Ineos

INEOS ABS Price increases for ABS and ABS/PA grades	20.04.2010
INEOS Move to Switzerland sealed / Banks reject debt financing / Talks on Grangemouth sale continue	15.04.2010
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in March 2010: Hikes gather speed / Ongoing import slump / Tight PA 6.6 drives up related materials / Demand definitely improving / Further increases likely	08.04.2010
PLASTICS ECONOMY Producers begin to emerge from recession / Capacity cutbacks help boost the bottom line / Asian rebound fuels hopes for worldwide recovery / Overextended players still dealing with crisis	22.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Technical problem shuts down Ineos' Grangemouth PP plant / No FM	18.03.2010
INEOS Sale of assets to Middle East buyer? / Preliminary talks on Grangemouth refinery confirmed	16.03.2010
INEOS Move of HQ to Switzerland mulled / Group says financial turnaround would mean higher UK taxes	15.03.2010
INEOS PE swing facility in Grangemouth resumes operations / FM remains in place	09.03.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in February 2010: Further massive increases for polyolefins / PVC producers pass on higher costs / PS margins improve / EPS stagnates / Supply tends tight / Upward price trend set to continue	03.03.2010
INEOS PVC production in Wales to cease after second quarter / Reaction to “steadily declining market”	25.02.2010
ITALY Last chance to save Italian vinyls production? / Eni and Qatar's Ramco sign preliminary deal	25.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos lifts FM for C2 and C3 from Cologne	15.02.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend February 2010: Polyolefin prices rocket / Triple-digit rises the norm / PVC posts gains / PS margins improve / Building lull dampens EPS / Producers scramble to move notations up	12.02.2010
OPAL Indian company building new LDPE and PP plants based on Ineos technology	12.02.2010
INEOS “Technical issue” takes out Cologne LDPE line / No impact on customers, producer says	09.02.2010
INEOS Kerling name reactivated / New holding structure for vinyls / Bonds to refinance takeover debt	08.02.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in January 2010: Feedstock costs drive notations up significantly / Unusual circumstances / Converters in a bind / End markets put up resistance / Further rises likely in February	03.02.2010
BRASKEM Quattor acquisition completed / Largest commodity manufacturer in the Americas / In talks to acquire US operations	27.01.2010
INEOS ABS Price increase for ABS and ABS/PA products	25.01.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos Nitriles declares force majeure for acrylonitrile from Cologne	20.01.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend January 2010: Steep price rise at the beginning of the new year / Polyolefins recoup feedstocks plus margins / Styrenics shock-frozen by cost explosion / Producers will defend hikes	14.01.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos declares FM for LLDPE from Grangemouth / Technical issue forces plant off stream	08.01.2010
INEOS JV with Sinopec to build 400,000 t/y phenol plant in China / Facility will be largest in the country	07.01.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in December 2009: Majority of polyolefins hold firm at November level / Occasional corrections / PVC remains weak / Cost increases factored into PS price / Rising notations likely in January	06.01.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS BASF restarts 1.08m t/y Antwerp cracker / Smaller German unit back up later this month / “No FM”	05.01.2010

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