Huntsman Corporation HUN should gain from its investment in downstream businesses and differentiated product innovation as well as strategic acquisitions amid headwinds from demand weakness and input cost inflation. Downstream Expansion & Cost Synergies Aid HUN Huntsman remains focused on growing its downstream specialty and formulation businesses and is shifting its MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) business from components to differentiated systems that typically have higher margins and lower volatility. Huntsman should also gain from significant synergies of acquisitions.