The economy of Ponta Grossa had three great drives during the twentieth
century. The first in mid-1900 with the installation of the railway, the second
in the 1970s with the installation of large industrial area of food and
milling, and the third in the second half of the 1990s with the establishment
of large national companies in the logistics sector and production and
investment of large networks of the service sector.
The city is close to major consumer markets
of Brazil, São Paulo and Curitiba, and is a conduit for the export of goods
through the port of Paranaguá and
