AkzoNobel and Corn Products International Announce Strategic Alliance
CHICAGO, Ill., May 24, 2012
AkzoNobel Global Personal Care, a business of AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry and a market leader in delivering high performance beauty technologies for leading consumer personal care companies, today announced a strategic alliance with Corn Products International/National Starch, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to the food and other diversified industries. The alliance will position AkzoNobel as the global distributor of Corn Products’ line of functional, modified starches for hair care and skin care applications, excluding bar soap and dusting powders. This multi-year agreement will allow both organizations the ability to grow their product portfolios.
According to Rob Asselin, Vice President and General Manager for AkzoNobel Global Personal Care, the alliance provides AkzoNobel a strong technology and innovation partner to achieve its growth ambitions across its three strategic pillars of hair styling, skin care, and cleansing and conditioning. "This serves to further strengthen our position as one of the leading specialty solution providers in beauty care technologies," he adds.
The portfolio of functional starches that will be globally distributed in hair, sun and skin care applications by AkzoNobel includes:
• STRUCTURE® Starch Rheology Modifiers
• NAVIANCE® Organic Biopolymers
• FLO® Specialty Starches
• NATRASORB® Starches
• PURITY® Starches
• TAPIOCA PURE Starch
® designates a registered trademark of the AkzoNobel group of companies in one or more countries, except for PURITY®, which is a registered trademark of Corn Products Development, Inc.
About AkzoNobel
AkzoNobel is the largest global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. We supply industries and consumers worldwide with innovative products and are passionate about developing sustainable answers for our customers. Our portfolio includes well known brands such as Dulux, Sikkens, International and Eka. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we are a Global Fortune 500 company and are consistently ranked as one of the leaders in the area of sustainability. With operations in more than 80 countries, our 55,000 people around the world are committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow’s Answers Today™.
About AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry
Surface Chemistry, a business unit of AkzoNobel, operates in 50 countries, employing over 2,100 people. Based in Chicago, IL, United States, with regional marketing centers and R&D facilities in United States, Brazil, Singapore, China and Sweden, we are leading supplier of specialty surfactants and synthetic and bio-polymers additives. We service a wide range of industries including agro, asphalt, cleaning, fabric care, mining, personal care and petroleum.
More Information:
www.akzonobel.com/sc
AkzoNobel Global Personal Care, a business of AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry and a market leader in delivering high performance beauty technologies for leading consumer personal care companies, today announced a strategic alliance with Corn Products International/National Starch, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to the food and other diversified industries. The alliance will position AkzoNobel as the global distributor of Corn Products’ line of functional, modified starches for hair care and skin care applications, excluding bar soap and dusting powders. This multi-year agreement will allow both organizations the ability to grow their product portfolios.
According to Rob Asselin, Vice President and General Manager for AkzoNobel Global Personal Care, the alliance provides AkzoNobel a strong technology and innovation partner to achieve its growth ambitions across its three strategic pillars of hair styling, skin care, and cleansing and conditioning. "This serves to further strengthen our position as one of the leading specialty solution providers in beauty care technologies," he adds.
The portfolio of functional starches that will be globally distributed in hair, sun and skin care applications by AkzoNobel includes:
• STRUCTURE® Starch Rheology Modifiers
• NAVIANCE® Organic Biopolymers
• FLO® Specialty Starches
• NATRASORB® Starches
• PURITY® Starches
• TAPIOCA PURE Starch
® designates a registered trademark of the AkzoNobel group of companies in one or more countries, except for PURITY®, which is a registered trademark of Corn Products Development, Inc.
About AkzoNobel
AkzoNobel is the largest global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. We supply industries and consumers worldwide with innovative products and are passionate about developing sustainable answers for our customers. Our portfolio includes well known brands such as Dulux, Sikkens, International and Eka. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we are a Global Fortune 500 company and are consistently ranked as one of the leaders in the area of sustainability. With operations in more than 80 countries, our 55,000 people around the world are committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow’s Answers Today™.
About AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry
Surface Chemistry, a business unit of AkzoNobel, operates in 50 countries, employing over 2,100 people. Based in Chicago, IL, United States, with regional marketing centers and R&D facilities in United States, Brazil, Singapore, China and Sweden, we are leading supplier of specialty surfactants and synthetic and bio-polymers additives. We service a wide range of industries including agro, asphalt, cleaning, fabric care, mining, personal care and petroleum.
More Information:
www.akzonobel.com/sc
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