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Biobased Chemicals

Cargill to buy Arkema epoxides business

by Michael McCoy
October 1, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 36

 

Cargill has agreed to acquire Arkema’s epoxidized vegetable oil business for about $39 million. The business, which has annual sales of about $40 million, runs a plant in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, that produces epoxides by reacting oils with hydrogen peroxide. Cargill, a major vegetable oil producer, says it already uses epoxides to make biobased plasticizers and polyols and that the purchase will complete its supply chain.

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