Alastian - PE, PP - LyondellBasell Industries

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Broad Range of Application: High-density Polyethylene (PE-HD)
...esigned for capacities of between 300000 and 400000t/a in future. E-commerce will continue to gain ground for PE-HD too, with the producers offering their customers a direct, low-cost means of distribution. Basell thus recently launched its "Alastian", a new sales channel for certain PE/PP grades (commodities). Customers can purchase materials directly via the corresponding e-commerce portal. It remains to be seen just how much use the converters make of these facilities. Wolfganz Glenz,...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, General-purpose Plastics: Appearance Ever More Important
...the name of Arkema. The situation at Basell Polyolefins has still not been resolved. The options are said to be a sale or flotation on the stock market. Otherwise, the motto is " business as usual". Standard polyolefin grades are sold via Alastian, Basells pure Internet branch of business. Those not requiring any "extras" do not have to pay for these and can benefit from lower prices. E-business also plays a key role at polyolefin producer Sabic; 30% of orders are said to go vi...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-02-17, On the Way to Further Greatness
...ur commodity products are concerned, the goal is to provide our customers with different distribution channels that meet their various needs. Thus, aside from our traditional sales processes, we have set up an online sales channel with Alastian that delivers quality products in bulk volumes without offering additional services. We produce all our bulk-volume PP and PE products in highly efficient world-scale plants around the world. For customers who need to differentiate themselves in their mar...