Brasken to supply green PE to Procter & Gamble  

Brazilian petrochemical company Brasken will supply sugarcane ethanol-based polyethylene (PE) to Procter & Gambles (P&G) cosmetic lines– Pantene, Max Factor and Cover Girl–packaging. Brasken expects to build green resin this month at the Triunfo petrochemical hub in Rio Grande do Sul state. Investments om the plant will reach 500 million reais (US$284.9 million). Pantene is the first to use the green resin and the biopolymer packaging and will be available by 2011, according to Gabriela Onofre, P&G corporate affairs director in Brazil. Other firms that will use this green resin are Japans automobile manufacturer Toyota, Tetra Pak, Johnson & Johnson, Estrela, Shiseido, Acinplas and Petropack. (August 12, 2010)