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Report: Braskem still planning $3.5-billion petrochemical complex in Peru
Braskem (Sao Paolo) is still planning to build a previously reported $3.5-billion petrochemical complex in Peru, in alliance with the country's state-run energy company PetroPeru (Lima), according to a report from Reuters. Braskem and PetroPeru signed a...

Braskem launches biobased LDPE line
Braskem (São Paulo) has launched its line of biobased low-density polyethylene (LDPE) derived from sugarcane ethanol, the company has announced. Annual production of biobased LDPE will amount to approximately 30,000 m.t./year, and the product will be...

Lanxess opens production facility for curing bladders
Lanxess says its Rhein Chemie (Mannheim, Germany) subsidiary has opened a previously announced new facility for high-performance curing bladders, which are used in the production of tires, at the company’s site at Porto Feliz, Brazil. The plant has a...

Evonik starts engineering for silica plant in Brazil
Evonik Industries has started basic engineering for a precipitated silica plant in Brazil and expects to complete the plant by 2015, subject to approval from the relevant bodies and authorities. The planned facility, located at Americana, in the state of...

NatureWorks names distributor for Brazilian market
NatureWorks (Minnetonka, MN) has named Cromex (São Paulo) as its distributor for Ingeo biobased polymers in Brazil, NatureWorks has announced. Cromex will distribute NatureWorks' biobased polymers to its customer base of thermoformers, film extruders...

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