Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2023
BASF, followed by Sinopec and Dow, are the chemical companies with the highest sales, as in the previous year
INEOS To Acquire LyondellBasell’s EO&D Business for $700M
LyondellBasell to sell Ethylene Oxide & Derivatives Business and production facility to INEOS
7 Chemical Giants Launch Global Impact Coalition (GIC)
First concrete project of CEO-led Net-Zero chemical industry initiative aims to speed up the adoption of chemical and mechanical recycling methods for plastics
Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2022
BASF, followed by Sinopec and Dow, are the chemical companies with the highest sales, as in the previous year
LyondellBasell Acquires Share in Recycling Company
Stiphout procures post-consumer plastic and converts it into recycled polypropylene and high-density polyethylene flakes
Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2021
BASF, followed by Sinopec and Dow are the chemical companies with the highest sales; overall, the industry recorded strong growth following the pandemic slump
LyondellBasell to Exit Refinery Business
LyondellBasell plans to cease operations at its refinery in Houston, TX, USA, in December 2023
Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2020
BASF saw the highest sales in 2020, followed by Sinopec and Dow. Overall, combined chemical sales declined compared to 2019
Manufacturing Propylene Oxide and Styrene Monomer in China
LyondellBasell and Sinopec finalize joint venture
LyondellBasell’s Pilot Molecular Recycling Facility
Towards an industrial scale conversion of plastic waste into feedstock
Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2019
Economic activity slowed down in 2019
Bora LyondellBasell Petrochemical Co. Ltd.
LyondellBasell and Bora sign definitive agreements to form Chinese joint venture
LyondellBasell and Neste Produce Bio-based Plastic from Renewable Materials
First production of bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene simultaneously at commercial scale
Converting Water-Based Waste into Energy
LyondellBasell and Covestro start Circular Steam Project in The Netherlands
Construction of World's Largest PO/TBA Plant
LyondellBasell begins construction of its propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in the US
New Polypropylene Plant in South Korea
PolyMirae, a LyondellBasell and SK Advanced joint venture, to expand its polypropylene capacity by 400,000 tons/year
Plastics Recycling Joint Venture
LyondellBasell and SUEZ partner to contribute to circular economy
Largest Investment in LyondellBasell's History
LyondellBasell to build large propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in Texas, USA
LyondellBasell Builds Hyperzone PE Plant
Company breaks ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant at its La Porte, TX, USA, complex