Energy Magazine February 2015 | Page 97

BRAZIL sugar and 600 thousand liters of alcohol per day . Thus , the company established itself as a major producer of electricity in the countryside of the state of Sao Paulo , commercializing the surplus of its production . Today the numbers demonstrate the success of a journey full of challenges .
The company is currently responsible for a cutting area that corresponds to 29,000 hectares , performs the milling of more than 2.4 million tons of sugar cane , produces 67,000 cubic meters of ethanol and more than 4.2 million bags of sugar ( 50 kg ), and generates a total of 140,000 MWH / year in energy .
PRODUCTION AND QUALITY POLICY With the objective of producing , industrializing , and commercializing sugarcane derivatives in national and international markets , PITAA has developed almost a dozen products , including different types of sugar , ethanol , and electricity . With the highest technology applied to its production line , the company extracts sugarcane products for different purposes such as dry yeast , fossil oil , and hydrolyzed and natural bagasse .
The use of biomass for power generation is a sustainable option that ensures the noninterference in global warming and prevents the release of other harmful emissions to the environment . This coincides with another distinguishing feature of the company : its administration and quality control . “ Like few healthy plants of Brazil , the Pitangueiras Plant is

Management

João Batista de Andrade
CEO
Rafael de Andrade Neto
CHIEF AGRICULTURAL OFFICER
João Henrique de Andrade
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGING DIRECTOR

“ Like few healthy plants of Brazil , the Pitangueiras Plant is still today operated by the family ”

– PITAA Financial and Industrial Managing Director , João Henrique de Andrade
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