Fine Chemicals is a department within AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals, a global company with 2 900 employees in 30 countries. AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals is a business unit within AkzoNobel, one of the world's largest paints and chemical companies, with about 61 500 employees in more than 80 countries.
We have produced high-purity Sodium and Potassium Hydroxide Pellets (also called Chemically Pure Alkali) since 1904, and have used today's basic technology for more than 50 years. We have sound experience of alkali production and unique documentation of product analyses.
The production of Potassium Chlorate in the current location of the plant which is the world´s leading production center of Potassium Chlorate, dates as far back as 1898.