Braskem

Americas

Sao Paulo

Brazil

Multinational

FOUNDED

2002

HEADCOUNT

5001-10000

FUNDING

Public

Keywords:

fermentation, bioplastics, biofuels

Company Website

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BUSINESS

Global petrochemical company producing resins and chemicals. Produces green bio-based polyethylene from renewable sugarcane alongside conventional petrochemical products.

BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT

Peripheral; petrochemical major producing resins and chemicals. The I'm green bio-PE line at Triunfo, Brazil (~260,000 t/y) catalytically dehydrates sugarcane-derived ethanol to ethylene and polymerizes to bio-polyethylene; the fermentation step (ethanol from cane) is performed by sugar/ethanol mills, and Braskem's own production is chemical.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

PRIMARY PRODUCTS

Bio-based polyethylene