Pentaerythritol Production in the World and in the CIS

     At present, global capacity for pentaerythritol amounts to some 500,000 tonnes. Perstorp АВ (Sweden) and Yihua Group (China) are leading companies in this field. Pentaerythritol finds application in the paint and coating industry as well as in the manufacturing of lubricants and pentaerythritol tetranitrate.
     Also, pentaerythritol and its derivatives are used as flame retardants, stabilisers, antioxidants, surfactants, cross-linking agents, and polyol components for producing polyurethane. The given article is devoted to the world’s market of pentaerythritol and the place of the CIS companies in this market.

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