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_________________________________________________________________________________ AVB( Aço Verde do Brasil)
challenging time for us with the huge amounts of imported steel
with high CO 2 emissions from China into Brazil,” declares Silvia.“ However, our brand-new oxygen plant is top-of-the-line, and we are also investing heavily in AI to speed up logistics, improve customer service, reduce capital spending and decrease the unnecessary usage of raw material.
In the next five years, we plan to expand in terms of volume and types of products. The current economic climate of Brazil is slowing down growth, but we’ re growing very organically by opening more product lists, rather than producing more of the same. Our
aim is to enter different markets and reach full capacity without sacrificing margins.” ■
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Cryogenic Process Systems Proud to support a world first.
Congratulations to AVB on becoming the world’ s first carbon-neutral steel plant.
We’ re proud to have played a part.
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