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AkzoNobel is a Fortune Global 500 company and is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company is also the Chemicals industry leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and is included on the FTSE4Good Index.
Based in the Netherlands, we are a multicultural organisation serving customers throughout the world with coatings and chemicals products.
We employ around 43,000 people and conduct our activities in these two segments, with operating subsidiaries in more than 80 countries.
AkzoNobel is the world's largest coatings manufacturer and hlds leading positions in most of its businesses.
The company develops, manufactures, and markets innovative, high quality products and services for nearly all markets.
The portfolio includes decorative paints; products for industrial applications including powder and specialty coatings; car refinishes; marine, protective and aerospace coatings; and coatings-related products such as wood and building adhesives
AkzoNobel Industiral Activities comprises the company's Industrial finishes and Powder Coatings businesses. The former focuses on the development, marketing, and manufacturing of factory applied wood, coil, and plastic coatings, and industrial wood adhesives. The latter is the largest global manufacturer of powder coatings, with products being supplied to eight key market sectors.
Key Dates in History of AkzoNobel and Powder Coatings:
| 1777 |
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Sadolin in Denmark founded. |
| 1792 |
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Sikkens (Netherlands) and Bemberg (Germany) established. |
| 1929 |
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Vereinigte Glanzstoff and Enka amalgamated to form AKU. |
| 1967 |
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Koninklijke Zout Organon formed from a series of mergers. |
| 1969 |
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Koninklijke Zout Organon and AKU merge to form Akzo. |
| 1984 |
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Nobel Industries forms through a merger of KemaNobel and Bofors. |
| 1982 |
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Akzo starts to manufacture powder coatings. |
| 1988 |
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Akzo buys powder business from DSM (including plants in France, Italy and Germany) in swap deal invloving sale of the Akzo powder resins business to DSM. |
| 1990 |
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Restructuring of Nobel Industries under Securum. |
| 1994 |
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Akzo and Nobel Industries merge to form AkzoNobel. |
| 1995 |
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Powder plant built in Sweden. |
| 1996 |
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Second JV formed in China - with powder plant in Hangzhou. |
| 1998 |
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Akzo Nobel acquires UK company Courtaulds, including its global Interpon business. |
| 2007 |
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AkzoNobel sells Organon BioSciences NV to Shering-Plough Corporation. |
| 2008 |
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AkzoNobel acquires Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI). |
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