the Royal Concertgebouw fits into previous collaborations and partnerships
aimed at preserving cultural heritage.
Since 2016, AkzoNobel supports, with
its paint and decorative products from
Sikkens, the Kinderdijk World Heritage
Foundation in the maintenance of the
nineteen monumental windmills.
Previously, AkzoNobel has collaborated with the Van Gogh Museum in
the preservation of the cultural heritage of Vincent Van Gogh and his
contemporaries.
As part of the grand renovation of the
Rijksmuseum, AkzoNobel helped restore
Pierre Cuypers’ original wall and ceiling
decorations to their original glory. By
analyzing old paint residues, the composition of the original paint has been
identified and reproduced in the original
colors of 1885. In addition, AkzoNobel
sponsors two PhD candidates in the museum’s restoration lab.
Additionally, in collaboration with
the Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam,
AkzoNobel has supported the restoration
of the Dutch Royal Barge.
Sika AG Makes Investment
in Larger Production Site in
Kazakhstan
Sika has relocated its concrete admixture
and mortar production in Almaty, in the
south of Kazakhstan, to a larger site in
the 1.7-million-population city. Aside
from the booming Kazakh market, the
new plant will also serve the construction sector in the neighboring country
of Kyrgyzstan to the south. The country
benefits from its strategic location on a
key transportation route between Europe
and China.
“The expanded production capacity
will put us in a good position to capital-
ize on Kazakhstan’s strongly growing con-
struction market,” explained Paul Schuler,
regional manager EMEA. “Infrastructure
projects such as the extension of the rail
rapid transit system in the country’s capi-
tal, Astana, expansion of the Almaty met-
ro and ring road, or major developments
such as Abu Dhabi Plaza in Astana are
all at the planning or construction stage.
Abu Dhabi Plaza is a new-build office,
residential and shopping complex that will
incorporate central Asia’s tallest building,
with a height of around 380 meter.”
Axalta Coating Systems
Adds Resources to Asturias,
Spain, Offices
Axalta Coating Systems has announced
the growth of its Global Services Center in
Asturias, Spain. The company welcomed
new employees already selected
as part of a talent acquisition
drive in cooperation with the
University of Oviedo that be-
gan in March 2017 to bring additional
resources to Axalta. The number of em-
ployees at the location may continue to
increase in line with the growing needs of
the company’s finance, human resources,
