Home | Imprint | Sitemap Home About ERCA What we offer News & Events Brussels, November 22, 2013 - Solvay announces it has agreed to acquire the specialty chemical assets of Erca Quimica, Ltda. in Brazil. This will allow the Group to more than double its production capacity in surfactants in Brazil and to serve customers in the agrochemicals, home & personal care, coatings, mining and oil & gas markets. The investment will give Solvay's Novecare business unit greater access to one of the world's largest personal care and agrochemicals markets and which are growing at a double-digit pace. In addition, it strengthens its commercial network, closeness to customers and innovation pipeline. The transaction includes ERCA's local specialty chemical assets and its portfolio of agrochemicals and home & personal care products. Located at Itatiba city in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, these new industrial assets will give Solvay the scalability to expand further to meet growing demand. Novecare will deploy its leading position in several technology platforms, especially in developing and providing quats, which are the building blocks for an array of Novecare specialty chemicals and surfactants. In addition, Solvay will enter into a patnership with ERCA to manufacture their products for their construction and textile market segments. "The acquisition of these specialty chemical assets represents an important step for Novecare to grow in Brazil's dynamic market, expand our technology and product portfolio, increase production capacity and provide global innovations to meet the immediate demand of our customers. With a competitive industrial footprint, we are able to help our customers capture business opportunities and develop new products and solutions to meet their growth ambitions," said Emmanuel Butstraen, President of Solvay Novecare. "This agreement represents an important step to re-focus the Company attention on the Performance Chemicals, providing consistent financial support to further develop and optimize industrial presence in the region, expand R&D activities and consolidate the long term relationship with Solvay Group" said Giuseppe Seccomandi, CEO of Erca Group. "It goes without saying that such agreement will reinforce our commitment to provide the highest standard solutions, including quality, application assistance and R&D activities based on clean and renewable feedstock. This is the starting point of an ambitious plan to become the leader supplier of performance chemicals in Brazil, confirming a deep attention in providing technical solutions to the domestic growing segments" said Sidnei Maturano, President of Erca Quimica. ERCA SPA Via Padergnone, 5/7 24050 Grassobbio (BG) Italy tel +39 035 586411 fax +39 035 526763 e-mail: info@ercagroup.it ERCA POLAND SP. Z O.O. ul. II Armii Wojska Polskiego 44 08-400 Garwolin Poland tel +48 25 7861043 fax +48 25 7861051 e-mail: info@ercagroup.pl ERCA EMERY SURFACTANTS B.V. Energieweg 1 4791 RN Klundert (Industrieterrein Moerdijk) The Netherlands e-mail: info@erca-emery.com ERCA GROUP KIMYA SAN. VE TIC. A.S. Akçaburgaz Mah. Hadımköy Yolu, No: 184, Esenyurt, İstanbul Turkey tel. +90 0212 886 99 00 fax +90 0212 886 86 26 e-mail: info@ercagroup.com.tr ERCA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO DE PRODUTOS QUIMICOS LTDA. Rodovia Engenheiro Constancio Cintra Km 79.600 Nº: S/N Andar 1 Encosta Do Sol Itatiba Sp Zip Cod: 13255-836 Brazil tel. +55 11 48948900 fax +55 11 48948903 e-mail: info@br-ercagroup.com 3E CHEMICAL CO. (SUZHOU) LTD. No. 333 Shanxing Road Hedong Industrial Park Wuzhong Economic Development Zone 215124 Suzhou China tel +86 0512 66981690 fax +86 0512 66981696 ERCA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS PVT. LTD. D1/D2 Everest Building, 156, Tardeo Road 400-034 Mumbai India tel +91 22 23535974 fax +91 22 2353 5973 Email policy | Privacy policy | Personal data protection code