Our Carrington site is located approximately 10 miles from the City of Manchester, England, and covers an area of 300 acres. The site began operations in 1949, and today produces polypropylene resins used for a wide variety of products. Our polypropylene plant produces resins for use in carpet fibres, ropes and textiles, moulded products such as food containers, crates, chairs, car components and film for many packaging applications. Our polyethylene distribution platform stores and distributes LyondellBasell resins for a wide variety of packaging applications such as carrier bags, heavy duty sacks, pallet shrink film, collation shrink film and deep freeze packaging.
All of our manufacturing operations are registered to the internationally recognised ISO9001 and ISO 14001 quality and environmental standards and make products for the UK and export markets.
LyondellBasell At A Glance
LyondellBasell is the world’s third-largest independent chemical company. We have annual revenues of approximately $51 billion* and more than 14,000 employees worldwide. Our vertically integrated facilities, broad product portfolio, manufacturing flexibility, superior technology base and reputation for operational excellence enable us to deliver exceptional value to our customers across the petrochemical chain – from refining to advanced product applications.
*Based on 2011 revenues
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