Akzo Nobel wins major Shell coatings contract

03 December 2007 08:00  [Source: ICIS news]

MUMBAI (ICIS news)--Akzo Nobel has won a contract from Shell to supply a full range of coatings products for application to its worldwide retail network of service stations and business signage, the Dutch firm said on Monday.

Shell, which is the second biggest oil company in the world, is active in 130 countries and operates approximately 45,000 service stations and several thousand business sites including offices and manufacturing plants, Akzo Nobel added in a statement.

"The redesign will include all of these locations, with Akzo Nobel having been chosen as one of only two approved suppliers for the five-year project," it said.

"As the world’s largest coatings company, we are always looking to offer innovative solutions to our customers and meeting Shell’s extensive requirements emphasises our wide-ranging know-how and global capability in all aspects of coating technology," said Akzo Nobel CEO Hans Wijers.

The redesign calls for exact colour matching on a host of different objects and surfaces, such as signage, metal and plastic façades and sidings, roofs, steel construction, and internal and external doors and windows, Akzo Nobel said.

These surfaces will be coated using a variety of technologies, including powder, coil and liquid coatings, which means Akzo Nobel’s car refinishes, industrial finishes, powder and decorative coatings businesses will all be involved, it added.

"Auxiliary materials supplied by Akzo Nobel polymer chemicals have also been specified by Shell and their contractors," it said.

Akzo Nobel has also won a contract for decorative products for the worldwide redesign and maintenance of Shell’s gas stations, it added.

"Securing a supplier who could meet our high level specifications, guarantee top quality, bring consistency in color and reduce total cost of ownership was vital," said Tim Hannagan, Shell’s global brand standards compliance manager.

Akzo Nobel already has strong links with Shell, it said, adding that the company’s marine and protective coatings business supplies paint to protect Shell’s offshore platforms, pipelines, tankers and refinery installations.

By: Divya Chowdhury
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