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AkzoNobel and DSM have signed a cross-license agreement on cobalt-free technologies for the curing of thermoset resins. The innovative curing solutions will offer the market more sustainable alternatives to the conventional, cobalt-based systems currently in use.
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AkzoNobel has announced its intention to invest €45 million in a new Dicumyl Peroxide (DCP) plant at its Ningbo multi-site in China to meet a growing local, regional and global demand. Widely used as cross-linking agent for various polymers and copolymers, DCP can be found in a variety of products like shoe soles, cable insulation, and construction insulation.
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Effective April 1st 2011, or as contracts allow, AkzoNobel increases by 20% the price for its Perkadox® BC (Dicumyl peroxide) line of products and formulations.
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AkzoNobel is proud to present a new range of low-Cobalt and Cobalt-free accelerators for the thermoset market. Marketed under the name of Nouryact, these products offer more sustainable alternatives to traditional Cobalt octoate and Cobalt acetate.
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With immediate effect, or as contracts allow, AkzoNobel Functional Chemicals is increasing the prices of its thermoset range of organic peroxides, inhibitors, accelerators and promoters.
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On February 17, 2010, a fire and explosion took place in our Perkadox 14 plant at the Ghlin site in Belgium ("Force Majeure").
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Effective April 1 2010, or as contracts allow, AkzoNobel Functional Chemicals is increasing the price in Europe and the Americas for organic peroxides used in the Polyolefin, PVC, Styrenic and Acrylic market segments by 30%.
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AkzoNobel and PURAC have developed additives through a specific organic peroxide technology for the production of Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) a bioplastic made from biorenewable, carbohydrate-based raw materials.
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Spanish Suspension-PolyVinyl Chloride (S-PVC) producer Ercros SA has announced it will implement AkzoNobel’s Continuous Initiator Dosing (CID) technology at its Vila-seca site.
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AkzoNobel Polymer Chemicals has launched a range of unique and versatile synthetic Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) organoclays which offer customers improved properties, performance and environmental benefits.
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