AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel is the world's largest manufacturer of paints and coatings, which also holds a leading position in the field of special-purpose chemicals.

Various industries and consumers around the world are using innovative products to continuously offer solutions for sustainable development. The range of products includes brands such as Dulux, Sikkens, International Paint and Eka.

Headquarters in Amsterdam (Netherlands). AkzoNobel is one of the largest Global Fortune 500 companies in the world. 55,000 employees in more than 80 countries.

Offers paint products: decorative, powder, anti-corrosion and fire-retardant, special coatings for plastics, for wooden windows, doors, furniture and parquet, advertising signs, packaging, rolled metal, marine and aerospace coatings, car repair enamels, adhesives and wood coatings.

It produces chemicals for the pulp and paper industry, surfactants, industrial and functional chemicals.

Business in Russia

2022: Refusal to announce withdrawal from Russia amid crisis in Ukraine

In March 2022, the largest manufacturer of paints in Europe, AkzoNobel, which produces, among other things, Dulux paints, did not rule out the collapse of its business in Russia due to supply problems and a drop in buyer solvency amid Russia's special operation in Ukraine and subsequent sanctions from the United States and the EU. In such conditions, announcing the departure from the market in which the company has worked for more than 30 years does not make sense, the head of AkzoNobel explained.