EXXONMOBIL

Workers cite safety concerns in UK ethylene plant walkout / Normal production continues – management

HONEYWELL

UK plant to be shut down / Manufacture of electrical products for wiring and lighting

BRITVIC

Soft drinks firm confirms 2019 closure of Unilever co-owned factory in UK / Hundreds of staff will lose jobs

UK CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Brexit: Leaving the EU could harm UK chemicals trade, warns industry group CIA / Survey shows 62% of chemical companies in UK want to remain in EU

INEOS

Ineos says Scottish plans for fracking moratorium threaten Grangemouth's existence / Imports deemed not sufficient to cover feedstock needs of mammoth complex

YEAR IN REVIEW 2013

Part 1 – General overview: US shale gas boom has European plastics players worried / Commodity sectors dogged by overcapacity, insolvencies / Italy goes all out for biopolymers / Mixed picture for European converters

INEOS

Grangemouth to reopen after labour dispute ends / UK agrees to grants, loans for ethane terminal

INEOS

Ratcliffe threatens to pull out of Grangemouth / Shale gas an alternative to North Sea gas