INEOS Snapshot
INEOS Group is the world's third largest chemical company consisting of some 15 businesses. Product lines include ethylene oxide-based specialty and intermediate chemicals, fluorochemicals used as refrigerants and propellants, and phenol and acetate products. INEOS Chlor makes chlor-alkali chemicals. INEOS Group was formed in 1998 after CEO Jim Ratcliffe, who controls the group, led a management buyout. It now operates more than 60 manufacturing facilities in 13 countries worldwide. Ratcliffe has placed INEOS among the world's top chemical companies (with ExxonMobil, Dow, and BASF) through his many and varied acquisitions.