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Article: Growing technical polymers. (smallest of company's seven divisions produces engineering plastics)(Hoechst)
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- Chemical Week
- Article date:
- June 26, 1996
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Hoechst's technical polymers is the smallest of the company's seven divisions, accounting for about 3% of corporate sales, a little more including the unconsolidated Japanese joint venture with Daicel Chemical Industries, Polyplastics. The division employs more than 3,000 worldwide. "Technical polymers" is Hoechst's term for engineering plastics. Bernd Sassenrath has been division head since 1991.
The division includes four strategic business units: polyacetal-nylon, including the brand names Hostaform, Celcon, and Duracon as well as Celanese nylon-6/6; performance polymers, including polyester products such as Celanex (polybutylene terephthalate), Impet ...