Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands): Charles E. Platz, president, Montell North America; Paolo Morrione, president, Montell Technology Co.
Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands), Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo, Japan) and Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) have announced their intention to establish a joint venture in Japan, to be named Japan Polyolefins Co., Ltd.
Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands) has established a license in Greece for its Spheripol PP process with Hellenic Petroleum (Saloniki, Greece).
Applied Extrusion Technologies (Peabody, MA) has signed a letter of intent to acquire the worldwide film businesses of Montell N.V. (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands).
Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands) established its first license in China for its "new generation" Spheripol PP process with Huabei Oilfield Refinery (Ren Qiu, He Bei province, China), a Chinese entity within the China National Petroleum Corp.
Montell Polyolefins Co. (Brussels, Belgium) and Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical Co. (Guangdong Province, China) will explore establishing a joint venture to produce PP for sale in China.
Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) plans to increase its production capacity for its catalyst and catalyst supports to 1군 tons/yr at its Ferrara, Italy, facility by January 1999.