Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has selected a location in the US for a world-scale polymerization plant for its Expancel expandable microspheres.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will license its innovative continuous initiator dosing (CiD) technology to Karpatnaftochim, Ukraine’s largest polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will expand its offering to customers in the personal care market with bio-based polymers through an exclusive global supply agreement with specialty polymers maker Itaconix.

Nouryon has commissioned its latest Integrated Manufacturing Model to support the expansion of the Bracell pulp mill in Lençóis Paulista, Brazil.

Self-learning technology developed by Semiotic Labs helps predict when to maintain and replace pumps and other rotating equipment. Semiotic Labs was one of the winners of Nouryon’s 2018 Imagine Chemistry open innovation challenge.

Nouryon today announced the launch of its new Innovation Center and expanded office footprint in Mumbai, India, nearly doubling the previous office space to accommodate its rapidly growing Global Service Center. The Innovation Center caters to key end markets including paints and coatings, agriculture, and home and personal care. Nouryon sales and global research and development teams will partner closely with customers to provide technical support. The expanded Mumbai office space now occupies 100,000 square feet and hosts approximately 325 employees with room to grow further.

To enhance our vendor experience, Nouryon is launching a web-based self-service Vendor Portal beginning on June 5th with a select group of Pilot vendors that will go live.

Nouryon has won 14 awards from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) in recognition of its commitment to keeping employee health and safety at the forefront of its operations. Twelve of the awards were for Excellence and two were Honor Responsible Care® Facility Safety Awards.

A consortium comprising Nouryon, Gasunie and four other partners will receive an €11-million European grant towards their proposed green hydrogen project in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The project is a front-runner among several hydrogen initiatives aimed at cutting carbon emissions and will be a significant milestone in the transition to a more sustainable, circular economy, the companies say.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Tata Steel and the Port of Amsterdam have joined together to study the feasibility of a large green hydrogen cluster in the Amsterdam region. The three parties consider green hydrogen as vital for reaching climate targets and building a more circular economy, for example by combining it with emissions from steel manufacture to make new products.

Two of our personal care products, Amaze® SP Polymer and ElfaMoist® AC Humectant, won the 2023 Personal Care Industry - Ringier Technology Innovation Award in the categories of Functional Ingredients and Effective Ingredients. - [Aug 2023]

Global specialty chemicals leader Nouryon announced that its India operations have been recognized with Great Place To Work® Certification™ for 2026, marking the second consecutive year the company has received the distinction.

Nouryon has introduced two new versions of its Perkadox® GB-50 dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO) curing agents that provide significant improvements in the properties of composite products, including improved clarity and better corrosion resistance.

This prestigious award was announced at the second Power Market High-End Forum, where a coalition of esteemed organizations jointly released the “2023 China Top 100 Green Electricity (Green Certificate) Consumption Companies List.” - [Sept 2024]

Our customer-centric business model is focused on providing tailored solutions that improve the performance, quality, and sustainability of our customers’ products across a variety of end-markets, including personal care, cleaning goods, crop protection, crop nutrition, paints, coatings, natural resources, polymers, and packaging. - [Aug 2023]