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The Specialties business segment holds a number of typically smaller sized products with very specific applications, belonging to Taminco's portfolio mainly because there is a technology or raw material fit with some of the other products produced.
2-Pyrrolidone is produced from the reaction between ammonia and gamma-butyrolactone. Taminco's 2-Pyrrolidone is a high quality grade, mainly used in the production of pharmaceuticals.
N-Ethylpyrrolidone (NEP), derived from the reaction between Monoethylamine and gamma-butyrolactone, is also used as a pharmaceutical building block. Apart from the pharmaceutical application, the material is applied as a solvent in low temperature applications. ANPMI is a blend between Acrylonitrile and Phenylmaleimide, used in the formulation of ABS rubbers to enhance the heat stability. TMP3EO is obtained from the ethoxylation of Trimethylolpropane used as a raw material for the production of radiation curable resins. Benzyldimethylamine (BDMA) is a DMA derivative mainly used as a catalyst for Polyurethane foams. The product is also used as a precursor for agrochemical and pharmaceuticel sythesis. |
