May 25, 2012 14:18 CEST AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.
Apr 18, 2012 14:32 CEST AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.
Mar 12, 2012 20:35 CET AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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).
Feb 01, 2012 08:00 CET AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.
Dec 16, 2011 09:00 CET AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.
Dec 01, 2011 08:20 CET AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.
Oct 14, 2011 15:00 CEST AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.
Apr 21, 2011 15:23 CEST AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals EkO Peroxide LLC will raise prices on hydrogen peroxide in North America with immediate effect or as contracts permit.
Dec 17, 2010 17:00 CET AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.
Aug 31, 2010 16:09 CEST AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals 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.