AMSTERDAM,
the Netherlands - AkzoNobel plans to reinforce its Specialty Chemicals
portfolio by acquiring businesses in Europe and Asia. AkzoNobel’s Pulp &
Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, is acquiring Levasil, the silica sol
business of Germany’s H.C. Starck Group, Leverkusen, Germany. Meanwhile,
AkzoNobel Polymer Chemicals has agreed to purchase two organic peroxides product
lines from China’s Jiangsu QiangSheng.
AkzoNobel Strengthens Specialty Chemicals Portfolio
July 1, 2008
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