The history of Electro Aço Altona S.A dates back to 1923, when engineer Paul Werner left Germany for Brazil to install the first telephone exchange in Blumenau (SC). While in the city, Werner met Ernst Auerbach, a blacksmith located in Bairro Altona (now Itoupava Seca). Out of entrepreneurship and a desire to develop solutions, on March 8, 1924, they founded Auerbach & Werner, dedicated to creating…