Arkema

See profile for Total SA
www.arkema.com

Basell BV

Hoeksteen 66
PO Box 625
2130 AP Hoofddorp
Netherlands

www.basell.com

Basell was established in 2000 as a 50:50 joint venture of BASF and Shell designed to consolidate their global polyolefins businesses including their Elenac, Montell and Targor subsidiaries. Basell reported total sales of 6.7 billion in 2004 when it had 6,600 employees with operations in 21 countries. Sales activities extended to 120 countries. In 2005, Access Industries, the American industrial holding company, announced that it had bought Basell from its BASF and Shell parents for a total cost of 4.4 billion.

Basell is the world's largest PP producer. It is also a major supplier of catalysts and PE, and is Europe's leading producer. Furthermore it is a global leader in the development and licensing of PP and PE processes.

BASF AG

Carl-Bosch Strasse 38
D-67056 Ludwigshafen
Germany

www.basf.com

BASF is one of the world's leading chemical companies with around 82,000 employees worldwide and reported total 2004 sales of 37.5 billion, up 12% from the figure of 33.4 billion recorded in 2003. Operating income earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by 82.7% to 4.9 billion in 2004 from 2.7 billion in 2003. BASF has production facilities in 41 countries and maintains contact with customers in more than 170 nations.

Sales in the plastics segment, which accounts for 28.1% of the business rose to 10.5 billion in 2004 with operating profits up to 669...