Top 10 resin brands, global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals, and the world's leading manufacturer of epoxy resins, adhesives, coating systems and electronic insulation materials
Huntsman was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Huntsman is a global manufacturer and marketer of fine chemicals. It provides essential products to a wide range of global industries, including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aerospace, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, healthcare, textiles, detergents, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging. Initially known for its innovative advantages in packaging, Huntsman has since achieved rapid and comprehensive growth in petrochemicals.
Huntsman's polyurethanes business is second to none in MDI. MDI is an important raw material for polyurethanes. Huntsman also manufactures TDI, flexible and rigid foams, polyesters, polyetheramines, propylene oxide, polyols, full-molded polyurethane systems, and more. Huntsman Polyurethanes Group's businesses are located in the construction, appliance, furniture, automotive, footwear, adhesives and coatings, adhesives, sealants and encapsulants industries.
Today, Huntsman is the largest privately held chemical company in the United States, with a global network of offices and 12,000 highly trained employees. Huntsman produces a wide range of high-quality industrial products to improve the quality of human life, including: chemical raw materials, plastics, detergents, personal care products, high-tech products, health care products, textiles and packaging industrial products. Total operating revenues in 2011 exceeded $11 billion.
Huntsman resins
Huntsman upgraded the former Vantico epoxy business to an independent company within the company and appointed Paul Hulme, the former head of Bnemen, as manager. Vantico became part of Huntsman's Polyurethanes (PU) business unit following its acquisition in July. Hulme left Bnemen in 1999 to join Huntsman, where he has managed the business ever since. The company, now known as Huntsman Advanced Materials, has $1 billion in annual revenue, and a Huntsman spokesman said the epoxy business was too large to include in the polyurethane business. Huntsman Group believes that Advanced Materials will do better if it becomes an independent company. Advanced Materials also manufactures adhesives, line coatings, electrical insulation, optronics and architectural composites for use in aerospace, automotive, electronics, entertainment and appliances.
Huntsman China
Huntsman Polyurethanes (China) Co., Ltd. is the subsidiary of Huntsman Polyurethanes Corporation in China. Huntsman Polyurethanes is one of the world's largest manufacturers of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI). The company also produces flexible and rigid polyether polyols, polyester polyols, polyetheramines, propylene oxide and combined polyether polyol systems and polyurea systems. Huntsman Polyurethanes Co., Ltd. is a business of the Huntsman Group.
Huntsman polyurethanes has been in Greater China for more than 10 years and is one of the foreign investors in China's chemical industry. At present, Huntsman Polyurethane has a wholly-owned combined polyether polyol blending plant and a joint venture MDI manufacturing plant in Shanghai, as well as a trading company integrating warehousing and distribution. In order to better meet the needs of the Chinese market, the company has also set up offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Qingdao.
