Development of Technology in University-Industry Partnership:A Groundbreaking Case in the Northeast of Brazil

Development of Technology in University-Industry Partnership:A Groundbreaking Case in the Northeast of Brazil

Andrade, Márcio Henrique S.; Tonholo, Josealdo

Artigo Completo:

Economic transformations have pressed the Brazilian companies into a continuous search for improvements in its processes, overriding the resource scarcity with the creative development of partnerships. BRASKEM S.A., an Odebrecht Group affiliate, has excelled in this sense: after multiple restructurings during 4 years, kept developing its processes as permanent tonic. Universidade Federal de Alagoas/UFAL has been a constant companion, sharing a story of years of mutual cooperation, written through RAndamp;D projects developed under accompaniment of BRASKEM. The opportunity for the consolidation of the partnership occurred with the release of a public notice during the year of 1998 which allowed the proposition of cooperative projects between companies and universities. The cooperative project of technology development for a Chlor-alkali was design and executed. Highlights must include as the transfer of a complete research lab in the industrial area of BRASKEM, assigned to the partner university, which happens to be an "Advanced campus" of the University within a company the absolute leader of its segment of the domestic market.

Economic transformations have pressed the Brazilian companies into a continuous search for improvements in its processes, overriding the resource scarcity with the creative development of partnerships. BRASKEM S.A., an Odebrecht Group affiliate, has excelled in this sense: after multiple restructurings during 4 years, kept developing its processes as permanent tonic. Universidade Federal de Alagoas/UFAL has been a constant companion, sharing a story of years of mutual cooperation, written through RAndamp;D projects developed under accompaniment of BRASKEM. The opportunity for the consolidation of the partnership occurred with the release of a public notice during the year of 1998 which allowed the proposition of cooperative projects between companies and universities. The cooperative project of technology development for a Chlor-alkali was design and executed. Highlights must include as the transfer of a complete research lab in the industrial area of BRASKEM, assigned to the partner university, which happens to be an "Advanced campus" of the University within a company the absolute leader of its segment of the domestic market.

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DOI: 10.5151/chempro-s3ie-06

Como citar:

Andrade, Márcio Henrique S.; Tonholo, Josealdo; "Development of Technology in University-Industry Partnership:A Groundbreaking Case in the Northeast of Brazil", p-49-54. In: In Proceedings of the 1st International Seminar on Industrial Innovation in Electrochemistry [=Blucher Chemistry Proceedings]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23184043, DOI 10.5151/chempro-s3ie-06