Keyword: AkzoNobel

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Hans Wijers to Leave AkzoNobel in 2012

10.06.2011 - AkzoNobel has announced that CEO Hans Wijers will be stepping down with effect from the company's annual general meeting (AGM) in 2012. Sulzer President and CEO Ton Büchner is...

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AkzoNobel Opens €7 Million Fire Protection R&D Facility

09.06.2011 - AkzoNobel has opened €7 million fire protection laboratory at its Felling site in the UK, part of a major €10 million investment in research, development and innovation (RD&I)...

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AkzoNobel Widens Global Research Center Network

26.05.2011 - AkzoNobel has opened a new research laboratory in Deventer, the Netherlands, which the company says will play a pivotal role in its ambition to drive future growth through...

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EU Court Upholds €59 Million Fine on Arkema, Elf

18.05.2011 - Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday upheld European Union antitrust fines totaling €59 million ($84 million) on French groups Elf Aquitaine and Arkema for participating in a...

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AkzoNobel on Its Wireless Network at a Belgium Plant

11.05.2011 - Wireless Controls - Nicolas Delfosse, Process Engineer Surface Chemistry at AkzoNobel's surfactants processing plant in Belgium, explains why the lack of available I/O and high...

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How Solvay Will Look After Taking Over Rhodia

11.05.2011 - Belgian chemicals group Solvay said the French financial markets authority has approved their friendly public offer for Rhodia. Once the authorizations of the Autorité de Contrôle...

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Localization a Key Success Factor for Doing Business in China

14.04.2011 - Stiff Competition - When looking at China, the competition between domestic companies and multinationals has so far largely been one between cost and customer relationship...

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AkzoNobel Investing €30 Million in Expancel

11.04.2011 - Akzo Nobel is enlarging capacity in Sweden for its Expancel to meet global demand. AkzoNobel's Expancel product line is continuing to evolve new applications in markets such as...