Polymers - INEOS Chlor

Profile
EVC - European Vinyls Corporation - is the leading European polyvinyl chloride (PVC) manufacturer,
number five in the world, and the largest producer of credit card plastic in Europe.
EVC’s manufacturing and marketing activity is vertically integrated through most of the PVC chain and
includes ethylene dichloride (EDC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), VCM catalysts, additives for
PVC polymerisation, and PVC resins, compounds and films.
The EVC Group employs around 3,000 people with production sites in Germany, India, Italy,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Production capacity stands at 1.4 million tonnes per annum of
PVC resins and 1.1 million tonnes per annum of VCM.
Key raw materials, ethylene and chlorine, are obtained externally through long-term supply agreements.
EVC’s integration downstream into compounds and films provides an outlet for a significant portion of
its production of PVC resins. External sales of EVC’s products are global in nature with a concentration
in the areas where the EVC Group’s operations are located.
All PVC resins from EVC are marketed under the name EVIPOL.
EVICOM is the brand name of the PVC compounds products.
EVICAS is the trademark of Inovyl’s build-up supressants.
A range of PVC additives is marketed under the brand name INOVOL.
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