The initial five-year recommendation follows a 299% year-over-year increase in May imports and would combine percentage and minimum-per-kilogram duties.
The six-figure investment nearly doubles the company’s headquarters footprint, expands production capacity and is expected to create more than a dozen jobs.
Matt Pullen, Managing Director of AkzoNobel Decorative Paints UK and Ireland and UK Country Director since January 2015, announced plans to leave the business at the end of May to take on new career challenges outside of AkzoNobel.
Safic-Alcan UK, a distributor of specialty chemicals and subsidiary of the Safic-Alcan Group, has acquired 100% of Techform Fine Chemicals Ltd., a chemical distributor specializing in the construction sector in the UK and Ireland.