28-09-2012

AkzoNobel is to boost capacity at one of its US sites in order to meet increasing demand from the semi-conductor industry, particularly for the production of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Financial details were not disclosed. The investment – at the company’s Battleground facility in Texas – ...

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29-06-2012

AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals will apply a unique caustic soda evaporation system to its new membrane electrolysis plant at the Industry Park Höchst in Frankfurt, Germany. The system will enable 20% energy savings and will be supplied by Alfa Laval. The evaporation system which will ...

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08-02-2012

AkzoNobel takes two further steps in strengthening its global position in the market of monochloroacetic acid (MCA). Recently it has commissioned its expanded Delfzijl MCA facility in the Netherlands, which now has a capacity exceeding 100,000 MT/year. In parallel, AkzoNobel is to further ...

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03-02-2012

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 ...

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16-01-2012

AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals is to increase dimethylether (DME) production capacity at its Rotterdam/Europoort plant in the Netherlands to 45,000 tons a year. “Our investment demonstrates our strong commitment to AkzoNobel’s sustainable growth strategy and will reinforce our leading ...

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31-10-2011

AkzoNobel is planning to invest around €60 million to increase the production capacity of its Automotive and Aerospace Coatings business in China. This investment will provide additional momentum for the company's accelerated growth strategy of achieving revenue of $3 billion in China by ...

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08-07-2011

AkzoNobel announced plans to build a world class, hi-tech manufacturing facility in the north-east of England, reinforcing its strategic commitment to accelerated and sustainable growth.Around €110 million is earmarked for the custom-built Decorative Paints site, designed to enable the ...

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08-04-2011

AkzoNobel is boosting capacity in Sweden for its Expancel expandable microspheres in order to meet growing global demand. Used as a blowing agent or lightweight filler, the Expancel product line is continuing to evolve and find new applications in markets such as thermoplastics, printing ...

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08-02-2011

AkzoNobel's ambition to accelerate growth and increase revenue in India to €1 billion within the next five years has been underlined by the official opening of a new Industrial Coatings plant near Bangalore.The facility - which will produce coil and specialty plastic coatings - is located in ...

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27-01-2011

A new steam pipeline installed as part of a joint project between AkzoNobel and Dutch waste processing company Twence is expected to deliver annual energy savings for the salt production equivalent to providing gas to a city of 80,000 people. The €15 million, two kilometer pipeline - ...

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