With the goal
of
enhancing greater quality, safety control and assurance, as well as
promoting
R&D of new products to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations
and
requirements, Daabon has invested in the construction of a new
laboratory at
C.I. Tequendama Refinery. The laboratory, which is due to be completed
in 2019,
will support the development of various activities in an efficient and
safe
manner.
The new
facility
will have three main areas designed to optimize processing times of
various
analytics. The first will be used for physicochemical analysis, while
the
second for microbiological analysis, with a clean and isolated area to
ensure
proper controls (complying with Good Laboratory Practices) and the third
for
product use and application center, to improve efficiency and new
product
development.
The lab will
be
equipped with the latest technology for facilitating specialized
analysis of
fats and vegetable oils, such as gas chromotography coupled with a mass
detector for analysis of glycidol ester (GE) and 3-MCPD compounds, as
required
for export to European and North American markets.
The lab will
also
house Lipid Quant B5 equipment with the latest FT-NIR technology, which
has
been developed to complete different phsyicochemical analyses of fats
and
vegetable oils, allowing for expedited results and reduced consumption
of
reagents. This, in turn, will help minimize our environmental footprint
as it
limits the production of chemical residues that would need to be
disposed of.
The laboratory
will
enable Daabon to offer a higher guarantee of quality for our products by
optimizing the time and resources required to complete the analysis
process, as
well as supporting ongoing process improvement.
In order to
ensure
ongoing innovation, a dedicated area for the R&D department is also
being
planned, which will support work on new products, and improvement of
current
products, to meet the needs and requirements of national and
international
markets, enabling Daabon to remain competitive and identify new
opportunities
for growth.