PEOPLE

Fadigas named as Braskem CEO

BRASKEM

Earnings suffer from low plastics prices / EBITDA sinks 7% in Q3 / Brazilian resins demand continues to strengthen

BRASKEM

Ineos process selected for Mexican PE plants / Strategic partnership signed with Ineos for HDPE and LLDPE

BRASKEM

Progress on "green" propylene and PP project / Start-up scheduled for 2013

BRASKEM

Modernisation of North American PP business / Expansion of one PP line and closure of another

BRASKEM

Ethylene-from-ethanol PE plant in operation

BRASKEM

EBITDA and revenues rise in Q2 / Brazil's resin demand forecast to grow 10% / Green PE production to start in September

BRASKEM

New green PE plant to start up in August / 80% of future production already sold

BRAZIL

Industry association calls on plastics processing sector to consolidate / 5.19m t of plastics consumed in 2009 / Braskem is leading producer / Export deficit reaches USD 1 bn

BIOPLASTICS

Brazilian demand to grow rapidly as new plants start up / Braskem to overtake NatureWorks as world's largest producer / Mexican consumption to grow by more than 20%

PEOPLE

Carlos Fadigas named new CEO of Braskem America

BRASKEM

Loss reported for first quarter / PVC expansion planned in Brazil / Focus on high priority projects

BRASKEM

PP project in Venezuela downsized / PE project delayed

BRASKEM

Worldwide price increase for UHMW-PE resins

BRASKEM

Brazilians announce the acquisition of Sunoco's PP activities / First move in planned future penetration of US market

BRASKEM

Quattor acquisition completed / Largest commodity manufacturer in the Americas / In talks to acquire US operations

BRAZIL

Merger of Braskem and Quattor seems imminent / Shareholder resistance fruitless

LATIN AMERICA

Polyolefins projects planned across the region / Crisis causes widespread delays / Braskem as driving force behind many projects