About Us - Hexion Australia Pty Ltd

Strategically located in the South West

Hexion Australia Pty Ltd offers toll manufacturing services from its facility located in Dardanup West, in the South West region of Western Australia. The dedicated toll manufacturing facility is strategically positioned near major industries, such as mining, construction, chemical and wood processing, making it an ideal location for providing specialized chemical manufacturing services to a broad range of industries.

The region's strong infrastructure and access to raw materials further enhance the company's ability to support industries in need of tailored chemical solutions.

Hexion Bunbury Plant History

Established in the mid-1980s, the Bunbury plant has played a key role in supplying formaldehyde resins and chemical solutions to Western Australia’s industrial sector — evolving through decades of innovation, joint ventures, and industry change.

• Construction of the Dardanup West Formaldehyde Resin plant started in February 1985 and the site officially opened in April 1987.
• The business was set up a 50/50 Joint Venture between Dyno Chemical Group (Norway) and Wesfi. Laminex acquired Wesfi and its share in the Joint Venture in 2001.
• The primary purpose of the site was to provide Formaldehyde Resin to the Laminex Australia (formerly Wesfi) particle board plant located adjacent to the site.
• In May 1996 a contract Tolling agreement was signed to manufacture Flocculant for various local industries.  An additional tolling plant was added to provide capability and capacity to manufacture these Flocculants and other chemicals.
• Swedish PE group Industri Kapital acquired Dyno Group in the year 2000. Dyno was de-listed and merged with Neste Chemicals to form the Dynea group.
• Momentive Specialty Chemicals Pty Ltd purchased Dynea’s 50% shareholding in January 2013. Laminex Australia continued to own the remaining 50%. Following the change in ownership the business was renamed Momentive Specialty Chemicals Australia Pty Ltd this was then changed again to Hexion Australia Pty Ltd in 2015.