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The 100,000 tonnes per year LDPE plant that PKN ORLEN acquired from Basell Orlen Polyolefins was built in 1971 and represents one of the earliest high-pressure polyethylene installations in Poland. (Source: Politechnika Rzeszowska, e-learning, olefiny 2025)

Jan 2, 2023 -- PKN ORLEN has closed the transaction to acquire a part of the business of Poland’s largest plastics manufacturer Basell Orlen Polyolefins, in which the Company holds an equity interest. The business involves the production and marketing of LDPE, as well as customer service in the Polish market. The transaction was cleared by the Polish and Dutch antitrust regulators. The acquired production capacity is 100 thousand tonnes per year, which means that PKN ORLEN, as Poland’s only producer of LDPE, will single-handedly cover about a third of the country’s overall demand for the plastic. (Source: PKN ORLEN closes acquisition of petrochemical assets, Digital Refining)