The owners of Fernet 1882 are now betting on the sale of bioethanol plants | Opening business

The creators of the 1882 FERNET brand are banking on their development in the bioethanol sector. However, they are not intended to stand out in their production but in manufacture of distilleries to convert corn into fuel and feed for livestock. The project began four years ago to reduce logistics costs. Last week he took a first international step with the first Minidest expedition to Bolivia.

Porta Hnos. already has six of these plants installed in agricultural establishments in the national territory and, according to La Voz, aspires to build four more in 2019. The first of them opened in 2016 in Las Chilcas, the second began operations two months later at Estancia Las Peñas. Each of them has the capacity to process about 5.5 million liters of bioethanol per year.

Each minidest It has a value of 4 million US dollars and, being modular, its capacity can be extended, in addition to being exploited remotely. According to the company, these plants are designed for farmers who own 2,000 hectares of corn and a feedlot of about 4,000 animals.

For a month, the company Cordovan will send in Bolivia – the plant was acquired by Granosol – the components, while the badembly will last about a month and a half. Now, from Porta Hnos. aim to reach the Paraguayan and Brazilian market with their mini-resellers and they badure that negotiations to achieve this are advanced.

Similarly, alcohol remains the main activity of the company founded by the Porta family, now run by the fifth generation. Most of the revenue comes from the production and sale of bulk alcohol for the food and perfume industries, while the second most important unit is mbad consumption via its three most popular brands: Bialcohol, Casalta and 1882.