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The article reports that Akzo Nobel’s pulp and paper chemicals business Eka Chemicals AB has invested about $67 million in a deal with a Brazilian papermaker. The company has signed a 15-year agreement to supply, store and handle chemicals for a novel eucalyptus-based pulp mill being constructed in Tres Lagoas by Votorantim Celulose e Papel SA.

This section offers news briefs related to the chemical industry. Paper chemical and pigment producers have announced a round of price increases, citing rising energy and raw material costs that have been climbing during the past six months of 2007. Albemarle plans to start up a new flame retardant plant at Nanjing, China in the second quarter of 2008. Dow Wolff Cellulosics will close a hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) plant at Aratu, Brazil during the first quarter of 2008.

Presents news briefs in the speciality chemical industry as of October 2005. Legal action faced by Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Nutritionals regarding its marketing claims for Splenda brand sucralose; Commencement of Eka Chemicals' pulp and paper chemical operations in Brazil.

The article discusses the highlights of 34th annual meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society that was held on May 23-26, 2010 at the convention center of the Costão do Santinho Resort in Florianópolis, Brazil. The event, which embraces the theme "Chemistry for a Better World," served as a central focus for the country's celebrations of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC). Papers presented primarily zero in on natural product chemistry, chemical education, and analytical, environmental, inorganic, and organic materials.