The new plant in SC will start operations in June 2021. Approximately R$ 180 million will be invested in the construction of the new venture

I use the view! The largest meat processor in the world, the Brazilian JBS, owned by the Batista brothers, informed that it will start this Monday (08), the construction of a biodiesel factory in Mafra (SC), operated by JBS Biodiesel – a division of JBS Novos Business. Chinese multinational summons electricians, mechanics, technical engineers and more professionals on this day, June 06

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The JBS Biodiesel factory in Mafra, SC will have an area of ​​76 square meters and, when completed, should generate 100 direct jobs and around 300 indirect jobs.

The expectation is that the factory will start operations in June 2021. Around 180 million reais will be invested in the construction of the new venture, through Seara Alimentos.

According to Alexandre Pereira, director of JBS Biodiesel, the new project will more than double the company's current biofuel capacity.

The new factory will be able to produce 1 million liters a day. “The plant will start operations helping to meet the demand for incoming B13, and ready to meet the growth of the regulatory framework, which should reach 15% in 2023”, adds the executive, referring to the increase in the blend of biodiesel and diesel, from the current 12% to 13%, expected to come into force in March 2021.

Amid the pandemic and global crisis, JBS opens 3 jobs in Brazil

JBS said it would maintain investments in the order of 8 billion reais that it had announced for the next five years and generated 3 jobs amid the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus. 

“Not only did we make the commitment not to lay off workers, but we also hired over 3 people (in recent months)”, said the global president of companhia, Gilberto Tomazoni, during the series of live interviews Economy in Quarantine, from Estadão.

The Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) requested, on Wednesday (03/06), the closure of the Caxias do Sul unit, due to the high rate of contamination of employees by covid-19

According to Tomazoni, since the beginning of the pandemic, JBS has sought health specialists to take care of the health of its employees.