Perstorp and PTT Global Form JV for Polyurethane Industry

Perstorp is announcing the transactional closing and set up of the joint venture with Thailands largest chemical producer PTT Global Chemical for the manufacturing and sales of products for the polyurethane industry. PTT Global Chemical holds 51% and Perstorp 49% of the new joint venture, named VENCOREX Holding.

The agreement between Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical was signed recently. The joint venture, dedicated to the manufacturing and sales of aromatic (TDI) and aliphatic (IPDI, HDI & derivates) isocyanates, includes the former Perstorp Business Group "Coating Additives" with its manufacturing sites at Pont-de-Claix in France and Freeport in the USA. PTT Global Chemical holds 51% of the joint venture and Perstorp 49%. The joint venture will operate under the name VENCOREX Holding. At locations where VENCOREX does not have its own sales staff, Perstorps existing sales organization will continue to sell and market VENCOREX products and solutions to its customers, through a joint decision.

"We are very pleased to announce the formation of our joint venture. VENCOREX with its unique range of products to the polyurethane industry, has an exciting future and the strength the two joint venture partners bring to the table will help propel VENCOREX to an even better position, ultimately bringing better solutions for our joint customers around the world," say Mr. Anon Sirisaengtaksin, PTT Global Chemicals CEO and Martin Lundin, Perstorps President and CEO.

The partnership emphasizes to invest further in cutting-edge research and development, as well as improving operational efficiency to strengthen competitiveness and increase its market offering in Asia.

About VENCOREX

VENCOREX is the owner of technology and a major manufacturer of isocyanates in Europe, particularly toluene diisocyanate (TDI) hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and its derivatives. Isocyanates are used as hardeners in coatings, and raw materials in elastomers and foam products. TDI are key materials for foam, which is used for making mattresses, bedding, seating and packaging. HDI and its derivates find major market applications in the automotive sector (OEM and refinishing) industrial maintenance, plastic and wood coatings, transportation, aerospace, coil and can coatings, leather finishing and adhesives.

About PTT Global

PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited is Thailands largest chemical producer and chemical flagship of PTT Group The companys business value chain consists of upstream business with petrochemical capacity of 8.2 million tons per year and petroleum products capacity of 228,000 barrels per day. Downstream business includes polymers, EO-Based Performance, Green Chemicals, and High Volume Specialties.

About Perstorp

The Perstorp Group is one of the world leader in several sectors of the specialty chemicals market. Few chemical companies in the world can rival its 130 years of success. Today Perstorp has a rich performance culture distilled from long history and extensive knowledge in the chemical industry. That culture and knowledge base enables us to produce Winning Formulas for a wide variety of industries and applications. The Perstorp Group had an annual turnover of pro forma 14.5 billion SEK and currently employs approximately 2,200 people. Perstorp is controlled by PAI partners, one of Europes leading private equity companies. The products are used in the aerospace, marine, coatings, chemicals, plastics, engineering and construction industries. They can also be found in automotive, agricultural feed, food, packaging, textile, paper and electronics applications.

Source: Perstorp