The founding of Unipetrol in 1994 marked the achievement of one of interim conceptual objectives of the privatisation of the Czech petrochemical industry. The aim of Unipetrol was to bring together a selection of Czech petrochemical companies to a grouping which would be able to compete with strong multinational concerns. The majority stakeholder of the company is the Czech state, represented by the National Property Fund. The remaining shares are owned by investment fund...