Chemicals & MaterialsJul 16, 2026

AkzoNobel NV

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Year Founded & Workforce

1993-12-31

46,000 Employees

Industry

Chemicals & Materials

Services

AkzoNobel NV Overview

Company Headquarters: Amsterdam

Founded: 1994

Workforce: ~46,000

Company Working: Akzo Nobel is one of the leading manufacturers of paints, coatings, and specialty chemicals. It operates through three core segments, namely performance coatings, decorative paints, and specialty chemicals. Specialty chemicals segment delivers adhesion promoters, emulsifiers, warm mix additives, and technical support for road construction and maintenance industry. Performance coatings segment offers coatings for aerospace, automotive, and marine industries to enhance and protect aircraft, cars and ships among others. However, in 2018, the formerAkzoNobel specialty chemicals was relaunched as Nouryon. Nouryon offers various corrosion inhibitors such as ARMOHIB CI-41 and ARQUID SV-50, which are used in various applications.

Strategy

Akzo Nobel aims at creating value-added products, becoming a reference point in the paints and coatings industry, and achieving performance goals in the automotive paints and coatings market. Furthermore, the company emphasizes environment-friendly production processes to minimize its carbon footprint and achieve sustainable profit margins.

Company Snapshot

$10,672.1M

Revenue

46,000

Employees

1993-12-31

Founded

Amsterdam

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Established supply chain in the specialty chemicals business
Global leadership in the performance coatings
Highly equipped research & development activity
Strong brand image
Wide geographic presence
Focus on R&D
Highly equipped research & development facility

Weaknesses

Narrowing consumer base in overall coating segment
No recent developments related to ceramic coatings
High debt of USD 898.24 million, as of 31 December 2019

Opportunities

Opening new production facilities and expanding the same
Strategic acquisitions and partnerships
Scope for product launches
Planned joint ventures
Planned Acquisitions

Threats

Vast competition from tier-1 players in the coatings business such as Asian Paints, Berger Paints, and Shalimar Paints
Stringent regulatory policies
Uncertain conditions of the global economy
Vast competition from Tier-1 industry players in corrosion inhibitor such as Solvay, Ecolab and DowDupont

Product Offering

AkzoNobel NV
- Paints & Coatings
- • Water Treatment
- • Polymer Additive
- • Feed Additive
- • Bleaching & Oxidizing Chemicals
- • Personal care
- • Agrochemicals
- Ceramic Coatings
- Corrosion Inhibitors

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Wantstats' research desk profiles AkzoNobel NV as part of our ongoing coverage of the Chemicals & Materials sector, drawing on public company data, filings, and market intelligence.

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Sales Leader, Bamberg

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Peter Groot Koerkamp

Account and Business Manager, EFS-Holland BV

Thanks for sending the report it gives us a good global view of the Betaïne market.

Younghwan Choi

Senior Retail Manager, LG Chem

We found the report very insightful! we found your research firm very helpful. I'm sending this email to secure our future business.

Mark Irwin

Management Consultant, Level 21

I am very pleased with how market segments have been defined in a relevant way for my purposes (such as "Portable Freezers & refrigerators" and "last-mile"). In general the report is well structured. Thanks very much for your efforts.

Rob Kooiker

Group Product Manager HVAC & Fire Protection GMA, Rockwool

I have been reading the first document or the study, the Global HVAC and FP market report 2021 till 2026. Must say, good info! I have not gone in depth at all parts, but got a good indication of the data inside!

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R&D Director, Seojin

Thanks for your great support. Appreciate it. Well received report. It helps us to understand market well. We're planning other area of survey in the future, let's keep in touch.

Akif Moroglu

Strategy & Business Development Director, Dogan Holding

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AkzoNobel NV

Company Headquarters: Amsterdam Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~46,000 Company Working: Akzo Nobel is one of the leading manufacturers of paints, coatings, and specialty chemicals. It operates through three core segments, namely performance coatings, decorative paints, and specialty chemicals. Specialty chemicals segment delivers adhesion promoters, emulsifiers, warm mix additives, and technical support for road construction and maintenance industry. Performance coatings segment offers coatings for aerospace, automotive, and marine industries to enhance and protect aircraft, cars and ships among others. However, in 2018, the formerAkzoNobel specialty chemicals was relaunched as Nouryon. Nouryon offers various corrosion inhibitors such as ARMOHIB CI-41 and ARQUID SV-50, which are used in various applications.

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