In partnership with Mackenzie, Ambipar welcomes students to the Nova Odessa Operational Complex

Ambipar, a Brazilian multinational, leader in environmental management, recently signed an academic-scientific cooperation agreement with Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM), to develop professionals, knowledge and technology, in order to promote waste recovery and the circular economy. . Last Thursday (7th), Production Engineering students from the 9th and 3rd semesters got together to get to know the entire Operational Complex in Nova Odessa-SP.

“We aim to make Brazil a reference in circular economy. For this, we are establishing partnerships like this one, focused on higher education, for the development of scientific and technological bases. My expertise as a teacher and the work I develop at Ambipar motivate me to develop projects that address ESG in various spheres. We believe that this will be the first of many projects with universities throughout Brazil”, says Rafael Tello, director of Sustainability at Ambipar.

A total of 14 students kicked off the partnership, opening doors for so many other students to be motivated to create sustainability projects. As soon as they arrived, they had a presentation lecture about the company, by Leon Tonwdoski, CEO of Grupo Ambipar, at the Hazmat Training Center (HTC) building. They got to know the two fronts that segment the company: Response and Environment, in addition to knowing the national and international representation of the company.

Then, Adilson Araújo, Response Training Coordinator, spoke about Ambipar’s Multimodal Training Center, the largest in Latin America. The students were able to get to know every corner of the space reserved for teams and companies looking for improvement. “It is an honor to welcome students so young and already interested in environmental causes. As I always say to everyone who passes by: we work with prevention, preparation and response. This is what qualifies our services. I hope they return to Ambipar and, who knows, as collaborators”, says Araújo.

“I am delighted with the Training Center. I liked to know how each part works and it is quite curious. I didn’t know that soldiers came to train here. The company surprised me a lot”, says Marina Gonçalves, 21, student of the 9th semester of Production Engineering, about the activities of Ambipar Response

Inside the complex

Gabriel Estevam Domingos, Director of RD&I – Research, Development and Innovation, led the rest of the visit. Starting with the Emergency Control and Management Center (CECOE) showing all the support that the company gives to emergency response operations in the communication between the work carried out in the field by the bases and the decision makers in the customer structure.

Afterwards, they visited Eco Horta, a project created to encourage healthier eating habits and teamwork, where employees themselves plant and harvest vegetables. They saw the Deixaki Ambify, a fully automated container to receive recyclable waste. They also got to know the Water Reuse System, equipment with a storage capacity of 60 thousand liters. Soon after, they went to the Research, Development and Innovation Laboratory (RD&I) to have a closer look at some of the materials patented by the group.

“I have always been convinced that development depends on research, technology and qualified labor to do different things. When I was given the opportunity to lead this movement, I saw it as a great opportunity to work on the university/company cooperation model, where we have the ability to listen to the industry/market, the ability to translate these demands into projects, ideals and products. ”, presents Tello.

The agreement provides for the offer of scientific and technological initiation scholarships, master’s scholarships and funding for research projects. “We started the partnership for a sustainability hub, where we have Ambipar as our first great ally. The partnership involves the academic and research part. We will extend it to specialization courses, with the participation of professors/professionals from Ambipar, providing training modules and lato and strictu sensu research”, reports Alaércio Nicolete Junior, professor of Production Engineering at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

“The engineering course has more than 120 years of history, which now joins us with the common objective of working on a circular and low-carbon economy, our great challenge. From our side, as an industry, we managed to advance in the processes of development and customer service and differentiation in business and for the university, it manages to have a connection with the market. In this way, it can train better professionals and develop skills to be able to better serve society”, concludes Tello.