Together with its Brazilian joint venture partner Tovani Benzaquen Ingredientes, Dutch distributor Barentz International has bought Metachem Industrial e Comercial and...
Lotte Ineos Chemical, a joint venture of South Korea’s Lotte Chemical and UK-managed Ineos, has announced plans to increase overall production capacity for vinyl acetate...
Dutch paints and coatings group AkzoNobel has announced it will spend €20 million to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France, creating around 30 new...
01.12.2017
- By a vote of 99.9%, AkzoNobel shareholders attending the company’s extraordinary general meeting in Amsterdam on Nov. 30 approved the proposed separation of the Specialty Chemicals...
30.10.2017
- Confirming market rumors, AkzoNobel said it has entered what it called “constructive discussions” with Axalta Coating Systems about a merger, adding that the combination of the two...
26.09.2017
- AkzoNobel has hired a new chief financial officer to replace Maëlys Castella who stepped down from the role earlier this month for health reasons. Maarten de Vries, most recently...
11.09.2017
- The turmoil at AkzoNobel shows no signs of subsiding. The worst seemed over as the Dutch coatings producer temporarily ended a feud with activist investor Elliott Advisors in...
