AkzoNobel to cut 3,500 jobs
AkzoNobel, the Dutch chemicals giant, will cut 3,500 jobs across its global operations and will save close to $200 million dollars.
AkzoNobel has recently taken over paints major Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). AkzoNobel has recently also divested its pharma unit Organon to US-based Schering-Plough Corp.
Image:Swedish-Dutch chemicals group AkzoNobel chief executive Hans Wijers addressing a press conference. | Photograph: Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images
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