AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel is the largest global manufacturer of paints and coatings, which also occupies a leading position in the field of special-purpose chemicals.

Various industries and consumers around the world are taking advantage of innovative products, striving to constantly 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 world's largest Global Fortune 500 companies. 55 thousand employees in more than 80 countries of the world.

It offers paint and varnish products: decorative, powder, anti-corrosion and fire-retardant, special coatings for plastic, for wooden windows, doors, furniture and parquet, advertising signs, packaging, rolled metal rental, sea and aerospace coatings, auto-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 paint manufacturer 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 falling buyer solvency amid Russia's special operation in Ukraine and subsequent sanctions from the United States and the EU. In such conditions, it makes no sense to announce the departure from the market in which the company worked for more than 30 years, the head of AkzoNobel explained.