LyondellBasell Edison Plant Hosts Students from Netherlands
October 03, 2018
EDISON, NJ.- October 3, 2018 – The LyondellBasell Edison plant recently welcomed a group of Dutch students from Delft University of Technology. These young engineers toured the facility and visited with staff to learn more about the company.
“We were thrilled to educate future chemical engineers on how LyondellBasell operates around the world and the opportunities we provide our employees,” said Antero Ortega Velazco, Edison site manager. “The students were intrigued by our processes and how our plant fits into the global picture of LyondellBasell as a growing corporation.”
Technologisch Gezelschap (TG) is the study association for all chemical technological programs at Delft University of Technology. This includes the bachelor program Molecular Science & Technology and the master program Chemical Engineering. The name Technologisch Gezelschap can loosely be translated to “technological society”.
TG organizes many different activities for the budding engineers while visiting the United States and Canada on their foreign excursion tour. Lectures, symposia and company visits have been the highlights of their recent trip.
"It was really interesting to see the working environment at the Edison Plant, where everyone, even the interns, have such responsibility," said Maaike Nielsen, a student in the program.
During the visit, students spent time with Edison summer co-op interns discussing manufacturing opportunities and career paths.
“Manufacturing as a culture is the same in many ways around the world,” said Muhammad Shao, Edison reliability engineer co-op. “It was great to speak with students like myself to compare notes and understand what careers in chemistry really have to offer as we learn about this industry.”
The Edison facility manufactures the company’s Avant ZN catalysts used in the production of polypropylene plastic resins. The plant serves as a supplier of polyethylene and polypropylene catalysts to the company’s customers worldwide. These products are used in the manufacture of automotive parts, plastic toys, containers and home furnishings.
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About LyondellBasell’s Edison Plant
LyondellBasell Edison Plant manufactures the company’s Avant ZN catalysts used in the production of polypropylene plastic resins. The location has been a manufacturing site since 1929, but has changed products and ownership many times. It is now a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility serving as the supplier of polyethylene and polypropylene catalysts to the company’s customers worldwide. These products are used in the manufacture of automotive parts, plastic toys, containers and home furnishings.
About LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its employees around the globe, LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges like enhancing food safety through lightweight and flexible packaging, protecting the purity of water supplies through stronger and more versatile pipes, improving the safety, comfort and fuel efficiency of many of the cars and trucks on the road, and ensuring the safe and effective functionality in electronics and appliances. LyondellBasell sells products into more than 100 countries and is the world's largest producer of polypropylene compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin technologies. In 2018, LyondellBasell was named to Fortune magazine’s list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.” More information about LyondellBasell can be found at www.LyondellBasell.com.
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