Keyword: Ineos

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Trust is Good, Control is Better

25.11.2014 - Monitoring process performance is a critical requirement in any manufacturing process as producing quality products within specification reproducibly is a prerequisite of an...

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Ineos to invest £640m in UK shale gas exploration

21.11.2014 - Ineos has promised to invest up to £640m in shale gas exploration in the UK if it is awarded the necessary licenses. "I believe shale gas could revolutionise UK manufacturing, and...

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BASF Completes Exit From Styrenics Market

19.11.2014 - BASF has completed its withdrawal from the commodity styrenics market with the sale of its share in the 50:50 joint venture Styrolution to its partner, Ineos, which will operate...

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Brazil Rejects Solvay Sale of Indupa to Braskem

14.11.2014 - Solvay said it is "awaiting details" of a Nov. 13 decision by the Brazilian competition authority CADE not to allow the planned sale of its 70.59% majority stake in Solvay Indupa...

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Styrolution to Close PS Plant at Trelleborg, Sweden

12.11.2014 - Styrenics producer Styrolution - until the end of this year a joint venture of Ineos and BASF - plans to close its 80,000 t/y polystyrene plant at Trelleborg, Sweden, by the end of...

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European Plastics Industry Addresses Competition Hurdles

10.11.2014 - In a Manifesto on the Competitiveness of the Plastics Industry in Europe presented at a conference held in Brussels on Nov.4, the two organizations representing plastics producers...

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DSM May Sell or Spin Off Underperforming Assets

06.11.2014 - Dutch food and chemicals group DSM may sell or spin off lower-performing units, CEO Feike Sijbesma told journalists in a telephone conference to report third-quarter results...

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Ineos Orders Two More Ethane Transport Vessels

05.11.2014 - For a second time, Ineos has increased the number of vessels required to transport US shale-gas derived ethane to its planned terminals at Grangemouth, Scotland, and Rafnes, Norway...