Luiz Lacerda Biagi

CNAA - National Sugarcane and Alcohool Company is an enterprise in the sugarcane sector which works to produce clean renewable fuel. With units in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás, CNAA is controlled by the Sugarcane and Alcohol Investment and Participation Fund, made up of investment funds from Carlyle/Riverstone, Goldman Sachs, Discovery Capital, Global Foods and DiMaio Ahmad. There are 3 CNAA production units. The units in Ituiutaba-MG and Itumbiara-GO are already in operation, each one with a processing capacity of 2.5 million tons of sugarcane per year. These units are focused on producing VHP and crystal sugar, Anidro and hydrated alcohol, as well as producing electrical energy from sugarcane bagasse. The unit in Campina Verde-MG is foreseen to begin production in 2010. CNAA was projected to offer state-of-the-art technology and differentiated practices both in the production of clean renewable fuel as well as in the relationship with its collaborators and the communities in the regions where they work. Among their differentials is mechanized harvesting, high industrial efficiency, an economical sustainability, social and environmental, privileged logistics and the use of state-of-the-art equipment, such as diffusers instead of milling, guaranteeing scales and optimizing resources.