Skellerup spends US$1.1M for minority stake in US rubber company

Skellerup spends US$1.1M for minority stake in US rubber company
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth July 11 (BusinessDesk) - Skellerup Holdings has bought a 35 percent stake in Wisconsin-based liquid silicone rubber maker Sim Lim Technic for US$1.1 million.  Auckland-based Skellerup wants to take the technical expertise of the liquid silicone rubber maker to a wider market, saying the product is ideal for "sterile environments and use in high-precision medical and consumer products". The shares dipped 0.5 percent to $1.93, and are near the $2.07 record reached last month.  "We will combine the knowledge and reach of Sk...