10 December 2008
INEOS lenders approve loan covenant waiver request
By Zaida Espana - Reuters.
UK chemicals company Ineos Group [INEOSP.UL] said on Wednesday it has secured a majority consent for its loan covenant waiver request,
Full article at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssChemicalsCommodity/idUSLA246520081210
21 July 2008
Cars powered by rubbish 'in two years time'
Cars run on fuel made from household waste could be on the streets within two years, it was announced today.
INEOS, the world's third largest chemical company, said it aimed to produce commercial quantities of bioethanol fuel from biodegradable municipal waste by 2011.
Peter Williams, chief executive of INEOS Bio, the part of the firm which makes bioethanol fuel, said: "Our technology will make a major contribution to reducing greenhouse gases and the world's need for fossil fuels.
Full article at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3347718/Cars-powered-by-rubbish-in-two-years-time.html
30 November 2007
The Alchemist
By Jenni Ameghino - Birminham University.
Admitting to a ‘tendency to buy unfashionable businesses’, Jim Ratcliffe revealed several guiding principles, including improving profitability through safe operation; tight financial management and good customer service. He also believes passionately in employee share ownership.
Jim Ratcliffe delivered the 2007 Innes lecture in Chemical Engineering to Birmingham University.
Full article at:
http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/buzz/Buzz_97.pdf
26 October 2007
INEOS boss talks about buying chemical ‘machines’
By Andy Beevers - PRW.
INEOS has leapt over companies such as DuPont and Bayer to become the world’s third largest chemicals producer. It is now snapping at the heels of BASF and Dow in first and second place respectively.
Two things set Ineos apart from the illustrious company that it keeps. Firstly, the company is less than 10 years old, having been founded in 1998. Secondly, Ineos is entirely privately owned.
Full article at:
http://www.prw.com/subscriber/archshow.html?id=23863&q=birmingham+ineos
27 April 2008
INEOS: The silent giant
By Iain Dey - The Sunday Times.
INEOS, the publicity-shy owner of the Grangemouth oil refinery, is suddenly in the media spotlight.
for the full article visit:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article3821666.ece
02 March 2004
Rubbish idea that could make driving cheaper
By Catherine Boyle - The Times.
A British company may have the answer to soaring petrol prices after it claimed yesterday to have become the first to have found a way to make fuel from rubbish.
INEOS, the chemicals company, said that it had patented a method of producing fuel from municipal solid waste, agricultural waste and organic commercial waste.
Full article at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/news/article4369355.ece