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METHANOR HAS REACHED A 20 MILLION TON PRODUCTION MILESTONE
03 September 2004 - Akcros Chemicals
| A methanol manufacturing business, which is operated as a three-way joint venture including Akzo Nobel, has reached a 20 million ton production milestone. |
A methanol manufacturing business, which is operated as a three-way joint venture including Akzo Nobel, has reached a 20 million ton production milestone. Methanor Vof, based in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, reached the landmark figure at the end of August, 30 years after the business was established in 1974. If this volume of product was put into a fleet of road tankers (carrying around 20 tons each), the queue of trucks would be 18,000 kilometers long, or roughly the distance from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Auckland in New Zealand. "We are very proud of our 20 million ton milestone and also proud of our 30th anniversary this year," said W.B. van den Bos, general manager of Methanor Vof. Methanol is applied in a wide range of applications, including formaldehyde, which is used to produce glues and resins. Methanor, which operates two production lines at the Chemical Park in Delfzijl, is a joint venture between Akzo Nobel, Dynea and DSM.
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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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