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Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) today published Q4 and full-year results for 2011. The company reported revenue growth across all Business Areas, led by price/mix developments of 5 percent and a 2 percent volume increase.
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AkzoNobel is planning to invest €80 million in the construction of a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company’s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano Maranhão pulp mill. This is AkzoNobel’s second largest investment in Brazil in the past 12 months and further expands Eka Chemicals’ sustainability-focused Chemical Island concept.
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AkzoNobel has today completed its acquisition of China’s leading specialty surfactant producer, Boxing Oleochemicals. Boxing is a leading supplier of nitrile amines and derivatives, which are used in a variety of industrial and consumer applications including fabric softeners, asphalt additives, and hair conditioners.
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AkzoNobel plans to strengthen its position in packaging coatings by exercising the right to buy the remaining shares of Metlac, an Italian based packaging coatings producer. Financial details were not disclosed.
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AkzoNobel Powder Coatings today announced a partnership with BioCote, a leading antimicrobial specialist.
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AkzoNobel CEO Hans Wijers has expressed his disappointment at today’s revised 2010 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) listing, which has seen the company relinquish its first place in the Chemicals supersector due to a technical readjustment.
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AkzoNobel has underscored its ambition to double revenue in China within the next five years by opening its sixth powder coatings facility in the country. The plant is located in the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, a major industrial and manufacturing hub in central China.
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AkzoNobel is stepping up its mission to add color to people’s lives by turning all its Decorative Paints employees into color ambassadors.
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Motorists no longer have to come unstuck when their vehicle suffers a minor scratch thanks to a new do-it-yourself (DIY) repair and protection solution from AkzoNobel Car Refinishes.
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Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) today announced its 2009 Q4 and full-year results. The company reported 2009 revenue of €13,893 million, 10 percent below the previous year.
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