Brazilian Plastics News |
Unigel announces U$ 25 mi investment in an Innovation and Technology Center in Brazil.August, 16, 2011 - Unigel presented last August, 16, its project for a new Innovation and Technology Center. The Technology Center will occupy a 2,000 square meters area in the company´s industrial facilities in Camaçari, state of Bahia, and will receive investments of approximately 40 million Reals (U$ 25 million) during the coming years. The Research facilities will comprise laboratories, equipments and pilot plants, and will have a technical staff of around 50 researchers, engineers and technicians. According to Luiz Pontes, director-president of Unigel´s Innovation and Technology Center, the company will establish partnerships with government funding agencies such as FINEP and Fapesb in order to launch research programs in the areas of Science and Technology. “We will also support master and doctorate studies and stimulate academic researchers to focus on industry´s issues and problems”, explained Pontes, who is also a professor at UNIFACS University. |