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July 25, 2012
Praxair reported second-quarter net income of $429 million, up 1% from the year-ago quarter. Reported earnings of $1.42/share were 3% above the prior-year quarter and matched the midpoint of analyst estimates as reported by Thomson Reuters (New York). Praxair cut its full-year earnings forecast by about 3%, citing the impact of a stronger dollar and weaker economies in Europe and South America....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Praxair-Earnings-Up-1-percent-Second-Half-Earnings-Forecast-Cut_45179.html July 23, 2012
Fluor Daniel says it has formed a new joint venture (jv), CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, with São Paulo-based Construcap to pursue engineering, procurement, and construction...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Fluor-Forms-Engineering-JV-in-Brazil_45110.html July 17, 2012
DSM’s pharmaceutical division has signed its first contract manufacturing agreement in South America, the company says. Under the agreement, DSM with work with Recepta Bioopharma...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/DSM-Signs-Contract-Manufacturing-Deal-in-Brazil_44939.html July 16, 2012
Arkema’s Coatex subsidiary is buying an additives and emulsions production site at Araçariguama, near São Paulo, Brazil, from Resicryl (São Paulo). The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Arkema-to-Buy-Production-Site-in-Brazil_44895.html July 11, 2012
Bostik, Total’s adhesives and sealants subsidiary, has acquired Usina Fortaleza (São Roque, Brazil), a Brazilian tiling adhesives maker. Usina Fortaleza’s products...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Total-Subsidiary-Acquires-Brazilian-Tile-Adhesives-Firm_44828.html July 9, 2012
Myers Industries (Akron, OH) has completed its acquisition of Plasticos Novel S.A. (Lauro de Freitas, Brazil) for $27.5 million. Novel is a designer and manufacturer of reusable...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Myers-Completes-Acquisition-of-Brazilian-Plastics-Manufacturer_44760.html July 9, 2012
W.R. Grace has closed on the acquisition of RheoSet, a maker of concrete admixtures. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. RheoSet makes concrete admixtures designed...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Grace-Buys-Brazilian-Concrete-Admixture-Firm_44761.html July 6, 2012
This Week on CW: Linde has acquired Lincare Holdings, a U.S. based homecare health company, for $4.6 billion, or $41.50/share. Lincare had $1.84 billion in revenue during 2011...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-July-6_44749.html July 6, 2012
Dow AgroSciences has announced a deal with The Royal Barenbrug Group to develop and commercialize advanced germplasm in forage seeds. The companies, under terms of the agreement, will...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Dow-in-Deal-to-Develop-Forage-Germplasm_44718.html July 5, 2012
Elementis (London) today announced that it has agreed, through its wholly owned subsidiary Elementis Holdings Ltd., to purchase Watercryl Quimica (Watercryl), a Brazilian coatings...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Elementis-to-Buy-Brazilian-Coating-Additives-Firm_44476.html July 2, 2012
W. R. Grace says it has signed a multi-year agreement with Braskem (São Paulo) to develop process technologies and catalyst solutions to produce green chemicals. The agreement...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Grace-and-Braskem-Sign-Catalyst-Agreement-to-Produce-Green-Chemicals_44589.html July 2, 2012
Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro) says plans for the Complejo Petroquimica Rio de Janeiro (Comperj) petrochemical complex near Rio de Janeiro have been...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Petrobras-Delays-Rio-de-Janeiro-Petrochemical-Project_44593.html June 29, 2012
Dow AgroSciences has announced a deal with The Royal Barenbrug Group to develop and commercialize advanced germplasm in forage seeds. The companies, under terms of the agreement, will...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Dow-AgroSciences-in-Deal-to-Develop-Germplasm-in-Forage-Seeds_44560.html June 26, 2012
Solazyme (San Francisco) and Bunge say they have broken ground on a previously announced 100,000 m.t./year renewable oil production facility adjacent to Bunge’s Moema sugarcane...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Bunge-Solazyme-Break-Ground-on-Renewable-Oil-Facility_44480.html June 20, 2012
Evonik Industries says it plans to build a new facility for the biotechnology production of feed amino acid L-lysine in the growth market of South America. L-lysine is an amino acid...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Evonik-Builds-L-Lysine-Capacity-in-Brazil_44245.html June 20, 2012
RPM says it has acquired Brazilian building materials and construction product manufacturer Viapol (Caçapava, Brazil ) for an undisclosed sum. Viapol has annual...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/RPM-Acquires-Brazilian-Construction-Product-Manufacturer-Viapol_44310.html June 20, 2012
Braskem has started-up its 100,000-m.t./year butadiene expansion at its Triunfo petrochemical complex in Brazil. The company announced last year that it would spend about R300 million...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Starts-Up-Butadiene-Expansion-at-Triunfo_44328.html June 18, 2012
Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras (São Paulo) has released its 2012-2016 business plan, targeting capital investments of $236.5 billion for the next five years, up 5.3%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Petrobras-Plans-$5-Billion-Investment-in-Petrochemicals-through-2016_44255.html June 6, 2012
Braskem (São Paulo) says it has signed a contract with Tecnaro (Ilsfeld, Germany), for a new line of green polyethylene (PE) applications. Tecnaro is a company that works with...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Signs-Deal-with-Tecnaro-for-Green-Plastic_43992.html May 30, 2012
Braskem (São Paulo) says it has signed an agreement with Plantic Technologies (Altona, Australia) for the use of green plastic in packaging in the ‘eco Plastic’...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-and-Australian-Firm-Form-Partnership-to-Develop-High-Barrier-Packaging-Using-Green-Plastic_43572.html |
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