BRF is investing BRL 8 million in its Buriti Alegre unit, in Goiás. The unit now bears the title of “smart factory”

BRF, owner of the Perdigão and Sadia brands, informed this Monday (11), that it will invest 8 million in the modernization of its factory in Buriti Alegre, Goiás. According to the company, the manufacturing unit will begin to carry out its activities based on the concept of an intelligent factory, relying on various cutting-edge technologies.

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BRF fulfills its role in industry 4.0 with its new smart factory

The upgrade of the factory in Goiás will use new technologies in automation, internet of things – IoT, data analysis and cloud computing. BRF also claims that with the investment it intends to reduce costs and increase production efficiency.

According to BRF's Operations Innovation manager, Carlos Coutinho, in a note, in the municipality of Buriti Alegre, in Goiás, the company took an important step and started capturing data from the production process automatically. Therefore, controls such as quantity, final temperature and product weight are carried out in real time at the factory, further collaborating with their quality and making decision-making more agile.

The factory in Goiás, which will now be equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, is part of the company's 4.0 project, which is also taking place at other units in Seropédica (RJ) and Marau (RS). By 2025, BRF plans to invest BRL 700 million in digital transformation initiatives. The modernization with technologies from the Goiás plant was foreseen in the project, which was disclosed at the end of last year.

BRF plans to modernize all its Brazilian factories

In addition to its unit in Goiás, the company also announced, in August, the modernization of its factories in Rio Grande do Sul, where approximately R$ 181 million would be invested in the installation of new technologies, generating jobs and income for the State.

According to the company's CEO, Lorival Luz, the investment will be aimed at expanding and updating the production plants in Marau, Serafina Corrêa and Lajeado, in addition to a new feed unit in Gaurama. In addition to these, the company also plans to upgrade the feed mill in Arroio do Meio.

The investment promises to generate new job opportunities and will be carried out until the middle of next year, with R$ 44 million already invested. The CEO also states that the investments represent progress in the Vision 2030 plan.

BRF investing in technology

Last week, BRF informed that it will invest R$ 1,5 million until 2023, in the Software As A Service, to create preventive approaches and analyze risk scenarios. Over the next two years, the expectation is to invest around BRL 12,5 million in fraud using technology.

In operation since August, the system used by the company has 20 times more capacity to analyze data, speeding up the recognition of irregularities. This investment makes up the BRL 700 million that will be allocated to BRF's digital transformation initiatives by 2025.