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The article reports that Akzo Nobel’s pulp and paper chemicals business Eka Chemicals AB has invested about $67 million in a deal with a Brazilian papermaker. The company has signed a 15-year agreement to supply, store and handle chemicals for a novel eucalyptus-based pulp mill being constructed in Tres Lagoas by Votorantim Celulose e Papel SA.

The article reports on the additional hydrogen peroxide plant of Evonik Industries. The company will spend more than $60 million to build the plant at the Triunfo petrochemical complex near Porto Alegre, Brazil. It will serve mainly the paper and pulp industry. The new facility, which is planned to be built in mid-2009, will have the capacity of 40,000 metric tons per year.

The article discusses the highlights of 34th annual meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society that was held on May 23-26, 2010 at the convention center of the Costão do Santinho Resort in Florianópolis, Brazil. The event, which embraces the theme "Chemistry for a Better World," served as a central focus for the country's celebrations of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC). Papers presented primarily zero in on natural product chemistry, chemical education, and analytical, environmental, inorganic, and organic materials.

The article reports on the acquisition of Logos Química by Hercules. It states that Química, a Brazil-based provider of services and chemicals for the pulp, paper, and coatings industries. According to Hercules chief executive officer Craig A. Rogerson, the business is a good fit with his firm's pulp ventures business and strengthens its position in high-growth Latin American markets.

The article reports on the acquisition of aluminum-based coagulants business of Dalquim Industria e Comercio by the chemical company Kemira in Brazil. The coagulants business of Dalquim has annual sales of about $15 million from the 2 facilities that supply the paper industry and municipalities for wastewater treatment. Moreover, the acquisition follows the second phase of Kemira's acquisition of the water treatment and acrylamide businesses of Cytec Industries.

The article reports on the plans of Akzo Nobel NV's Eka Chemicals to construct a $15 million chloride dioxide bleach plant to supply Suzano Papel e Celulose's eucalyptus pulp mill in Brazil. The new facility will enable the company to nearly triple bleach capacity at its customer's location by August 2007.