Lehigh Technologies, manufacturer of sustainable, micronized rubber powders, announced Monday its expansion into Brazil with the appointment of Eduardo Roberto De Ranieri as country manager, Brazil.
Brazil is the world’s seventh largest economy with an average annual GDP growth rate of over five percent. In 1999, Brazil established a tire collection framework and has passed legislation [...]

Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Inc. Thursday appointed Nitriflex da Amazonia, a Brampac Company, as their distribution partner for markets in Brazil.  Nitriflex will market and distribute Asahi Kasei Plastics resin brands to their customer base and develop new business.
Nitriflex da Amazonia, their partner company with over 25 years of polymer compounding and application engineering [...]

Cobalt Technologies, a leading developer of next generation bio-based chemicals and Rhodia, a specialty chemical company, signed agreements for a strategic alliance to develop bio n-butanol refineries throughout Latin America.
Under the terms of the alliance, Cobalt and Rhodia will work together to deploy Cobalt’s technology for the conversion of sugar cane bagasse into n-butanol for [...]

Tredegar Corporation announced Wednesday that its subsidiary, Tredegar Film Products Corporation, is to acquire 100% of the equity interests of Terphane Holdings LLC, a leading manufacturer of specialty polyester films with operations in Brazil and the United States.
Terphane is currently owned by Vision Capital, an international investment firm. The company currently produces over 38,000 tons [...]

U.S. based EnerSys, the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, Monday announced the completion of its acquisition of Industrial Battery Holding S.A.
Battery Holding S.A. is the parent company of EnerSystem, a market leader in the South American motive power and reserve power battery markets. EnerSystem has more than 20 years of experience [...]

Dallas based restaurant, Chili’s® Grill & Bar, recently introduced its bold Southwestern flavors into Brazil when the brand opened its first restaurant in one of South America’s fastest growing countries.
The newest emerging world market to welcome Chili’s, in turn introduced the brand’s culinary team to Picahna, a prime cut of top sirloin popular in the [...]

Worldhotels, the hotel group for independent hotels and regional hotel brands, Friday announced the addition of the Hotel Transamerica Sao Paulo in Brazil to its growing South American portfolio.
Hotel Transamerica is a 396-room resort hotel, which is part of the Grupo Alfa conglomerate. Its acquisition brings Worldhotels’ global collection to 450 affiliate properties in 250 [...]

Saipem has agreed the acquisition of 100% of TPG (Terminal Portuário de Guarujá S.A.), a company which fully owns, as a perpetual concession, an area of 35 hectares in Guarujá, within the industrial hub of Santos, the largest port of South America, in the state of São Paulo.
The area is strategically located, approximately 350 kilometres [...]

Celesio, one of the leading international service providers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare markets, Thursday announced the acquisition of 60 per cent of the Brazilian Oncoprod Group, São Paulo. Oncoprod is the leading wholesaler for specialty pharmaceuticals in Brazil.
“The Brazilian pharma market offers many opportunities for growth,” noted Markus Pinger, Chairman of the Management Board [...]

Dynamis Energy and Planova Wednesday launched a partnership to pursue opportunities in South America’s growing waste management market.  Under the agreement, the companies will work together to build and manage Waste-to-Energy facilities in Brazil, Argentina and Peru.
“Planova’s position in the market offers both companies substantial opportunity for growth.  At every level of business and government, [...]