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Ineos | September 27, 2016

Fracking for shale gas in the UK is the only way to arrest the collapse in British manufacturing, billionaire industrialist Jim Ratcliffe has claimed. Mr Ratcliffe, the founder of petrochemicals giant Ineos, wants to explore for shale gas across vast swathes of the UK and yesterday warned that failure to get fracking would see Britain relegated to a "fragile" service economy.Speaking a day after the Labour Party vowed to ban the controversial practice, Mr Ratcliffe appeared to appeal f...

Ineos | July 13, 2016

Chemical manufacturing company Ineos has announced that it is planning to expand its ethyl acetate manufacturing plant in Saltend, Hull. After a multi-million pound investment, the facility will have the capacity to produce 100,000 further tonnes of ethyl acetate each year, which Ineos says will be available by the end of next year. Chairman of Ineos, Jim Ratcliffe, said that they believe in the British manufacturing industry and will support it whenever they can. “Our Hull plant is at cap...

Ineos | July 11, 2016

Belgium-based Ineos Oxide is expanding its Hull manufacturing facility in the UK to boost production of ethyl acetate (EtAc) by 100,000t a year. The additional capacity is expected to be available by the end of next year. EtAc is used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, inks and flexible packaging. The Hull plant is already operating at full capacity and its expansion will enable the company to continue to serve European customers. It will support import of raw material and export of EtAc and will al...

AUDI AG | January 25, 2017

Car manufacturer Audi AG has started a development partnership with additive manufacturing specialist EOS that will see the latter providing additive systems and training to the former. Audi plans to 3D print tools, geometrically complex inserts for die casting molds, and more. Like most major car manufacturers, respected German automaker Audi has dabbled in additive manufacturing over the last few years, be it for the production of topologically optimized metal parts using SLM Solutions 3D prin...