Institutional > Timeline
- 1979
- Incorporation of Resitec with the production of emulsifiers starting up with disproportioned rosin soap.
- Joint venture:
- 30% Harima Chemical.
- 35% Consultec.
- 35% Comercial Yamamoto.
1980- Resitec purchases tracts of land to plant its pine forests through Resiflor - 7,000 hectares.
- 1984
- Start-up of rosin production plant.
- 1990
- Start-up of rosin refining plant.
- Start-up of light disproportioned rosin production.
- Introduction of catalyst, with lower costs.
- Start-up of multi-purpose plant producing rosin-based resins.
- Market share up from 50% to 60%
- 1991
- Purchase of Brasilac - Companhia de Acidulação BLS, in Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.
- 1992
- Increase in the rosin production capacity
- 1994
- Start-up of mixed emulsifier production based on tall oil.
- Market share up from 60% to 70%
- 1996
- Brasilac goes public, now called Resitol.
- Resitec launches strategy to become the only producer of emulsifiers in Brazil.
- 50% of Resitol shares offered to Agroquímica Braido, which renders fatty acids from animal grease.
- New acidulation plant built in Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.
- Through purchasing 36% of the shares issued by Dalquim (Sulfato Três Barras Group) Resitec ensures a steady supply of BLS and CTO, cutting its logistics costs through using aluminum sulfate provided by the Sulfato Group.
- 1997
- Signature of a long-term supply agreement with Petroflex.
- Market share increases to 100%.
1999- Resitec purchases 12% of the Petroflex shares.
- Joint venture with the Socer Group.
- Sale of 60% of Resiflor to the Socer Group.
- Incorporation of Resinas Tropicais, producing tropical rosin with an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons.
- Establishment of the Resitec Research Center (CPR) at Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil.
- Development of Crude Sterol extraction technology for CTO and CTO pitch.
- 2000
- Patent application filed for the technology extracting crude sterols from pines.
- 2001
- Second patent application filed for crude sterol extraction technology.
- Sale of emulsifiers to Southeast Asia begins.
- 2002
- Patent granted for crude sterol extraction technology.
- Incorporation of Arr-Maz do Brasil, joint venture with Arr-Maz Custom Chemicals (USA) to produce Anticaking and Antidusting agents in Brazil, for use in fertilizers.
- Start-up of pilot-plant (100 kg/hour) using the crude sterols extraction technology patented by Resitec.
- 2003
- Start-up of commercial plant (1,000 kg/hour) using the crude sterols extraction technology patented by Resitec.
- 2004
- Start-up of the Arr-Maz do Brasil (AMB) plant at Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.
- 2006
- Resitec joins South Africa's Chemical Services Group.
