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Petrochemicals / Perspectives

"I expect to see a lot of things happening in South America in the next 18 months"

Frederic Scheer

CEO
Cereplast


In September, US-based sustainable plastics producer Cereplast announced a nationwide expansion into Brazil with its compostable line of bioplastics. Bunge Alimentos, Brazil's largest food company and local subsidiary of US agribusiness and food company Bunge, rolled out nationally its Cyclus line of containers made from Cereplast's compostables resins. The company also revealed its Brazilian distributor, Iraplast-Krest, was expanding its brand of "Mr Green" items - cutlery, plates, cup

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"The global economic crisis has created opportunities and shown how strong Brazil is"


Weber Porto

President for South America
Evonik

October 26, 2009

Brazilian subsidiary of German specialty chemicals company Evonik in 2007 concluded a significant reorganization of its global operations. BNamericas spoke to the company's president for South America, Weber Porto, to find out how operations in the r more No permission

The development of Peru's petrochemical industry


Raúl Arias

Senior consultant and manager for Latin America
Nexant

October 19, 2009

mericas spoke with Raúl Arias, senior consultant and manager for Latin America at Nexant, to learn about Peru's efforts to develop a petrochemical industry and the issue of ensuring sufficient natural gas supply. more No permission

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