Ciser was founded in 1959 to supply the customers of the Casa do Aço (House of Steel), a tools and hardware store that the Schneider family operated since 1881. The store was located in Rua do Príncipe in what is now the Factory Direct Mall, on the boardwalk.The path taken in these 52 years of history made Ciser establish itself as the largest manufacturer of fasteners in Latin America. Currently, the company''s production capacity is six thousand tons per month and its products supply 20,000 customers in over 20 countries.

Today, Ciser has three large, modern distribution centers. In Joinville (SC), the Distribution Center holds up to eight tons, stored in an area of 15 thousand square meters of constructed area, with the possibility of loading up to 15 trucks simultaneously. The inventories are managed by WMS/SAP integrated control, via radio.

In Caxias do Sul (RS), the Ciser Distribution Center supplies the industries in the region and has a storage capacity to 150 tons and an area of one thousand square meters.

The Distribution Center located in Guarulhos (SP) holds up to 1,500 tons in an area of 3,500 square meters, with the possibility of loading up to six vehicles simultaneously. Just as in Joinville, inventories are managed by radio.