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SAO PAULO, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) today announced that its Board of Directors has named the organization's Technical Director, Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, as interim CEO, taking over from Marcos Jank who announced his resignation on March 27th. Rodrigues will act as interim CEO until the conclusion of a selection process, now underway, for a new chief executive. A member of the executive team at UNICA since 1990, Rodrigues has...

SAO PAULO, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) announced today that Marcos Jank is stepping down as President of the organization, the most important institution representing Brazilian producers of ethanol, sugar and bioelectricity. UNICA's Board of Directors was officially notified of the decision at the monthly Plenary Session for March, held today at the organization's headquarters in Sao Paulo. To ensure a smooth transition, Jank and the...

SAO PAULO, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in more than three decades of generous US government subsidies for the domestic ethanol industry, coupled with a steep tariff on imports, the United States market will be open to imported ethanol as of January 1st, 2012, without protectionist measures. The adjournment of the 112th Congress means both the US$0,54 per gallon tax on imported ethanol and a corresponding tax credit of US$0,45 per gallon for blenders, the VEETC...

SAO PAULO, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UNICA announces the following Webcast: What: Ethanol Summit 2011 When: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 from 10 AM EDT to 5PM EDT Where: http://www.mediatown.com.br/ethanolsummit/index.php?idioma=en Live over the Internet --Simply log on to the web at the How: address above Here comes the June 07th agenda: http://www.ethanolsummit.com.br/agenda.php?1&idDia=2 If you are unable to participate during the live...

SAO PAULO, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UNICA announces the following Webcast: What: Ethanol Summit 2011 When: Monday , June 06, 2011 from 10 AM EST to 5PM EST Where: http://www.mediatown.com.br/ethanolsummit/index.php?idioma=en Live over the Internet --Simply log on to the web at the How: address above. Here comes the June 06th agenda: http://www.ethanolsummit.com.br/agenda.php?idioma=2 If you are unable to participate during...

In the news release, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association Announces Changes in its Washington D.C. Office, issued 05-Apr-2011 by Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the second paragraph, third sentence, should read "... Washington lobbying firm Mehlman, Vogel, Castanetti ..." rather than "... Washington law firm Mehlman, Vogel, Castanetti ..." as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:...

ARMONK, N.Y., March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today launched new, cloud-based software designed to help marketers gain real-time, actionable insight from data available across social media channels. (Photo: https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110314/NY64247-a ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) The new software expands IBM's business analytics capabilities by enabling organizations to develop faster, more precise social media marketing programs...

SAO PAULO, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) announced today that Joel Velasco, the organization's Washington, DC-based Chief Representative for North America, is leaving the position he has held since 2007, to join Amyris, Inc., as Senior Vice-President, External Relations. "Joel has provided UNICA with wise counsel, effective strategy and solid results. We wish him well at Amyris and will continue cooperating in the future, as we...

SAO PAULO, Nov. 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian experience spanning nearly four decades with large-scale production and use of sugarcane ethanol will be presented in a variety of formats by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) and the World Climate Summit (WCS), which happen simultaneously from November 29( ) to December 10 in Cancun, Mexico. "Almost 50% of all the energy utilized in Brazil comes from renewable...

SAO PAULO, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Solidaridad Network, one of the most prominent global non-government organizations supporting the development of sustainable production chains, headquartered in The Netherlands, is the newest partner of the RenovAcao Project. The agreement was signed on Wednesday (November 3), after a meeting at the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association's (UNICA) regional office in Ribeirao Preto, in the heart of Brazil's most important cane growing region....