AkzoNobel has opened a ?7 million state-of-the-art fire protection laboratory at its Felling site in the UK, part of a major ?10 million investment in research, development and innovation (RD&I) which will create around 40 new jobs.The lab. will be operated by the company's Marine and Protective Coatings business, which is the leading supplier of fire protection coatings used to protect steel structures such as buildings and oil and gas installations. The global market is growing rapidly due to increasingly stringent fire protection regulations worldwide, with forecasters expecting demand to double by 2018.
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