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Article: Raw materials: The key to progress in South America's PU industry?(polyurethanes)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Urethanes Technology
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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Considering the relatively small size of the polyurethanes industry in Latin America, the region is quite well supplied with the basic building blocks. Admittedly, these are not the worldscale units needed for the best economics but, on paper, the region can supply almost all of its needs (see Tables 1 and 2).
Isocyanate capacities in Latin
America, 2000
Map ref./firmLocation Capacity, ktpa
TDI
1 Isopol Camacari, Brazil 60
2 Petroquimica
Rio Terceiro Buenos Aires, Argentina 26
3 Cydsa BayerLerma, Mexico 19
MDI
4 Bayer Belford Roxo, Brazil ...
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