Home The International Yearbook 2025, part of the World Plastic Connection Summit® project ecosystem, which held its fourth edition at Novotel Center Norte, was launched in three languages (Portuguese, Spanish and English) on Tuesday morning (8) by Think Plastic Brazil, a portfolio of solutions for the plastic-converted products sector in the internationalization process for target markets, carried out through a partnership between ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and INP (Brazilian Plastics Institute).
The yearbook is a strategic tool for the sector, listing the types of products manufactured and contact details of Brazilian companies. The material is distributed to Communications Secretariats (SECOMs), advisory offices and embassies around the world, in the more than 120 countries visited by Think Plastic Brazil. The digital version of the guide is updated monthly, including new companies that are added to the portfolio, thus ensuring up-to-date information on all members.
Bringing together companies in its catalog, the International Yearbook is the result of efforts to internationalize the Brazilian plastics market, an activity that Think Plastic Brazil strengthens on a daily basis. The companies included in the list are of the most diverse sizes and areas of activity. The portfolio verticals, which define categories for the members, are: Agribusiness, Toys and Childcare, Civil Construction, Packaging, Inputs for the Manufacturing Industry and Housewares.
The institutional opening of the event featured speeches by Paulo Henrique Rangel Teixeira, treasurer of the Brazilian Plastics Institute (INP) and CEO of Abiplast; Americo Bartilotti Neto, CEO of the Brazilian Plastics Institute (INP) and commercial vice president of Braskem in South America; Emerson Raiol, International Business Analyst – ApexBrasil and ApexBrasil manager of Think Plastic Brazil; Eduardo Berkovitz, chairman of the INP Fiscal Council, member of the Strategic Committee of Think Plastic Brazil and member of the Management Committee of Think Plastic Brazil; Marcelo Carrullo, Growth Director of Drummond Advisors; Dr. Alvaro Toubes Prata, CEO of EMBRAPII; Rui Mucaje, president of Afrochamber – Afro-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce; Edinam Adjei-Sika, president of the Brazil-Ghana Chamber of Commerce; Carlos Clur, founder of the Eletrolar Multimedia Group and Eletrolar Show; and Carlos Moreira, executive director of the Brazilian Plastics Institute (INP) and Think Plastic Brazil CPO.
Before the closing of the event, Carlos Moreira called Emerson Raiol and Lincoln Seragini to the stage, delivering tributes on behalf of Think Plastic Brazil, recognizing the work and partnership of both in strengthening the internationalization of the Brazilian plastics sector.
“We will focus our efforts on internationalization and attracting investment, in the strategic and international area. We will strengthen and expand these projects, connecting our industry with the global market, intensifying the internal preparation and qualification of our industry”, highlights Carlos Moreira, executive director of INP and Think Plastic Brazil CPO.
Anyone wishing to download the International Yearbook 2025 can access it through the link. If you would like to support the catalog and have a space for your company within the next printed edition, please contact us expressing interest in our form.
About Think Plastic Brazil
Think Plastic Brazil started its activities with 38 companies and, over the last 20 years, has expanded its participation to more than 250 companies. During this period, the Portfolio promoted 4,773 participations of companies in the industry in 240 projects specifically for Trade Promotion, resulting in 64,366 meetings. The economic impact was significant, with more than US$1.247 billion in business generated and a total investment of US$12.338 million, achieving an impressive ROI of US$101.04 for every dollar invested.
For those interested in buying from Brazil and contacting Brazilian companies associated with Think Plastic Brazil directly, please contact cristina.sacramento@thinkplasticbrazil.com and daniela.ornelas@thinkplasticbrazil.com via email or visit the website (https://thinkplasticbrazil.com/en/home-en/). Think Plastic Brazil is a non-profit, non-commissioned organization that can facilitate your direct contact with Brazilian producers.
About INP
Founded in 1989, the Brazilian Plastic Institute – INP arises amid the process of globalization and the need to make the plastic market more competitive internationally. Its strength and representativeness are the results of the union of the Brazilian Processed Plastic and Recycling Industry (ABIPLAST), the Brazilian Association of the Chemical Industry (ABIQUIM), and the Union of Synthetic Resin Industries in the State of São Paulo (SIRESP).
As a sectoral technological body, the INP’s is to be the focal point for the entire plastics production chain in Brazil. To this end, the body maintains an extensive workforce qualification program, promotes access to the most modern technologies, especially for small and medium-sized companies, and develops Technical Standards so that products with better quality be manufactured.
About ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) promotes Brazilian products and services abroad and attracts foreign investments to strategic industries of the Brazilian economy. To reach its goals, ApexBrasil carries out diversified trade promotion actions aimed at promoting exports and valuing Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and trade missions, business roundtables, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, and visits by foreign buyers and influencers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, among other business platforms that are also focused on strengthening “Brazil” as a brand.
The agency also acts in a coordinated manner with public and private actors to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, focusing on strategic sectors for the development of the competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country.
