Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Co (LDC) has added a specialised line to its complex in Timbúes, Argentina.
The new line would increase the company’s capacity to process high oil-content seeds, the company said on 29 January.
LDC said the investment would enable the plant in Santa Fe province to process a wider range of oilseed crops – such as camelina, carinata, canola and sunflower –in addition to the site’s existing soyabean crushing capabilities.
The additional oilseeds would be processed into meal and oil, with the meal used in animal feed and the oil used in the production of advanced biofuels such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO), the company said.
“The addition of these new processing capabilities in Timbúes allows us to integrate a wider range of crops into our regional operations,” said Fernando Correa, LDC’s regional head of oilseeds for South & West Latin America.
The addition of the new crushing line and associated equipment would enable the plant to process up to 3,000 tonnes/day of additional oilseeds during periods of lower seasonal activity, alternating with the usual capacity to crush 7,000 tonnes/day of soyabeans during the rest of the year, LDC said.
The investment included the installation of equipment specifically designed for processing high-oil-content seeds, including five specialised presses, one rotary cooker, three vertical cookers, two impurity separators and two decanters.
