A. Schulman Adds Manufacturing Line in Brazilian Facility
A. Schulman, Inc. announced that it will add one manufacturing line in its Sao Paulo, Brazil plant to accommodate increased demand for the company''s masterbatch and engineered plastics products, reports
View ArticleGuatemalan Officials Seize 3,000 Barrels of Chemicals in Raid
A total of 3,000 barrels of chemicals used to produce synthetic drugs were seized and three suspects were arrested in a raid in Guatemala, Agencia EFE reported. The chemicals
View ArticleBASF to build second biodiesel chemical plant in South America
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany — Chemical giant BASF SE announced it may start building its second factory in South America for sodium methylate, a catalyst used for biodiesel production, within two
View ArticlePlant automation provider wins major infrastructure contracts in South America
Metso will deliver its automation technology to two major infrastructure projects currently under construction in South America: Belo is the world’s third largest hydroelectric plant in Brazil and the
View ArticleBrazilian prosecutors seek $500M from Shell, BASF for contamination at...
BRASILIA — Brazilian prosecutors are asking a court to force Shell and BASF to pay $500 million into a compensation fund for workers who may have been contaminated at
View ArticlePeruvian mine purchases CiDRA flowmeter
WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc. announced today that Southern Copper Company’s Cuajone mine in Peru has awarded CiDRA a contract to supply, install, start-up and commission a 48”
View ArticleBrazil’s cocoa processing declines in second quarter
BAHIA, Brazil — Brazil’s cocoa processing declined 4.8% in the second quarter, signaling a drop in demand on the domestic market, Bloomberg reported. Brazil produced about 57,702 metric tons
View ArticleDSM announces South American biologics manufacturing contract
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — DSM Pharmaceutical Products, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM N.V. announced a biologics contract manufacturing agreement with its first Brazilian...
View ArticleBraskem Idesa awarded EPC contract for the Etileno XXI project
MEXICO CITY -- Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I. awarded to a joint venture formed by Odebrecht, Technip and ICA Fluor a contract worth more than US$ 2.7 billion for the engineering,
View ArticleJBS SA to acquire poultry processor for $63 million
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian meat company JBS SA has agreed to buy local poultry processor Agroveneto for approximately $63 million. Agroveneto, which specializes in the production of chicken
View ArticleBrazil's processed plastics industry losing ground to imports
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil is seeing a growing domestic demand for plastics, but the industry there is finding it impossible to meet the increase.
View ArticleMalvern Instruments opens new applications laboratory in São Paulo
In December 2012, in support of continued, strong business growth in South America, materials characterization company Malvern Instruments opened a new applications and demonstration laboratory in Brazil.
View ArticlePeru to hold third national petrochemical conference in January
Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) will hold the Third Peru Petrochemical Conference on Jan. 24-25, in Lima.
View ArticleBrazilian oil giant to host first demo showcasing ROM solution
The Fieldbus Foundation on Wednesday announced plans to conduct a series of live field demonstrations showcasing its FOUNDATION™ for Remote Operations Management (ROM) technology.
View ArticleOdebrecht to invest heavily in Latin America
Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht announced May 1 plans to invest $20 billion globally over the next three years, 85 percent of which will be invested in Latin America.
View ArticleSão Paulo to host second PTX South America
São Paulo will host the second edition of the PTX South America, a dedicated event for powder technology in Latin America to be held Aug. 6-8.
View ArticleEmerson selected to modernize hydropower plants in Brazil
Emerson Process Management has been awarded contracts totaling nearly $9 million to modernize the controls of multiple hydropower plants and a dispatch center for AES Tietê in Brazil.
View ArticleVeolia Water, Petrobras sign contract for oil-bearing secondary material...
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Brazil and Veolia Water Americas signed a contract with Petrobras to design, build, own and operate an oil-bearing secondary material processing unit at its...
View ArticleLatin American refining sector struggling to capitalize on growing oil output
Latin America's oil production has been on the rise over the past few years but most economies in the region have had difficulties capitalizing on this development.
View ArticleVenezuela blames saboteurs for deadly blast at refinery in 2012
Venezuela's oil minister, Rafael Ramirez, announced that the deadly blast at the state-run Amuay Refinery, which killed 42 people, was the result of sabotage.
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