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Investing in Icos Capital Fund IV, a collaborative venture capital fund connecting corporations and financial institutions with start-ups that have a potential for fast growth. The investment strategy of the Icos Capital Fund IV will be focused on new and emerging technologies in the areas of sustainable industry, decarbonization technologies, circular economy, and sustainable food systems.

Nouryon has made a series of investments at its metal alkyls plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands to improve efficiency and increase capacity. The projects will enable the company to continue meeting growing demand from customers in the polymer industry and improve supply reliability in Europe.

Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals leader, has signed a five-year license agreement with Shaanxi Beiyuan Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (Beiyuan), a leading producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in China. Under the agreement, Nouryon will license its innovative Continuous Initiator Dosing (CiD) technology to Beiyuan, and will supply its Trigonox® 187 proprietary CiD initiator, which will be produced at Nouryon’s new world-class site in Tianjin, China.

Our second annual Sustainability Report, summarizing the company’s global sustainability activities, performance and results from 2020.

Post Consumer To Prime (PCtP) is a partnership aimed at enhancing sustainability and circularity by maximizing the value of post-consumer materials and reintegrating them into the economy and co-funded by the European Union.

Joining the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The Global Compact is an international initiative that brings companies together with UN agencies and labor and civil society organizations to support universal principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has launched a more sustainable, water- miscible defoamer, Ethylan TB345, that will help household and industrial cleaning formulators meet growing customer need for environmentally safe and cost-effective products that do not compromise on performance.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has expanded its offering for the asphalt market with Wetfix G400, a versatile non-amine adhesion promoter derived from renewable resources. Wetfix G400 meets customers’ needs for a more sustainable alternative that maintains asphalt mixture performance and durability.

Nouryon announced the launch of Adsee® Flex 960 at the ISAA Symposium 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, held from April 6-11, 2025. This latest innovation for crop protection is a patented technology designed for tank mix solutions utilizing an optimized blend of surfactants and colloidal silica. This unique blend boosts the performance of pesticide applications, offering enhanced deposition, adhesion, and rainfastness of active ingredients to the target. Nouryon’s field trials around the world reflect these findings and demonstrate improved fungicide efficacy.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has expanded its offering to customers in the personal care market with a bio-based polymer, Amaze SP, helping formulators to meet the latest consumer trends in hair styling.

Nouryon is launching a new solution for the building and construction market that boosts the effectiveness of energy-saving “cool roof” coatings by improving their ability to reflect light and enhancing their self-cleaning properties.

Announcing the launch of Expancel® WB microspheres, an innovation in expandable microspheres for white shoe sole applications in the clothing and apparel industry at the 2024 Chinaplas exhibition in Shanghai, China. White shoe soles are in increasing demand by shoe manufacturers to meet strong consumer interest without compromising on performance or comfort.

Nouryon is launching Expancel® XS200 microspheres at the 2025 European Coatings Show in Nuremberg, Germany. This innovative product represents a breakthrough in microsphere technology for interior decorative paints, offering customers a significant reduction in paint weight compared to traditional fillers without compromising performance properties.

Expansion of our office footprint and workforce in Mumbai, India, with the launch of a new Global Service Center. The Global Service Center includes commercial teams focused on business development in India as well as functional hubs that will support the Company’s global growth plans.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) unveiled a new version of its Butanox M-50 Vanishing Red peroxide at JEC World, a leading trade event for the composites market.