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After Five Years of Legal Dispute, Heir of Founder of WEG Earns R$ 1 Billion and Joins the List of Billionaires in Brazil!
Brazil gains a new billionaire! After five years of legal dispute in Santa Catarina, the lawsuit opposing the five heirs of Eggon da Silva, one of the founders of WEG – a global reference in the manufacturing of turbines and electric motors, and Lucas Demathe da Silva, has been concluded. The information was disclosed by columnist Lauro Jardim from the newspaper O Globo.
Lucas, 28, was only recognized after the death of his father, businessman Eggon, which occurred in 2015.
The lawsuit came to an end in the jurisdiction of Jaraguá do Sul (SC) through a settlement in July of this year, where it was defined that the new heir would receive R$ 1 billion.
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Portugal “hides” gold reserves of 382 tons valued at 47 billion euros in an armored building, and the story involves gold from colonial Brazil, Nazi Germany, and a fortune that once amounted to 866 tons.
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Truck drivers avoid deliveries to supermarkets due to waits that can hinder trips, increase costs, and leave vehicles idle, while the law limits loading and unloading to five hours and provides for payment for the excess time.
Eggon João da Silva is one of the three founders of WEG, one of the largest manufacturers of electric motors in the world, headquartered in Jaraguá do Sul, in the North of Santa Catarina.
The businessman passed away at the age of 85. Since then, the estate had not been finalized due to the dispute.
While alive, Eggon and his fellow board members at WEG – Werner Ricardo Voigt and Lilian Werninghaus (widow of Geraldo Werninghaus, who passed away in 1999) were part of Forbes’ billionaire ranking.
In 2014, according to a survey by Forbes, each of the three’s fortune was estimated at US$ 1.4 billion!
WEG Manufactures Motors and Inverters to Equip the Largest Seawater Desalination Plant on the Planet, Capable of Producing 600,000 m3 of Water Per Day and Supplying Approximately Three Million People
Increasingly, the international water market requires structure and innovation to meet global needs. WEG announced on April 26 that the largest seawater desalination plant in the world, Rabigh 3, was inaugurated on March 31 in Saudi Arabia, in which the Brazilian multinational participated as a supplier of motors and frequency inverters.
The plant, equipped with WEG motors and inverters, was honored and recognized by the Guinness World Records as the “largest reverse osmosis desalination installation in the world.” Watch the video below and get to know Rabigh 3, the largest seawater desalination plant on the planet:
In total, there are 69 electric motors and 50 medium-voltage frequency inverters supplied through companies in the sector, such as the consortium Abengoa, SIDEM, and Sepco III, the latter responsible for the engineering, supply, construction, and commissioning of the plant.
Rabigh 3 was built on the western coast of the Red Sea and has the capacity to produce 600,000 m3 of water per day and supply approximately three million people. It is also characterized as the most environmentally friendly plant in the world, due to its lower electricity consumption during daily operations and having recorded the lowest noise level.
