07.07.2017
- The Dutch government is reconsidering at least some details of its plan to prevent hostile takeovers of national companies, due to fears in the business sector that this would...
06.07.2017
- Biesterfeld Spezialchemie – one of the leading international distributors of products and solutions in the world of specialty chemicals – was recognized with the "Golden Sensory...
05.07.2017
- AkzoNobel has acquired the UK’s Flexcrete Technologies and has also announced an agreement to buy French manufacturer Disa Technology (Disatech) in a bid to further strengthen its...
09.06.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has completed the expansion of its Polymer Chemistry production complex in Los Reyes, Mexico. The investment widens the Dutch group’s North...
08.06.2017
- AkzoNobel is to invest more than €10 million at its site in Kvarntorp, Sweden, to expand production of chelated micronutrients – essential ingredients in the agricultural market –...
04.06.2017
- PPG has decided to walk away from AkzoNobel after a bitterly fought three-month struggle to acquire its Dutch rival. The US paints and coatings group had offered €26.9 billion in...
01.06.2017
- The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has rejected PPG’s request for an extension to the Jun. 1 deadline to make a tender offer for AkzoNobel. AFM did not give...
31.05.2017
- A Dutch court has rejected attempts by a group of AkzoNobel shareholders to force a special meeting to oust the company’s chairman, Antony Burgmans, who is viewed as the main...
