Johnson Matthey sells 'non-core' businesses

Johnson Matthey, a specialist in advanced materials technology, has completed the sale of two non-core businesses. Ceramic Insulators and Alumina, which were acquired as part of Argillon Group in February, have been sold to Lapp Insulator GmbH & Co, a producer of insulators, for €21 million (£17 million) in cash and a €2 million vendor loan note

Marc Barber

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