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"Environmental concerns are major trends in the engineering plastics sector and the Latin American regulatory framework is moving toward this trend"
Alessandra Lancellotti
Latin America research analyst for chemicals, materials and food
Frost & Sullivan
Latin America's engineering plastics market is forecast to grow 4.4% annually to US$2.51bn in the 2008-15 period, according to market research company Frost & Sullivan. Last year revenues grew 5.4% to US$1.86bn, driven by the automotive industry, but are expected to decelerate this year as a result of the economic downturn and increased raw material prices. BNamericas spoke with Frost & Sullivan research analyst for Latin America's chemicals, materials and food division, Alessandra Lan
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"Brazil is ready to promote the substitution of asbestos for synthetic fibers"
João Carlos Duarte Paes
President
Abifibro
November 09, 2009
zil's national association of fiber cement producers Abifibro has been working to promote the use of synthetic fibers made of polypropylene, polyvinyl alcohol and polyacrylonitrile instead of asbestos in fiber cement manufacturing processes.
While se
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"I expect to see a lot of things happening in South America in the next 18 months"
Frederic Scheer
CEO
Cereplast
November 02, 2009
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 B
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October 26, 2009
"The global economic crisis has created opportunities and shown how strong Brazil is"
Weber Porto
President for South America
Evonik
October 19, 2009
The development of Peru's petrochemical industry
Raúl Arias
Senior consultant and manager for Latin America
Nexant
October 05, 2009
Regional leadership driving changes throughout DuPont's global businesses
Lewis Manring; Antônio Carlos Oliveira
Performance coatings VP; Latin America director of automotive systems
DuPont
...September 28, 2009
Ethylene XXI: "Large petrochemical projects like this are very economically beneficial wherever they're built"
John Stekla
Director ethylene studies
CMAI
...September 14, 2009
Brazil to become a key player in synthetic rubber production worldwide
Werner Breuers
Member of the global management board
Lanxess
...September 07, 2009
"The law would not impact consumers or converters to a great extent"
Jorge Vergara
General manager
Chilean association of plastics companies (Asipla)
...August 28, 2009
"Having one or two suppliers domestically doesn't make much of a difference"
Alfredo Schmitt
President
Abief
...August 24, 2009
"One of the new strategies we are considering is to step up our focus in the energy and petrochemical niche"
Pilar Lozano
Country manager
ACE Colombia
...August 14, 2009
Tire industry: Volumes hurt by weak demand and unfair competition
Eugênio Deliberato
President
Anip
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