Keyword: Brazil

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BASF Inaugurates Brazilian Acrylics Complex

22.06.2015 - BASF has inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers at Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. The €500 million complex, first of...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Mega Projects and Complete Packages

08.06.2015 - Sluggish growth, a number of regional conflicts and falling prices in global commodity markets had a major impact on the business climate in the chemical plant manufacturing sector...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Together for Sustainability

29.04.2015 - Sustainability is not a new topic for the global chemical industry, which has a long-standing track record of putting such principles into practice. Along with creating clearly...

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New Reactor Ups Arkema's Brazilian Coating Resin Output

14.04.2015 - Arkema's Coating Resins business has expanded its acrylic resin manufacturing capacity at Araçariguama, Brazil, by 60% through the installation of a new reactor. With the start-up...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Large Industrial Plant Manufacturing

25.03.2015 - The member companies of the German Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers Group (AGAB) booked orders valued at €19.6 billion in 2014, a 11% decline compared to the previous year....

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Germany’s Altana Acquires two Brazilian Companies

05.01.2015 - In a move to expand its position in the Brazilian market, the Actega division of German specialty chemicals producer Altana has acquired two owner-operated companies, Premiata and...

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Brazil Rejects Solvay Sale of Indupa to Braskem

14.11.2014 - Solvay said it is "awaiting details" of a Nov. 13 decision by the Brazilian competition authority CADE not to allow the planned sale of its 70.59% majority stake in Solvay Indupa...

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Brazil Soy Exporters to Police Monsanto Biotech Seeds

06.10.2014 - At least one soybean exporter in Brazil has agreed with Monsanto to collect royalties from farmers who planted the company's genetically engineered seeds, industry sources have...