USA, Canada and Mexico begin to renegotiate the Nafta review
8/17/2017 -
The United States, Canada and Mexico start on Wednesday (16) to renegotiate the agreement that there are 23 years abolished their customs borders, something crucial to the Mexican economy, but whose future Donald Trump put in doubt.
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Braskem registers record EBITDA of R $3.6 billion in first quarter
5/17/2017 -
Braskem, the largest petrochemical industry in the Americas, registered a new record EBITDA amounted to R $3.6 billion in the first quarter of 2017. The performance meant an improvement of 16% as compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary unaudited results. In dollars, the Company''s EBITDA reached $ $1.1 billion in the period, which accounted for 45% growth in comparison with the first quarter of 2016.
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Dow affixed to the national market growth of polyethylene
4/18/2017 -
According to the management of packaging and Plastics Division of Dow Chemical, the levels of consumption of polyethylene (PE) in Brazil are stabilizing next presented levels before the crisis. The evaluation can be received with relief to the sector, which has suffered falls in consumption over the past two years exceeding 10%. If confirmed the good expectation to 2017, the Dow can consider investing and more production of PE in South America, despite that the expansion would take place probabl
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Polyethylene: New, Borealis and Total join forces in the U.S.
3/30/2017 -
The specter of a global surplus of polyethylenes (PE) to be triggered from 2018 by new u.s. capabilities, has given the start in musical chairs around a rearrangement in petrochemicals. The search for armor and firepower to export makes up the background stretched to the announced joint venture of Nova Chemicals Corp., Borealis AG and Total Petrochemicals. The company will host two future endeavors of high boots in Texas: a cracker on the order of 1 million t/a ethene in Port Arthur and a plant
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Law reduces consumption of bags in 70%
4/6/2016 -
The consumption of plastic bags fell in 70% in São Paulo after one year of the adoption of the '' law of bags ", decreed by Mayor Fernando Haddad on April 5 last year. The data are of Apas (São Paulo supermarket Association).
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Packaging segment exported more
1/30/2015 -
The packaging segment was the most exported in the period, with 38.5% of foreign sales of graphic items, corresponding to $ 111,6 millions and 71 thousand tons of products. Venezuela and Uruguay (20% each), followed by Paraguay (8%) were the largest markets.
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Braskem expands production of special polyethylenes in Bahia
1/28/2015 -
Braskem completed investment of approximately r $ 50 million in one of its factories in Bahia to enlarge the production capacity of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) in 120 thousand tons per year.
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Christmas sales already mobilized packaging sector
10/21/2014 -
The end of the year approaches and the retail market already mobilizes for increase in sales demand. Many companies are betting on the presenteáveis packaging to attract consumer attention.
The Netherlands, a company specialized in providing solutions and innovations in packaging, is already with its production in full swing to ensure quality, agility and safety to customers, as the delivery of the products in this period of high market demand.
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Tetra Pak launches packaging produced with 100% renewable raw materials
10/21/2014 -
Tetra Pak announces the launch of the first packaging solutions produced entirely with renewable raw materials. The new Tetra Rex uses layers in low density polyethylene and high density polyethylene covers, both from sugar cane, and of paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC ®).
According to Charles Brand, Vice President of Marketing and product management of Tetra Pak environmental excellence is one of the strategic pillars of the company and a guideline for the development of
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ZipKiko is launching the Useful Kiko
9/17/2014 -
The Useful Kiko, disposable kitchen company, has just launched in the market Zipkiko, transparent bag with hermetic seal, made from low density polyethylene (PE).
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Polyethylenes are the most commonly used resins in flexible packaging in 2013
3/20/2014 -
Study of Maxiquim recently released by Abief (Associação Brasileira da Indústria Flexible plastic packaging), exclusively for his associates, concluded that the flexible plastic packaging industry was responsible for 79 percent of all consumption the LLDPE (linear low density polyethylene) marketed in Brazil in 2013, the equivalent of 769 thousand tons. The main user of these packaging industry was food, with participation of 35%, followed by industrial, 16%, and personal hygiene and household c
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Braskem expands portfolio of HDPE resins for shrink films
9/13/2013 -
Braskem expands its portfolio of resins of high density polyethylene (HDPE) with the HD7600 family, specially designed to meet the heat shrinkable films segment (secondary packaging for Unitization of cans and bottles), also known as shrink films.
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