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Shokubai to acquire monomer start-up Sirrus

by Michael McCoy
April 3, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 14

Japan’s Nippon Shokubai will acquire the reactive monomer start-up Sirrus for an undisclosed sum. Based in Loveland, Ohio, Sirrus is developing 1,1-disubstituted alkene monomers, including diethyl methylene malonate, as starting materials for adhesives, coatings, and inks. Since its founding in 2009, Sirrus has raised roughly $40 million from investors including GM Ventures and Braemer Energy Ventures. Sirrus managers will stay in place, Shokubai says, as the company prepares to build a commercial-scale plant by 2019.

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