Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures
1959 | Founding of the Harburger Fettchemie Brinckman & Mergell GmbH as a sister company to a vegetable oil refinery |
1960s | Launch of production of conjugated fatty acids. Development and manufacturing of oleochemical polyols for the automotive industry |
1975 | Development of an anorganic polyaminoamide adduct hardener and its market launch |
1980s | Repositioning with a focus on chemical modifications of the double bonds of unsaturated oils |
1990s | Reactivation of the plant polyols portfolio |
2000 | Development of acrylate-free UV oils |
2003 | Company rebranding to HOBUM Oleochemicals GmbH |
2005 | Specialization of the epoxy sector towards aqueous hardeners |
2009 | Start of doubling the capacity of epoxidized vegetable oils and esters (completion 2012) |
2017 | Relocation of administration and R & D to the production site Consul-Ritter-Straße 10 |
2019 | Startup of additional state-of-the-art reactor for production of polyamino amides |