CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--(Marketwire - January 19, 2009) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- At the end of the month, Braskem (NYSE:BAK) (Camacari, Brazil) will begin the restart process of a naphtha cracker at the Triunfo Complex in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. In December 2008, the chemical company shut down two naphtha cracker units, including the 720,000-metric-ton-per-year Cracker 1 at Triunfo because of a reduction in demand for ethylene products domestically and internationally.

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