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NOVA Chemicals Opens Frankfurt Office to Work Closer With Customers

9 September 1997

NOVA Chemicals Opens Frankfurt Office to Work Closer With Customers

    FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 9 -- NOVA Chemicals, a global
supplier of DYLARK(R) resins to the auto industry, today announced the opening
of its office in Frankfurt, Germany according to Donald M. Durdan, the
business leader for DYLARK.
    The new facility's primary function is to support the growth of NOVA
Chemicals' DYLARK business in the European automotive market -- offering
manufacturers a proven styrenic polymer product line for vehicle instrument
panels and interior trim components.  Current customers include some of the
leading European auto manufacturers and their Tier 1 suppliers.
    "In today's auto industry, suppliers need to continue their focus on
becoming technology partners with customers," said Durdan.  "The most
effective way to accomplish this is to go where your customers are located --
and we have done just that with the Frankfurt office."
    In addition to sales support, the Frankfurt facility also is geared toward
providing technical assistance to current and potential customers.  "We are
involved with project management, product analysis and design reviews aimed at
optimizing customer value and vehicle occupant safety," said Durdan.
    The Frankfurt office address is:  NOVA Chemicals Vertriebs, GmbH,
Mergenthaler Allee 79, 65760 Eschborn, Germany.  The phone number is
49-6196-9275-30.
    Canadian-based NOVA Chemicals manufactures plastics for the global
automotive industry.  The company is the sole producer of DYLARK resins, which
are used in various automotive applications including instrument panels and
interior trim components.
    NOVA Chemicals' DYLARK functions through six global support centers that
are located in Southfield, Mich.; Monaca, Penn.; Calgary, Alberta; Paris,
France; Frankfurt, Germany; and Tokyo, Japan.

SOURCE  NOVA Chemicals