Learn how CIRES increased energy efficiency in PVC production. No arquivo, foram implementadas diversas melhorias operacionais.Photo by Polina Tankilevitch on Pexels
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Learn how CIRES increased energy efficiency in PVC production. No arquivo, foram implementadas diversas melhorias operacionais.

Notícias de Coimbra3 September 2026 at 23:25

CIRES – Companhia Industrial de Resinas Sintéticas, Lda, is a chemical sector company specialized in PVC (polyvinyl chloride) production. The company developed improvements in its manufacturing process that resulted in an increase in energy efficiency in PVC production. The article explains how CIRES managed to increase energy efficiency in its production operations. These improvements represent an advance in how the company manages energy resources in the manufacture of synthetic resins.

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