Access Industries

Founded in 1986 by American industrialist Len Blavatnik, Access Industries is a privately held, U.S.-based industrial group with long-term strategic investments in the United States, Europe and South America. Access's industrial focus spans three sectors: natural resources and chemicals, media and telecommunications, and real estate.

Representative companies in the Access portfolio include TNK-BP (a European based vertically integrated oil company), UC RUSAL (the largest vertically integrated aluminum producer in the world) and LyondellBasell Industries (the world's third-largest independent chemical company with major production facilities in Europe and the United States). Additional Access holdings can be found at the company's website at www.accessindustries.com. Access has corporate offices in New York, London and Moscow.