MFS Flux negotiates new technologies and will build second plant in SP
Valor Econômico
A R$ 6 million (US$ 3.5 million) investment in a new plant and the transfer of two new technologies to Brazil close, this year, the expansion plans of MFS Flux, a company specialized in the treatment of effluents, and strengthen the expectation of the company of reaching earnings of R$ 50 million (US$ 29.1 million) in 2010, twice the amount estimated for 2009. The new plant will be built in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), where the company already has a unit dedicated to manufacture of sludge dryers and machined parts used in its own projects. The funds invested in new projects are all the company's.
The new plant will be built for the production of carbonflux, a sort of coal intended for the removal of oil both from the water and the soil. The technology is Russian and the first machine to start the production arrives in the country in December, along with a team of Russian technicians for the training of the Brazilian employees. "At a first moment, we want to cater to the internal oil and petrochemical market that together have a huge potential, but we are also looking at opportunities in South America", says Marco Minerbo, Managing Partner of MFS.
The investment in the plant and in the agreement with the Russians - Minerbo does not disclose the name of the partner - will amount to R$ 4 million (US$ 2.3 million). When it is operating at full steam, next year, nearly 100 employees will be required for the production, marketing, sales and technical assistance. The unit that is already in operation employs between 35 and 40 employees. Minerbo says that more than 90% of this type of coal produced in the world goes to the oil and petrochemical industry, but it can be used in every segment that makes use of oil in its production processes and has to treat the effluents. Nearly one kilogram of this coal is capable of absorbing around 45 kilograms of oil and the product can still be used several times.
The other R$ 2 million (US$ 1.16 million) are being invested in an agreement that is being negotiated with a Japanese partner for import of turboflux, a polymer used in the purification of effluents. The product separates the organic matter from the water. According to Minerbo, tests made in a company of the paper and pulp sector have shown that the use of new product reduces by 75% the time of the purification process.