Sartomer buys Kaucuk’s liquid polybutadienes business

By Liz White, ERJ staff

Exton, Pennsylvania-Specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Co. has bought Czech company Kaucuk’s liquid polybutadienes business. Sartomer has created a new subsidiary, Sartomer Czech sro, to run the operation. No financial details of the transaction were released.

The unit uses liquid polybutadiene to create a series of special polymers, under the name Krasol. These are used for preparation of rubber mixtures, as a constituent for polyurethanes, as a binder for various composite materials or for the production of elastic moulds, said Sartomer’s statement….