Sugar
Having worked with many sugar producers in over 35 countries for over 40 years, Ginger SOFRECO has developed extensive hand-on experience in the sugar sector.
We design the best and most adapted plant for your business with a holistic approach from land, water, irrigation & agricultural issues to final products and markets. Starting from characteristics of the plant feed material (cane, beet, molasses, bagasse, etc.), the season’s duration and the available quantities, we provide you with the best engineering and consultancy services to develop your project.
Through its vast experience, Ginger SOFRECO has built up solid relations with many European, Asian, South African, Australian and South American public and private partners.
Our services
Process and engineering services
Process and engineering services
Ginger SOFRECO provides process and engineering services for greenfield and brownfield sugar and ethanol projects:
- Conceptual design, process control
- Energy audits and improved energy efficiency
- Complete cogeneration studies
- Bankable feasibility studies
- Basic engineering packages
- Planning and cost estimates
Should you face an operation issue, we can provide the following services:
- Plant audit
- Debottlenecking studies
- Improvement of operations
- Energy efficiency audit
Project management consulting
Project management consulting
Ginger SOFRECO has the full range of resources needed to carry out project management consulting services, from the bankable feasibility study to the performance tests:
- Assistance in the bidding process: issuance of bidding documents, selection and negotiations with contractors, preparation of contracts
- Review of basic and detailed engineering design
- Carrying out tie-ins works between packages
- Supervision of works, start-up and test runs until provisional and final acceptance
Support to lenders and donors
Support to lenders and donors
Ginger SOFRECO provides consultancy and engineering services to financing institutions to ensure cost controlled implementation meeting lenders’ objectives:
- Review of the project underlying hypotheses
- Review of the project business plan and financial model
- Approval of loan disbursements and verification of the use of funds received from the lenders
- Monitoring of construction
- Monitoring of production during loan-life period
Environnemental and social management
Environnemental and social management
Ginger SOFRECO has developed a solid experience in environmental and social management:
- Environmental and social impact assessments
- Resettlement plans
- Socio-economic studies
- Effluent treatment solutions
- Climate change studies
- Corporate social responsability
Business advisory services
Business advisory services
Ginger SOFRECO assists sugar companies in commercial, technical and administrative management:
- Market approach
- Corporate restructuring
- Product development and diversification
- Sugar complex organisation and management
- Procurement assistance
- Stocks and maintenance management systems
Should you need support for training and capacity building, we are able to satisfy your needs:
- Staff recruitment
- Training needs assessment, capacity building for operating and managing staff
- Definition and implementation of training plans for operating staff
Our projects
Within the framework of the establishment of a 3000 TCD greenfield sugar project, the objectives of the proposed assignment was to:
- assess the project plans, technology, construction contracts, and project economy;
- reports project’s progress for the agricultural and industrial components;
- monitor subcontractor’s
The objective was to develop a conceptual proposal for an agribusiness park, to be located close to the sugar mills for industries using sugarcane related by-products as well as businesses involved in the supply of inputs and services to the sugar industry.
This encompassed a proposed location, a detailed review of the legislation, the incentives to put in place and the required infrastructures.
SOSUMO is a 1250 TCD sugar plant in the province of Moso, Burundi. This assignment’s main goal was to ‘revitalise SOSUMO by improving its organisation and management to increase its production and ensure its sustainability in the best conditions of regularity, efficiency and cost effectiveness’.
Basic engineering design, technical assistance throughout the bidding period, the realisation of all the interface engineering work between tender packages, the review and checking of the detailed engineering design, fabrication drawings and all P&ID drawings for the factory. Assistance to the Client upon request in the supervision of erection, testing and commissioning.
- Assist the Sugar Corporation and site project management team for procurement, construction, trials and commissioning in seven sugar factories;
- Build capacity and transfer know-how on project management and monitoring.
Ginger SOFRECO enhanced collaboration among sugar research institutes and professional organisations for improvement of cane varieties, factory efficiency, innovative processes, and diversification activities.
We were responsible to monitor 13 sugar research projects (8 with MSIRI in Mauritius, 2 with SRIF in Fiji, 1 with SAC-WICSCBS in Barbados, 1 with SIA-SIRI in Jamaica and 1 with ESA in Eswatini).
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