Unipar Carbocloro – A Quick Overview The Business Of The Biggest Chlorine And Soda Manufacturer In Brazil

In today’s article, I would like to talk about a Brazilian company called Unipar Carbocloro, which I had the chance to visit its factory in Brazil. The company produces chlorine, caustic soda and derivatives for industrial use. In 2016, the company bought a competitor called Solvay Indupa, therefore also creating PVC (polyvinyl chloride). While caustic soda and chlorine are entirely different and used in distinct markets, they are mutually generated at the same time in one source and produced in a process called electrolysis (decomposition by continuous electric current), at a ratio of 1 ton of chlorine to 1.12 ton...