- Akzo Nobel Coatings to move headquarters to Nashville.
Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. announced it will name Nashville, Tenn., as its North American Powder Coatings headquarters and technical laboratories in 2007. The designation will add approximately 50 new high value-added jobs to the Nashville area, including positions with the company's general management, finance, information management, R&D, customer service (inside ......
- Two years is a short time in the world of powder
coatings.
Two years ago, at the time of the first Powder Coatings Europe conference and exhibition, the market for powder coating polyester resins was dominated by DSM Resins of Chemicals of Belgium, and they were the prime innovators of new polyester technology. Sid Harris looks at how it's changed since then....
- Akzo Nobel opens powder coatings plant in
China.
Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings, Arnhem, The Netherlands, has officially opened its fifth manufacturing plant in mainland China. Located in Chengdu, Sichuan province, it is the first Akzo Nobel powder coatings plant in the western part of the country. It will enable Akzo Nobel to further service the architectural, general ......
- Akzo Nobel acquires Ferro powder. (Supply and
Demand).
Akzo Noel Coatings acquires the North America and Asia/Pacific powder coatings businesses of Ferro Corp. for $73 million. Ferro is based in Cleveland, Ohio, while Akzo Nobel is based in Troy, Mich., with headquarters in the Netherlands. Akzo will take over facilities in Nashville, Tenn.; Brecksville, Ohio; Ningbo, China and ......
- All fine on the Tyne; in the first of a new series
taking a closer look at the factory, Dan Barron sees how Interpon's
Felling, UK site has grown from humble beginnings into one of the
world's largest...
The days when factory floors resonated to the sound of horizontal bead mills or pumped out pungent solvents are thankfully gone. Today's paint factories are relatively quiet, odour-free places where workers perform their daily tasks alongside sophisticated computers. The powder coating plant of Akzo Nobel subsidiary, Interpon is no exception....
- Staying local: last year was perhaps not as monumental
in terms of mergers and aquisitions activity in the coatings sector as
previous years. (coatings on the move).
From the global whirlwind of 1998 and 1999, which had swept away such names as Courtaulds, Herberts and Hoechst, merger and aquisition activity (M&A) activity in 2001 tailed off into a series of local eddies. Bold transatlantic mega-deals have given way to more traditional transactions, involving mainly middling businesses in ......
- Globalisation in powder coatings: Globalization can be
a choice between acquisition and co-operation. (Powder
matters).
Globalization of their powder coatings interests is the aim of several large producers, notably Akzo Nobel who are the foremost manufacturer of coatings in Europe, and at least three major US companies, Rohm & Haas, DuPont and PPG. Their modus operandi is usually by acquisition of an established powder producer ......