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Access Industries, a private-equity group founded by Len Blavatnik, a Ukrainian-born American, bought Basell Polyolefins in 2005.
ECONOMIST: Reliance bids for LyondellBasell
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That, in part, may be why last July Basell's owners, as the market was rising, decided to sell.
ECONOMIST: Plastics and petrochemicals
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It is these factors, not its main base, Europe, that provide the context in which Basell looks inviting to its future owners.
ECONOMIST: Plastics and petrochemicals