Huntsman Completes First Phase of DIGLYCOLAMINE™ Specialty Amine Capacity Expansions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2018
THE WOODLANDS, Texas –Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) today announced that its Performance Products division completed the first phase of a multi-year debottlenecking project to expand its global DIGLYCOLAMINE™ specialty amine (DGA™ specialty amine) capacity at its manufacturing plant in Llanelli, Wales, UK. The company expects to increase its global capacity by approximately 20 percent by the first quarter of 2019, and by over 30 percent by the fourth quarter of 2020.
"We are experiencing significant DGA™ specialty amine growth across this product’s major application areas. The product is used for purifying refinery gas streams, formulating more effective herbicides, electronic circuit board production, and in metalworking,” said Gwen Fonck, Vice President, Huntsman Performance Products, Europe, Middle East & Africa. “These investments in capacity expansion will help meet this growing demand and enhance Huntsman's manufacturing flexibility globally,” she added.
DIGLYCOLAMINE™ and DGA™ are trademarks of Huntsman Corporation or an affiliate thereof.
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Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2017 revenues of approximately $8 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 75 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 10,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at www.huntsman.com.
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