Jataí:
Cosan opens the doors of its facilities
14 Dec 09 - Monday
UPDATE: 28 May 10
The Cosan mill was inaugurated yesterday. It
will produce 370 million liters of ethanol from 4 million tons of
sugarcane when it reaches full production in 2012. Sugarcane harvesting
is 100% mechanized.
 Luiz Coutinho / Fôlha
Sudoeste
The numbers are impressive: an area of 32,000 hectares contracted for
planting sugarcane, grinding rate of 4 million tonnes p/yr, production
of 1.8 million liters of ethanol p/day or 360 million a year; storage
tanks with a capacity of 20 million liters each; water treatment for 500m³
p/hour, 105MW/hr
electric generation of energy. Company data report that the investments
made in the construction and installation of the plant to reach R$ 600
million.
These details were passed by the directors and monitors to visit the
guests at the new industrial complex of
Cosan company, Plant Jataí, considered the most modern ethanol plant
in the world. The event, which took place on November 26, 2009, served
to communicate the pre-operation of the plant and was attended by city
officials, including Mayor Humberto Machado and Mayor, Euripides Genius
of Assisi, partners, producers and sugar cane suppliers and local press.
Opening the program, the restaurant of the Hotel Thermal Bonsucesso, the
unit director, John the Baptist Saccomano said: "There are about three
years ago, we were summoned by Dr. Ometto Rubens, CEO of the company, to
build the a mill and was given the task of choosing a region. Today, we
believe we have chosen the region and set up some one who, besides being
the most modern of Cosan, we can speak without false modesty, is the
latest in world, "he said.
The President of the Cosan sugar and ethanol, Pedro Isamu Mizutani,
before designing the institutional video Cosan Group, thanked the
partners that made the project feasible, "I also welcome our friend
Sergio Ribas, we sold his farm for us to develop this project, which is
already a reality, today you will see it actually working. It's a dream
we had and come true, a dream that only we could not do, but with you,
our partners, which will contribute much for the evolution of this city,
state, Cosan and the country. In this endeavor, we rely on the most
modern technical equipment and industrial market, as well as strategic
partners to ensure excellence required by the company in all its
activities. Certainly , you will know the most modern plant in Brazil
and the world, has nothing to do with the plants that you already had in
the past, totally focused on sustainability and management with the
environment and also with the social. It is with this philosophy that
came to the state of Goiás, for Jataí "he emphasized.
At the beginning of the visit to the plant, the guests were encouraged
to plant tree seedlings in the area of a future forest, symbolizing the
company's concern with the valuation of the environment. The
construction of Jataí unity began on March 26, 2008 and the plant began
production in October this year. The inauguration is scheduled for March
or April of 2010, start of next season, with all works of infrastructure
completed.
To end the visit, the company offered its guests a lunch at the Hotel
Thermal Bonsucesso and distributed as a gift bag containing products
from its portfolio of food.
source:
AguaBoa via Agrolinks
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Photo by: Almirante
Cristo Redentor Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
