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09/05/2012
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Rio de Janeiro - About 12,000 customers in metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre are testing new packaging canisters of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) made of fiberglass and thermoplastic high density polyethylene, more lighter than traditional steel container. The product is unique in Brazil and was brought to the country by Liquigas Distribuidora, a subsidiary of Petrobras. Tests have begun to be made in February.
According to the director of Bottled LPG Liquigas, Paolo Ditta, the new package, dubbed by the company LEV, is an innovation in the Brazilian market. The new cylinder is already successful in the American, European and Asian. It is intended primarily to residential consumer "and also to specific consumers, for whom weight, material and dimensions of the container make a difference, as users of trailers and boats."
According Ditta, the product is sustainable since the hard cover is made from recyclable material. The cylinders were imported LEV Amtrol Alfa Company, the largest manufacturer of cylinders in the world, which responds by developing and manufacturing the product in Portugal. The project is being conducted in Brazil in partnership with the Liquigas Amtrol Alfa and Braskem.
The Liquigas said that, after evaluation of the test results, is a report on the feasibility of commercialization and installation of a plant for production of packaging glass fiber in the country. The company also, through his counsel, that the product certification is given by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO).
Moreover, according to Petrobras subsidiary, the test results will be forwarded to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), which regulates the market as LPG storage and distribution. The evaluation of new packaging, however, will be made by the consumers themselves who will verify whether or not the efficiency of the new canister fiberglass thermoplastic.
If adopted by consumers, the new cylinder will be sold nationwide. Its adoption, however, is not mandatory by LPG distributors. The president of the National Association of Distributors of LPG (Sindigás), Sergio Bandeira de Mello, told Agencia Brazil that, since they were introduced in the country 75 years ago, the steel cylinders have been experiencing continuous innovations, including changing the size and volume.
He believes that the adoption of solid cylinder of fiberglass will depend much more on the market. Mello said he did not see problems with the steel cylinders, "which are very safe and widely used in the world market." For him, the new packaging will not replace the old steel canister because they were developed "as efficiently, which are returnable and recyclable at the end of its useful life." The advantages pointed out by Mello relative to canister fiberglass are the lightness and the fact that no rust, staining the floor.
Source: Agency Brazil
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