ELEKEIROZ is a Brazilian company present in the Chemical area for more than a century. The company was founded as Queiroz Moura & Cia. in 1894 as a manipulation laboratory of vegetal extracts-based products; one of its participants was the pharmacist Luiz Pinto de Queiroz. Such company became, in 1909, a statutory partnership association - L. Queiroz- and built in Sao Paulo the very first Sulphuric Acid plant in Latin America. The current name Elekeiroz S.A. was originated from Sociedade An�nima Produtos Qu�micos L. Queiroz Corporation, previous company situation since 1912. Elekeiroz S. A. opened its capital to public subscription in 1969 and in 1986 its shareholder control was undertaken by Ita�sa - Investimentos Ita� S.A. - a holding company that stands as number 372 in the world ranking according to Fortune Magazine classification of the 500 biggest companies. Elekeiroz has been a pioneer- not only in Brazil but also in Latin America - in the manufacture of several chemicals as Phthalic Anhydride, Carbon Disulphide, Trimethylol Propane, 2-Ethyl Hexanoic Acid as well as 2-Ethyl Hexyl Alcohol and n-Butanol, using a technology based on Ethyl Alcohol derived from sugar cane