The agency's first steps were to speed up the construction of
hydroelectric dams in the
São Francisco River, followed by governmental incentives for the creation of heavy industry projects, such as the
Camaçari Petrochemical Complex, in the state of
Bahia, and the industrial district of Aratu, in the metropolitan area of
Salvador. Sudene is also responsible for the formation of intermediary products industries: fertilizers production in the state of
Sergipe and a chemicals complex in Salgema, state of
Alagoas. In the state of
Pernambuco, investments concentrated on the metropolitan area of the city of
Recife, with durable goods industries being created in the cities of Jaboatão, Cabo and Paulista. In the state of
Ceará, a new perspective was adopted: Sudene's incentives helped form a textiles industrial area, around the capital of the state,
Fortaleza. In 1999, Sudene was involved in corruption scandals which led President
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1994–2002) to decree its dissolution. In 2002, however, the agency was recreated with the name of Adene - Agency for the Development of the Northeast. == References ==