Hexion Specialty Chemicals

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Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company based in Columbus, Ohio that is the world’s largest producer of binder, adhesive, coating and ink resins for industrial applications.^{[citation needed]} Hexion Specialty Chemicals is owned by an affiliate of the private investment firm Apollo Management LP.

Hexion was formed in 2005 through the merger of Borden Chemical, Inc., Resolution Performance Products LLC, and Resolution Specialty Materials LLC, and the acquisition of Bakelite AG.

Hexion retains control over the Elsie the Cow trademark and Borden name.^[1]

Hexion's German division (Hexion Specialty Chemicals GmbH) currently owns the German company Bakelite AG. The German company claims to own the trademark to Bakelite in a number of countries around the world, notably not including the United States, nor the European Union as a whole.

Hexion announced at the end of 2007 that it was acquiring Huntsman International LLC, a major specialties company.