Company Profile
Braskem provides the manufacture, sale, import, and export of chemicals, petrochemicals, and fuels in Brazil. The company supplies electricity and inputs to second-generation producers.
Its portfolio also includes sells utilities, such as steam, water, compressed air and industrial gases, industrial services, and engages in the production, supply, and sale of electric energy and gas.
It also produces and sells polyethylene, including the production of green PE made from renewable resources, and polypropylene; and polyvinyl chloride and caustic soda, as well as thermoplastic resins
Basic petrochemicals. It has operations globally. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, Braskem was formerly known as Copene Petroquímica do Nordeste S.A. before rebranding in 2002.