1) Empral Piracicaba History:
  Founded in 1982, Empral Piracicaba is an engineering company mainly focused on the ethanol and sugar industry, for which we research, develop and license projects of equipments.

2) Empral Piracicaba experience on sugarcane processing:
  Our team of professionals has specialists with more than 48 years of experience related to the sugar industry, many of whom have actively participated in the development of the technologies current used in cane handling (reception and feeding), cane prepare, juice extraction and bagasse handling.
 
During 37 years of activity, Empral Piracicaba has projected:
  2.1) Sugar Mills
  - There are more than 320 mills operating in the present moment which were made 100% with our project. These Mills are renowned for their high grinding capacity, reliability and minimal maintenance.
  - We’ve retrofitted and upgraded more than 200 mills of other manufactures/designers. We are experienced even in retrofitting “unusual” mills, such as the self adjusting Fives Lille Mill and the GHH Mill with roller bearings, applying the most current concepts and innovations developed by Empral Piracicaba.
  - We’ve calculated and set more than 920 crops for milling tandem, which had on average 5 mills each, resulting in more than 4,600 unity mill settings.
  - We’ve detailed the installation projects of more than 400 mills (or 80 milling tandem).
  2.2) Complete design of juice extraction (detailed and installation):
  - We´ve designed the complete juice extraction (from cane reception to the grinding process) of more than 27 large-sized units, such as the following plants:
  Legend:
  Yellow Plants with a installed capacity of more than 1,500,000 Metric Tons per Crop (1,653,467 Short Tons per Crop) or > 350 MTCH (385.8 STCH)
Green Plants with a installed capacity of more than 2,000,000 Metric Tons per Crop (2,204,622 Short Tons per Crop) or > 460 MTCH (507 STCH)
Orange Plants with a installed capacity of more than 3,000,000 Metric Tons per Crop (3,306,934 Short Tons per Crop) or > 700 MTCH (771.62 STCH)
Red Plants with a installed capacity of more than 4,500,000 Metric Tons per Crop (4,960,400 Short Tons per Crop) or > 1,000 MTCH (1,102.3 STCH)
  Alto Alegre Group (Brazil): - Santo Inácio Plant.
                                                - Florestópolis Plant.
                                                - Floresta Plant.
                                                - Junqueira Plant – Milling Tandem B.
                                                - Alta Mogiana Plant – Milling Tandem B.
  Abengoa Group (Brazil):     - São Luiz Plant.
                                                - São João Plant.
  Raizen Group (Brazil):         - Maracaí Plant.
                                                - Caarapó Plant.
  Atvos Group (Brazil):           - Santa Luzia Plant *¹.
                                                - Eldorado Plant*².
                                                - Rio Claro Plant.
                                                - Conquista do Pontal Plant.
                                                - Biocon Plant (Angola) (diffuser excluded).
  Adecoagro Group (Brazil):  - Angélica Plant*³.
                                                - Ivinhema Plant.
  - Rio Pardo Plant – URP (Brazil).
- Campo Florido Plant (Coruripe Group - Brazil).
- Aralco Plant (Brazil).
- Uberaba Plant (Brazil).
- Santa Juliana Plant (Brazil).
- Cocal II Plant (Brazil).
- BP Tropical Plant – Milling Tandem B - diffuser excluded (Brazil).
- Umoe Bio Energy Plant (Brazil).
- CAAEZ Plant (Venezuela).
- BUA Group (Nigeria).
- LA Suca Legacy Project, Louisiana- in progress – (USA)
- Leales Plant, Tucumán (Argentina).
  *¹ Santa Luzia Plant (Atvos Group) holds the world record for the largest amount of cane processed in one tandem in a single day (32,000 Metric Tons or 35,274 Short Tons).
  *² The Eldorado Plant (Atvos Group) has the mill with the greatest grinding capacity in the world. The model 1570x2650mm (61.8” x 104.3”) can grind 1,730 MTCH (1,907 STCH) at 7 rpm (equivalent to 41,500 MTCD – 45,746 STCD – or 7,400,000 Metric Tons per Crop – 8,175,104 Short Tons per Crop)
  *³ The Angélica Plant (Adecoagro Group) has a milling tandem with 6 Mills 2200 mm (86.6”) wide, which have an average grinding greater than 24,000 Metric Tons per Day (26,456 Short Tons per Day) with a extraction efficiency of 97%.
  2.3) Cane Preparation Equipments:
