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October 13, 2011
Brazilian biofuels and biochemicals company GraalBio Investimentos S.A. and Chemtex Italia (Chemtex; Tortona, Italy) say they will develop and construct an industrial-scale cellulosic...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/GraalBio-and-Chemtex-Plan-Cellulosic-Ethanol-Plant-in-Brazil_38266.html October 12, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals says its Mitsui Chemicals Agro (Tokyo) subsidiary has entered into a share purchase agreement with Agroinvest Kayatani Administração, Empreendimentos e...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Mitsui-Chemicals-Acquires-Stake-in-Brazilian-Agchem-Company_38179.html October 11, 2011
Lanxess says it plans to invest €30 million ($40 million) to boost production in Brazil, including construction of two plants at the company’s site at Porto Feliz. One of the plants will produce the company’s nylon and polybutylene terephthalate engineering plastics.The second plant will produce rubber additives and curing bladders....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Lanxess-Plans-&euro30-Million-Brazil-Investment_38059.html October 11, 2011
BASF has announced capacity for two new superabsorbent polymers (SAP) plants, one in Brazil and the other in China. Both plants will have a capacity of 60,000 m.t./year. The Brazil...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/BASF-Announces-New-SAP-Capacity_38228.html October 6, 2011
Bayer CropScience says it has been granted exclusive rights to Fazenda Ana Paula’s (Salvador, Brazil) hybrid rice-breeding program. Financial terms were not disclosed...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/Bayer-CropScience-Expands-Rice-Breeding-Program_37923.html September 21, 2011
Lanxess plans to commercially produce ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) from bio-based ethylene by the end of the year. Lanxess plans to use ethylene supplied derived purely from...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Lanxess-to-Produce-Bio-Based-EPDM-By-Year-End_37710.html September 19, 2011
Technip says that, within the framework of a cooperation partnership with Haldor Topsoe, it has been awarded a contract to provide basic and front-end engineering services for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Technip-Awarded-Contract-for-Fertilizer-Project-in-Brazil_37666.html September 16, 2011
Evonik says it has broken ground on the construction of a previously announced biodiesel catalyst plant at Puerto General San Martin, Argentina. The detail engineering of the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/Evonik-Breaks-Ground-on-Catalyst-Plant-in-Argentina_37645.html September 14, 2011
BP says it will increase its share in Brazilian biofuel company Tropical BioEnergia to 100% by acquiring the remaining 50% of the company from its current joint venture partners for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/BP-Expands-Biofuel-Business-with-Two-Acquisitions_37599.html September 6, 2011
Topping the headlines last week, Omnova lowered its full-year earnings outlook to 40-44 cts/share from 60 cts/share. The company attributed the move to "a deceleration in the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Chemical-Finance-Digest-Aug-29-Sept-2_37412.html September 1, 2011
Eastman Chemical says it has acquired Scandiflex do Brasil S.A. Indústrias Químicas (São Paulo), a Brazilian manufacturer of non-phthalate plasticizers. Financial...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Eastman-Announces-Third-Plasticizer-Acquisition_37336.html September 1, 2011
Univar says it has acquired Arinos Quimica Ltda. (Arinos; Osasco, Brazil), a leading domestic distributor of specialty and commodity chemicals. Financial terms were not disclosed. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Univar-Acquires-Brazilian-Distributor_37319.html September 1, 2011
Univar says it has acquired Arinos Química (Osasco, Brazil), a specialty and commodity chemicals distributor, for an undisclosed sum. Arinos distributes about 1,600 products to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Univar-Acquires-Brazilian-Distributor_37315.html August 31, 2011
FMC says it has signed an exclusive development and distribution deal with Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI; Davis, CA) for MBI's Regalia Maxx Biofungicide in Latin America. The product...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/FMC-Signs-Biofungicide-Deal_37281.html August 31, 2011
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM; Santiago) reported second-quarter net income of $132.2 million, up 26% from the same period last year. Sales rose 16%, to $551.7...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/SQMs-Profits-and-Sales-Rise-in-Second-Quarter_37278.html August 30, 2011
Sika (Baar, Switzerland) says it has agreed to acquire Colauto Adesivos e Massas (São Paulo, Brazil), a manufacturer of adhesives and sealants, as well as acoustic damping and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Sika-to-Acquire-Adhesives-and-Sealants-Firm-in-Brazil_37253.html August 29, 2011
Coca-Cola says it will pay a premium for biobased materials used in its PlantBottle beverage packaging, which contains about 30% of plant-derived materials. Coca-Cola has committed to use 100% plant-derived material for all its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) PlantBottle usage by 2020. That target shows how Coca-Cola and other large companies have the ability to use their market position to drive changes that go far beyond one company....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Coca-Colas-2020-Sustainability-Goals-Set-to-Transform-Supply-Chain_37248.html August 29, 2011
Marcinowski: A fast-growing market. Fadigas: Benefits for the whole chain. BASF has confirmed plans announced earlier this year to invest in a world-scale acrylic acid, butyl acrylate...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/BASF-to-Build-Acrylic-Acid-and-SAP-Complex-in-Brazil_37173.html August 23, 2011
FMC says it agricultural products group has entered into two exclusive agreements covering global development and supply of Chr. Hansen biological products for agricultural and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/FMC-and-Chr-Hansen-Ink-Biocide-Deals_37078.html August 22, 2011
Bayer CropScience has received final approval in Argentina for its Liberty Link soybean trait, which provides resistance to the herbicide glufosinate. Bayer says it plans to launch its...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/Argentina-Approves-Bayers-Liberty-Link-Soybean-Trait_37065.html |
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