AkzoNobel is investing almost euro 10 million to further boost the innovative power of the UK site where performance coatings, which now protect many of the world's iconic structures and ships, were first developed.A fire protection testing lab and a polymer lab for powder coatings are being added to the existing R&D infrastructure at the company's Felling site in north east England, which pioneered products used on landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the London Eye, the Olympic Water Cube in Beijing, and famous vessels including the Queen Mary 2 and the HMS Ark Royal.
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