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Making Carnival All the More Magical
Whether you call it Mardi Gras, Carnival or Fastelovend – at this time of the year, people gather from New Orleans to Nice, Rio de Janeiro to Cologne, and Venice to Tarragona to party in joyous ways.
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Creating Sweet Science for Valentine’s Day
For millions across the globe, February 14, Valentine’s Day, has become just as synonymous with cards, chocolate and flowers as it is to expressing your love for that special someone.
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Plastindia 2012
For years, LyondellBasell and its products have had an impact on lives across the globe. In 2012, the company will put its products and industry-leading technology on display for Plastindia 2012, one of Asia’s leading tradeshows for the plastics industry.
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Adflex TPOs Transform Residential Roofing
Underneath most shingled roofs built during the past 50 years in North America is asphalt-coated paper, designed to keep moisture at bay. But it presents many challenges: it’s difficult to install, can retain water and tears easily. The last thing homeowners want is a roof with a short life, and producers and installers need products that perform, both during and after installation.
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Flexing Performance Muscle In Flexible Packaging
There’s a new player on the block that packs a punch. It’s Luflexen hyPE 35P FA, a new polyethylene grade with the potential to offer an entirely new level of performance for flexible packaging.
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Plexar Resins Help Keep Holiday Foods Fresh and Safe
They’re the foods we love during the holiday season – turkey, ham, lamb, fish and cheese, to name a few. How do these delicacies stay fresh during transport from food packers to supermarkets and finally to our dining tables?
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Amazing Chemistry Creates Amazingly Clear Packaging!
With Moplen HP2409 polypropylene (PP), what you see is what you get - highly transparent, durable food packaging that provides exceptional consumer shelf appeal while protecting its contents.
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Bringing Easy Back to Seal-peel Packaging
New Family of Toppyl Resins Based on Polybutene-1 Addresses Consumer Needs for Convenience and Functionality
Today’s packaging must be practical, effective, safe and easy to open, without the need for a cutting instrument. That’s why LyondellBasell developed Toppyl compounds based on polybutene-1 (PB-1).
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Cold & Flu - No Match For Chemistry You Can Count On!
With a highly active cold and flu season already under way in the Northern Hemisphere, our chemical and polymer products are helping consumers ease their symptoms. Walk down the aisle of any pharmacy, and there’s likely to be numerous medications and products made possible by LyondellBasell.
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Purell showcases its service concept in India
LyondellBasell showcases Purell, its leading healthcare program for polyolefins at CPhI India in Mumbai, from November, 30 to December 2, 2011.
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The Amazing Little Plastic Pellet
LyondellBasell has launched two new low density polyethylene (LDPE) resins that offer enhanced performance for a wide range of packaging applications. The new grades are produced using the company’s Lupotech T high pressure tubular process technology.
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Energy-efficient Hifax resins: Still Cool After All These Years!
Many of the commercial buildings constructed or renovated in the past 15 years feature roofing membranes produced with Hifax thermoplastic polyolefins (TPOs). Hifax TPOs help businesses reduce their energy consumption (cooling costs) – among the many reasons why they’ve become North America’s most popular single-ply roofing material.
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Visit LyondellBasell @ China Roofing & Waterproofing in Beijing
For more than 15 years, Hifax thermoplastic polyolefins (TPOs) have been specified by our customers for waterproofing membranes. Hifax TPOs from LyondellBasell offer numerous benefits for membrane converters, installers and end users:
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Incorporate Your Liquid Additives Safely And Easily
Working with liquid additives or chemicals can present numerous hazards. Minimize these challenges with Hifax CA7153 S from LyondellBasell.
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Amazing Chemistry For Amazing Dads
Whether Dad likes playing sports, tinkering with his new electronic device or dressing up for a nice dinner with the family, the amazing chemistry of LyondellBasell products make his big day the best.
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The Soft Touch Wins Accolades
LyondellBasell’s Softell polypropylene (PP) compound has been chosen by the 2011 German Innovation Award Committee as one of the most innovative products of the year. Used by leading automotive manufacturers for a variety of interior applications, the product was ranked among the top five entries in the committee’s “Corporations” category.
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Visit LyondellBasell @ Plast Pack East Africa 2011
With innovative, industry-leading products and a strong customer focus, LyondellBasell is fueling the power to win. As a global player, LyondellBasell is geographically positioned to meet the growing needs of the African market.
Take advantage of the benefits offered by our new range of polypropylene products available from Al-Waha, one of our joint ventures in Saudi Arabia. At Plast Pack, you’ll find out how these industry-defining products can help you succeed.
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40 Years Of Proven Wire & Cable Performance
It’s simply undeniable. For decades, we have been offering one of the broadest, most widely used portfolios of wire and cable resins and compounds. Customers keep coming back, year after year. Why? Because we offer the performance recognized among the industry’s best. Take a look at our product and service offering. And see for yourself what our Amazing Chemistry can do for you!
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LyondellBasell Finishes First With Automotive Supplier
Leading global automotive interiors producer Benecke-Kaliko has awarded LyondellBasell the Supplier of the Year certificate for 2010. With a strong focus on product quality and supply chain excellence, the company’s polyolefins business in Europe outperformed numerous suppliers to earn this significant achievement.
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Our Chemistry Makes The Grade
It’s that time of the year again. Time to hit the books. But it’s also time to hit the stores and find all of those back-to-school essentials - products made possible by the Amazing Chemistry® of LyondellBasell!
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Going green with leadership in biofuels
As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers, petrochemicals and fuels, LyondellBasell strives to develop products that reduce environmental impact and contribute to a sustainable future. And market demand for these types of products has grown at a rapid pace.
One of the ways the company achieves these goals is through the development of bio-based fuel products, clean-burning fuel components based on renewable raw materials that help to reduce CO2 emissions and utilize alternative ener
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World’s largest bio-ETBE plant
Among LyondellBasell’s portfolio of products are those that reduce environmental impact and contribute to a sustainable future. Through the development of bio-based fuel products, we’re able to produce clean-burning fuel components based on renewable raw materials that help to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and utilize alternative energy resources.
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