One of Brazil's largest producers of finished leather, Braspelco Industria & Comercio Ltda, has opened a new state of the art tannery serving the automotive and upholstery markets.

Located in the town of Itumbiara in the central state of Goiás, the $30 million facility occupies a 650 hectare area and comprises industrial, utility and office buildings, an effluent treatment plant, an irrigation system that uses recycled water (nothing goes into the nearby rivers) as well as associated prairies for the grazing of dairy cattle. The complex has a workforce of 2,000 and employs a further 5,500 indirectly.

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