About the Group

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IPB is the first company of the world created to develop rubber products exclusively for the Oil & Gas Industry that, with more than 45 years of experience in the Industry, evolved to be a complete Innovative Customized Engineered Solutions Group.

Ready to comply with the most demanding global market requests, IPB Group has a portfolio with more than 3,000 products, many exclusive worldwide patents and various exclusive engineered solutions customize built for most important Oil Field Equipment Suppliers and Oil producers worldwide, like Petrobras, TechnipFMC, Shell, Schlumberger, Weatherford and others.

Timeline

1977
The first company, IPB Industria de Produtos de Borracha is created in Bahia – Brazil as part of the CBV group.
1978
First Petrobras purchase order.
1984
Through CBV group, IPB has achieved license agreements with the most well-known worldwide Oil & Gas Industry equipment suppliers.
1994
Grupo IPB is created, with the detachment of IPB Industria de Produtos de Borracha from the CBV group.
2003
IPB GR is created in Macae, as a milestone for the course change of the Group towards Innovation and Customized Engineering Solutions to the Oil & Gas Industry.
2016
Grupo IPB expanded it’s scope to the world’s capital of the Oil & Gas Industry, with the creation of IPB Americas in Houston – TX.

THE LITTLE BIG IPB

More than 45 years evolving Oil & Gas Engineering

From the beginning, the companies of the IPB Group have the independence as a principle.

The financial independence of each company guarantees for their clients, collaborators and suppliers reliability and safety, without loosing the principles and values of the Group. These are the reasons that also enable IPB Group to keep the benefits of little companies.

Coming from a huge company enable IPB Group to keep the benefits of knowledge and strength of big companies, that enabled the Group to be ready to fulfill the most demanding needs of worldwide clients.

COMPANY VALUES

Contribute to the development of the Energy sector, ensuring growth opportunities to our employees, clients and suppliers, always seeking sustainable and eco-friendly solutions.

IPB Indústria de Produtos de Borracha Ltda.

Original plant – Bahia, 1984

Since 1977 on Oil & Gas business and located in an area of 194,000 square feet with 24,000 square feet of built area.

IPB Produtos de Borracha gives IPB Group more than 45 years of know-how in the Oil and Gas Industry and in rubber compounds.

Main Features:

  • Producing capacity of 3 tons of rubber per day;
  • Produce compounds of: NBR, NR, SBR, HNBR, EPDM, Neoprene ™, Hypalon ™, Viton ™, PU Casted and expanded
  • Developing and testing elastomer compounds in its own laboratory.

IPB GR Indústria Mecânica Ltda.

IPB GR Plant – Macae – Rio de Janeiro

Since 2003, and located in a area of 108,000 square feet with 27,000 square feet of built area.

IPB GR gives to IPB Group a full structure from the product design: defining tests and evaluation criteria, qualifying the product, and providing training to guarantee the best use of IPB’s products.

Main Features:

  • Creating Innovative Engineering Solutions for Oil and Gas Industry;
  • Sealing Elements Performance Verification Tests (PVT), in compliance with API requirements;
  • Hydrostatic tests of hydropneumatic accumulators, pressure and volume compensators and pressure vessels, all in compliance with API requirements, ASME VIII Division 1;
  • Thermal Insulation Coating of DPRs up to 45 ft long;
  • Developing engineered plastics and FRP composites
  • Equipment Manufacture and Maintenance;

STRATEGIC LOCATIONS

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  • Macae: located 7,4 miles (12km) from the biggest Petrobras base in Macae, the Latin-American Oil capital;
  • Rio de Janeiro: located besides the UFRJ Technology Park where the research centers of Petrobras and all the main offshore equipment suppliers
  • Bahia: located in the state where the first Brazilian oil well was found in in 1939.
  • IPB Americas: located in Houston – TX, the Worldwide Oil & Gas capital, is the materialization of a closer and more personal international market customer service.

These four strategic locations guarantees the IPB Group strong and exclusive commercial points due to the proximity from the main clients, as well as agility of commercial services and better support and after-sales.

We do not sell parts!

We sell time saving, money saving.

  • Smart and innovative Customized Engineering Solutions, designed to solve problems.
  • IPB has many patents for the Oil and Gas Industry
  • ISO 9001 certified.
  • Portfolio with more than 4,000 molds and 3,000 products developed and engineered for the Oil & Gas industry.

Equilibrium

A family business that is committed on the wellbeing of all collaborators and the environment.

IPB has a deep regard with the environment,  keeping recycling programs , using non polluting materials and spreading a ecological friendly mindset.

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Recreation Area at the Macae Base

Contacts

Brazil

+55 (21) 3393-6412

USA

+1 (713) 377 2887