THE WOODLANDS, TX – Huntsman Corp. announced that Monte Edlund succeeds Stu Monteith as President of Huntsman’s Performance Products division (HPP), effective July 1, 2015.

Most recently Vice President for the Americas region in Huntsman’s Advanced Materials division, Edlund joined Huntsman with the acquisition of the Rexene Corp. and has been a senior leader with the company since 1997, when he was appointed Vice President - Polymers.  Prior to his role in Advanced Materials, Edlund served as Vice President of Global Specialty Textiles for Huntsman’s Textile Effects division based in Singapore.

After more than 35 years of experience in the chemical industry, 21 of them with Huntsman, Monteith elected to retire as of August 31.