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As part of the former Swedish Nobel Industries, we can trace our history all the way back to the 1640's. However our own proud history starts in 1898.

A pioneering project that started in Nouryon’s bleaching chemicals operations in Brazil has shown how measuring the true impact of our operations on human, social, and natural capital can point to improvements that offer big sustainability benefits. The process is now being applied more widely across our company and is helping us create additional business value.

They are essential ingredients in many polymer products, helping to produce them, improve their properties, and make them easier to process or recycle.

The summit brings startups, corporations, and industry experts in climate tech together. Partnering with the technology venture capital company Icos Capital,

Nouryon today announced the expansion of its Kromasil® chromatography media manufacturing facility in Bohus, Sweden. Construction will begin in early 2025, and the start of production is expected in early 2027. This expansion will double the facility’s capacity to meet the growing global demand for peptide-based drugs in the GLP-1 receptor agonist class. Kromasil® chromatography media, a key product in the Company's Consumer & Life Sciences segment, plays a crucial role for purifying novel peptide-based pharmaceuticals, including treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Nouryon announced the launch of Adsee® Flex 960 at the ISAA Symposium 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, held from April 6-11, 2025. This latest innovation for crop protection is a patented technology designed for tank mix solutions utilizing an optimized blend of surfactants and colloidal silica. This unique blend boosts the performance of pesticide applications, offering enhanced deposition, adhesion, and rainfastness of active ingredients to the target. Nouryon’s field trials around the world reflect these findings and demonstrate improved fungicide efficacy.

Nouryon has signed a long-term agreement with Arauco to supply essential sodium chlorate and chlorine dioxide solutions for Arauco’s new $4.6 billion pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. As part of the agreement, Nouryon will construct fully integrated sodium chlorate and chlorine dioxide manufacturing facilities in Mato Grosso do Sul, leveraging its technology and integrated manufacturing model expertise to enhance its leading market positions in South America, particularly Brazil, as a key supplier for the pulp and paper industry. Nouryon will own and operate the sodium chlorate facility – which will increase its industry-leading South America capacity in Brazil by 20% and globally by almost 10% - and engineer, construct and operate the Arauco chlorine dioxide plant. Pulp mill production is scheduled to start in late 2027.

Nouryon today announced the opening of its newest innovation center in Shanghai, China, a state-of-the-art facility designed to strengthen the company’s commitment to localized innovation, customer co-development and sustainable growth in China and across the Asia Pacific region.

Nouryon today announced the launch of new ingredient solutions for use in laundry, dish detergent and surface cleaning applications that deliver exceptional cleaning performance while using more sustainably sourced and produced ingredients. The company launched these products at the annual SEPAWA Congress in Berlin for industry experts, manufacturers and suppliers, and will participate in seminars discussing these and other innovative chemistries at the event Oct. 15 to 17.

Our second annual Sustainability Report, summarizing the company’s global sustainability activities, performance and results from 2020.

Announcing the launch of a new biodegradable personal care technology, Structure® M3 co-surfactant at the 2024 in-cosmetics Global event in Paris, France. This new innovation enhances the functionality and appeal of a wide range of personal care formulations and was developed in response to consumers’ increasing preference for more natural and milder ingredients.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Tata Steel and the Port of Amsterdam have joined together to study the feasibility of a large green hydrogen cluster in the Amsterdam region. The three parties consider green hydrogen as vital for reaching climate targets and building a more circular economy, for example by combining it with emissions from steel manufacture to make new products.

Nouryon today announced the launch of its new Innovation Center and expanded office footprint in Mumbai, India, nearly doubling the previous office space to accommodate its rapidly growing Global Service Center. The Innovation Center caters to key end markets including paints and coatings, agriculture, and home and personal care. Nouryon sales and global research and development teams will partner closely with customers to provide technical support. The expanded Mumbai office space now occupies 100,000 square feet and hosts approximately 325 employees with room to grow further.