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“I am pleased with our 2020 results as they reflect our responsiveness to customer needs and a strategic investment in high-growth and resilient end markets,” said Nouryon Chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver.

Nouryon today announced that its India operations has been Great Place To Work® Certified™ for the year 2025.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has launched a next-generation multifunctional additive, Ethylan EF-60, which enables formulators to ensure low temperature storage stability of VOC-free water-borne latex paint products.

BeautyCreations™ is a revolutionary digital portal that enables personal care formulators to quickly and easily search through Nouryon’s vast repository of creative and innovative hair and skin care formulations. Launched at in-cosmetics Global in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Powered by Albert Invent, the BeautyCreations™ formulation discovery tool leverages AI to help formulators supercharge their beauty formulation development. Using natural language, formulators can describe their formulation requirements and desired consumer product claims to the BeautyCreations™ tool, which is trained specifically for personal care formulation chemistry.

Introducing Berol® Nexus surfactant, a next-generation multifunctional hydrotrope, at the 2024 ACI Annual Meeting and Industry Convention. The latest innovation, designed for the North American cleaning market, is a next-generation, multifunctional hydrotrope.

Launching two new innovative products at the annual SEPAWA Congress and Exhibition, hosted in Berlin, Germany. The new innovations include Berol® Nexxt, a next-generation surfactant and multifunctional hydrotrope, and Dissolvine® GL Premium, the industry’s most concentrated GLDA-based chelating agent.

Introducing LumaTreat™, a global patent-pending smart-tagged polymer line of products that is revolutionary in the water management industry. LumaTreat products are fluorescent monomers that attach on a deposit control agent. The combination of the fluorescent monomer and deposit control polymer provide a Smart Tag that accurately measures the ‘free’ or unused polymer in the water treatment system.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has introduced a new dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO) formulation, Perkadox GB-50, to customers in the composites market. GB-50 will replace Perkadox CH-50, a peroxide that is desensitized (or “phlegmatized”) with dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP), which the European Union recently reclassified as a category 1B Reproductive Toxin.

A groundbreaking product concept for expandable microspheres marks a significant advancement in Nouryon’s innovation portfolio, providing a partially biobased and high-performance lightweight filler and blowing agent that addresses the evolving needs of the market.

Nouryon has begun the first deliveries of AkuPure™, a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) polymer targeted specifically for the fast-growing lithium-ion battery market. AkuPure is an ultra-high-purity CMC that improves the electrode coating process, making the battery more efficient by helping it to retain and deliver power more effectively.

Nouryon has introduced a range of demulsifiers that provide oil producers with a more sustainable option to separate crude oil from natural gas and water. The Witbreak NEO range is inherently biodegradable in seawater and has a better cost-to-performance ratio compared to conventional demulsifiers currently available on the market.

Nouryon has introduced a natural film-forming polymer for use in high sun protection factor (SPF) emulsion sunscreens.

This patent-pending, high-efficiency chromatography media is used for the purification of novel peptide-based pharmaceuticals in the GLP-1 agonist class including type 2 diabetes and obesity treatments. The announcement was made during the CPHI & PMEC China show in Shanghai, China.

Nouryon has introduced a new version of its Kromasil® silica-based chromatography material targeting the purification and analysis of pharmaceutical samples.

Launching Structure® Silk starch, the newest addition to our Structure® portfolio of naturally derived and sustainable rheology modifiers. Developed in response to market trends for new, innovative textures and unique sensory experiences, Structure® Silk starch provides end users with a final product featuring a luxurious, cushioned feel and bright luminosity for skin care, hair care and hair styling formulations.