Huntsman Corporation (HUN)

Huntsman is a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals.  Its operating companies manufacture products for a variety of global industries, including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, textiles, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging.

Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging and, later, for rapid and integrated growth in petrochemicals, Huntsman today has more than 12,000 employees and operates from multiple locations worldwide.  The company had 2008 revenues exceeding US $10 billion.

Message from the Founder and Chairman

When we founded Huntsman Container Corporation in 1970, we had no idea that it would evolve into what has become one of the world's largest chemical companies. Through a series of strategic acquisitions, joint ventures and carefully planned internal expansions, our operating companies today produce 33 billion pounds of products for a variety of global businesses, including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, textiles, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging.  Our success is due, in large measure, to the thousands of associates who work in our facilities around the world to manufacture the chemical industry's highest quality products.
We have been most fortunate to build a company of this magnitude and feel it is our duty to give back to society.  Through our humanitarian initiatives, we have been able to provide food and housing to the hungry and homeless around the world; fund education for those who otherwise would not have had a chance to attend school; and, perhaps most importantly, establish and provide on-going funding for the Huntsman Cancer Institute in the quest to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

                                                                                      Jon M. Huntsman

Message from the CEO

We at Huntsman take pride in our commitment to safety, to environmental stewardship, to excellence in our manufacture of quality products, to ongoing investment in our people, and to outstanding customer service. Throughout our rise to prominence in the global chemical industry we have kept firmly in place these core values on which our company was founded.  We are committed to enriching lives through the innovation that results from employing highly skilled and talented people to develop and manufacture the highest quality products that help make life better for consumers in a multitude of ways. 

We consider it a privilege to be a major part of the global chemical industry, and look to the future with great anticipation.

                                                                                      Peter R. Huntsman

At Huntsman, we are dedicated to sustainable chemistry, with a strategic business unit wholly devoted to working closely with our research and development professionals across our company in our ongoing effort to identify new opportunities to use our expertise to help address the world's most pressing environmental needs.

Using renewable feedstocks

The global push for renewable fuels is creating new sources of feedstocks for the chemical industry. Historically, Huntsman's feedstocks have come from the petroleum refining industry. Increasingly, we believe our feedstocks for making differentiated chemicals will come from bio-based sources. Examples of these bio-feedstocks include co-product glycerin from biodiesel manufacture, biodiesel itself (fatty acid methyl esters), vegetable oils, and bio-ethanol, to name a few. Renewable fuel technologies are rapidly emerging and we constantly scan the renewable space for potential raw materials. In addition, we are evaluating feedstocks from the agriculture industry to make new and novel bio-based products.

By leveraging our core competencies, which include synthesis and formulation, testing and analysis, process manufacturing technology and technical service, we can develop sustainable products that benefit our customers, consumers and the planet as a whole. We look forward to collaborating with others in industry, academia and local governments who share our vision to address the global demand for our products by using renewable feedstocks. Examples of our ongoing developments in this area include surfactants, such as methyl ester and other vegetable oil-based hydrophobes, which are available for use in laundry detergents, dishwashing and hard surface cleaning.