Honeywell UOP licensing TPC Group's technology to produce butadiene for use in tire applications  [ USA ]

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, and TPC Group Inc. announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement for UOP to be the exclusive licensor of the proprietary TPC Group OXO-D technology used to produce on-purpose butadiene, a key ingredient for making synthetic rubber used in tire and other applications. TPC Group is North America's producer of butene and finished butadiene. (From a p...