Eduardo Eurnekian directs America Corporation is looking to expandthrough the field of biofuels. Thus she built and put into operationthe machinery of its first
biodiesel processing plant in the provinceof Santa Fe, Argentina.
Unitec Bio is located in Puerto General San Martin, near theParana River. This is a huge
biodiesel plant that will produce 220thousand tons of fuel.
Nearly 60 million dollars were invested by the group
Eurnekianat Unitec Bio. "We have relationship with Bunge & Born, which arethose that provide us with soybean oil, then we process them to makethe final product," said
Eduardo Eurnekian, Director of CorporateAmerica.
The director of America Corp. says the next business in thisarea is that of bioethanol, "this is the step that follows, and theidea is to have a plant like the one we have with
biodiesel. Theprocess is different and raw materials, instead of soybeans, is sugarcane. We're in the research and analysis yet. "
Investing in biofuels is not only a breakthrough in terms ofenergy to reduce oil dependency, but also implies an effort to generatea favorable impact on the economy and, what is significant to protectthe environment.
