the country, with forward stock locations and specialized logistics to serve the entire national territory, in line with regulatory requirements, including the General Data Protection Law. The supply strategy is heavily based on importing components from Asia, with its own procurement, engineering, and quality presence in Taiwan and China, as well as a purchasing structure in Brazil, which allows it to negotiate directly with major global suppliers such as Intel, Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm, Supermicro, NVIDIA, Nutanix and others, as well as brand partnerships and licensing such as VAIO and Infinix.

Positivo’s customer base is diversified, with no significant concentration in a single buyer, and includes end consumers, private companies of various sizes, and public institutions. In the corporate and public institution segment, the company supplies solutions ranging from end devices to servers, data center infrastructure, IT management services, support contracts, and circularity of technology assets. Among its highest-profile projects is the large-scale supply of electronic voting machines for the Brazilian electoral process. In the consumer segment, the company sells products through physical and digital retailers, with an emphasis on competitive prices, customized configurations, and after-sales support. In terms of recent economic performance, consolidated net revenue comes from its integrated operations in the consumer, corporate and public institutions segments, with the corporate segment increasingly standing out in the composition of total revenue. POSI3 shares, traded on B3, reflect a business that has become more diversified, with a higher weight of infrastructure, services, and recurring solutions.

The regulatory environment has a significant influence on Positivo’s industrial and commercial operations. The Manaus and Ilhéus units benefit from federal and state regional incentives, subject to rules from SUDAM, SUDENE, SUFRAMA, state finance departments and environmental agencies, as well as requirements from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the Ministry of the Economy and local authorities. In Manaus, the company benefits from reduced Income Tax, ICMS incentives, deferred tax on imported inputs, and benefits linked to the Free Trade Zone, in return for maintaining minimum production levels, social benefit programs, regional technological development, quality, environmental, occupational health and safety policies, and requirements for hiring and training workers. To sell cell phones and other telecommunications equipment in Brazil, it also depends on product approval by ANATEL, a process that involves compliance testing in accredited laboratories and certification by designated bodies. This set of regulations shapes the company’s cost structure, industrial location and production and distribution strategy, which remains publicly traded and has POSI3 shares listed on B3’s Novo Mercado, under the corporate governance practices associated with this segment.