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Clariant To Sell PVA/PVB Business to Kuraray

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By: Kerry Pianoforte

Editor, Coatings World

Clariant To Sell PVA/PVB Business to Kuraray
l Clariant plans to sell its polyvinyl alcohol/butyral (PVA/PVB) business—and its Mowiol and Mowital brands—to Kuraray, Osaka, Japan. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The 250 employees of the Höchst/Sulzbach, Germany-based operation will be taken over and employed by Kuraray, according to Clariant.
By acquiring Clariant’s PVA/PVB business, Kuraray, which has production plants in Japan and Singapore, will expand its market presence in Europe.

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