Unipar Carbocloro is a publicly traded Brazilian chemical company based in São Paulo and chaired by Frank Geyer Abubakir.[1]
| Company type | Sociedade Anônima |
|---|---|
| B3: UNIP3, UNIP5, UNIP6 | |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, Brazil |
Area served | Brazil |
Key people | Frank Geyer Abubakir, (CEO)[1] |
| Products | Petrochemical |
| Revenue |  US$ 926.3 million (2017)[2] |
| US$ 92.8 million (2017) [2] | |
Number of employees | 2800 |
| Website | www |
History
editFounded in 1969[3] as União Participações Industriais Ltda., the company is the owner of an industrial complex for the production of chemicals, polyolefins and other oil derivatives, and was a pioneer in the installation of petrochemical complex of São Paulo.
After a consolidation process in the 1980s and 1990s, the company changed its name to Unipar - União de Indústrias Petroquímicas S/A and began a period of expansion from the early 2000s with the incorporation of new company Rio Polímeros and capacity increases at Petroquímica União and Polietilenos União subsidiaries.
In 2008 the company consolidated its assets in southeastern Brazil in the Quattor Participações holding and in 2010 the company was sold to Braskem and Petrobras. Thus, Braskem became the largest petrochemical company in Latin America.[4][5]
Unipar maintained its investment in other businesses and in 2013 acquired the remaining shares of Carbocloro company from the Occidental Petroleum Corporation.[6] The result was the creation of Unipar Carbocloro S/A, a publicly traded company that used to have minority shareholding capital of Tecsis Technology (but no longer own it) and Advanced Systems S/A.[7] In its current shareholder structure, Unipar Carbocloro exists since May 2013 when the deal was approved by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE).[8]
Products
editUnipar Carbocloro operates in the soda and chlorine industry.
Production capacity[9]
| Product | Production capacity |
|---|---|
| Chlorine | 355,000 tons/year |
| Caustic Soda | 400,000 tons/year |
| Dichloroethane | 140,000 tons/year |
| Hydrochloric Acid | 630,000 tons/year |
| Sodium Hypochlorite | 400,000 tons/year |
Other activities
editUnipar Carbocloro owns 25.17% of the company Tecsis Tecnologia e Sistemas Avançados S/A,[10] a wind turbine manufacturer. In 2014 Tecsis planned to build a new plant in Camaçari, Bahia state.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "uniparcarbocloro.com.br". www.uniparcarbocloro.com.br. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ a b "DRE - Consolidado".
- ^ "Contendo". www.uniparcarbocloro.com.br. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Unipar, Braskem e Petrobrás fecham acordo sobre Quattor - Economia".
- ^ "G1 > Economia e Negócios - NOTÍCIAS - Braskem compra controle da Quattor e cria maior petroquímica das Américas". g1.globo.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Unipar anuncia compra do restante da Carbocloro por R$550 mi". 22 March 2013.
- ^ "Unipar vai investir US$ 80 milhões na Tecsis". 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Cade aprova compra da Carbocloro pela Unipar". 21 August 2022.
- ^ Contendo uniparcarbocloro.com.br [dead link]
- ^ "BNDESPar e Unipar ficarão cada um com 25% do capital da Tecsis". 30 May 2011.
- ^ "Como a Tecsis aproveita os bons ventos da energia brasileira" (in Portuguese). 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.