In the 17th century it was a horse and products from the south trade market.
In the 19th century few industries came to the city and in Brazil it was know as Brazilian manchester by the number of textile industries that were set in the city
Now it is still an industry city it hosts Toyota,Flextronics,Coke,and some others related to technology.
The city has a regional influence when it's about shopping,healthy and education.It hosts 2 public universities(in Brazil public universities use to be better than private colleges) and 3 strong private colleges.