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An internationally-renowned British scientist, whose fundamental chemical research could help transform the range of electric vehicles and make renewable energy more viable, has been honored with the inaugural AkzoNobel UK Science Award.
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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 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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AkzoNobel, corporate partner of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team, today announced that Chelsea Beckman (New Zealand) and Brendan Rorrison (United Kingdom) have won the AkzoNobel Formula 1™ traineeship, including a trip to the Formula 1™ season finale in São Paulo, Brazil.
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In a bid to focus the attention of the next generation of UK researchers towards the importance of the chemical and materials sciences in driving sustainable innovations, AkzoNobel is launching a student competition around “Tomorrows Answers Today”. The competition is open to individuals or teams of up to three researchers who are currently studying for a post-graduate degree specializing in the chemical or material science in the UK.
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Bryan Dooley, a final year photography student at the Royal College of Art (RCA) has won the AkzoNobel Photography Award for his use of colour as an aesthetic and rhetorical tool.
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Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) today announced revenue growth of 5 percent, driven by pricing actions to offset raw material cost inflation. Market conditions have become more difficult since the second quarter, which has had an impact on results, particularly in Decorative Paints.
While the overall top-line growth remained relatively strong, volume development continued to soften. In addition, input costs continued to rise, outpacing selling price increases. Consequently EBITDA decreased 12 percent to €507 million. Further price increases are being implemented and the cost base is being adjusted.
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AkzoNobel has launched a performance improvement program to strengthen its competiveness, enhance its ability to grow, simplify its support structures and reduce its cost base. The program will restructure underperforming parts of the portfolio, transfer best practices and standardize, as well as simplify key processes.
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AkzoNobel, the world’s largest coatings company, is offering an incredible opportunity to Formula 1, color and innovation lovers all around the world – the chance to apply for a one day traineeship at the Brazil Grand Prix in São Paolo. To apply to the traineeship, the company is encouraging people to upload videos explaining why they should be selected to the AkzoNobel Facebook page.
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The CEO of AkzoNobel, the world’s largest paint firm, made a special visit to the company’s Felling site today to present a team of employees with AkzoNobel’s top employee innovation award.
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