Our market knowledge and expertise have been precisely the skills we needed to evolve from a European based olefins trader into a global
trading and logistics operation. This evolution did not happen by accident. Nor was it reactive. Integra has grown and developed because we have been able to anticipate changes in the market and evaluate their potential implications before taking action. There are many examples of our innovative approach in action.
Integra was the first company to supply deep sea ethylene into the south Korean market with material sourced from Africa.
Integra was the first contract partner for major exports of butadiene into the US from South Korea.
Integra was one of the first suppliers to the Indian polyethylene facilities prior to the Hazira cracker development, supplying initially material to help the plant start up by barge from the west and later supplying the early ethylene feedstock.
Integra moved the first parcel for export from the new propylene terminal in the US Gulf Coast into North West Europe.
Integra supplied the first butene 1 cargo into a new North African polyethylene plant.
Integra purchased the first crude C4 export cargo from Thailand. |
Integra worked with a Mediterranean refinery to arrange for the export of propylene from its splitter prior to the start up of its plastics facilities.
And such initiatives have not been limited to our roots in the olefins business.
Over the years we have been able to broaden and develop our business into related areas, building on our existing strengths and relationships.
This has meant a major expansion of our product portfolio to include many major petrochemicals as well as their feedstocks and an interest in polymers.
It has seen us expand our geographic reach from Western Europe to the US, the Americas, Asia, and most recently Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East.
It has also meant a broadening of the focus of our activities to embrace more than just trading in direct response to the specific needs of our customers.
We have been able to bring our strong in-house expertise and our wide network of industry contacts to bear in helping clients find solutions to the specific logistical or supply chain problems related to the start-up of new facilities.
In Eastern Europe, we have worked with companies to source the hardware they need to build small plants and to find good logistical solutions for the supply of raw materials. |
We have helped other customers diversify their range of products by solving logistical problems related to the supply of the additives they need.
We have worked with terminalling companies to develop feasibility studies before making investments.
Integra is working with Western companies to expand their markets into different areas such as China and Eastern Europe. We will continue to build our business through this process of initiatives taken on the basis of solid skills and expertise.
We will continue to be a market leader in the products we trade and in which we have a special expertise. We will continue to search out areas where we can use that expertise to expand our business.
This is likely to involve further investment in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Asia and the Americas. It could also mean expansion into upstream markets as a step towards developing regionally traded products into global commodities.
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