Dwory Closes Purchase of Kaucuk

摘要

Firma Chemiczna Dwory (Oswiecim,Poland) has completed the acquisition of Kaucuk (Kralupy,Czech Republic) from Unipetrol (Prague) for CzK5.4 billion (248 million).Unipetrol put Kaucuk up for sale early last year and later entered exclusive negotiations with Dwory (CW,July 26/Aug.2,2006,p.15).Kaucuk makes butadiene,styrene,polystyrene (PS),and synthetic rubber at Kralupy,and ethylbenzene (EB) at Litvinov,Czech Republic,and generates sales of more than euro 350 million/year (452 million).Dwory makes styrene,PS,and rubber,as well as vinyls,at Oswiecim.