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Chemtura Sheds EPDM

Chemtura Corp., Middlebury, Conn., one of the world’s three largest EPDM producers, will sell its EPDM business and some of its rubber chemicals to Lion Chemical Capital, LLC of New York and Houston.

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Chemtura Corp., Middlebury, Conn., one of the world’s three largest EPDM producers, will sell its EPDM business and some of its rubber chemicals to Lion Chemical Capital, LLC of New York and Houston. Lion also owns stakes in Lion Copolymer, Baton Rouge (SBR); Excel Polymers, Solon, Ohio (elastomers and additives); and Sonneborn, Mahwah, N.J. (white oils).

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