LyondellBasell to feature its polyolefins technology at Plastex

05 May '08

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LyondellBasell Industries, the new global leader in polymers, chemicals and fuels, will feature its world-class polyolefins technology, production and marketing offerings at Plastex 2008, the Czech Republic's premier trade fair for the plastics industry, to be held May 13 to 16 in Brno. The LyondellBasell exhibit will be located at PAV A1, Stand 057

“Exhibiting at Plastex this year provides us with an exciting platform to present our expanded capabilities as LyondellBasell,” said Nick Stoydin, head of the company's new Bratislava office which opened in January 2008.

“It is another way of demonstrating our strong commitment to the Central and Southern European Polyolefin markets. Customers seeking a clear advantage in this expanding market will learn how LyondellBasell's broad product portfolio and manufacturing flexibility can deliver exceptional value to them.”

Addressing regional demand for high-performance packaging resins: LyondellBasell's exhibit will feature polyolefins that can provide specialized performance attributes to address new packaging trends, offering the potential for inter-material replacement in applications historically the domain of PET and glass.

The company's Stretchene PP and PE resins are selected by customers to produce very high levels of rigidity, transparency, impact strength and production output for demanding injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) applications such as food and household chemical packaging.

LyondellBasell's Metocene resins offer customers design versatility, exceptional purity, and high levels of transparency and stiffness for consumer packaging.

Other product highlights will include LyondellBasell's Purell family of select PE and PP grades. These resins can provide advantages in design, functionality and regulatory aspects, and are produced in conjunction with a medical protocol tailor-made to address the specialized requirements of customers in the healthcare markets.

Meeting the automotive industry's growing needs: LyondellBasell will also feature its Hostacom PP compounds and highlight its global product sourcing capabilities in response to the increasingly-expanding automotive business requirements in Central and Southern Europe.

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