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Braskem divulges its new IR team |
São Paulo, August, 10, 2006 --- BRASKEM S.A. (BOVESPA: BRKM5; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), leader in the thermoplastic resins segment in Latin America and one of the three largest Brazilian privately-owned industrial companies, announces to the market its new IR team. |
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Braskem announces that Luiz Henrique Valverde is the new Investor Relations Director of the company. Valverde is a chemical engineer and has been working in the petrochemical industry for the past 21 years and in IR for 6 years. Luiz Valverde was one of Braskems IR managers since its creation in August 2002. |
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The IR team also includes an IR manager, Luciana Ferreira. Luciana has been working at Braskem since last year and her experience in IR dates back to 2000, having worked for two big Brazilian public held companies in the steel and airline industries. |
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Braskem is deeply thankful to the outstanding contribution given by José Marcos Treiger, who was responsible for the Companys IR team for almost 4 years. We wish him great success in his new professional challenges. |
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Braskem reaffirms its long term commitment with the capital markets, with the reliability, transparence and impartiality that have always been characteristic in its relationship with investors. |
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Paul Altit | |
Vice-President of Finance and Investor Relations | |
Braskem, a world-class Brazilian petrochemical company, is the leader in the thermoplastic resins segment in Latin American, and is among the three largest Brazilian-owned private industrial companies. The company operates 14 manufacturing plants located throughout Brazil, and it has an annual production capacity of 6.0 million tons of petrochemical and chemical products. |
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLAIMER
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to the operations and business environments of Braskem and its subsidiaries that may cause the actual results of the companies to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: Augut 10, 2006
BRASKEM S.A. | |||
By: | /s/ Paul Elie Altit | ||
Name: | Paul Elie Altit | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |