Associação Brasileira da Indústria Química (ABIQUIM)
About Associação Brasileira da Indústria Química
ABIQUIM is an acronym for Associação Brasileira da Indústria Química, which can be translated into English as the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association. ABIQUIM represents the Brazilian manufacturers of chemical products and deals with a wide variety of issues, including the coordination of Atuação Responsável® (Brazilian version of Responsible Care®); quality, environment and safety related issues; human resources development; statistics; economic studies; product advocacy; free trade agreements; tariff negotiations; and others. ABIQUIM operates a 24-hour toll free telephone service for safety in the transportation of chemical products (Pró-Química®) and coordinates special programs related to some areas of the chemical industry, such as Plastivida®, which deals with the use and recycling of plastics.
- Industry : Chemistry