  - Among the equipments of cane preparation designed by Empral Piracicaba, there are more than 130 currently operating.
  2.4) Cane Handling Equipments:
  - There are more than 80 cane handling systems designed by Empral Piracicaba in operation.
  2.5) Bagasse Handling Projects:
  - Among the bagasse handling projects (conveying, boiler feeding and stocking) there are more than 30 systems operating at this moment.
  2.6) Current Scale of Empral´s Designs:
  Over the last few decades, and more intensely in the last few years, the scale necessary to make Greenfield projects be economically viable in Brazil has increased significantly. Regarding this new reality, Empral Piracicaba has been designing equipments with high capacity and reliability coupled with a low maintenance, among which stand out:
  - Milling tandem with more than 40,000 MTCD capacity (or 44,093 Short Tons per Day) with the mill 1570x2650mm (61.8” x 104.3”).
  - Single cane reception and handling system with a capacity of up to 1,400 MTCH or 33,600 MTCD (1,543 Short Tons per Hour or 37,038 Short Tons per Day).
  As a example of this expertise we highlight a milling tandem with 6 mills 2200mm (86.6”) wide which has an average grinding greater than 24,000 MTCD (26,455 Short Tons per Day) with a extraction efficiency of 97% (Angélica Plant – Adecoagro Group).
  Numbers as those outlined above can only be achieved by a company with a extensive experience in mechanical designing of the sugar cane processing equipments.
  2.7) Efficiency:
  In our pursuit of increasing the scale, we did not abdicate of the efficiency. Our customers who have milling tandem with 6 mills, report average extraction efficiency between 96.5 – 97%, many of them outperforming 97%. As an example, we can highlight a client with a milling tandem with 7 mills, which operates at more than 7.0 rpm and achieve a crop average extraction of more than 98% (Junqueira Plant – Alto Alegre Group – Milling Tandem A).
  2.8) Industrial Diagnosis of the Juice Extraction Area:
  We are very experienced in specialized industrial diagnosis for the juice extraction area. We analyze all the equipments (capacity, performance and mechanical reliability) keeping in mind the targets defined by the customer (capacity and efficiency). Since our foundation we´ve made more than 70 complete Industrial Diagnosis.
  2.9) Master Plan:
  Our expertise allow us to be specialized in developing Master Plans to assist our customers in achieving the intended results (capacity, efficiency and reliability) with the lowest CAPEX and OPEX, providing an accurate investment advice on the phases of the project implementation as well in the expansion projects.
  2.10) Dry Cleaning System for Sugarcane:
  We´ve been actively participating in the development of the dry cleaning system and our current project delivers an average efficiency (24h) of more than 65%. Following are some examples of Dry Cleaning System detailed by Empral Piracicaba:
- Santa Luzia Plant - Atvos Group.
- Angélica Plant – Adecoagro Group (Project by CTC, only detailed by Empral).
- Vista Alegre Plant – Tonon Group.
- Santa Candida Plant – Raízen Group.
- Boa Vista Plant – São Martinho Group.

3) Empral Piracicaba experience in processing energy cane:
  Among the more than 920 milling tandem setting we have made, a good number of them had the ratio fiber%cane in the order of 18% (Brazil Northeast and some regions of Latin America), which has enable us to accumulate a vast experience in processing high-fiber cane.
  - Energy-Cane (25 to 30% fiber) Tests:
  In 2012 we have made some pre-commercial scale tests in order to analyze some energy-cane varieties performance in the grinding process. We´ve tested more than 20 varieties, with more than 140 passages through our experimental mill, with the purpose of simulating the most diverse conditions. This enables us to acquire a wide knowledge and to predict the performance of different varieties (+ or - fiber; + or – sugar) and so be able to specify a Energy-Cane installation with a high reliability.
We have already accompany a commercial scale milling of energy cane (> 170 MTCH or 187.3 STCH) analyzing the grinding performance.

4) Other Markets:
  Citric:
  http://www.empralpiracicaba.com.br/citrusmarket
  Rubber Processing:
  http://www.empralpiracicaba.com.br/rubberprocessing

5) Empral Piracicaba Site.
  http://www.empralpiracicaba.com.br/en
   
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