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New markets in the Mediterranean have opened up for AkzoNobel following the completion of a new salt packing facility in Spain through the company’s Sal Vesta S.L. joint venture with ICL Iberia.

AkzoNobel and chemicals manufacturing company Atul have formally agreed the joint venture partnership announced last year for the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India. The companies will establish a new plant at Atul’s facility in Gujarat by first quarter 2019, with each partner holding a 50% stake in the joint venture, to be registered as “ANAVEN”.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and Evonik Industries have successfully started production at their new joint venture to produce chlorine and potassium hydroxide at the company’s Ibbenbüren site in Germany. The facility uses state-of-the-art membrane electrolysis technology to produce up to 120,000 metric tons of potassium hydroxide and 75,000 metric tons of chlorine per year, as well as hydrogen.

AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is studying plans to build a world-class plant for its Bermocoll® business, which supplies essential ingredients for the paint and buildings and construction industries.

Sponto EC-334, Specialities, Sponto® EC-334 is an APE-free lipophilic anionic/nonionic emulsifier blend (amine DDBS and castor oil ethoxylate) in A-150 solvent, designed for IOE @, 4-D in aliphatic or aromatic solvent.

Sponto EC-336, Non ionic and Anionic surfactant blends, An APE-free hydrophilic anionic/nonionic emulsifier blend (amind DDBS and castor oil ethoxylate) in A-150 solvent, designed for IOE @, 4-D in aliphatic or aromatic solvent.

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Nouryon conducted an assessment based on internal and external insights to identify key sustainability issues that are most important to our company and where we can make a difference in our operations or through our products.

AkzoNobel has teamed up with two organizations focused on supporting start-ups, Lux Research and StartupDelta. The partnerships will focus on developing business opportunities stemming from the company’s Imagine Chemistry start-up challenge. Designed to solve real-life chemistry challenges, the initiative has attracted more than 200 submissions.