AkzoNobel Powder Coatings partners with Swiss start-up coatingAI to explore new frontiers in sustainability

07-Dec-2023 - Revolutionary software co-developed by AkzoNobel’s Powder Coatings business and coatingAI is using artificial intelligence to help customers improve the application process and reduce their carbon footprint.The industry-first technology, called Flightpath, optimizes equipment settings to reduce ...

AkzoNobel launches Paint the Future startup challenge in India

“India’s startup ecosystem is the third largest in the world, a real powerhouse"

15-Feb-2022 - Discovering creative solutions to improve the digital consumer experience is the focus of AkzoNobel’s 2022 Paint the Future regional startup challenge, which is all set to be launched in India. Startups are being invited to tap into the company’s broad knowledge and extensive expertise to help ...

World’s brightest startups join AkzoNobel’s Paint the Future bootcamp

AkzoNobel is again expanding its collaborative innovation ecosystem

04-Nov-2021 - The Paint the Future global startup challenge has invited 11 finalists to take part in a three-day bootcamp taking place in Amsterdam November 16-18. The startups and AkzoNobel experts will meet face-to-face to explore potential collaborations together. The invited startups will follow a tailored ...

AkzoNobel to acquire Grupo Orbis and expand position in South and Central America

01-Jul-2021 - AkzoNobel is to furtherexpanditslong-termposition in Southand Central Americaafter reaching an agreement to acquire Colombia-based paints and coatings company Grupo Orbis. Completion is subject to regulatory approvals andisexpected by end of this year,orinearly 2022. Financial details ...

AkzoNobel is stirring things up again with second global startup challenge

Paint the Future’s second global startup challenge launches

19-Apr-2021 - Startups are about to explore a world of possibilities in the paints and coatings industry – Paint the Future’s second global startup challenge launches May 18. Led by AkzoNobel and powered by thousands of connections around the world, Paint the Future has become the industry’s largest ...

Startups prepare to wow AkzoNobel’s Paint the Future jury

16-Apr-2019 - A shortlist of 21 startups from around the world are one step closer to accelerating their innovative solutions for the paints and coatings industry after being invited to take part in AkzoNobel’s Paint the Future event. Being held in Amsterdam from May 14 to 16, the event – hosted by AkzoNobel ...

AkzoNobel strengthens African presence with new facility in Kenya

09-Jul-2018 - AkzoNobel has opened a new coatings production facility in Kenya. Located in the capital, Nairobi, the long-term plan is to expand further and use Kenya as a gateway to the whole of East Africa. The site, which produces coil coatings primarily focused on the building sector, also includes ...

AkzoNobel’s largest powder coatings plant opens in China

30-May-2018 - Production has started at AkzoNobel’s new powder coatings plant in Changzhou, China. The facility – one of the largest of its kind in the world – is located at an existing site and will help to further strengthen the company’s undisputed global leadership position in the powder coatings ...

AkzoNobel to expand colloidal silica capacity in Sweden

07-Dec-2017 - AkzoNobel's SpecialtyChemicals business is investing more than €4 million to increase production capacity in Sweden for its Levasil CC-branded product line of patented surface modified colloidal silica. The expansion will help meet growing customer demand and will strengthen the company's market ...

BASF completes sale of its industrial coatings businesses to AkzoNobel

15-Dec-2016 - BASF has completed the sale of its global industrial coatings businesses to AkzoNobel. The transaction includes technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as the transfer of dedicated production sites in Deeside, United Kingdom, and Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. As a result of this ...