
LyondellBasell Acquires Share in Recycling Company
Stiphout procures post-consumer plastic and converts it into recycled polypropylene and high-density polyethylene flakes

Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2021
BASF, followed by Sinopec and Dow are the chemical companies with the highest sales; overall, the industry recorded strong growth following the pandemic slump

LyondellBasell to Exit Refinery Business
LyondellBasell plans to cease operations at its refinery in Houston, TX, USA, in December 2023

Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2020
BASF saw the highest sales in 2020, followed by Sinopec and Dow. Overall, combined chemical sales declined compared to 2019

Manufacturing Propylene Oxide and Styrene Monomer in China
LyondellBasell and Sinopec finalize joint venture

LyondellBasell’s Pilot Molecular Recycling Facility
Towards an industrial scale conversion of plastic waste into feedstock

Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2019
Economic activity slowed down in 2019

Bora LyondellBasell Petrochemical Co. Ltd.
LyondellBasell and Bora sign definitive agreements to form Chinese joint venture

LyondellBasell and Neste Produce Bio-based Plastic from Renewable Materials
First production of bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene simultaneously at commercial scale

Converting Water-Based Waste into Energy
LyondellBasell and Covestro start Circular Steam Project in The Netherlands

Construction of World's Largest PO/TBA Plant
LyondellBasell begins construction of its propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in the US

New Polypropylene Plant in South Korea
PolyMirae, a LyondellBasell and SK Advanced joint venture, to expand its polypropylene capacity by 400,000 tons/year

Plastics Recycling Joint Venture
LyondellBasell and SUEZ partner to contribute to circular economy

Largest Investment in LyondellBasell's History
LyondellBasell to build large propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in Texas, USA

LyondellBasell Builds Hyperzone PE Plant
Company breaks ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant at its La Porte, TX, USA, complex

LyondellBasell Sells Petroken
LyondellBasell Sells Argentina-based Petroken to Grupo Inversor Petroquímica S.L.

LyondellBasell Sells Argentina-based Petroken
LyondellBasell announced that YPF S.A. and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica S.L. have accepted an offer to purchase Petroken

LyondellBasell Acquires SJS Plastiblends
LyondellBasell has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of the polypropylene compounds (PPC) manufacturer

Leadership Changes
New Heraeus CTO, LyondellBasell CEO, President of the French Académie des Sciences