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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-18-026111
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180424
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180424
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180424

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERDAU S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001073404
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14878
		FILM NUMBER:		18771071

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AV. DAS NACOES UNIDAS, 8,501
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			SAO PAULO, SP
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			05425-070
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-55-51-3323-2703

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AV. DAS NACOES UNIDAS, 8,501
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			SAO PAULO, SP
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			05425-070

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERDAU SA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981112
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Gerdau S.A. </font></b>announces that Chia Yuan Wang, currently the Supply Chain Vice-President in North America, was appointed as the new President for its North American Long Steel Operation, effective today. Wang is succeeding the CEO of Gerdau, Gustavo Werneck, who was temporarily accumulating the position during the last three months. The new President for the North American Long Steel Operation has almost 30 year-experience at Gerdau and during this time held several positions in Brazil, Canada, China and US, with a track record of successful results.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">According to Gustavo Werneck, CEO of Gerdau, &#147;we see a great opportunity to&#160; improve&#160; the&#160; overall&#160; performance&#160; of&#160; our&#160; North&#160; American&#160; Long&#160; Steel Operation and Wang has a relevant strategic vision, ability for business turnaround and to bring positive results. In his new position, he has also the challenge to accelerate our cultural and digital transformation to better serve our customers as well as developing future leaders for Gerdau&#148;. The Long Steel North American Operation is responsible for 40% of the consolidated net sales and 18% of the EBITDA.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;It is a great honor to lead the operation I have been serving for the last years. Gerdau has a great team and I am confident that we can build a path for the company&#146;s growth in North America, one of ours most relevant markets&#148; says the new President for the North American Long Steel Operation, Chia Yuan Wang.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wang holds a Metallurgical Engineering degree at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS &#151; Brazil) and executive education courses at Harvard Business School.</font></p>
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