South America
June 4, 2012
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
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February 22, 2012
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
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February 8, 2012
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
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August 8, 2011
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
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April 18, 2011
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
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