MOSCOW (MRC) -- AkzoNobel has announced the EUR5 million divestment of its 50% share in non-consolidated joint venture Eka Synthomer Oy, to Synthomer, reported the company on its site.
The divestment of these shares follows a strategic review of the businesses within AkzoNobel's portfolio.
Commenting on the transaction, Niek Stapel, Managing Director of AkzoNobel's Pulp and Performance Chemicals business, said: "Following an earlier announcement about the intended divestment of our Paper Chemicals activities to Kemira, this deal completes our exit from the paper chemicals market.
"Divesting our holding in Eka Synthomer Oy will now allow us to focus on our strong chemical platforms, as well as our global leadership positions in bleaching chemicals, colloidal silica, Kromasil and expandable microspheres."
The Eka name will remain a core part of AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business.
As MRC informed previously, in early July 2014, Finnish chemicals company Kemira announced it would buy rival Akzo Nobel's paper chemical business for EUR153 million (USD209 million).
Eka Synthomer Oy is a non-consolidated joint venture between AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals and Synthomer from Germany. Based in Finland, it produces and sells styrene-butadiene latex products for the paper and board industry, mainly in Nordic countries.
Akzo Nobel N.V., trading as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational, active in the fields of decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 55,000 people.
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