Analytik Jena founds new entity in Brazil

Further growth in Brazilian and Latin American markets

25-Aug-2025 - Analytik Jena announced that as of August 1st, 2025, the new entity “Analytik Jena Brasil Ltda.” has started operations. Analytik Jena has further developed its sales structure to serve customers and partners even more directly and efficiently in the future. The focus is on closer, more direct ...

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie: Expansion to Brazil

26-Jun-2015 - In March 2015 Biesterfeld Spezialchemie GmbH started its activities in Brazil. In cooperation with the co-subsidiary Biesterfeld do Brasil, the company has commenced the distribution of specialty chemicals in Brazil and has thus moved another step forward in opening up new markets.“We are happy ...

BASF inaugurates world-scale acrylic acid complex in Brazil

24-Jun-2015 - BASF inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. These are the first plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers in South America. The complex has a capacity of 160,000 tons of acrylic acid per ...

Biesterfeld enters the Brazilian Polymer Distribution Market

24-Apr-2015 - With immediate effect Biesterfeld Simko Distribuição Ltda. has been appointed Key-Distributor in Brazil by DuPont´s Performance Polymer division, a long standing Partner for Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH across Europe. The DuPont product range of Engineering Polymers, Thermoplastic Elastomers and High ...

ALTANA expands its business in Brazil through acquisitions

ACTEGA acquires two companies in the overprint varnish and printing ink industry in São Paulo state

29-Dec-2014 - ALTANA has acquired two companies in Brazil. As a result, the ACTEGA division now has its own sites in South America's largest country. Both of the acquired companies are owner-operated and headquartered in the federal state of São Paulo. Premiata, which operates two facilities under the name of ...

AkzoNobel opens Imperatriz Chemical Island in Brazil

13-May-2014 - AkzoNobel's new €80 million Imperatriz Chemical Island in Brazil is now operational and has started supplying the Suzano Maranhão Pulp Mill in northern Brazil. Operated by the company's Pulp and Performance Chemicals business, the Imperatriz facility represents AkzoNobel's second major investment ...

LANXESS opens high-tech plastics plant in Brazil

Investment of around EUR 20 million

14-Apr-2014 - LANXESS inaugurated its new high-tech plastics plant in Porto Feliz, Brazil. The specialty chemicals company has invested around EUR 20 million (R$ 62 million) in the facility, which will initially have an annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons. Up to 50 highly-skilled jobs will be created. The ...

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum opens new Sales and Service Site in Brazil

29-Aug-2013 - Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum optimizes its sales and service network in order to meet customer demands. The opening of a new office in Jundiai/Sao Paulo, Brazil, marks the next milestone in establishing a strong presence in regions with high growth business opportunities. “We continue to invest ...

Frost & Sullivan: Which are the emerging growth markets for nondestructive test inspection services?

Brazil and South Africa lead the way, while India and China offer long-term growth opportunities

05-Jul-2013 - The rapid expansion of key end-user industries, such as oil and gas and power generation, is encouraging investment in newer infrastructure, which is driving demand for nondestructive test inspection (NDT) services in the emerging markets of Brazil, South Africa, India and China. Of these, Brazil ...

Clariant opens new catalyst R&D Lab in Brazil for Oil & Gas industries

27-Jun-2013 - Clariant opened a new R&D Laboratory for Catalysts for Chemicals and Oil & Gas industries. Located in the company’s largest manufacturing plant of Latin America, in Suzano (Brazil), the laboratory begins operations with a complete infrastructure, state of the art equipment and well qualified team ...