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The 10th anniversary of Nouryon Specialty Chemicals’ Ningbo site marks another milestone in the company’s growth journey in China.

Preferred intermediate for sodium perchlorate and sodium chlorite manufacture; other industrial applications are the surface treatment of metals and cupric chloride etch regeneration.

Sulfur products are basic building blocks or processing aids in various applications and industrial processes.

Nouryon is continuing its growth acceleration plans with an agreement to acquire the carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) business of J.M. Huber Corporation. The transaction will significantly broaden Nouryon’s portfolio of products in CMC, a sustainable, bio-based water-soluble polymer used as a thickener, binder, stabilizer and film former.

Bermocoll® EHEC (Ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose) and MEHEC (methyl ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose) – high-quality non-ionic cellulose ethers for paint and building applications.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has licensed its state-of-the-art carbon disulfide (CS2) manufacturing technology to a leading viscose fibers manufacturer in Indonesia, enabling the manufacturer to raise output of its plant on the island of Sumatra.

AkzoNobel and chemicals manufacturing company Atul have formally agreed the joint venture partnership announced last year for the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India. The companies will establish a new plant at Atul’s facility in Gujarat by first quarter 2019, with each partner holding a 50% stake in the joint venture, to be registered as “ANAVEN”.

Nouryon has begun the first deliveries of AkuPure™, a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) polymer targeted specifically for the fast-growing lithium-ion battery market. AkuPure is an ultra-high-purity CMC that improves the electrode coating process, making the battery more efficient by helping it to retain and deliver power more effectively.

Nouryon has selected Green Bay, Wisconsin, US as the location for a new facility to produce its Expancel expandable microspheres. The expansion project, which was announced last year, strengthens the company’s position in expandable microspheres, which are used to make customers’ end products lighter and reduce costs.

Akucell Cellulose Gum, a water soluble polymer which functions as a thickener, binder, stabilizer in a wide number of food and health care applications Our EHEC, MEHEC and CMC cellulose ethers are reliable rheology solutions for industries such as building, construction, paint, food, mining and oilfield.