All AkzoNobel articles
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BusinessFormer Coca-Cola chemist imprisoned for trade secret theft
14-year sentence for Xiaorong You, who stole secrets related to BPA-free can linings from major chemical and coating firms
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BusinessCoca-Cola chemist convicted of trade secret theft
Xiaorong You stole files detailing BPA-free can coatings from seven major chemicals firms
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BusinessChemicals industry roundup 2018
Industry growth remains strong despite tariff disputes, political uncertainty and supply chain challenges
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FeatureStructural colour
From iridescent butterflies and beetles to fish-scales and petals – can nature show us how to make sustainable pigments and dyes? Angeli Mehta takes a look
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BusinessAkzoNobel sells off specialty chemicals arm in €10bn deal
Private equity firm Carlyle sees off several other bidders
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BusinessOutline for Europe’s first waste to methanol plant
Enerkem teams up with AkzoNobel and Air Liquide to turn rubbish into raw materials
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BusinessAkzoNobel paint plant is ‘world’s most sustainable’
Biomass and solar-powered UK factory will recycle water and solvents, and is more flexible to reduce waste
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BusinessOnline tool tracks bio-based materials
E-certificates automatically trace ingredients through supply chain processes
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BusinessAkzoNobel looks to separate chemicals business
Netherlands-based firm rejects PPG takeover bid, and looks to tighten strategic focus on paints and coatings
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OpinionCollaboration and competition can both stimulate innovation
Diverse approaches suit different goals
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NewsAkzoNobel sponsors colour garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Display celebrates plants that have been used historically to make dyes, and highlights a new project to capture nature’s structural colours in paint
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BusinessAkzoNobel to buy BASF’s industrial coatings
€475 million deal includes technology, products and sites in the UK and South Africa
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BusinessAkzoNobel sells building adhesives unit for €260m
Sika will take on two manufacturing sites and 550 employees
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Business
AkzoNobel sells $1bn chunk of paints business
North American decorative paints business was responsible for 7% of total AkzoNobel sales in 2011, amounting to $1.5 billion
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Business
AkzoNobel sells ICI Pakistan
Yunus Brothers will pay $150 million for the recently restructured business
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BusinessThe future of PVC production?
Commercial interest in a semi-continuous approach seems to be on the rise