Matching Supply and Demand of Secondary Chemicals and Fuels

Todd Pencarinha currently serves as president of Altiras, a Houston, Texas-based company that provides beneficial reuse solutions to create value from chemicals and fuels that would have otherwise ended up as waste. With five subsidiaries, Altiras targets different markets within the beneficial reuse space. Previously known as Altiras Industrial Services, Todd Pencarinha’s firm developed its own custom developed Intranet system to known as AltNet.

AltNet uses a proprietary matching algorithm that registers and matches supply and demand of different secondary chemicals and fuels. The company’s in-house development team leveraged technological advancement and historical beneficial use experience to come up with the product. According to Mr. Pencarinha, the system is superior to anything else in the marketplace and is expected to yield substantial benefits to the Altiras sales and marketing teams.

This leading-edge product is now helping Altiras improve its distribution efficiency in the secondary chemicals and fuels markets. System enhancements have also been planned to further improve the platform’s effectiveness.

Altiras Recovery Develops Process to Create Crude Oil Asphalt Binder

Todd Pencarinha is a Texas-based professional with nearly three decades of experience in project management, chemical engineering, and business development. Since December of 2010, Todd Pencarinha has served as president of Altiras, a company that develops beneficial use/reuse solutions for chemicals and petroleum products from businesses in a variety of sectors. 

Altiras has made significant advances in sustainable chemical management and beneficial reuse, leveraging existing reuse strategies and developing innovative new processes. In 2015, Altiras subsidiary Altiras Recovery announced the development of a proprietary process that extracts heavy crude oil from bodies of water while creating a useful new by-product. 

Altiras Recovery developed the innovation to aid the cleanup of Mexican lagoons heavily impacted by oil spills and dumping practices before modern environmental regulations. In one site spanning 600 acres, the pond contained an astonishing 400,000 cubic meters of Mexican crude oil before cleanup efforts began. Altiras Recovery developed proprietary methods to efficiently extract the heavy crude oil while removing water and solids, and another process to convert the crude oil into a usable asphalt binder, thereby benefiting the environment while helping create high-quality road materials.

Corporate Environmental Stewardship Has Positive Effects

In recent years, corporations have taken a more active role in the fight to protect the environment. This is largely due to the fact that individuals and communities have become much more environmentally aware. Also important is the fact that Generation Z and the Millennial generation have expressed a preference to work for and to consume products from businesses that offer sustainable products or that have incorporated sustainability into their corporate culture or operations. One such company that takes an active role in protecting the environment is beneficial reuse firm Altiras, located in Houston, TX. 

We recently spoke with Todd Pencarinha, President of Altiras. According to Mr. Pencarinha, "Altiras is a B2B company, so it is not where you would expect to look when seeking companies that provide significant benefit to communities. However, the very nature of our business provides tangible benefits to those around us, not just our suppliers and customers." When providing services to clients, Todd Pencarinha and the team at Altiras abide by a set of core values. One of those values is a responsibility to conduct business in a way that promotes the health of the environment. Through the company's industry leading beneficial reuse strategies, Mr. Pencarinha states "Altiras is one of those unique companies that benefits the environment and communities by the very nature of what it does. By developing beneficial reuse projects, Altiras directly reduces waste for it's suppliers, provides cost savings for its customers, and reduces the carbon footprint for both." Among the more popular trends in environmental stewardship among businesses is the redevelopment of supply chains to incorporate more sustainable practices, including the reduction of raw material, water, and energy use. Pencarinha goes on to say "Altiras allows its customers and suppliers to change their supply chains in such a way that they, and even nearby communities, benefit by lower carbon footprint, lower energy use, reduced air emissions, and reduced risk of land, groundwater or other environmental contamination."

Conservationism and environmental stewardship in corporate America are attracting more scrutiny, thus the implementation of sustainable practices and beneficial use strategies play a critical role. Todd Pencarinha believes that companies like Altiras will play a key role in near future of American business by helping businesses eliminate waste, minimize environmental risks, cut costs, improve efficiency, and retain conscientious employees.

An Altiras Recovery Partnership in Waste Solvent Conversion

 


Todd Pencarinha guides Altiras Recovery, LLC, and oversees a Texas firm focused on the development of proprietary equipment and processes that enable the recycling and reuse of industrial waste materials. Todd Pencarinha and his team have created a number of innovative strategies for creating value from waste that would otherwise require capital to dispose of and remediate.

In April 2016, Altiras Recovery announced that it was pursuing partnership opportunities in the area of waste solvent conversion. Undertaken in tandem with a well-established international manufacturer, the initiative centers on developing leading-edge technologies in the field. It also involves directing capital toward projects that will turn waste solvent into materials that its supplier can utilize in practical ways.

As described by Mr. Pencarinha, the partnership enables his firm to work closely with manufacturers that do not have a core focus on chemical recovery and help them improve their bottom line. In particular, waste streams will be closely evaluated and managed in ways that decrease total waste volume and relieve operating cost pressures.

Altiras Recovery - A Host of Innovative Waste Recycling Offerings

Todd Pencarinha leads Altiras Recovery, LLC, a company focused on the processing and recycling of chemicals and fuels. His firm takes a pioneering approach to waste-value recovery and waste minimization that goes well beyond traditional environmental or recycling service providers. Todd Pencarinha and his team emphasize the potential for suppliers to achieve new revenue streams through the conversion of industrial waste into products that meet specific customer needs.

Focused on the leading edge of what is possible, Altiras has developed a number of novel approaches to effectively capture the intrinsic value of wastes that previously had no reliable market value. Its fuel and recovery pathways emphasize beneficial, economically efficient uses.

Among the types of products that Altiras purchases in various quantities are industrial solvents, specialty chemicals, heavy fuels, and many others. The firm also acquires and processes a wide range of crude oils and refined products. Emphasizing an aggressive approach, Altiras is able to source and deliver chemical and petroleum derivatives under reliable schedules and tight deadlines.