LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics/chemicals/refining companies and the leading licensor of polyolefin technologies, has received antitrust clearance from the US Federal Trade Commission for its proposed acquisition of A. Schulman, a leading global manufacturer of high-performance plastics, compounds and additive masterbatches for US$ 2.25 billion. This acquisition will considerably strengthen LyondellBasell’s existing Advanced Polymer Solutions platform.

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S Chidambar
S. Chidambar is an engineer and management consultant, who is one of the India's best known professionals in the Packaging and Plastics industries. He has been the CEO of four leading Packaging companies and his clients include some of the industry's leading organizations both in India and abroad.He writes extensively on Packaging,Plastics,Printing/Conversion and Communications and has been visiting faculty to IIP and several other mangement institutes for many years.He has pioneered the development of several hi-tech materials and applications.

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