Solvay announced it has agreed to acquire the specialty chemical assets of ERCA Química, Ltda. in Brazil. This will allow the Group to more than double its production capacity in surfactants in Brazil and to serve customers in the agrochemicals, home and personal care, coatings, mining and oil and gas markets. The investment will give Solvay’s Novecare business unit greater access to one of the world’s largest personal care and agrochemicals markets and which are growing at a double-digit pace....