Valtris sells Champlor Renewables to Avril

In France, Valtris Specialty Chemicals successfully closed the previously announced sale of its Champlor Renewables business located in Baleycourt, France to Avril Industrie. Champlor Renewables specializes in rapeseed crushing, refining, and biodiesel production. Located in the heart of one of France’s main rapeseed-growing regions, the business processes approximately 400,000 tons of seeds per year.

Valtris will continue to own and operate its specialty additives business co-located at the Baleycourt site, which provides value-added sustainable solutions to polymer end-use applications in a variety of industries such as coatings, adhesives, sealants and functional fluids.