14-05-2013

LANXESS is focusing on the megatrend of mobility also in Brazil. In Porto Feliz, the specialty chemicals company’s subsidiary Rhein Chemie has opened a new facility for high-performance bladders (curing bladders), which are used in the production of tires. It has an annual capacity of about ...

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15-04-2013

Wacker Chemie AG is strengthening its presence in South America, and today inaugurates its expanded technical center, including training center, near São Paulo, Brazil. The new regional competence center for South America combines research and development, applications technology, and a ...

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08-03-2013

AkzoNobel’s new €90 million Jupiá Chemical Island in Brazil is now operational and has started supplying the Eldorado Brasil Celulose pulp mill. Operated by the company’s Pulp and Performance Chemicals business, the state-of-the-art Jupiá facility represents one of AkzoNobel’s largest ...

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06-03-2013

LANXESS is strengthening its standing as the leading producer of high-performance rubber. Following a feasibility study, LANXESS has decided to convert production of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E-SBR) used in standard tires to solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) used in ...

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08-10-2012

The project for the acquisition by the Arkema subsidiary Coatex of an acrylic additives and emulsions production site from Brazilian company Resicryl, was closed on October 1st 2012 as scheduled. This transaction fits with the Group's strategy to increase its presence in high-growth ...

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17-07-2012

Arkema announces a project for the acquisition of an additives and emulsions production site from Brazilian Group Resicryl. The project illustrates the Group’s commitment to speeding up its development in Latin America around high added value products. The Group should indeed benefit from the ...

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Capacity of 60,000 metric tons

08-02-2012

BASF officially inaugurated its new world-scale production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America. The plant has a capacity of 60,000 metric tons per year and is supplying the regional market. Production started at the end of 2011 and the plant ...

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03-02-2012

AkzoNobel is planning to invest €80 million in the construction of a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano Maranhão pulp mill. This is AkzoNobel's second largest investment in ...

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Start-up scheduled for early 2014

22-12-2011

Evonik is pressing ahead with the planning phase for a new production facility for a wide range of ingredients for cosmetics and consumer goods in Americana in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The planned investment is in the mid-double-digit million euro range. Production capacity will ...

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16-12-2011

Yara International ASA and OCP S.A. have agreed key terms for the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture in Brazil and the entry into corresponding phosphate rock supply and other commercial arrangements.The proposed joint venture will as a first step involve OCP gaining a 50% interest in ...

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