On Thursday (29/3), xmobots® finished training the team of pilots responsible for expanding operations with the Echar 20C HA at the ATVOS group's sugarcane mills. In addition to the first unit of the product purchased in November 2016, ATVOS has completed the purchase of 4 more units of the Echar 20C HA, equipment that will go into operation this April.
Since the end of 2016, when the group made its first purchase, Echar has been used to map areas at the Costa Rica and Alto Taquari plants, located in Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso respectively. The four new units coming on stream will serve another seven plants, located in the states of São Paulo, Goiás and Mato Grosso.
The training that ended on Thursday began on March 19 and was attended by 10 participants. ATVOS is one of the largest sugarcane groups in Brazil, with an installed capacity to process 36 million tons per harvest, producing 3 billion liters of ethanol andssing 36 million tons per harvest, producing 3 billion liters of ethanol, 700,000 tons of sugar and cogenerating 3,100 GWh of electricity per harvest.