Come on! 2019 AkzoNobel to do these big things! Has hired more than 250 employees!

April 2, AkzoNobel announced the upgrade of its coatings production facility in North Carolina, an investment that will increase AkzoNobel's comprehensive supply of wood finishes in North America and strengthen its position as a leader in the wood coatings industrynew upgrades: Upgrading the core production base
it is understood that the project invested millions of dollars, covers an area of 30 acres, employs more than 250 people, mainly produces solvent-based and photocured wood coatings, water-based wood paint and other productsthe upgrading of the coating production site is an important step in AkzoNobel's corporate transformation plan, which will involve reorganizing the site manufacturing business, including the addition of automatic dosing unit technology, the construction of new raw material warehouses, research laboratories and technology application centersConstruction will begin in April 2019 and is expected to be completed by 2020"The U.Sis a major market for our wood coatings business, and this significant investment will further enable us to meet and exceed our customers' expectations," said Thierry Vanlancker, chief executive officer ofAkzoNobel"
new action: The Extreme Conditions Laboratory was founded
Ai Tubang reporter found that AkzoNobel recently set up a pioneering integrated laboratory in the United Kingdom, can simulate the world's most extreme environment under the conditions of testing new productsIn addition, a new application and testing laboratory has been added to test temperature, fire, corrosion and high pressure productsAt a cost of 12.6 million euros, the 115-year-old product development site in Felling, north England, has state-of-the-art facilities designed to ensure AkzoNobel's leading position in the paint industryAkzoNobel said that as the creative nerve center of leading scientists and technical experts in the global coatings field, our focus will be to continue to provide cutting-edge innovation and products to the offshore and oil and gas industriesnew initiatives: Multi-party cooperation to accelerate the transformation
Looking back to 2018, AkzoNobel adjusted revenue of 798 million euros, and made a number of complementary acquisitions, including the acquisition of Romanian Fabryo, Spain's Xylazel, Malaysia's Colourland Paints and China's AkzoNobel Swire paint oil joint venture to gain more market shareAt the same time, the diversification of product application scenarios and product performance upgrades - the new AwlgripHDT (high definition technology) polyurethane transparent coating technology applications and the development of special aircraft coating, to achieve AkzoNobel and Boeing in the field of paint an important collaboration In addition, AkzoNobel completed the sale of its specialty chemicals business and made a net profit of 5.8 billion euros as a paint and coatings company, AkzoNobel with the past accumulated experience, vitality and enthusiasm to become the industry's benchmark enterprise In an uncertain macroeconomic environment, AkzoNobel is steadily implementing the "Win-Win: 15by20" strategy to meet current market challenges, and by creating targeted organizations to transition to paint and coating-focused companies, AkzoNobel will continue to implement the transformation plan in 2019, with plans to save an additional 200 million euros in costs by 2020