INOVYN Decrease in sales hits operating profit in Q2 2016 / French industrial action adds to fall in revenues / EBITDA and sales increase in speciality vinyls segment	22.08.2016
UK SHALE GAS First transatlantic ethane shipment en route to Grangemouth / Fracking gets underway in England / Scottish moratorium still in place	15.08.2016
STYRENICS Global production increasingly consolidated / PS market declining / Capacity expansions in Asia / Worldwide EPS demand continues to rise / Germany is the exception / Insulation segment largely switching to grey EPS	11.08.2016
UNITED KINGDOM Poor economic data put a strain on the economy / Fear of recession following "Brexit" vote / EU exit appears to have comparatively little impact on plastics segment / BPF conference on strategic vision	05.08.2016
INEOS MoU with MSM Poly for sale of “Barex” intellectual property and physical assets / Deal anticipated to close in Q3 this year	20.07.2016
SHALE GAS Ineos beats the drum harder post-Brexit / Calls for UK manufacturing renaissance	15.07.2016
INEOS Raising ethyl acetate output in Hull / Multi-million pound investment said to “reflect confidence in UK economy” post-Brexit	11.07.2016
INOVYN Solvay exits PVC joint venture as planned	11.07.2016
UNITED KINGDOM "Brexit is stupid" / 52% of British population votes to leave the EU / Plastics industry reacts calmly / Important market in Europe / Many corporate headquarters likely to relocate to the continent	27.06.2016
TOTAL French refineries and crackers almost back to normal operations	23.06.2016
UNIPETROL Plans to buy back PVC producer Spolana from Anwil / Groundbreaking for new PE plant in Litvinov	16.06.2016
SHALE GAS Non-binding vote to ban fracking passes Scottish Parliament / Ineos “focused on England” / Crotty says Scotland will “miss out”	07.06.2016
FRANCE Police slowly clear union barricades blocking refineries / Public mood flags / Union threatens to extend strikes to rail and nuclear plants / More force majeure declarations	25.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PE, PP: Ineos declares force majeure for Lavéra and Sarralbe	25.05.2016
FRANCE Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage	25.05.2016
INEOS Agreement to sell EPS activities to Poland's Synthos / Proposed deal would create Europe's largest EPS producer	10.05.2016
BOREALIS Naming ceremony for massive ethane carrier / US shipments to Stenungsund expected to commence in Q4	09.05.2016
INEOS Liquid gas purchase deal with Rex Energy / US shale-derived ethane, propane and butane	20.04.2016
INOVYN Joint venture partners Ineos and Solvay sign binding agreement for latter's early exit	01.04.2016
UK RECYCLING Government agrees to lower plastics packaging recovery and reuse targets / Industry's fears heard / Polymer price plunge may also endanger compliance with Circular Economy targets	31.03.2016
INEOS Preparations for switch to gas feedstock at Grangemouth almost complete / Mothballed cracker starts up again	31.03.2016
POLYTALK Two-day high-level conference on “Zero Plastics Waste to the Oceans” draws industry, government and private sector together / Need for collaborative efforts across the chain / Design for end of life / Calls for system change	30.03.2016
BRASKEM Investing in Bahia cracker to enable shale gas input / 10-year offtake agreement with Enterprise Products Partners	29.03.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Tom Crotty, group director at Ineos: UK test drills could begin this year / Despite low oil price, fracking still economically viable / Mulling new cracker in Norway / Offshore North Sea assets: Ineos enters the oil business	24.03.2016
INOVYN Solvay to exit vinyls jv early / Ineos to take full control / Ratcliffe “comfortable” with deal	18.03.2016

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