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...
27.10.2017
- The world we live in is in transition. With the adoption of the United Nations 2030 agenda for sustainable development and its 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) as well as...
17.10.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is undertaking expansions in China and Germany for organic peroxides and chloromethanes, respectively. In Ningbo, the company has started...
06.10.2017
- In what it regards as a “potential game-changer for the industry”, AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology for producing ethylene amines and...
28.09.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is studying plans to build a new plant for its Bermocoll ethyl hydroxy-ethyl cellulose (EHEC) ethers in order to meet growing global demand...
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...
15.09.2017
- Dutch paints and coatings group AkzoNobel has officially opened what it describes as the “world’s most advanced and sustainable paint plant” in Ashington, UK, where it will become...
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...
