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Akzo Nobel is to shed up to 40 of the 1,000 jobs at its International Paints factory in Gateshead. 27-Apr-2009 Akzo Nobel has confirmed plans to transfer some of its paint production from Felling to Prudhoe in Northumberland, with the loss of 18 jobs. 06-Apr-2009 Akzo Nobel is to shed 3,500 jobs in its global paints and chemicals business by 2011, including some of the 4,500 UK jobs at plants in Leicester, Slough, Tyne & Wear and Worcestershire. 30-Sep-2008 Akzo Nobel has sold Crown Paints, its paint manufacturing business with 1,500 staff at factories in Darwen and Hull, to a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Endless for £70m. 20-Aug-2008 Akzo Nobel is looking to sell its Lancashire-based Crown Paints business for about £200m, having appointed Greenhill to find a buyer. 31-Mar-2008 Akzo Nobel is to shed 109 of the 650 jobs at its factory in Darwen, Lancashire, in order to transfer industrial paints production to Sweden at the end of the year. 14-Feb-2008 Akzo Nobel is to shed 25 of the 760 jobs at its decorative coatings factory in Darwen, and further jobs will be lost at sites in Hull and Warrington. 11-Nov-2003 GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to sell its pharmaceuticals factory in Montrose to Akzo Nobel for undisclosed terms, and the workforce is expected to be cut from 700 to 500. 10-Dec-2002 Akzo Nobel has sold Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, the Leeds-based manufacturer of liquid pharmaceuticals with 120 staff, to Biotechnology General of the US for £64m. 23-Sep-2002 Akzo Nobel is looking to sell its printing inks business, which includes manufacturing and mixing sites in Manchester, Germany, Scandinavia and the US. 20-Nov-2001 Akzo Nobel is to close its paint factory in Haltwhistle in Northumberland with the loss of 126 jobs, in order to transfer production to Humberside next summer. 04-Oct-2001 Akzo Nobel has sold the recently-acquired Courtaulds plastics packaging and laminate and aluminium tubes businesses to management in a £103m deal. 27-Nov-1998 Akzo Nobel is to close its newly-acquired Courtaulds Fibres factory in Coventry with the loss of up to 200 jobs, and the business will be transferred to Spondon in Derbyshire. 01-Oct-1998 Courtaulds has started production at its new £120m factory in Grimsby, which will manufacture Tencel advanced fibre. 17-Sep-1998 Akzo Nobel of the Netherlands is set to go-ahead with its £1.83bn takeover of Courtaulds, having agreed to sell two of Courtaulds smaller coatings businesses to the rival bidder PPG Industries of the US. 03-Jun-1998 Akzo Nobel's £1.8bn takeover of Courtaulds could be under threat from a new approach by PPG International of the US, and a bidding war could develop. 12-May-1998 Akzo Nobel of the Netherlands has launched a £1.8bn agreed takeover bid for Courtaulds, which will make it the largest paints company in the world. 21-Apr-1998 Akzo Nobel of the Netherlands is said to be planning a bid for Courtaulds in order to create the largest paints group in the world. 03-Apr-1998 Courtaulds has bought a South African protective coatings business from Plascon. 24-Mar-1998 Courtaulds is planning to sell off its polymers division for up to £300m and split the remaining business into two - fibres and coatings - with each having a separate stock market listing. 26-Feb-1998 Courtaulds, in collaboration with Nippon Paint Marine Coatings of Japan, has developed a new anti-fouling marine paint that does not cause damage to marine life. 28-Jan-1998 Courtaulds has ended a four-year dispute with Lenzing of Austria over the rights to the Lyocell man-made fabric, with the two companies agreeing to share all relevant intellectual property although they will not co-operate on manufacturing know-how or on commercial issues. 08-Jan-1998 Courtaulds has postponed plans for the construction of a plant to make its new Tencel clothing fibre in Asia, prompting concern about the long-term success prospects for the product. 20-Nov-1997 Courtaulds has complained to the EU competition commissioner about Spanish government aid that is being given to Sniace to re-open a viscose plant. 22-May-1997 Courtaulds is to close a viscose factory in Grimsby with the loss of 90 jobs in response to an oversupply in the market caused by rising competition from Asia. 27-Feb-1997 Plascon of South Africa is acquiring Courtaulds' Taubmans architectural coatings operation in Australia for £17m. 21-Aug-1996 Courtaulds is investing £120m to double output of Tencel, the wood-pulp based fabric, at its Grimsby plant. 21-Feb-1996 Courtaulds is selling Courtaulds Film Cellophane, the packaging film business, to UCB of Belgium for £15m. 09-Jan-1996 Courtaulds is raising £49m from the sale of its Amtico vinyl flooring operation to management, to allow it to focus on coatings and fibres. 22-Dec-1995 Courtaulds has won a US legal case over a claimed patent infringement of its Tencel wood-pulp based fibre. 30-Nov-1995 Courtaulds plans to dispose of some of its polymers business in order to reduce debt. 23-Nov-1995 Courtaulds is selling its Taubmans architectural coatings New Zealand operation, to Wattyl of Australia. 24-Oct-1995
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