Lubrizol sells Bromborough site to D1 Oils

Lubrizol Corp. said it will sell its 47-acre Bromborough, U.K. manufacturing site to D1 Oils plc, for about US$5.7 million. In January, Lubrizol announced plans to phase out fuel-additive and other production at the plant by the end of the year. D1 Oils, a British-based biodiesel producer, plans to convert the facility to biodiesel production in 2007. (September 19, 2006)