| Gizelle Ferreira, Operations Manager of Holcim Brazil's Resotec
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We are constantly looking for ways of cutting
costs at all Holcim production sites.The use of
alternative fuels (AFR) has advantages for Holcim
in three areas: it provides us with cheaper fuel,
it reduces our use of fossil fuels and resulting
harmful emissions and it enables us to actively
assist in disposing of a wide range of materials
in an environmentally aware manner.
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Gizelle Ferreira sees her task as
that of an all-round interface:
"Our customers include some
major industrial companies who
are cooperating with us to find
sustainable disposal solutions
for waste production materials –
for example from metal working
operations."
With the establishment of Resotec, our Brazilian
Group company has already made a name for
itself in the field of “co-processing”. Thanks to
its close cooperation with Holcim Brazil’s cement
plants, its key knowledge of co-processing
involved in the production of clinker in the
rotary kiln and of the processing of industrial
waste, Resotec has already become a market
leader with more than 150 customers and its
own laboratories.
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"Having our own labs at the
Pedro Leopoldo and Cantagalo
plants means we can offer
comprehensive analyses which
provide the basis for taking
decisions on co-processing."
For Holcim Brazil, one result of this was that
the Cantagalo plant was able to operate for
four months without thermal energy costs.
It also made it possible to increase the proportion
of alternative fuels consumed at the Pedro
Leopoldo and Barroso plants by 110 percent.
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"Resotec not only holds
ISO 9001 certification for
quality management, but
also ISO 14001 certification
for environmental management.
These high-quality
standards are a precondition
for being able to work
together with international
companies on a sustainable
basis."
Gizelle Aparecida Catarino Ferreira is the Operations
Manager of Resotec. As a chemical engineer
and having previously been responsible for
the AFR platform at the Pedro Leopoldo plant,
she knows exactly what is called for: comprehensive
know-how which is essential for this
complex operation and the ability to train
the workforce to exercise care, observe safety
procedures and comply with regulations.
More importantly, teamwork with the cement
production personnel, market knowledge and
customer focus are key success factors.
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