11.11.2015
- Thomas Aebischer has been named new chief financial officer of LyondellBasell, with effect from Jan. 1, 2016. The new CFO comes from Holcim, where he held a number of positions...
26.10.2015
- DuPont is said to be looking outside the company for a new chief executive to replace Ellen Kullman, who resigned with effect from Oct. 16. The chemical giant’s directors...
05.10.2015
- LyondellBasell has completed the acquisition of SJS Plastiblends, a polypropylene compounder based at Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. The Rotterdam-headquartered petrochemicals and...
29.09.2015
- Thanks to its location on the US Gulf Coast with its booming shale gas industry and generous investment incentives to investors, the state of Louisiana is rapidly becoming a mecca...
19.08.2015
- LyondellBasell has accepted an offer for its wholly-owned Argentine subsidiary, Petroken, from YPF and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica (GIP). Argentina’s state-owned energy company YPF...
11.08.2015
- To expand its global footprint in the automotive market and become more competitive in India’s growing market, LyondellBasell will acquire PP compounds manufacturer SJS...
22.07.2015
- French authorities investigating the explosion and fire at LyondellBasell’s storage facility adjoining its refinery at Berre in southern France in the early morning hours of Jul...
15.07.2015
- A blaze that engulfed two storage units at the LyondellBasell polyolefins site at Berre in southern France in the early morning hours of Jul. 14 may have been deliberately set...
