PREMA, genuinely national company, founded in September 1936, current precursor PREMA Technology and Commerce Ltda. now celebrating 80 years, is installed by the State Forest Dr. Edmundo Navarro de Andrade, who was the introducer of eucalyptus, originally from Australia into our country, with the initial objective of supplying locomotives powered by steam, which needed timber with great heat power and fast growing.

After the implementation of large settlements of this forest species, orchestrated by Navarro de Andrade this model started to be replaced by other sources of energy, and in 1936 at the request of renowned researcher, PREMA was founded and busied as a pioneer in Brazil in the adaptation the use of preserved eucalyptus in an autoclave under vacuum and pressure, enabling to obtain a wide range of products, including railroad ties, utility poles, crossarms and others.