History
- 2008 INEOS Nitriles acquires Seal Sands plant from BASF
- 2007 INEOS Nitriles announces an 84 ktpa expansion of their Green Lake, Tx plant
- 2006 INEOS Nitriles is formed
- 2005 INEOS acquires Innovene
- 2001 Acquisition of remaining 50% of Erdole Chemie Koln acrylonitrile site
- 1999 Startup of acetonitrile unit in Teeside, United Kingdom
- 1998 First production of HPLC grade acetonitrile
- 1996 Capacity expansion at Green Lake plant. The Sohio Acrylonitrile Process recognized as a national historic chemical landmark in the US by the American Chemical Society
- 1991 Startup of acetonitrile purification section at Green Lake
- 1981 Startup of acrylonitrile production at the Green Lake, Texas facility
- 1960 Commercialization of fluidized bed propylene ammoxidation process for acrylonitrile at the Lima, Ohio plant
- 1957 Discovery of the ammoxidation process by Sohio researchers