Our History
Our expertise in the field of phenol, urea and melamine resins is no surprise. The world's first synthetic plastics were produced at our headquarters in Erkner in 1909. Since then, we have been constantly developing ourselves and our products in order to be able to offer you the highest quality in the future as well.
Prefere Resins History
| 2019 | Integration of INEOS Melamines & Paraform |
| 2018 | Silverfleet Capital becomes new shareholder of Prefere Resins |
| 2016 | ICG becomes additional shareholder of Prefere Resins |
| 2014 | Acquisition by Capiton AG |
| 2013 | Formation of Prefere Resins within Dynea to focus on the European phenolic resins market |
| 2003 | New brand name: Prefere® family of resins |
| 2001 | The new Dynea company name and identity are launched worldwide |
| 1992 | Funk Chemie Group acquired Erkner site |
| 1971 | Foundation of Neste Chemicals |
| 1949 | Dyno Kjemi Norge established in Norway |
| 1918 | Perstorp AB becomes 1st Scandinavian plastic producer |
| 1910 | Erkner was the first industrial production site for plastics worldwide |
| 1907 | Inventor Leo Baekeland registered U.S. patent for the synthetic resin Bakelite® |
Prefere Melamines History
| 2019 | Integration by Prefere Resins |
| 2011 | Integration of the European melamine & benzoguanamine resins business from DSM |
| 2005 | Integration of the melamine resins business by INEOS and formation of INEOS Melamines |
| 2003 | UCB / Surface Specialities buys this combined resins business from SOLUTIA |
| 1999 | SOLUTIA acquires VIANOVA Resins and both resins business are combined |
| 1997 | Monsanto spins off its chemical business, calling this new company SOLUTIA Inc., with the melamine resins product line as a part of this spin-off business |
| 1995 | Change of ownership from CASELLA AG to HOECHST AG, Site CASELLA. Later this year HOECHST spins off its resins business into a new company named Vianova Resins |
| 1970 | HOECHST becomes the major shareholder of CASELLA AG (75% HOECHST, 25% widely held stock) |
| 1940 | First production of melamine resins the CASELLA Site and the Monsanto site in Springfield, MA, USA |
| 1935 | Discovery of melamine resins at the CASELLA site in Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Prefere Paraform History
| 2019 | Integration by Prefere Resins |
| 2012 | Start of Methylal Production |
| 2003 | INEOS Acquires Methanova and forms INEOS Paraform |
| 2000 | Capacity expansion for hexamethylene tetramine |
| 1999 | Establishment of Methanova GmbH |
| 1977 | First cyanates production |
| 1968 | Opening of the large scale production facility for paraformaldehyde |
| 1947 | Start of hexamethylene tetramine production |
| 1934 | First paraformaldehyde production |
| 1931 | Takeover by Degussa AG |
| 1895 | First production of formaldehyde |
| 1876 | Industrial production of vinegar essence |
| 1865 | Chemical Industry Association in Mainz (Verein für chemische Industrie) |
