Tag Archives: decorative paints

AkzoNobel’s Coral brand opens new sensory pathways to color for Brazil’s visually impaired community

(IN BRIEF) AkzoNobel’s Coral brand has launched Touching Colors in Brazil, an innovative accessibility project developed with VML Brasil and the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind. Based on neuroscience insights, the initiative reimagines 70 shades into poetic sensory descriptions … Read the full press release

AkzoNobel Advances Towards 100% Renewable Electricity with Major Milestones in China

(IN BRIEF) AkzoNobel is making significant progress in China toward its goal of achieving 100% renewable electricity across its production sites. Currently, eight of the company’s 15 facilities in China are utilizing a combination of self-generated and externally sourced renewable … Read the full press release

BASF Signs $1.15 Billion Deal to Sell Brazilian Decorative Paints Business to Sherwin-Williams

(IN BRIEF) BASF has reached an agreement to sell its Brazilian decorative paints business to Sherwin-Williams for $1.15 billion. This divestiture, which is part of BASF’s strategy to unlock value through active portfolio management, includes production sites, brands, and approximately … Read the full press release

Akzo Nobel strengthens its paints business in Spain with the closing of Titan Paints’ acquisition

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 2-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Akzo Nobel N.V. announces that it has completed the acquisition of Industrias Titan S.A.U. (Titan Paints). The acquisition of 100% of the shares of one of Spain’s best-known paint brands strengthens Akzo Nobel’s … Read the full press release

AkzoNobel now the leader in the Spain’s woodcare segment with the acquisition of Xylazel S.A.

Akzo Nobel N.V. (AKZA; AKZOY) has acquired Xylazel S.A. (Xylazel), a 100% subsidiary of Pharma Mar S.A. (PHM). AMSTERDAM, 24-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — With this acquisition AkzoNobel strengthens its business and becomes a leader in the decorative paints market in … Read the full press release