Biosev will cease to exist and will be replaced by Raízen, a sugar and ethanol producer, upon completion of this process

Sugar and ethanol producer Raízen completed the Biosev integration process in April. Raízen boosted its business with this purchase agreement, strengthening and expanding its business model, in addition to raising the bar in the sugar-energy sector.

Raízen's Strategy

According to Exam Magazine, Raízen, a sugar and ethanol producer, made a strategic move by combining with Biosev's assets, thus managing to promote efficiency and operational synergies, expanding opportunities in biorefineries.

The biggest impasse for Raízen was to incorporate the 10 employees who worked at nine Biosev plants, in a period of time of less than nine months. Biosev plants were located in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul.

The new units jointly have energy cogeneration and export capacity of 1.316 GWh of electricity. After the integration of Biosev, Raízen now has 35 bioenergy parks.

Francis Queen, executive vice-president of Raízen, a sugar and ethanol producer, states that “The acquisition of Biosev consolidated Raízen as an integrated energy company and strategic partner in offering complete solutions to its customers, valuing quality and sustainability throughout its business chain”.

According to Francis, the units from Biosev are located in strategic places, thus favoring the competitive expansion of Raízen's businesses, a producer of sugar and ethanol.

From now on, Biosev will cease to exist and will display Raízen's visual identity. Queen claims that Biosev's assets represent several scale gains for the company. With this synergy, it was possible to optimize operating, management and capital costs in all of Raízen's processes.

Raízen created a working group with around 200 people so that the integration could be carried out in that time. The group started to act directly in the process of reviewing structures, so it was possible to take advantage of the best of each company.

During this period, Raízen held more than 270 training courses focused on new processes and systems. The company's operating team dedicated 8.000 hours of training with the implementation of a new service permit governance program, thus allowing for the standardization of processes and, as a consequence, reduced accidents.

Queen informs that the company is the result of a joint venture between Shell and Cosan. Thus, it is clear that, due to the expertise of the ethanol and sugar producer, the entire integration process was well structured. Thus, the company planned a complete process, with major communication challenges to assist in this change management.

Raízen has a powerful expansion plan, which values ​​sustainable sources as a way to respond to a possible global need for effective changes in the sector, with the aim of containing the impacts generated by climate change. This effort includes investment in bioelectricity, biofuels and bioproducts, especially second-generation ethanol and biogas.

About a company

Raízen is an integrated energy company. It is a global reference in bioenergy and protagonists in the energy transition. Raízen is among the largest private business groups in the Brazil, with over 40 employees and 15 business partners.

The company has a unique operating model and has been present in the production and sale of renewable energy and sugar from sugar cane even taking this energy to various places in the world. The company distributes ethanol and takes energy through Shell Stations.