Article: EU Clears European Chemical Takeover

Article: To meet EU approval requirements for its acquisition of ICI, ...
Chemistry and Industry;  August 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...To meet EU approval requirements for its acquisition of ICI, Akzo Nobel is divesting its UK-based Crown Paints business to independent UK private equity house Endless. The deal includes production facilities in Darwen, Warrington, Hull ...

Article: The management team of UK coatings firm Crown ...
Chemistry and Industry;  October 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The management team of UK coatings firm Crown Paints has completed its buyout of the business from Dutch coatings major Akzo Nobel (C&I 2008, 16, 15).

Article: Breaking news: Paint firm could be set for management buy-out ; ...
Hull Daily Mail (UK);  August 3, 2008 ;     330 words ...Managers at Crown Paints, which has a site in Hull, are set to buy the business from Dutch owners Akzo Nobel. The firm, which employs around 280 ... monopolising the UK paint market. Crown Paints employs around 1,500 people in UK ...

Article: Akzo Nobel wins EU approval to buy ICI after ...
AP Worldstream;  December 14, 2007 ;     448 words ...Akzo Nobel NV on Friday won EU approval ... sell off Britain's Crown Paints and an adhesive business ... agreeing to sell off Akzo Nobel's Crown Paints and turn ICI's stake ... EU regulators said. Akzo Nobel intends to pay for ICI ...

Article: Akzo Nobel shareholders give approval to takeover ...
AP Worldstream;  November 5, 2007 ;     567 words ... ... recommended the bid in August after Akzo Nobel raised its price three times. Akzo Nobel, whose brands include Crown Paints, plans to sell ICI's adhesives ... reporters Monday he's confident Akzo Nobel will get regulatory approval. European ...

Article: Sale of Organon gives Akzo Nobel funds to bankroll ...
Cosmetics International;  March 23, 2007 ;     634 words ...Will Akzo Nobel snap up ICI? Akzo, the owner of Crown Paints, flush with cash from the sale of its Organon BioSciences business to US pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough for $7.2bn ...

Article: Akzo paints ICI into a corner.(Acquisitions)(Akzo ...
Chemistry and Industry;  August 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... a tempting target for Akzo Nobel because of the opportunity ... Dulux paints and Akzo's Crown paints. Veerasamy said ... tier paints segments.' Akzo Nobel believes it can potentially ... analysts to speculate that Crown paints, which holds the smaller ...