Akzo Nobel to spend $30 million on R&D Center Dispersion site in U.S.* Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. will spend an estimated $30 million to create an international R&D center and build a dispersion dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. facility in Pontiac, MI to support its car refinishes business. The site will play a major role in the development of new products for the global and regional refinishes markets. The new dispersion facility will produce Sikkens AutobasePlus car refinish re·fin·ish tr.v. re·fin·ished, re·fin·ish·ing, re·fin·ish·es To put a new finish on (furniture). re·fin paint for the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. region. "This new R&D and production facility underscores our ambition to grow the car Refinishes business in the U.S. market," said Rudy van der Meer Van der Meer is a Dutch surname that simply means the phrase 'from the lake' in English. Many years ago, descendants would have lived from a lake in the Netherlands which is how the name first originated. , Akzo Nobel's board member responsible for coatings. "Technological expertise is of paramount importance for coatings in general and for car refinishes in particular and these investments will enhance our global technological leadership." Cor de Grauw, general manager of Akzo Nobel car refinishes added, "The Pontiac site will play a major role, not just in growing the market for car refinishes in the U.S., but it will also help to support our global activities in research and development and in manufacturing." The redevelopment of the Pontiac site will involve demolishing old and building new manufacturing unit. R&D activities presently housed in Troy, MI, will relocate to the new facilities in Pontiac. Construction will start later this year. |
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