Atvos and Unifimes sign technical and scientific cooperation agreement for productivity gains

The sharing of experiences by professionals and the academic community will encourage productivity gains for the business

Atvos’s Araguaia Center has just signed a Technical and Scientific Cooperation agreement with the Mineiros University Center (Unifimes) for a Professional Master’s degree to support research projects for capturing productivity gains at their units in the region.

Unifimes is a higher learning institution that closely follows the latest trends in the job market, as demonstrated by its offering of undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide range of fields such as Business Administration, Agronomy, Environmental Engineering and Law.

Students in the programs will conduct an analysis in partnership with Atvos for launching studies and research projects that could help the company improve its processes and products. The process will begin with a comprehensive immersion in research in the field. Then technicians at Atvos will present the company’s needs and the faculty and researchers at the university will begin studies and technical visits. In addition to exchanging experiences and ideas, the agreement also calls for internship opportunities, the development of products and processes, support for technological innovation and joint participation in seminars, congresses and other events in the interest of both parties.

Potential research topics include new industrial technologies, fertilization, soil preparation and the use of waste products. “We believe that sharing knowledge will enable us to join forces to cultivate smart solutions for leveraging our units’ results,” explained Sérgio Fiorin, the center’s director.

With a presence in Mineiros and Perolândia, both cities in the state of Goiás, this is the first time that the Araguaia Center is forging a partnership of this kind. The units, which produce ethanol and biomass energy from sugarcane, employ more than 1,700 people from local communities.