AkzoNobel Powder Coatings has a long and distinguished history. We started as Courtaulds based in the UK, in 1816. Since then a diversified product range has ensured we're at the forefront of developing technologies. We now deliver innovative coatings solutions on a global scale.
Here are some more of the highlights over the years:
1816; Courtaulds founded in the UK
1960's; Courtaulds acquires International Paint & Pinchin Johnson
1975; First Interpon powder plant opened - at Felling, in the UK
1976; Bonneval powder business acquired in Germany
1980; Supertintas powder and resins business acquired in Sao Roque, Brazil
1981; New Interpon plant built in Melbourne, Australia
1985; Interpon plant built in Houston, TX
1985; Acquisition of Robert Bryce powder business in Australia
1985; First Interpon plant built in Asia - in Korea, in a JV with DPI
1988; Acquisitions of Dyssa in Spain and Minerva in Italy
1989; New Interpon plants built in Malaysia and Indonesia
1990; Powder JV formed in Taiwan with Chang Cheng Chemicals
1991; New Interpon plants built in China - in Shenzhen and Suzhou
1997; New Interpon plant built in Bangalore, India
1998; Courtaulds acquired by Akzo Nobel
2000; New powder coatings factory opened at Izmir in Turkey, managed as
part of a JV company Akzo Nobel BOYA
2002; Akzo Nobel acquires the powder businesses of Ferro Corporation in the
Americas and Asia Pacific
2002; Akzo Nobel and Mexican powder producer Industrial de Acabados,
S.A. de C.V. (INDA) form a 50/50 JV, Akzo Nobel INDA Powder
Coatings
2003; New powder coatings factory opened at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam,
managed as part of the JV company Akzo Nobel Chang Cheng
Coatings (ANCCC)
2003; Akzo Nobel buys the remaining 50% share of Interpon Powder
Coatings Korea Ltd ("IPCK") held by DPI; the company, based at
Shiwha, near Seoul, is now wholly owned by Akzo Nobel
2005; Akzo Nobel enters into a 60% joint venture with Coatech in Egypt.
2006; Acquisition of Balakom in Czech Republic
2007; New powder site opened in Orekhova-Zuevo, Russia
2007; New Powder site in Chengdu, China
2008; New powder site Jebel Ali, Dubai
2008; Akzo Nobel aquires Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI)
2010; AkzoNobel Powder Coatings acquires Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings
2010; AkzoNobel opens 6th powder coatings plant in China. The plant is located in the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, a major industrial and manufacturing hub in central China.