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EKA CHEMICALS DIVESTS KEMI-INTRESSEN
03 August 2005 - Akcros Chemicals
| Eka Chemicals and Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH, Hamburg, have announced that NRC has taken over all of the shares in the company Kemi-Intressen AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eka, effective as of August 1, 2005. |
Eka Chemicals and Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH, Hamburg, have announced that NRC has taken over all of the shares in the company Kemi-Intressen AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eka, effective as of August 1, 2005. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Kemi-Intressen, with 15 employees, is also active in Denmark, Finland and Norway. As a distributor of specialty chemical products, Kemi-Intressen AB provides products to the following industries: paint and varnish, plastics, coatings, metal working, electronics, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs. Kemi-Intressen AB will continue to operate under the same name, same management and with the same staff. "The acquisition fits ideally in the further strategic development of the international chemical distributor NRC, which already maintains numerous subsidiary companies in central Europe," said Edgar. E. Nordmann, general manager of Nordmann, Rassman. Eka Chemicals general manager Jan Svärd added: "The divestment represents a step forward in Akzo Nobel Chemicals' strategic repositioning where Kemi-Intressen will no longer be a prioritized area within Eka Chemicals."
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About: Akcros Chemicals
Akcros Chemicals, a business unit of Akzo Nobel, is one of the world leaders in the field of additives for the processing and manufacturing of plastics as well as Polysulphide Chemicals for the aerospace, marine and construction industries. Annual sales amount to approximately EUR 200 million. With headquarters located in Eccles, UK, Akcros employs around 900 people. The company has manufacturing sites in the UK, Germany and the USA and sells its products world-wide.Akcros Chemicals is actively committed to the ongoing development of new products that bring added value to their customers. The company’s biocides are based on the active ingredients Oxybisphenoxarsine (OBPA), Zinc Pyrithione (ZnP) and Iodo Propynl Butyl Carbamate (IPBC). These active ingredients are supplied in liquid, powder and solid form so that customers have a broad range of formulating options depending on their particular end use requirements. To help customers to select the appropriate active ingredient and the levels for their particular formulations, Akcros has state-of-the-art microbiology laboratories in New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) and Düren, Germany. Akcros Chemicals welcomes the opportunity to work with anyone interested in superior biocidal protection. Akcros Chemicals’ quality, technical support and customer service are the best in the industry. Working closely with their customers, Akcros are dedicated to their total satisfaction. Call Akcros today (732-220-6882 USA, 44 161 785 1111 UK) to ensure full ‘SANIPROOFED by INTERCIDE’ biocidal protection. Akzo Nobel, based in the Netherlands, serves customers throughout the world with healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Consolidated sales for 2000 totaled EUR 14 billion (USD 13 billion, GBP 8.5 billion). The Company currently employs 67,400 people in 80 countries. |
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