• Login
    • Join
  • FOLLOW:
  • Subscribe Free
    • Magazine
    • eNewsletter
    Checkout
    • Magazine
    • News
    • Research
    • Markets & Technologies
    • Raw Materials
    • Top Companies
    • Directories
    • Jobs
    • Events
    • Microsites
    • More
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Research
  • Markets & Technologies
  • Raw Materials
  • Top Companies
  • Directories
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Microsites
  • Current / Back Issues
    Features
    Columns
    Editorial
    Digital Edition
    eNewsletter Archive
    Our Team
    Editorial Guidelines
    Subscribe Now
    Advertise Now
    Top Features
    RadTech Exhibitor Showcase

    RadTech2018 Heads to Chicago

    Low and Zero VOC Coatings

    Overview of the Radcure Market

    Self-Sterilizing/DNA-Free Coatings In Space and On Earth
    Breaking News
    Online Exclusives
    Distributor News
    Financial News
    Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
    People In the News
    Price Increases
    Product News
    Raw Materials & Equipment
    Suppliers News
    Live From Shows
    Top News
    AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals Announces 2018 Imagine Chemistry Finalists

    Kansai Paint Group Announces First Ever EPA-Approved Anti-Mosquito Paint

    ROSS Opens Online Store

    WonderPaint, IAQM Co-market Preventex-HDW

    Matt Pullen Leaving AkzoNobel After Eight Years
    Top Companies report
    Market Research
    White Papers / Tech Papers
    Product Spec Sheets
    Adhesives and Sealants
    Aerospace Coatings
    Architectural Coatings
    Automotive Coatings
    Automotive Refinish
    Business Operation
    Color Trends & Forecast
    Construction Chemicals
    Corrosion Control
    Industrial Coatings
    Laboratory Equipment
    Marine Coatings
    Market Trends & Forecast
    Powder Coatings
    Production Equipment
    Radcure Coatings
    Special Purpose Coatings
    Wood Coatings
    "Green" Coatings

    PPG Launches MEASURECOLOR MOBILE Color-matching Tool in Europe

    Shamrock Technologies at ACS 2018

    Shamrock Technologies at ACS 2018

    PPG Announces Global Price Increase for Protective, Marine Coatings

    Worldofchemicals.com, SSPC-India Organize Corrosion Technology Forum 2018 in Bangalore
    Additives
    Binders
    Pigments
    Solvents

    Shamrock Technologies at ACS 2018

    Shamrock Technologies at ACS 2018

    GMI: Composite Adhesives Market to Exceed 850 Kilo Tons Consumption by 2024

    DowDuPont Invests $100 Million to Expand Manufacturing Capacity

    Sun Chemical, DIC Corporation Increase DAILUBE Production Capacity at Kashima Plant
    Buyers Guide
    Company Capabilities
    Distributor Guide
    Add New Company
    International Buyers Guide Companies
    Boerger, LLC

    Lonza

    NETZSCH Premier Technologies

    Chromaflo Technologies

    Elementis Specialties, Inc.
    Industry Events
    Webinars
    Live From Show Event
    Top Events
    Advanced Coatings 2018

    RadTech 2018

    High Temperature Corrosion Mitigation in Energy Sectors Conference

    COATING OSAKA

    MNYCA Annual Meeting Tour & Dinner
    Companies
    White Papers/Tech Papers
    Product Spec Sheets
    Equipment
    Literature/Brochures
    Videos
    • Magazine
      • Current / Back Issues
      • Features
      • Editorial
      • Columns
      • Digital Edition
      • eNewsletter Archive
      • Editorial Guidelines
      • Subscribe Now
      • Advertise Now
    • Breaking News
    • Directories
      • Buyers Guide
      • Distributor Guide
      • Corporate Capabilities
      • Trade Associations
      • Add Your Company
    • Markets & Technologies
      • Adhesives and Sealants
      • Aerospace Coatings
      • Architectural Coatings
      • Automotive Coatings
      • Automotive Refinish
      • Business Operation
      • Color Trends & Forecast
      • Construction Chemicals
      • Corrosion Control
      • Industrial Coatings
      • Laboratory Equipment
      • Marine Coatings
      • Market Trends & Forecast
      • Powder Coatings
      • Production Equipment
      • Radcure Coatings
      • Special Purpose Coatings
      • Wood Coatings
      • "Green" Coatings
    • Raw Materials
      • Additives
      • Binders
      • Pigments
      • Solvents
    • Research
      • Africa Report
      • China Report
      • Europe Report
      • Latin America Report
      • Market Research
      • Russian Report
    • Top Companies
    • Online Exclusives
    • Slideshows
    • Experts Opinions
    • Blog
    • Infographics
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Whitepapers
    • Jobs
    • Microsites
      • Companies
      • White Papers/Tech Papers
      • Product Spec Sheets
      • Equipment
      • Literature/Brochures
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Industry Events
      • Live From Show Event
      • Webinars
    • About Us
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of Use
    Latin America Reports

    Arkema Increases Investments in Brazil

    Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 01.14.14
    Arkema is augmenting its Brazilian investment this year in production technology at its recently acquired plant in Araçariguama, in Sao Paulo state, with plans to offer more of the companies’ global portfolio to customers in Brazil from local production. The company has already completed quality control upgrades at the plant, acquired in mid-2012, and is in the middle of installing a new technical service laboratory, said Eric Kaiser, Arkema Coatings Resins’ business director for the Americas, based in Cary, North Carolina.

