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JV starts operating Brazil soybean crush plant for oil and meal
The Campos Gerais facility has a static storage capacity of 300,000 tonnes and a daily crushing capacity of 3,400 tonnes, supporting degummed soybean oil and soybean meal output for biofuels and export demand.
A joint venture has begun operations at the Campos Gerais Crushing Plant in Ponta Grossa, Brazil, a soybean processing facility that includes grain reception, processing and storage, as well as oil and meal extraction. World Grain reports the complex, located in the state of Paraná, began production Aug. 3 after the JV took official ownership Aug. 1.
The JV partners are agricultural cooperatives Frísia, Agrária, Capal, Coasul, Integrada, Castrolanda and Bom Jesus, with Frísia set to manage the operation. World Grain says financial terms for the plant, which was acquired from Louis Dreyfus Co., were not disclosed.
The facility sits on 58.08 hectares and has a static capacity of 300,000 tonnes, along with a daily crushing capacity of 3,400 tonnes. World Grain reports the plant focuses on producing degummed soybean oil, primarily for biofuels manufacturing, and soybean meal for domestic consumption and export, with additional products including lecithin and soybean hulls.
World Grain also notes the complex employs about 200 people and that production is supported by equipment spanning degumming and lecithin packaging, plus an oil refinery. The outlet said Frísia superintendent Mario Dykstra described the JV partnership as evidence of the maturity of Paraná’s cooperative movement.