LyondellBasell Advancing the change to non-phthalate catalysts in Polypropylene
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 04, 2018 – LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies aims to complete the conversion to non-phthalate catalyst for all Polypropylene food packaging grades by year end. This catalyst change meets the requirements of our customers and leading industry end users, in the ever demanding & challenging food packaging industry.
Approximately 80% of our EU PP portfolio has been converted to non-phthalate catalysts over the last number of years involving all our assets and is still on-going.
“The focus for this change has been on food packaging applications (flexible, rigid packaging and caps & closures) but also in healthcare, textile and blow molding most grades have been converted”, said Ben Buckers, Director Polypropylene and Catalloy Europe.
As the leading European manufacturer of polypropylene, LyondellBasell is advancing the conversion to non-phthalate catalyst for the manufacture of polypropylene grades in Europe. LyondellBasell is also a leading technology developer and catalyst manufacturer in the field of polypropylene.
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About LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its 13,400 employees around the globe, LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges like enhancing food safety through lightweight and flexible packaging, protecting the purity of water supplies through stronger and more versatile pipes, and improving the safety, comfort and fuel efficiency of many of the cars and trucks on the road. LyondellBasell sells products into approximately 100 countries and is the world's largest licensor of polyolefin technologies. In 2018, LyondellBasell was named to Fortune magazine’s list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.” More information about LyondellBasell can be found at www.LyondellBasell.com. SOURCE: Lyondellbasell
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