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.