    The new investments will help the company offer more domestically-produced rheology additives and waterborne emulsions, which are substantially taxed as imports in Brazil. While Arkema declines to cite the dollar value of its existing or planned investments in Brazil, the acquisition was expected to contribute some $20 million per year to subsidiary Coatex. “South American sales in 2013 were three to four percent of our total global sales, and I do see that number growing,” said Kaiser. The company books Central American and Caribbean sales within its North America numbers.

    At the same time that Arkema’s new facility has established local production in Brazil for both Coatex and Arkema Coating Resins, the company’s coatings resins business also is expanding into other new markets in Latin America. In late November, Arkema forged a strategic alliance with Miami-based Andes Chemicals for the distribution of Arkema products in the Andean region, as well as in Central America and the Caribbean.

    “We see that certain countries in the Andean region, like Peru, have an attractive growth rate, and the region as a whole has a good growth rate, so an important first step for us was to establish a strong partnership with someone who can take our product to market there,” said Kaiser.

    In 2013, Peru’s gross domestic product expansion was the third fastest in Latin America, at 5.2 percent, following neighboring Andean nation Bolivia at 6.4 percent, and Paraguay at a stunning 13 percent. The Latin American regional growth rate last year was 2.6 percent, according to the United Nations’  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

    “The Andean region could be a hot market over the next few years, and Peru will lead growth for the region,” said Mauro Trevisani, the chief operating officer for Andes Chemical, based in Miami. “That is why last year we opened a subsidiary including a warehouse in Lima; a lot is going on there in terms of infrastructure,” he noted.
    Arkema expects to serve the Andean countries from its U.S. grid of manufacturing primarily, since cross-continental logistics west from Brazil are difficult given the Amazon and the Andes mountains. “Having both east coast and west coast operations in the United States gives us the option of serving South America either from the United States or from Brazil. Arkema coatings resins supplied to clients in Brazil now are largely those being produced within the country.

    Arkema’s PVDF, a paint additive with broad functionality enhancement and increasing demand, is marketed under the Kynar brand, and is among the company’s higher performance products gaining market share in Latin America. Among polyacrylate dispersing agents, Coatex markets the Ecodis and Coadis brands; among acrylic water-based paint thickeners, it markets the Rheotech, Thixol and Viscoatex brands. Coapur is the company’s polyurethane-based thickener brand.
    Related Searches
    • olin
    • Additives
    • waterborne
    • polyurethane
    Related Knowledge Center
    • Additives

    Related Latin America Reports

    • Additives | Aerospace Coatings | Corrosion Control | Industrial Coatings | Pigments

      Latin American Aviation Lifts Coatings Demand

      Latin America’s relatively steady economic growth suggests that the regional demand for aviation coatings will more than double GDP expansion, predicted by the World Bank to be 1.0 percent this year and back to a more normal 2.3 percent next ye…
      Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 05.09.16

    • Additives | Architectural Coatings | Binders
      Arkema Adds Premium Acrylic Capacity in Brazil

      Arkema Adds Premium Acrylic Capacity in Brazil

      Arkema is boosting production of premium acrylic resin products by 60 percent for paints and coatings manufacturers in Brazil
      Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 05.15.15

    • Additives | Architectural Coatings

      Brazil Economic Doldrums Inspire Exports

      Brazil’s flat economy has inspired manufacturers of paint and coatings to turn to export markets to make up for lost domestic sales, reckons Antônio Valdinei da Rocha, the manager of exports and imports for Universo Tintas, based in Diade…
      Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 03.25.15


    • Additives | Architectural Coatings | Powder Coatings

      Arkema Makes Brazilian Market Entry

      Global expansion plans includes increasing presence in BRIC nations.
      Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 08.15.12

    • Additives | Market Trends & Forecast

      Chilean Paint Market Evolves

      Chile’s paint sector continues to report positive growth despite the economic downturn.
      Charles Thurston 10.05.10

    • Additives

      Rohm & Haas opens $20 million Mexico plant

      Rohm & Haas increases production in the Latin America region.
      Charles W. Thurston 08.11.08


    Breaking News
    • Personnel Changes at BASF
    • AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals Announces 2018 Imagine Chemistry Finalists
    • Kansai Paint Group Announces First Ever EPA-Approved Anti-Mosquito Paint
    • ROSS Opens Online Store
    • WonderPaint, IAQM Co-market Preventex-HDW
    View Breaking News >
    CURRENT ISSUE

    April 2018

    • RadTech Exhibitor Showcase
    • RadTech2018 Heads to Chicago
    • Low and Zero VOC Coatings
    • Overview of the Radcure Market
    • Self-Sterilizing/DNA-Free Coatings In Space and On Earth
    • Resins Market Update
    • Coatings for Industrial Applications
    • View More >

    Copyright © 2018 Rodman Media. All rights reserved. Use of this constitutes acceptance of our privacy policy The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Rodman Media.