This initiative reflects the company’s long-term commitment to industrial excellence and to its operations in France.

AkzoNobel aims to rationalize, modernize, and optimize operations in France, enhancing competitiveness and driving sustainable growth. The company will reorganize its commercial and support functions, and its distribution network, including transferring some outlets to independent partners and closing others. This will result in a reduction of up to 211 positions and the creation of 29 jobs, with implementation from May 2025 to the end of 2026. Consultation procedures with local social partners have begun.

In 2024, AkzoNobel as part of its Industrial Excellence program already announced the closure of three manufacturing sites in Groot-Ammers (the Netherlands), Cork (Ireland) and Lusaka (Zambia). Production from these sites has been transferred to other locations in the region.