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 |