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• WAM, Lyondell link.(IT in Brief)(Lyondell Chemical Company and joint venture Equistar Chemicals LP select WAM Systems' Picasco supply chain planning solution)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-08-18

  WAM Systems Inc., a provider of supply chain planning solutions, reports that Lyondell Chemical Company and its joint venture Equistar Chemicals LP have selected WAM's Picasco supply chain planning solution. The product provide decision support and optimization tools used in collaborative sales forecasting, production optimization, ...

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• Millennium losses won't hurt Equistar.(News)

  - 2003-08-04

  Byline: Frank Esposito Management changes and job cuts at Millennium Chemicals Inc. are not expected to have much impact on Equistar Chemicals LP, the polyolefins/ olefins maker that is partially owned by Millennium. Millennium President and Chief Executive Officer William Landuyt ...

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• Sunoco to buy PP plant and propylene from Equistar.(Equistar Chemicals LP, polypropylene)

  - 2003-03-31

  EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP and Sunoco Inc. have signed a definitive agreement under which Sunoco will buy 700 million pounds of propylene per year from Equistar over the next 15 years. In addition, Sunoco will purchase Equistar's 400 million-pound Bayport polypropylene plant in Pasadena, Tex. ...

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• Butadiene pricing climb continues. (Petrochemicals).

  - 2003-03-03

  RUNAWAY FEEDSTOCK costs and continued supply difficulties are the main culprits behind the ongoing run-up in butadiene pricing, which has nearly doubled in the past year. A number of US producers remain on allocation, but the biggest push looks to be coming from crude oil and ...

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• Metallocene catalyst creates resins with a softer touch

  - 2002-11-01

  Equistar Chemicals LP (Houston, TX; www.equistarchem.com ) and Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati, OH; www.pg.com) are working together to develop and commercialize a new metallocene catalyst technology that creates resins with elastomeric properties using only polypropylene as a feedstock. "Conventional systems for making elastomeric polymers require a multiplicity of monomers,...

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• Morris Gelb. (Jobs and People).(Equistar Chemicals LP; Lyondell Chemical)

  - 2002-04-15

  Morris Gelb has been named chief operating officer for both Lyondell Chemical Company and Equistar Chemicals LP. Mr. Gelb is currently executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Lyondell.

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• Chemical Rail Spur Plan Faces Public Scrutiny at STB Hearings. (News).(Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company's planned railway)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-10

  THE SURFACE Transportation Board STB has scheduled public scoping meetings on January 14 and 15 in Pasadena as part of an Environmental Impact Statement EIS process for the STB's review of a 12.8-mile rail line proposed by Burlington Northern & THE SURFACE Transportation Board...

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• Olefins Business Hits Deep Depression.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-08-06

  THE MARKETS for ethylene and propylene remain critically weak. Producers and analysts expect an eventual turnaround because feedstock costs have eased and inventories of most ethylene and propylene derivatives are low, but the first half of the year has been tough for the industry, and the...

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• Polyethylene Makers Seeking Margin Recovery.(seeking price increase)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-04-30

  Downward ethylene pricing and sluggish PE demand put any pricing gains at risk. POLYETHYLENE PRODUCERS are still struggling to restore margins following the unprecedented rise in the cost of natural gas. Despite some success in raising prices, higher feedstock costs are outpacing...

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• AT Plastics Agrees To Sell Its Peachtree City, Georgia Power Cable Insulation Business To Equistar Chemicals.

  - 2001-04-20

  BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, APR 20, 2001 AT Plastics Inc. announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to sell its PowerGuardR medium-voltage power cable materials business, including the manufacturing assets located in Peachtree City, Georgia, and Aqua-LinkR low-voltage power cable materials business, to...

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