NOVA Chemicals Corporation
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| Type |
Public (TSX: NCX, NYSE: NCX) |
| Founded |
1954 |
| Headquarters |
Calgary, Alberta
Moon Township, Pennsylvania |
| Key people |
Jeffrey M. Lipton, CEO, Chris Pappas, President and COO |
| Industry |
Chemicals |
| Products |
Ethylene, Polyethylene, Chemical and Energy Co-Products,Expandable Polystyrene and Styrenic Performance Products |
| Market cap |
US$ 1.4 billion (2008)[1] |
| Revenue |
▲US$6.732 billion (2007) |
| Employees |
3,300 (2008)[1] |
| Website |
http://www.novachemicals.com |
NOVA Chemicals Corporation (TSX: NCX, NYSE: NCX) is a leading plastics and chemical company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with Executive Offices in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1954. NOVA Chemicals' products are used in a wide variety of applications, including food and electronics packaging, industrial materials, appliances and a variety of consumer goods.
The Company operates two business units and holds a 50% interest in a major joint venture with INEOS Group Limited (INEOS), called INEOS NOVA. NOVA Chemicals' business units are:
The Olefins/Polyolefins business unit produces and sells ethylene, PE resins and co-products from its two manufacturing centers located in Alberta and Ontario, Canada. The business is built on its significant and growing feedstock cost advantage in Alberta, world-scale and energy-efficient manufacturing facilities and proprietary Advanced SCLAIRTECHTM and gas-phase polyethylene technology.
The Olefins/Polyolefins business unit contains three reporting segments:
1) Joffre Olefins, which produces and sells ethylene and co-products and includes the Joffre, Alberta, site’s three ethylene crackers.
2) Corunna Olefins, which produces and sells ethylene and co-products and includes the Corunna, Ontario, ethylene flexi-cracker.
3) Polyethylene, which produces and sells PE and includes both the Alberta and Ontario based PE assets. In addition, the Polyethylene segment licenses its proprietary process technology and catalysts.
Performance Styrenics manufactures and sells expandable polystyrene (EPS) in North America and higher-value styrenic Performance Polymers. This business unit also has interests in EPS-based downstream ventures and businesses for end-use consumer and industrial applications.
INEOS NOVA is a 50:50 joint venture between NOVA Chemicals and INEOS that manufactures and sells styrene, solid polystyrene (SPS) and EPS.
Until September 30, 2007, NOVA Chemicals operated a commodity styrenics business unit known as STYRENIX, which manufactured and sold styrene and SPS in North America. It also manufactured and sold SPS and EPS in Europe through NOVA Innovene, its 50:50 joint venture with INEOS.
On October 1, 2007, NOVA Chemicals and INEOS expanded their European joint venture to include the North American styrene and SPS businesses of both companies. NOVA Chemicals no longer reports the results of its STYRENIX business unit but rather its interest in INEOS NOVA.
Recent Events
Nova Chemicals entered into joint venture with Reliance Industries of India to supply EPS for construction purpose. [2]
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