http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/list Mynewsdesk news feed straight from the source http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/list http://www.mynewsdesk.com/images/redesign/graphics/logos/logo-small.png 128 23 en 15 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:18:00 +0200 Today, AkzoNobel is submitting the company’s proposals for the remediation of historic soil pollutants at the Bohus facility (Eka Chemicals) outside Gothenburg. In the proposal, which is being submitted to the Land and Environment Court in Vänersborg, AkzoNobel presents how the remediation will be implemented. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-reports-proposed-environmental-measures-for-its-bohus-facility-765735?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-reports-proposed-environmental-measures-for-its-bohus-facility-765735?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:32:00 +0200 Today, April 19, Michael Persson from AkzoNobel’s business unit (BU) Pulp and Performance Chemicals will hold his inaugural lecture as adjunct professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/michael-persson-appointed-professor-at-chalmers-752226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/michael-persson-appointed-professor-at-chalmers-752226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:32:00 +0200 AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals (formerly Eka Chemicals) has developed a new business strategy and management team that became effective April 1, 2012. The name change reflects a move of focus within the business strategy, in which technologies and global markets form the basis for future growth. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/global-platform-for-future-growth-751799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/global-platform-for-future-growth-751799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:35:00 +0100 AkzoNobel is investing €5 million in its Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, to continue developing and implementing its technical platform for global operations management, Eka Process Information (EPI). http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/more-effective-processing-of-production-data-using-global-platform-740888?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/more-effective-processing-of-production-data-using-global-platform-740888?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0100 AkzoNobel is planning to invest €80 million in a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company’s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano Maranhão pulp mill. This is AkzoNobel’s second largest investment in Brazil in the past 12 months and further expands Eka Chemicals’ sustainability-focused Chemical Island concept. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-invests-eu80-million-to-supply-new-suzano-pulp-mill-in-brazil-728520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-invests-eu80-million-to-supply-new-suzano-pulp-mill-in-brazil-728520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0100 On December 15, the Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV (associated company of AkzoNobel) signed a long-term joint venture agreement with Ilim Group, Russia’s largest producer of forest products, regarding the sodium chlorate production plant located in Koryazhma. Located in the Arkhangelsk Oblast region of northwestern Russia, the plant will be majority-owned and operated by AkzoNobel. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-pulp-and-paper-chemicals-step-into-russia-716345?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-pulp-and-paper-chemicals-step-into-russia-716345?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:20:00 +0100 AkzoNobel’s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, has decided to close operations at their paper chemicals Joutseno plant by the end of Q1 2012. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-close-joutseno-paper-chemicals-plant-710893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-close-joutseno-paper-chemicals-plant-710893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:00:00 +0200 Eka Chemicals and Wetend Technologies Ltd have agreed to market and deliver TrumpJet® Flash Mixing Systems together with Eka’s wet end chemicals to the paper industry globally. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-and-wetend-technologies-in-cooperation-693904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-and-wetend-technologies-in-cooperation-693904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:23:00 +0200 EkO Peroxide LLC will raise prices on hydrogen peroxide in North America with immediate effect or as contracts permit. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eko-peroxide-llc-increases-prices-on-hydrogen-peroxide-in-north-america-673452?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eko-peroxide-llc-increases-prices-on-hydrogen-peroxide-in-north-america-673452?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0200 Eka Chemicals celebrates the start-up of its new production plant for colloidal silica at the company’s Guangzhou site in China. The new plant will help meet rapidly growing local demand for retention and dewatering system, Compozil http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/inaugurating-a-new-colloidal-silica-plant-669572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/inaugurating-a-new-colloidal-silica-plant-669572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0200 AkzoNobel's Pulp and Paper Chemicals' division is boosting capacity in Sweden for its Expancel expandable microspheres in order to meet growing global demand. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/expancel-microspheres-on-track-for-growth-investing-eu30-million-673475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/expancel-microspheres-on-track-for-growth-investing-eu30-million-673475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0100 The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved Eka Chemicals' Purate® technology approved for use as paper machine biocide. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/purate-r-technology-approved-for-use-as-paper-machine-biocide-in-canada-673482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/purate-r-technology-approved-for-use-as-paper-machine-biocide-in-canada-673482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:00:00 +0100 Eka Chemicals will increase prices across its entire North American paper chemicals product range by up to 20% with immediate effect. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-paper-chemicals-in-north-america-682286?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-paper-chemicals-in-north-america-682286?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:00:00 +0100 AkzoNobel has signaled its strategic intent to accelerate growth by investing close to €90 million in a new facility being built in Brazil. The plant, operated by Eka Chemicals, will supply the world’s largest pulp mill. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-invests-eu90m-in-growth-strategy-to-supply-world-s-largest-pulp-mill-673487?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-invests-eu90m-in-growth-strategy-to-supply-world-s-largest-pulp-mill-673487?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0100 AkzoNobel and SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG announce that they have today signed an agreement whereby SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG will acquire all of the assets of Carbide Sweden AB. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-sells-carbide-sweden-669568?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/akzonobel-sells-carbide-sweden-669568?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:00:00 +0100 Eka Chemicals sponsored the PPI Awards 2010 program category “The Efficiency Improvements of the Year”. The Indian company BILT Graphic Paper Products (Ballurpur), Bhigwan Unit won the category for their remarkable cost-cutting program with reduced fiber and energy consumption. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/indian-bilt-receives-the-eka-chemicals-sponsored-ppi-award-the-efficiency-improvements-of-the-year-673549?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/indian-bilt-receives-the-eka-chemicals-sponsored-ppi-award-the-efficiency-improvements-of-the-year-673549?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0200 Nafta region price increases in sodium chlorate. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-sodium-chlorate-in-north-america-682275?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-sodium-chlorate-in-north-america-682275?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:34:00 +0200 Eka Chemicals, the AkzoNobel Pulp and Paper Chemicals business will increase prices across its entire European Paper and Bleaching Chemicals product range with immediate effect, or as contracts permit. Depending on the product type, increases will range from 5 % to 30 %, as raw material availability and costs dictate. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-bleaching-and-paper-chemicals-in-europe-682285?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-bleaching-and-paper-chemicals-in-europe-682285?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:09:00 +0200 EkO Peroxide will raise prices on hydrogen peroxide in North America, by $0.03 per pound on bulk shipments and by $0.04 per pound on semi-bulk shipments, with immediate effect or as contracts permit. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eko-peroxide-llc-increases-prices-on-hydrogen-peroxide-682284?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eko-peroxide-llc-increases-prices-on-hydrogen-peroxide-682284?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0200 Eka Chemicals will increase prices across its entire paper chemicals product range in North America, with immediate effect as of June 21, 2010 or as contract permits, in order to offset the dramatic cost increase in basic materials that outpaces continual efforts to optimize operational costs. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-paper-chemicals-in-north-america-682283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/pressroom/akzonobelppc/pressrelease/view/eka-chemicals-to-increase-prices-on-paper-chemicals-in-north-america-682283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Eka Chemicals