SUGARCANE MILLS
Field and Industrial Plant
Get to know one of the most modern sugarcane mills in the estate of São Paulo, Brazil, belonging to the São Martinho Sugar Mills Company.
São Martinho Sugar Mills
São Martinho is among the largest sugar and energy companies in Brazil, with an approximate crushing capacity of 24 million tons of sugarcane. It has four plants in operation: São Martinho, in Pradópolis, in the region of Ribeirão Preto (SP); Iracema, in Iracemápolis, in the region of Limeira (SP), Santa Cruz, located in Américo Brasiliense (SP) and Boa Vista, in Quirinópolis, 300 kilometers from Goiânia (GO). The average harvest mechanization rate is 99.8% reaching 100% at the Boa Vista Plant. Visit the site www.saomartinho.com.br.
São Martinho’s units renewed to 2018 the Green Energy certificate, issued by the Bioelectricity Certification Program. The company’s plants have been certified since the launch of the initiative in 2015, which was conceived by the Sugarcane Industry Union (UNICA), in cooperation with the Electricity Trading Chamber (CCEE), and with the support from the Brazilian Association of Energy Traders (ABRACEEL).
The Green Energy Seal is the first certification in Brazil focused strictly on energy produced from sugar cane and attests that companies generate renewable and sustainable electricity for their own consumption and for the National Interconnected System (SIN).
São Martinho Group plant data: 12 thousands employees ; 300,000 hectares of agricultural harvesting area, 24 million tons of sugarcane grinding; 820,000 tons of sugar storage capacity; 700,000 m³ ethanol stock capacity, approximately 100% mechanized harvest, over 4 million plants in the fields
About Iracema Mill
Located in the city of Iracemápolis (SP), in the Limeira region, one of the first development centers of the São Paulo sugar industry in the last century, the Iracema Mill has over 70 years of experience in ethanol and sugar manufacturing and currently has a processing capacity of 3 million tons of sugarcane per harvest. The proximity to the Port of Santos gives the unit a relevant logistics differential for the export of its production.
In recent years, Iracema has received investments from São Martinho that updated its industrial plant and modernized the management of the agricultural area. New equipment in the industry and in the field, combined with an intense professionalization and training program of its more than 2,000 employees, has transformed Iracema into a plant prepared to overcome the current productivity challenges of the sugarcane industry.
Social actions are developed, mainly in the municipalities of Iracemápolis and Limeira, in addition to continuous environmental management work, which involves strict controls of their production processes, as well as the effective recovery of riparian forests and preservation areas, and the reuse of waste generated in the production processes.
Registration fee per person: US$ 150,00 or R$ 400,00
| 6:00 a.m. | a) Meet at the hotel lobby at 5:50 a.m. b) Breakfast bags at the bus c) There will be a quick stop for coffee during the trip d) Depart from RENAISSANCE HOTEL by bus at 6:00 a.m. to Iracemápolis. This trip will cross a mixed industrial and agricultural area that characterizes the State of São Paulo (c.a. 180 km ). |
| 8:00 a.m. | Arrival at São Martinho – Iracema Sugar Mill |
| 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 | Welcome to the company. Company presentation and visit will include: · Sugarcane reception in industry, · The plant of sugar and ethanol production and storage, · Residue recycling and storage (yeast, vinasse, bagasse, filter cake processing) facilities. · Sugarcane field operations, forest recomposition works, plant nurseries and other sustainability actions. |
| 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. | Lunch at a local restaurant (Estrela do Sul) |
| 1:45 p.m. | Depart from restaurant to RENAISSANCE HOTEL |
| 4:00 p.m. | Arrival in São Paulo, where the tour ends. |
BBEST coordinators of the trip: Flavia Winck (Phone: 55-19-982739592) and Raffaella Rossetto
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