Perstorp AB
Perstorp AB
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legal form | FROM |
founding | 1881 |
Seat | Malmo , Sweden |
management | Jan Secher (President & CEO ) |
Number of employees | 1500 |
sales | 11 billion SEK (1.07 billion euros ) |
Branch | chemistry |
Website | www.perstorp.com |
Status: 2014 |
Perstorp AB is a Swedish chemical company active in the field of specialty chemicals . The company has an annual capacity of 150,000 t of oxo compounds .
Perstorp produces organic acids and their esters ( formates , propionates ), formaldehyde , rapeseed oil methyl ester and various polyols such as 1,6-hexanediol , pentaerythritol , dipentaerythritol , ε-caprolactone and valeraldehyde (for 2-propylheptanol and dipropylheptylphthalate ). These are used as or for plasticizers , synthetic resins , stabilizers and coatings. In addition, feed additives are produced at the Waspik plant.
history
The company was founded in 1881 by Wilhelm Wendt (1854–1924) as Stensmölla Kemiska Tekniska Industri near Perstorp in southern Sweden. In 1907 the production of formalin was started. In 1918 the company became Sweden's first plastic manufacturer with Indolack and Isolit .
After the Second World War Perstorp began with the manufacture of formica , which therefore in Sweden in the 1950s and 1960s Perstorpsplattan were known.
Polyols have also been produced since 1977. In 2001 the oxo business was taken over by Neste Oil . In 2009, the Caprolactone division was bought by Solvay .
Works
- Bruchhausen , Germany
- Castellanza , Italy
- Evergem , Belgium
- Perstorp, Sweden
- Stenungsund , Sweden
- Toledo, Ohio , USA
- Warrington , England
- Waspik , Netherlands
- Zibo , China
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c perstorp.com: In letter
- ↑ perstorp.com: Board of Directors
- ↑ Starting shot for the Oxo plant. Perstorp successfully completes largest plant investment on March 6, 2015
- ^ Site Waspik
- ↑ perstorp.com: History
- ↑ ICIS News: EPCA 2001: Neste Oxo / Perstorp merger to save SKr150m / yr , September 30, 2001
- ↑ SALE OF SOLVAY'S CAPROLACTONES BUSINESS TO PERSTORP CONFIRMED ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 1, 2008