Sugar processing - Import export

De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) is a general contracting company capable of undertaking projects from their early definition stage up to full turnkey with post commissioning assistance, under a Single point responsibility. Main fields of contracting activities are projects involving in-house know-how such as Sugar plant and Edible Oil processing facilities as well as agro-industrial activities like Bioethanol and Biochemicals production involving similar unit operations and construction philosophy. DSEC's is also specialized in developing all utilities and auxiliary facilities related to the above plants. Contracting operations generally cover the whole range of Engineering, Procurement and Construction tasks (EPC), some of them, however, possibly being undertaken directly by our customer or managed in partnership (partial EPC, EPCM or EPCM+®). Close co-operation with the customer at all stages of the project definition and preliminary design is required before De Smet Engineers & Contractors can effectively start working on a project. Such dialogue with the end-user or investors is essential in order to freeze the project concept and eliminate grey areas, thus avoiding overruns, extra expenditure and unforeseen delays. Especially in critical areas such as local construction works, DSEC’s experts will exercise full control on preliminary investigation and studies to ensure that the Full Responsibility Concept is guaranteed. Accurate budgets are often commissioned by DSEC’s customer with a view of checking project feasibility study hypothesis.

Thanks to its deep knowledge of all unitary operations related to edible oil, sugar and sugar fermentation processes, De Smet Engineers & Contractors is the ideal partner for assisting investors in developing and implementing biochemical production plants and bio-commodities production facilities. DSEC has already successfully built for international key players a betain and several inulin plants based on their proprietary knowhow. Moreover, DSEC’s experience in implementing cogeneration units built along with facilities for the production of fermentable grade sugar (derived from sugar beet, cane and grains) allows the company to fine-tune the overall process set-up in order to achieve ideal conditions with regard to material and energy flows. Notable examples of bio-based chemicals include non food starch, cellulose fibers and cellulose derivates, tall oils, fatty acids and fermentation products such as ethanol and citric acid for which. DSEC is fully qualified to provide the facility that will efficiently generate the required feedstock on an industrial scale. From a technical point of view, almost all industrial materials respectively their building blocks made from fossil resources can be substituted by their bio-based counterparts: • C2 building blocks: ethanol, acetic acid • C3 building blocks: lactic acid, 3-hydroxypropanoic acid, glycerol • C4 building blocks: fumaric acid, succinic acid, butyric acid, 1-butanol • C5 building blocks: itaconic acid, furfural • C6 building blocks: citric acid, glucaric acid, 5-HMF, adipic acid

DSEC's commitment on the construction of Bioethanol plants is based on a very specialized technical knowledge of the Ethanol production processes; in this article you will find a more detailed understanding about the Upstream process. In Europe and the US, the existing traditional 1" generation bioethanol plants typically process cereals (maize/corn, wheat, rye, ...) and other starch or sugar containing raw materials (e.g. sugar beet). The raw material initially undergoes crushing (milling for cereals) to reduce the particle size distribution to such a degree that the enzymes enter in contact with the starch molecules in the subsequent steps. During liquefaction with alpha-amylase, starch is dismantled into low molecular sugar units, the so-called dextrines. In the next process step, saccharification, these dextrines are further dismantled into fermentable sugars by means of gluco-amylase. In the fermentation process, these fermentable sugars are partly aerobically transformed, but mainly anaerobically by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) into biomass and ethanol; sugar containing raw material as e.g. sugar cane can be directly fed into fermentation after crushing. Upstream process groups: - Storage - Cleaning - Milling / Crushing - Mashing - Liquefaction - Saccharification - Fermentation (batch or continuous)

Organic Certified Açaí Clarified Extract Concentrated is obtained from selected wild harvested fruits submitted to a natural clarification and concentration process through a proprietary patent process. No added sugar, coloring, or preservatives. Benefits: * Combats premature aging and heart disease * Helps in the absorption of omega-3, one of the best fruit antioxidants * Provides dietary fiber, keeping the system functioning smoothly * Prevents health problems such as arthritis, inflammation, obesity, erectile dysfunction, neurological diseases, and allergies * Lowers LDL (bad cholesterol) while maintaining HDL (beneficial cholesterol) levels Common uses: functional foods & beverages, energy drinks, sport drinks, natural juices, yogurts, desserts, jellies, gel in suspension and others.

Organic Acerola Concentrated Juice Clarified 65° is obtained from ripe fruits following the strictest planting standards; processed under high technology; and submitted to concentration and filtering process. No added sugar, coloring, or preservatives. Free from foreign matters. Benefits: * Antioxidant activity (High ORAC) * Prevents influenza and colds. * Boosts the immune system * Athletic endurance * Antifungal * Skin astringent (cream) Common uses: foods and beverages, energy and sport drinks, juices, yogurts, desserts, jellies, gel in suspension and others.

Organic Certified Acerola Puree is obtained from ripe fruits following the strictest planting standards; processed under high technology; and submitted to pasteurization process. No added sugar, coloring, or preservatives. Free from foreign matters. Benefits: * Antioxidant activity (High ORAC) * Prevents influenza and colds. * Boosts the immune system * Athletic endurance * Antifungal * Skin astringent (cream) Common uses: foods and beverages, energy and sport drinks, juices, yogurts, desserts, jellies and nutritional supplement on the pharmaceutical industry or in cosmetics.