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Cachaça factory opens with more than 1,8 solar panels

Multinational that holds the rights to Ypióca opened the project in the interior of Ceará

Cachaça factory opens with more than 1,8 solar panels

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A Diageo, one of the largest alcoholic beverage manufacturers in the world, opened a new factory with the use of solar energy in the municipality of Itaitinga, in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza (CE). 

On site, the company is carrying out investments for the development of Ypióca cachaça, which was acquired by the brand 11 years ago.

A multinational It is also dona drinks like whiskey Johnnie Walker, the vodka Smirnoff and the gin Tanqueray.

O new space count with 1.826 photovoltaic panels, with a capacity of 931,26 kWp. The technology also accounts for 90% of the electricity that powers the unit. 

In total, investments were R $ million 250 in the enterprise, with the direct offer of 400 jobs.

The new factory was delivered last week and was attended by the governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freitas (PT). 

New factory

The new liquid production and bottling unit is part of an industrial complex with approximately 90.000 m2, with 23.000 m2 of built area. 

The factory currently has the capacity to produce 12 million nine-liter boxes of cachaça per year and is one of Diageo's most relevant investments in the last decade.

According to the company, the space will also allow the expansion of the operation of other brand labels.

Henrique Hein
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