Ultragaz

Austrian entrepreneur Ernesto Igel moved to Brazil from Vienna in 1920, and founded Empresa Brasileira de Gás à Domicílio in 1937.^[1]

The company was the first in Brazil to distribute household gas. Empresa Brasileira de Gás a Domicílio started small with three delivery trucks and less than 200 customers. By the early 1960s, operating as Ultragaz, the company served a customer base of 1 million users. In 1997, Ultragaz introduced UltraSystem, the LPG bulk delivery system.^[4]

In 2003, Ultragaz acquired Shell's LPG distribution business in Brazil, Shell Gas. Ultragaz also introduced online and SMS order systems.^[5][6]

In October 2011, Ultragaz acquired the LPG distribution branch of the Spanish company Repsol in Brazil for R$50 million.^[7] and incorporated an annual sales volume of 22,000 tons, corresponding to 1% of the Brazilian market. Ultragaz has over 4,200 resellers.^{[4][8][9][10]}

On November 17, 2016, Petrobras closed the sale of Liquigás to Ultragaz for 2.8 billion reais.^[11] On February 28, 2018, CADE disapproved the purchase.^[12]

In the State of Bahia, the company operates as Brasilgás.^[1]