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.

Chemical Island starts on schedule

24 August 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Production has started on schedule at Eka Bahia in Brazil, the plant operated by Akzo Nobel's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, which is producing chemicals for the Veracel pulp mill.

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.

U.S. Chemicals business wins award

16 June 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel Chemicals in the United States has won a major supplier award for the fifth year in a row.

Safety award for chemicals business

10 June 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel's Chemicals business in the United States has won an award for its safe handling of hazardous chemicals.

Salt plant becomes world's biggest

30 May 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel's salt plant in Hengelo, the Netherlands, has become the biggest vacuum salt factory in the world following the official opening of a new extension.

Marketing agreement signed

30 May 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel's Chelates and Micronutrients business has signed a global marketing agreement with Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara International ASA.

Eka Chemicals wins U.S. award

12 April 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel's Eka Chemicals business in the United States has won a safe transportation award for the ninth year in a row.

Ningbo site wins award

30 March 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel's Cross-linking Peroxides plant in Ningbo, China, has been presented with an environmental award.

Eka Chemicals' site in Norway has been presented with an award in recognition of successful safety work

03 March 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Employees at Eka Chemicals' Mo i Rana site in Norway have been presented with an award in recognition of their successful safety work.

Successful launch for pilot plant

21 January 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel's Base Chemicals business has successfully launched the first phase of a pilot hydrogen power plant with project partner NedStack.

Salt plant breaks production record

14 January 2005 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel's Salt plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, set a new production record during 2004.

Plants reach safety milestones

15 December 2004 - Akcros Chemicals Two joint venture operations involving Akzo Nobel's Energy business recently passed important safety milestones.

Dutch sites open their doors

25 October 2004 - Akcros Chemicals Four of Akzo Nobel's sites in the Netherlands opened their doors over the weekend as part of a national Chemical Open Day event.

Plant construction begins in Delfzijl

20 October 2004 - Akcros Chemicals The construction of Akzo Nobel's new chlorine and monochloroacetic acid plants has started in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

Salt spices up theater show

13 October 2004 - Akcros Chemicals Sceneography student Pepijn Rozing had a dilemma. He was designing a theater production based on Richard Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman and wanted to symbolize the sea in an unconventional but eye-catching way.

Eka to take over chlorine dioxide production at Aspa Bruk

29 September 2004 - Akcros Chemicals Eka Chemicals has reached an agreement with Smurfit Munksjö to take over chlorine dioxide production at its Aspa Bruk site in Sweden.

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.

Eka Chemicals enters partnership with Ecochlor

02 September 2004 - Akcros Chemicals Eka Chemicals has signed exclusive agreements with Ecochlor Inc to develop and market systems to treat ballast water, based on proven chlorine dioxide technology.

On board the salt ship

21 May 2003 - Akcros Chemicals Every week, Akzo Nobel ships thousands of tons of salt from its plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, to Rotterdam. Luc Smeets climbed on board the Quo Vadis to experience life on deck during one of the regular sailings.

Plastics and Processing Additives divests Lead Stabilisers business

07 December 2001 - Akcros Chemicals Following the announcement in August of this year, regarding its intention to discontinue its lead stabilizers and related rigid plastic applications business, Akzo Nobel’s business unit Plastics and Processing Additives, which trades as Akcros Chemicals, has signed an agreement for a Management Buy-Out (MBO) by a team of key personnel on December 3, 2001.

Akcros Chemicals Invests in the Production of Solid Stabilisers

03 December 2001 - Akcros Chemicals Long established in medical and food related applications, significant improvements in performance of the INTERLITE range now make them suitable for more demanding technical applications in plasticised PVC.

Biocide range expanded

25 October 2001 - Akcros Chemicals Akcros Chemicals America expands its broad range of biocides for the worldwide plastics industry.

Low viscosity bonding agent

25 October 2001 - Akcros Chemicals Vulcabond MD is the latest addition to Akcros Chemicals' Vulcabond range of bonding agents which improve the adhesion of PVC plastisols to polyester, nylon and other synthetic fabrics.

Akzo Nobel to restructure PVC-Additives Business for Rigid Applications

30 July 2001 - Akcros Chemicals Akzo Nobel Business Unit Plastics and Processing Additives (which trades as Akcros Chemicals) announces plans for restructuring its PVC additives for rigid applications business.

Specialty stabilisers from Akcros Chemicals America now commercially available

10 July 2001 - Akcros Chemicals Akcros Chemicals America recently made a range of new INTERSTAB heat stabilizers designed for very specific flexible PVC applications more generally available to the industry as a whole.

Lower cost one-pack stabilisers

01 June 2001 - Akcros Chemicals Akcros Chemicals’ ongoing research and development has resulted in the market introduction of two new low cost, one-pack stabiliser systems.