Nov 13, 2019 / 04:00PM GMT
Vincent Stephen Andrews - Morgan Stanley, Research Division - MD
Thank you. Okay. Welcome back. We're here with LyondellBasell now. We've got Jim Guilfoyle, EVP of Advanced Polymer Solutions and Global Supply Chain; as well as Dave Kinney from Investor Relations.
Questions and Answers:
Vincent Stephen Andrews - Morgan Stanley, Research Division - MDSo maybe let's start with APS. You've done a variety of things at the company, but now you're in charge of APS. And maybe help us bridge sort of what was it -- well, it wasn't APS before you bought Schulman, right? It was just kind of within the E&P segment. Is that right? Sort of talk us through what the base Lyondell was, what Schulman brought, and then sort of what you're going to do to make the 2 things add up to more than 2.
James Guilfoyle -
Okay. Sure. So when we put together APS, APS consists of some legacy LyondellBasell businesses as well as the acquisition of A. Schulman. We have a very sizable polypropylene compounding business that had always been buried