Keyword: AkzoNobel

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AkzoNobel Acquires all of EkO Peroxide

20.01.2016 - AkzoNobel has boosted its position in the North American hydrogen peroxide market with the purchase of all outstanding shares in EkO Peroxide, a joint venture with OCI Peroxygens...

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AkzoNobel Doubles Coatings Capacity in Vietnam

23.09.2015 - AkzoNobel is strengthening its Performance Coatings business in Vietnam, doubling capacity for its powder coatings facility in Dong Nai and opening open a new office for...

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Global Chemicals Markets Still Volatile and Challenging

04.09.2015 - Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...

Strategy & Management

How to Run a Circular Economy in Europe

03.09.2015 - Since the industrial revolution in Europe the amount of waste in the region has been constantly increasing. This is because its economies have been based on a “take-make-consume...

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AkzoNobel to Build UK Coating Resins Pilot Plant

03.09.2015 - AkzoNobel plans to spend more than €1.3 million on a pilot plant for coatings resins to be built at its Performance Coatings site in Felling, UK, and scheduled to go on stream in...

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Akzo Wins Award for Carbon Credit Methodology

15.07.2015 - AkzoNobel's carbon credits methodology for the shipping industry has won the Best Offsetting Project award in the 2015 Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings. Based on nominations from...

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Akzo to Sell Biomaterials Technology to Ashland

06.07.2015 - In a transaction set to close in the third quarter of this year, AkzoNobel has announced plans to sell its biomaterials technology to Ashland of the US. The Dutch chemical producer...

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AkzoNobel Expands Texas R&D Facilities

01.07.2015 - AkzoNobel is upgrading its research hub in Houston, Texas, to support its protective coatings, marine coatings and specialty coatings businesses. The expansion due for completion...