is a multinational company, active in the fields of
Healthcare products,
Coatings and
Chemical s. Headquartered in
Arnhem , the
Netherlands , the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. Sales in 2004 were EUR 12.9 billion, of which 25% in Pharma products, 41% in Coatings, and 34% in Chemicals products.
,
The Netherlands ]]
Akzo Nobel consists of fifteen business units, with business responsibility and autonomy. For managerial purpose these cooperate in three groups, which are supported by one managerial board.
, as president in 2005 of the
Board Of Management ]]
The Board of Management (BOM) of Akzo Nobel consists of four people, viz. Chairman and
CEO since 2003
Hans Wijers ,
CFO Rob Frohn, and members Toon Wilderbeek and Leif Darner. The board holds office on the Akzo Nobel site in
Arnhem ,
The Netherlands .
The Pharma group consists of two major business units
- Organon International for human healthcare, and
- Intervet for animal healthcare.
- Diosynth is a smaller organizational unit, producing some core bulk ingredients
- Nobilon produces vaccines
At the beginning of 2006, it was announced that Akzo Nobel intents to start an
Initial Public Offering for these business units, under the name of Organon Biosciences.
Products developed by the Pharma businesses include
Contraceptive s (e.g., NuvaRing®,
Antidepressant s (e.g., Remeron SolTab®),
Infertility treatments (e.g., Puregon®/Follistim®) and
Veterinary Vaccine s (e.g., Nobivac ® dog and cat vaccines; Equilis horse vaccines).
Akzo Nobel is the world's leading coatings company with key products paints, services and specialized equipment for the car repair and transportation market. The coatings groups consist of the business units:
- Car Refinishes (CR)
- Decorative coatings Europe (DCE) and International (DCI)
- Industrial finishes (IF)
- Powder coatings (POW)
- Marine and protective coatings (MPC)
- Nobilas
The brands it manufactures include Sikkens®, International®, Crown® and Interpon®. These products were used on
London 's
Millennium Wheel ,
La Scala Opera House in
Milan , the
Öresund Bridge between
Denmark and
Sweden , and
Stadium Australia in
Sydney .
Following a 2005 reorganization, the chemicals group now consists of five business units.
- Base Chemicals (BC)
- Functional Chemicals (FC)
- Polymer Chemicals (PC)
- Surfactants (SC)
- Pulp and Paper Chemicals, under brand name Eka Chemicals (PPC)
As chemicals producer, Akzo Nobel is a world's leading salt specialist, chlor-alkali products, and other industrial chemicals. Ultimately, Akzo Nobel products are found in everyday items such as paper, ice cream, bakery goods, cosmetics, plastics and glass. Each BU has an annual turnover of approx EUR 600 million.
- 1777 Danish paints company ''Det Holmbladske Selskab''
- 1792 Dutch lacquers manufacturer ''Sikkens Lakken'', founded by Wiert Willem Sikkens in Groningen
- 1826 British silk and crepe manufacturer ''Courtaulds'', founded by Samuel Courtauld ,
- 1835 Dutch sulfuric acid producer ''Ketjens'', founded by Gerhard Tileman Ketjens
- 1838 Dutch oils and oatmeal company ''Noury & Van der Lande''
- 1841 Swedish stearin candles factory ''Liljeholmens Stearinfabrik'', founded by Lars Johan Hierta in Stockholm
- 1870 Swedish superfosfate producer ''Stockholms Superfosfat Fabrik'',
- 1874 Swedish chemical company ''KemaNobel'' was founded by Alfred Nobel
- 1886 Dutch chemicals and soda factory, founded by Constant Kortman and Herman Schulte in Rotterdam
- 1887 Dutch pharmaceuticals laboratory ''Zwanenburg''
- 1895 Swedish electrochemical company ''EKA'' was founded also by Alfred Nobel
- 1899 German fiber producer ''Vereinigte Glanszstoff Fabriken''
- 1911 Dutch nylon (artificial silk) company ''Eerste Nederlandse Kunstzijdefabriek Arnhem'', founded by Jacque Coenraad Hartogs in Arnhem
- 1918 Dutch salt producer ''Nederlandse Zoutindustrie'' (NeZo)
- 1921 US slaughtering industry ''Armour Meat Packing'' starts fatty acid production, in Chicago
- 1923 Dutch pharmaceuticals company ''Organon'' founded by Saal Van Zwanenberg
- 1937 Swedish producer of coatings for fishing lines ''Berol'', founded by Bernström and Olson in Södertãlje
- 1965 Kortman and Schulte is taken over by Koninklijke Zwanenburg Organon forming Koninklijke Zout Organon
- 1969 The AKU and the Koninklijke Zwanenburg Organon merge, forming ''AKZO''
- 1984 KemaNobel and Swedish weapons manufacturer Bofors merge to form ''Nobel Industries''
- 1987 AKZO acquires specialty chemicals division of Stauffer
- 1994 AKZO merges with Nobel Industries, forming ''Akzo Nobel''. The new Akzo Nobel has 20 business entities. Bofors continues as a separate entity.
