media release Sikkens Waterborne System Wins Award November 06, 2003 Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes’ Sikkens brand has won an award for its Autowave/Autoclear WB system. The company’s entry scooped the Gold Medal for Best Waterborne System at the recent International Motoring Technologies Fair, Autoserwis, staged in Katowice, Poland."This is a clear signal how far we have come in developing our waterborne technology", said Marek Mozdzynski, Profit Center Leader Poland.Autoclear WB was presented earlier this year to a group of journalists in Warsaw at the Leaders in Technology conference, held at a prestigious BMW dealer."Although a waterborne technology is still in its infancy, we now have 12 Autowave customers in Poland and with this award I am sure it will help us to further reinforce our market leading position in waterborne paints,” added Mozdzynski.(Released: November 6, 2003) Contact for this publication Media Relations For media requests only +31 88 9697833 media.relations@akzonobel.com Contact for other questions