some info on LyondellBasell:
http://www.hoovers.com/lyondellbasell/--ID__106018--/free-co-profile.xhtml
"If it's a plastic world, then you can probably blame LyondellBasell Industries for it. The company is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and Europe's largest maker of polyethylene, the key ingredients that go into plastics of all kinds. Used in a variety of products, polypropylene is a highly versatile polymer, and polyethylene is the most-used polymer. LyondellBasell also makes advanced polyolefins and licenses its polymer technology. The company was formed in 2000 from the combination of the polyolefin businesses of Shell and BASF; it then grew exponentially with the 2007 acquisition of Lyondell. The company is owned by private investment firm Access Industries, which is owned by Len Blavatnik."
December 20th '07- the merger between Basell Polyolefins and Lyondell Chemical Co was completed. This means that a new chemicals giant has been created - cleverly named LyondellBasell Industries! In terms of turn-over, the newly created company is the third largest company in its sector globally. To put it in perspective - LyondellBasell turn-over is larger than such household names as Disney and Canon
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/companyData.jsp?companyId=16961
lots more articles on this page:
here's a few-
"IVECO Selects LyondellBasell's High-Performance Softell PP for its New Series of Eurocargo Trucks [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 42 days 8 hours 53 minutes ago
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell Industries' Softell polypropylene (PP) compound is being used to produce the door panels of Italian commercial utility vehicle producer IVECO's new Eurocargo truck model. "
"LyondellBasell Receives Toyota Quality Certificate [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 84 days 3 hours 47 minutes ago
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell Industries was the only plastics raw material supplier to receive the coveted Toyota Certificate of Recognition for Quality for 2007. The company was honored for outstanding achievements in product quality and supply consistency that it provided to Toyota facilities located in Europe."
"LyondellBasell Aromatics Extraction License Granted to Linhuan Coking Company [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 48 days 9 hours 53 minutes ago
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Linhuan Coking Company has selected LyondellBasell's Aromatics Extraction process for a new 80 KT per year plant to be built at Huaibei, Anhui Province, China. Start up is scheduled for 2009. "
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