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Institutional Support
LPG PROJECT - Shared Quality
Nature and Main Purpose
Association was an institution founded in 1994 as an initiative of LPG distribution companies. The main objective of this institution is promoting continuous quality improvement in the sector.
Strategy
To bring together and promote interaction between the sectors that make up the “LPG Industry”.
Obtain the support and technical cooperation of entities linked to the standardization, regulation, guidance and supervision of the process.
Targets
Companies and professionals within the “LPG Industry”, which are responsible for the production, storage, transportation and distribution of LPG, including manufacturers and distributors of products and technical services intended for these activities, as well as entities responsible for standardization, regulation and inspection.
Association Characteristics
Interaction between companies whose products or services are interconnected with the LPG use chain;
Participation Modalities
Maintainers – Associated companies that are part of the “LPG Industry”.
Invited Collaborators – Professionals and entities which can contribute to the success of the Association’s activities, because of their responsibilities or technical training.
Organizational Structure
Advisory Board – 2026 – 2028
- President
Guilherme Simão Darezzo Neto – Ultragaz - Vice President
Sílvio Alecssandro Barbosa da Silva – Copa Energia - Board Members
Alisson Matos de Albuquerque – Nacionalgás
Adésio José Brandão Filho – Supergasbrás
Ricardo Manara – Cavagna
Cristiane Monaco Ricco – Ultragaz
Solange Yukari Akiama – Mangels
Executive Coordination
- Coordinator
João Batista Corrêa Nery
Members
- Amazongás – LPG distribution
- Ahgas – Information technology
- Aratell – Cylinders, valves and flanges
- Cavagna – Valves and equipment
- Copa Energia – LPG distribution
- Fogás – LPG distribution
- GLPiccolo – Plant equipment
- Horos Tintas – Technical paints
- Makeen Energy – Plant equipment
- Mangels – LPG cylinders
- Nacional Gás – LPG Distribution
- NHL – Cylinders requalification
- Nova Fase – Cylinders requalification
- Servgás – LPG distribution
- Supergasbrás – LPG distribution
- Trukofer – Cylinders requalification
- Ultragaz – LPG distribution
- Utingás – LPG storage
- Vinilak – Technical paints
Association Activities
Working Groups – Made up of representative’s member of companies and invited employees to deal with technical topics, aiming to identify problems and opportunities, pointing out possible solutions and recommending actions of a practical nature.
GLP Innovation and Technology Award – Created in 2010, with the following objectives:
- To encourage LPG companies and professionals in the area to systematically record their studies, experiences and developments, in the form of technical papers:
- Promote the dissemination of the advances obtained and
- Recognize the contribution of the authors of the awarded technical papers
Details on the www.gasescombustiveis.com.br/premioglp website
LPG Technical Meeting and Exhibition – Annual event, held in December, with the following objectives:
- Present, with guest speakers, technical topics of interest to the “LPG Industry”.
- Reward the winners of the GLP Innovation and Technology Award;
- Honor prominent personalities of the “LPG Industry”;
Enable interaction between users and suppliers of products and services through technical display and explanations.
Details on the www.gasescombustiveis.com.br/encontroglp website
Other Activities
Technical Standards
Since 1998, the LPG Project has been responsible for the management of the Brazilian Committee on Fuel Gases of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, managing the entire technical standardization process in this area.
Superintendent: João Batista Corrêa Nery
Study Committees
- Gas appliances
- LPG storage and bottling plants
- Gas Installations – Industrial, commercial and residential
- Storage and supply facilities
- Laboratory analysis
- Hoses and Tubes
- Natural Gas Service Stations for vehicles
- Metallic and non-metallic cylinders for LPG
- Pressure Regulators, Valves & Accessories
- Transportation and Distribution Systems
Technical Seminars
The Brazilian Committee on Fuel Gases holds Technical Seminars in the main cities of the country, with the objective of disseminating and discussing normative texts of wide practical application, aimed at efficiency and safety in the use and handling of fuel gases.
