Coatings - AkzoNobel

Major Product Lines
CHEMICALS
Specialty, functional, and
commodity chemicals
1998 sales NLG 7.5 billion
FIBERS/ACORDIS
AKZO NOBEL ANNUAL REPORT 1998
Key Products/Applications
• Pulp bleaching, manufacture of paper and
board
• Functional chemicals such as chelates,
flame retardants, animal feed additives, and
intermediates such as carbon disulfide,
monochloroacetic acid, ethylene and
methylene amines
• Surfactants and fatty acids used in
detergents, cleaning, personal care, and for
numerous industrial uses such as asphalt,
oil, agro, mining, and textile. Thickeners,
additives for paints and building materials
• Polymer producing industry
• Chlorine, caustic soda for industrial
applications
• Salt for electrolysis, other industries, and
consumer use
• Catalysts for the oil refining and chemical
industries
• Plastic additives such as stabilizers and
radiation curing agents
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Competitive Position
• World leader in pulp bleaching chemicals,
sodium chlorate, and hydrogen peroxide;
strong worldwide position in paper
chemicals
• Leading and strong worldwide positions
• Leading and strong worldwide positions
• Leading and strong worldwide positions in
polymerization catalysts such as organic
peroxides and metal alkyls
• Leading positions in Northwest Europe
• Leading position in Northwest Europe
• The world’s second largest supplier of
refinery catalysts
• Leading supplier in Europe, strong position
in North America
In a number of product areas Akzo Nobel also conducts chemical activities through joint
ventures. In 1998, sales of these nonconsolidated companies aggregated NLG 4.5 billion on a
100-percent basis.
Product and Market information on Acordis is included in the
Acordis section on page 54.