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THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
OF THE B&A GROUP
Global solutions arrives in Brazil
P R O J E C T S
do BRASIL Ltda
Ivan Voigt and Mike Gibbon (BProj) congratulating Marcello Freire (BPB) on the opening of the Brazilian office.
A mere 16 months after a team of Bosch Projects managers
first visited Brazil to assess business opportunities in that
country, Bosch Projects do Brasil Ltda (BPB) was formally
opened for business on 30th January 2008. The company
launch at its premises in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo State was
attended by Mike Gibbon (Managing Director) and Ivan Voigt
(Director – Sugar Equipment) of Bosch Projects together
with Marcello Freire, the manager of BPB. Also in attendance
were a number of executive directors and senior managers
of Dedini Industrias de Base, the largest supplier of sugar
and ethanol equipment to the Brazilian industry, with whom
BPB have concluded an exclusive licensing agreement for
Bosch Projects technology.
T
his includes the patented Bosch Projects Chainless Diffuser, which has
captured a majority share of the Brazilian diffuser market since being
launched by Dedini 12 months ago. To date, Dedini have taken orders for
10 chainless diffusers including a number of 15 m diffusers, the largest cane
diffusers in the world.
Also included in the licensing agreement are Bosch Projects whole stick
shredders; rotary juice screens; long-tube evaporators; continuous vacuum
pans; direct contact juice heaters; vertical crystallisers; and massecuite
reheaters.
Brazil is the largest producer of sugar and ethanol in the world, processing
almost 500 million hectares of cane annually. The current boom in demand
for bio-fuels has created substantial growth in the Brazilian industry and
currently more than 15 new factories are constructed every year.
Marcello Freire (centre) with Dedini executives.
Speaking at the event to launch BPB, Mike Gibbon said that the establishment
of a foreign subsidiary was a significant milestone in the history of Bosch
Projects, and was the result of the company seeking international opportunities
and leadership in technology, or “Global Solutions”.
Contact Mike Gibbon –
[email protected]
A member of
the B&A Group