Revista Paint & Pintura - Edição 227

CLIPPING 16 | PAINT&PINTURA | Novembro 2017 withBASF’sPigmentsbusinessinSouthAmericatodistribute theirproductsinsevencountries—Brazil,Uruguay,Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay. IMCDhasbeeninvestinginBrazilforfouryears,sinceitsacqui- sitionofMakeni Chemicals,whichwas followedby itsacquisi- tionof Selectchemietwoyearsago. “Whatwe’vebeendoing at this point is we’re consolidating IMCD’s business in Brazil, since this is a very large country, andwewant ourwork tobe notonlyaboutourSãoPaulooperation,butalsoabouthaving thecapillarity that adistributorneeds,whichmeans investing in other Brazilian regions as well, such as the Northeast and theSouth.WealreadydobusinessintheNortheast,andwe’d like tohave somethinggoing in theSouthaswell. It’s time for cementing our activities in Brazil, while expanding in South America. It’s avery important time for us, aswe’ve struck this partnership with IMCD focusing on specialty chemicals, and also on our geographic expansion in South America,” said generaldirectorMauricioLopesatanevenheldinconjunction with BASF. “This event is meant to get that whole message across, showing the partnership we have with our existing suppliers, which have been supporting us in these past four years as IMCD, as well as our new suppliers, such as BASF, which are helping us expand our business in the region.” PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - GMP RELEASES MANU- FACTURING FACILITY TO NITRO QUÍMICA Themulti-purposeplantbuiltbyGMPdeliver cost reductions and improved productivity to Nitro Química. Grupo Moinho Pirâmide (GMP) has carried out, in partnership withNitroQuímica,theentiredesignandconstructionofthemost modernplantinLatinAmericatoproducenitrocellulosederivatives and solutions, where GMP’s multi-purpose equipment are going to cut costswhile increasingNitroQuímica’s productivity not only in the domesticmarket, but also in the other Mercosur countries. NitroQuímica is theworld’s leadingproducerofnitrocelluloseand nitrocellulose products, supplying customers all over theworld in the flexible packaging, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, over and above manufacturers of wood and leather finishes and automotive refinish coatings. Supplying nitrocellulose to customers in more than 70 countries, Nitro Química amassed technical expertise over its 82 years of existence until 2013, when the company kicked off a thorough processofbetterunderstandingthemarketsitservesandinvesting inresearchanddevelopmentofnewproducts,whileexpandingits facilities with a view to offering a more comprehensive portfolio of solutions to simplify the lives and processes of its customers. For the expansion of its facilities, Nitro Química turned to GMP to design and implement its new solutions plant, which has been built at one of the sites owned by the company’s Brazilian subsi- diary. “The work done by the GMP teamwas instrumental to the company achieving this important milestone, in that it delivered excellence from the design stage to the recommendation and implementationofequipment,”RodrigoAzevedo,themechanical engineer responsible for monitoring the project, remarks. A Wana Química agradece imensamente àqueles que visitaram nosso estande durante a ABRAFATI 2017. Nosso time está sempre à disposição para atendê-los. Nosso muito obrigado a todos! Agradece Tel.: (12) 2127-0027 www.wanaquimica.com.br anuncio agradecimento.pdf 1 20/10/2017 17:30:08

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