Lyondell acquires Millennium.Lyondell Chemical Co., Houston, has purchased Millennium Chemicals Millennium Chemicals Inc is a U.S. based chemical company. The business was established in 1985. It was a subsidiary of British conglomerate Hanson plc at one time, but was demerged on 1 October 1996, when it became an independent listed company. Inc., Hunt Valley, Md., a leading global supplier of Ti[O.sub.2]. As a result, Lyondell becomes sole owner of polyolefins producer Equistar Chemicals in Houston, formerly a joint venture with Millennium. Millennium and Equistar are now separate subsidiaries of Lyondell. Meanwhile, Equistar recently licensed XCAT metallocene polyethylene polyethylene (pŏl'ēĕth`əlēn), widely used plastic. It is a polymer of ethylene, CH2=CH2, having the formula (-CH2-CH2-)n technology from Univation Technologies, Houston. Equistar will use the technology to produce new grades of PE in its Unipol gas-phase reactors. The resins resins, n.pl complex, insoluble, sticky substances secreted by plants. Used as astringents, antimicrobials, and antiinflammatories, and are burned as incense. Can cause oral ulcers and epidermal irritations. will offer enhanced impact and tensile strengths tensile strength Ratio of the maximum load a material can support without fracture when being stretched to the original area of a cross section of the material. When stresses less than the tensile strength are removed, a material completely or partially returns to its and heat-seal characteristics for rigid and flexible packaging. Tel: (713) 652-7300 * PTDirect: 189PB |
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