Nitro Quimica, the Nitrocellulose Global Leader, will increase globally (including Brazilian domestic Market), the price of its products by up to 20%, effective in June 1st, 2011 or as Contract terms permit.
The reason of this price movement is due to feedstock shortage and continuous costs increase.
New increases for the last quarter 2011 are expected.
From the greenest part of the planet your renewable choice.
Aligned to our Sustainability commitments and to the characteristics of our products, as of the next April 5 they will be repositioned in order to better reflect the aspects that differentiate them from the other resins nowadays offered to the market.
Then we will have two different families of products:
- Nitrocellulose resins wetted with Ethanol that has positive Carbon Print and contains 80% of bio-renewable raw materials in its compositions. Certified by the Association of the North American Printing Inks Manufacturers (NAPIM).
- Nitrocellulose resins wetted with Isopropyl Alcohol that contains 50% of bio-renewable raw materials in its compositions. Certified by the Association of the North American Printing Inks Manufacturers (NAPIM).
Thus, we will move a step forward to the direction of our Sustainability objectives, offering to our customers the most ecologically correct resin available in the global market.
The table below better explains the new designation of all products :
We will be at your disposal to clarify any doubt you may have and also to attend you in your needs of Ecocell and Greencell.
Company Switches to Renewable Raw Materials and Slashes CO2 Emissions
Nitro Química attained a noteworthy achievement this year: instead of releasing carbon dioxide CO2 through its production process, the company now captures this greenhouse gas. In other words, by producing resins from wood and ethanol, we improve environmental conditions, and our resins are the only ones in the world that achieve this improvement. This was only possible through the increase in the use of these two renewable raw materials in the nitrocellulose production line: wood cellulose and ethanol.
Until recently, Nitro Química used more cotton lint as a raw material in nitrocellulose production. Now, it is gradually substituting lint by wood cellulose, which has the same function and presents the advantage of being renewable.
At the same time, the company reduced its use of isopropyl alcohol, which is obtained from petroleum, replacing it by sugar cane alcohol. From the total amount of nitrocellulose produced, 65% already contains ethanol, and in two years the share of ethanol-based nitrocellulose will climb to 75%. The two components represent nearly 70% of the raw materials used.
As a result of these changes, the nitrocellulose unit will achieve this year a capture of 0.32 tons of CO2 per ton of nitrocellulose produced, against 0.36 tons released into the atmosphere in 2009.