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At Marl, INEOS Styrenics operates a 260,000 te/a cumene plant on behalf of INEOS Phenol. The INEOS Phenol operations are a part of the Marl chemical park which is located in the northern Ruhr area of Germany. The Marl Chemical Park is the third largest integrated industrial site in Germany and hosts in excess of twenty differing companies. Production of Cumene first started in 1954 and over the years, the capacity has been increased to today’s level of 260,000 te/a. The raw materials for the plant (benzene, propylene) are provided by INEOS Phenol and are shipped to the site via pipeline, barge and railcar. The resulting cumene is then fed, 17 km via pipeline, to our Phenol plant in Gladbeck.