Basell Stories
Package design clearly showcases "Hollywood Sphere" chewing gum
French plastics converter Millet Marius uses Metocene polypropylene, due to high stiffness and excellent transparency.
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New Softell PP creates "feel-good" interior for Eurocargo truck
LyondellBasell's Softell PP compound has helped to achieve a comfortable, "feel-good" interior required in commercial utility vehicles.
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Ford Kuga breaks new ground with PP body panels
Ford's new crossover model uses LyondellBasell advanced polyolefin materials (Hifax TRC 280X) for two prominent body elements.
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Injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) bottles are new benchmark in household product packaging
ISBM bottles are new benchmark in household product packaging, demonstrating levels of rigidity, transparency, impact strength and production efficiency.
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Australia's first all-polypropylene bulk bag simplifies recycling
LyondellBasell in Australia is committed to finding ways to minimize the impact of packaging such as their 100% PP bulk bags.
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Keeping Italy's sailors cool, dry, and comfortable in the heat of competition at Beijing in 2008
New Dryarn® fiber raises the bar on comfort and performance standards in athletic wear
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High-performance ATV tackles low temperatures with new cab components of engineered polyolefin
A switch to Sequel® E3000 engineered polyolefin produced by LyondellBasell Advanced Polyolefins USA Inc, for extrusion into sheetstock, at low temperatures.
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LyondellBasell to exhibit at its 26th NPE
LyondellBasell Industries, an NPE exhibitor since 1946, announced today that it will participate in the triennial international NPE 2009, to be held June 22-29 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
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Clyrell resin clear favorite for Unilever ice cream
A unique combination of stiffness, impact resistance, clarity and flowability made Clyrell PP resin the natural choice for packaging Unilever’s Carte d’Or ice cream brand.
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Further strengthening global PP compounding strategy
With the completion of the acquisition of Solvay Engineered Polymers, a leading supplier of polypropylene compounds in North America, LyondellBasell has taken a significant step forward in the development of its global polypropylene compounding strategy.
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A new global leader has emerged ...
Basell and Lyondell complete merger creating LyondellBasell Industries.
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Faster, clearer BOPP film
A new family of Adsyl PP sealing resins designed to run on the latest generation BOPP production lines offers unprecedented processability and clarity for customer transparent and metallised food packaging.
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Driving comfort and performance inside and out
From the glovebox to the bumper fascias, General Motor's latest compact offers new levels of comfort and performance with a coordinated range of polypropylene grades from Basell.
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20 million tonnes and climbing
The choice of Spheripol process technology for a new plant to be built by Qatar Petroleum brings the total licensed capacity of Spheripol PP process plants to 20 million tonnes.
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TWIM with a twist
A new PP copolymer allows manufacturers of thin-walled injection moulded (TWIM) packaging to create clear, low-temperature impact-resistant containers - without the use of plastomers.
Read More »Blue Bunny takes off with high-impact PP
Wells Dairy's "Blue Bunny" ice-cream became the fastest growing brand on the U.S. market following a switch to an innovative pack design based on a high-impact co-polymer resin from Basell.
Read More »Australian plant wins sustainability award
Basell’s Geelong polypropylene plant in Australia has won the 2007 Sustainability Award for Chemical Plants for its recent expansion project.
Read More »High-gloss PP replaces ABS in Samsung refrigerators
The Korean appliance manufacturer has achieved cost savings using a new polypropylene grade supplied by Polymirae, Basell’s joint venture in South Korea.
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Taking the stress in bottle applications
With enhanced stiffness and ESCR, a new HDPE grade extends the performance of bottles for household cleaning products.
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Stretching the performance of ISBM
Basell's new family of resins specially developed for injection stretch blow-moulding (ISBM) applications offers new opportunities in food and household containers.
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Bringing innovation to China's billion-metre pipe market
Basell has set up a sales and markting team in its China offices to address the growing demand for state-of-the-art polyolefin pipe materials in the Chinese market.
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Clear potential with Clyrell in FFS
A new high-clarity polypropylene resin offers exceptional aesthetic qualities, together with high production throughput in form-fill-seal food applications.
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