 HOS was established in Austria in 1988.
In the early days, HOS provided job-order production for the large European chemicals companies. A separate product line was introduced for polyimide production. We discovered that monomaleimides and bismaleimides are niche products that can also be sold worldwide by a small company. In order to promote sales of our products, HOS participates regularly in international conferences and exhibitions on composite materials and plastics, such as SAMPE in Los Angeles, JEC in Paris, "K" in Dusseldorf, IPF in Tokyo, and many more). Thanks to our participation in exhibitions and conferences, advertisements in trade journals, our Internet platform and, of course, our expertise in this field, HOS is a well-known name in the international composites and rubber sector. We also maintain regular contact with leading specialists in this sector.
In addition, we have contacts to leading manufacturers of composites in Europe, the United States, and the Far East. Our rubber contacts are concentrated in the European market.
Our production facilities are in Austria. Research and development work, as well as quality control, are carried out in a well-equipped, modern laboratory. Our staff includes highly-qualified polymer chemists, who also work very closely with various universities, such as the Department of Macromolecular Chemistry at the Technical University in Vienna.
Worldwide sales and local consulting for our products are provided in some cases by independent agents, dealing either with a particular region or branch of industry, and in other cases, sales activity is conducted directly from Austria.
In addition to the composites industry, we also deliver our high-temperature resins to the compound industry, where we have gained a large share of the European market in the meantime. Thanks to a high-powered advertising campaign, particularly in the American market, we expect to achieve a better market position in the US in the near future – together with our local partner – comparable to the market position we have in Europe.
In the meantime, we have also established close contacts to leading composite manufacturers in the United States.
To operate our equipment at full capacity, we still offer chemical contract manufacture as well. Here we carry out custom synthesis and contract drying for renowned companies from the European chemical industry.
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