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.