The Petrochemical Center of the greater ABC area started in 1954 when Petrobras installed one of its first plants in São Paulo, the Capuava Refinery. At the time, it was the largest oil refinery in the country.
Today it is comprised of 14 industries that daily produce oil derivatives (ethylene, propylene, and polyethylene etc.), which are essential raw materials used in the manufacturing of resins, rubber products, paints, and plastics, and address the needs of industries in all segments.
Quattor has 4 industrial units in this Center: the UN PE/ABC Polyethylene Unit, the UN QB/ABC-CK Cracker Basic Chemical Unit, the UN QB/ABC-IN Intermediary Basic Chemical Unit, and the UN PP/ABC Polypropylene Unit.
The presence of a large Petrochemical Center in the greater ABC area is a fundamental factor for the region’s economy since the chemical and petrochemical sectors are currently responsible for 36% of the ICMS taxes levied in the city of Santo André and 66% of those in the city of Mauá, as well as providing direct and indirect employment to almost 25,000 people.
However, the importance of the Center goes beyond that. With a constant concern for the community and the environment, the Center maintains a responsible attitude in promoting social campaigns and programs to provide education and cultural events and to improve the quality of life of the entire population.
Quattor Basic Chemicals Unit
Cracker Plant
Products: Basic Chemicals, Hydrocarbon Resin, and Aromatic Solvents
Capacity: 700 thousand t/year of Ethene and 1 million t/year of other petrochemical products
Physical space: 900 thousand m²Intermediaries Plant
Products: Basic Chemicals and Aliphatic Solvents
Capacity: 320 thousand t/year of Cumene; 27 thousand t/year of Nonene; 27 thousand t/year Propylene Tetramer; 26 thousand t/ year of Isoparaffi
Physical space: 155,704 m²
Polyethylene Unit
Plant I
Products: Low Density Polyethylene (PEBD) and Ethylene Copolymer and Vinyl Acetate (EVA)Plant II
Products: Low Density Linear Metallocene Polyethylene (mPELBD), Low Density Linear Polyethylene (PELBD), and High Density Polyethelyne (PEAD)
Capacity for Plants I and II: 130 thousand t/yearPlant III
Products: High Density Polyethylene (PEAD)
Capacity: 230 thousand t/year
Physical Space for Plants I, II, and III: 173,144 m²
Polypropylene Unit
Products: Polypropylene, Homopolymer, Polypropylene Random Copolymer, and Polypropylene Copolymer
Heterophasic
Capacity: 450 thousand t/year
Physical space: 197mil m²