Ineos’s announcement a year ago that it would shutter its Barex plant in Lima, Ohio, was every bit as unassuming as press releases disclosing small chemical plant closings normally are. The ...

One potential replacement for discontinued Barex resin is already here — and another is on the way. Ineos Group in October 2014 announced it would end production of Barex polyacrylonitrile (PAN) resin ...

Despite continual discussions following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the parties were unable to finalize a transaction and Ineos has now has terminated discussions. As a result, ...

Ineos won’t sell its Barex business to polymers start-up MSM Poly after all. In July, MSM Poly signed a preliminary agreement to buy intellectual property related to Barex, a copolymer of ...