Article: International Specialty Products Acquires Remaining 50% Interest In German Joint Venture

WAYNE, N.J., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- International Specialty Products Inc. (NYSE: ISP) announced today that it has acquired the remaining 50% interest in its joint venture in Marl, Germany, GAF-Huls Chemie GmbH ("GhC"), from partner OXENO Olefinchemie GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Huls AG ("Huls"). GhC consists of a manufacturing facility that produces primarily butanediol and tetrahydrofuran (THF). As part of the transaction, ISP also acquired Huls' modern production facility that supplies GhC with its primary raw material, acetylene.

The GhC facility, built in 1976 at Huls' Chemiepark chemical site in Marl, Germany, has manufacturing capacity of ...

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